Bursting Out

Bursting Out
Live album by Jethro Tull
Released	September 22, 1978
Recorded	May — June 1978
Genre	Rock, progressive rock[1], hard rock[2]
Length	93:43
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer	Ian Anderson
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Progressive World link Rolling Stone (mixed) link George Starostin (overall rating: 12/15) link
Jethro Tull chronology
Heavy Horses (1978) Bursting Out (1978) Stormwatch (1979)

Bursting Out is a 1978 live album by rock band Jethro Tull. It was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour of May and June 1978, but it is not certain where each track was recorded. It is also known as Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live, Bursting Out — Live, and Live — Bursting Out.

A spelling error on the side of the original LP lists the title as "Busting Out".

Originally the CD was released in a single disc version in the US which deleted three tracks ("Quatrain", "Sweet Dream" and "Conundrum") so it could fit on one CD, and a double set in the UK. In 2004, the full album was re-released as a digitally remastered 2-CD set.

When introducing the band prior to "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day", Anderson comes to David Palmer and then remarks "Ah, he's gone for a piss. But he'll be back". After the song he exclaims "Ah, David! David's back. Did you give it a good shake? Good...". In a rather ironic twist of fate, David Palmer announced in 2004 that he had recently undergone sex reassignment surgery and completed a full gender transition to become a woman. Palmer now goes by the name Dee.^[3]

The reprise of Aqualung at the end of the fourth side involves a repetition of the chorus "Aqualung my friend / Don't you start away uneasy / You poor old sod, you see it's only..." followed by Anderson speaking the words "Could be anyone...", thus concluding the album.

Track listing

Unless noted otherwise, all songs by Ian Anderson.

Disc one

1. "Introduction by Claude Nobs"
2. "No Lullaby" – 5:34
3. "Sweet Dream" – 4:52
4. "Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day" – 5:20
5. "Jack In The Green" – 3:36
6. "One Brown Mouse" – 4:07
7. "A New Day Yesterday" – 3:07
8. "Flute Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée^†" – 5:41
9. "Songs From The Wood" – 2:31
10. "Thick as a Brick" – 12:30 (Anderson / Bostock)

† Bourée by Bach, arranged by Anderson.

Disc two

1. Introduction by Ian Anderson
2. "Hunting Girl" – 6:00
3. "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young To Die" – 4:19
4. "Conundrum" – 6:54 (Barlow / Barre)
5. "Minstrel In The Gallery" – 5:47
6. "Cross-Eyed Mary" – 3:39
7. "Quatrain" – 1:50 (Barre)
8. "Aqualung" – 8:34 (I. Anderson / J. Anderson)
9. "Locomotive Breath" – 5:31
10. "The Dambusters March/Medley/Aqualung (Reprise) (uncredited)" – 3:27 (Anderson / Coates)

Personnel

• Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, guitar
• Martin Barre – electric guitar, mandolin, marimba
• John Evan – piano, organ, accordion, synthesizers
• Barriemore Barlow – drums, glockenspiel
• David Palmer – portative pipe organ, synthesizers
• John Glascock – bass guitar, vocals

References

External links

• Bursting Out (1978) at Allmusic
• Bursting Out (1990) at Allmusic (bonus tracks)
• Bursting Out (2004) at Allmusic (remastered)
• Progressive World Review
• 1978 Jethro Tull concert schedule