''Through the Years'' is a compilation album by the
progressive rock
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band
Jethro Tull. It is something of a retrospective; with songs from many different periods in the band's history. It is not a
greatest hits
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album; as it has many songs not on such albums (Such as "Quizz Kid", "Still Loving You Tonight" and "Beastie".) It has material spanning all over the band's existence, from their
first album to ''
Roots to Branches''. The liner notes contain a short history of Jethro Tull, starting humorously with the question: "Didn't Jethro Tull die of a
drug overdose
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Track listing
# "
Living in the Past" (live) (from ''
A Little Light Music'', 1992) – 5:03
# "Wind Up" (from ''
Aqualung'', 1971) – 6:04
# "Warchild" (from ''
War Child'', 1974) – 4:33
# "Dharma for One" (instrumental) (from ''
This Was'', 1968) – 4:11
# "Acres Wild" (from ''
Heavy Horses'', 1978) – 3:22
# "Budapest" (from ''
Crest of a Knave'', 1987) – 10:00
# "
The Whistler" (from ''
Songs from the Wood'', 1977) – 3:30
# "We Used to Know" (from ''
Stand Up'', 1969) – 3:55
# "Beastie" (from ''
The Broadsword and the Beast'', 1982) – 3:57
# "
Locomotive Breath (live)" (from ''
Bursting Out'', 1978) – 5:36
# "Rare and Precious Chain" (from ''
Roots to Branches'', 1995) – 3:34
# "Quizz Kid" (from ''
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!'', 1976) – 5:08
# "Still Loving You Tonight" (from ''
Catfish Rising'', 1991) – 4:30
The track "Living in the Past" is not listed as live, but is in fact taken from the live album ''
A Little Light Music'' (1992).
References
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Jethro Tull (band) compilation albums
1998 compilation albums