Jethro Tull – The String Quartets

Jethro Tull – The String Quartets is a studio album featuring Ian Anderson, John O'Hara and the Carducci String Quartet, arranged by O'Hara.^[1] It was released on 24 March 2017.

Jethro Tull – The String Quartets
Studio album by Ian Anderson and the Carducci String Quartet
Released	24 March 2017
Recorded	September 2016
Genre	Symphonic rock, progressive rock
Length	48:03
Label	BMG
Producer	Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson chronology
Thick as a Brick - Live in Iceland (2014) Jethro Tull – The String Quartets (2017)

CD track listing

1. "In the Past (Living in the Past)" – 4:10
2. "Sossity Waiting (Sossity, You're a Woman/Reasons for Waiting)" – 4:45
3. "Bungle (Bungle in the Jungle)" – 3:49
4. "We Used to Bach (We Used to Know/Bach Prelude C Major)" – 4:54
5. "Farm, the Fourway (Farm on the Freeway)" – 3:44
6. "Songs and Horses (Songs from the Wood/Heavy Horses)" – 3:53
7. "Only the Giving (Wond'ring Aloud)" – 1:58
8. "Loco (Locomotive Breath)" – 4:33
9. "Pass the Bottle (A Christmas Song)" – 3:02
10. "Velvet Gold (Velvet Green)" – 4:06
11. "Ring Out These Bells (Ring Out, Solstice Bells)" – 3:56
12. "Aquafugue (Aqualung)" – 5:13

Vinyl track listing

1. "In the Past (Living in the Past)" – 4:10
2. "Sossity Waiting (Sossity, You're a Woman/Reasons for Waiting)" – 4:45
3. "Bungle (Bungle in the Jungle)" – 3:49
4. "Ring Out These Bells (Ring Out, Solstice Bells)" – 3:56
5. "Farm, the Fourway (Farm on the Freeway)" – 3:44
6. "We Used to Bach (We Used to Know/Bach Prelude C Major)" – 4:54
7. "Velvet Gold (Velvet Green)" – 4:06
8. "Pass the Bottle (A Christmas Song)" – 3:02
9. "Loco (Locomotive Breath)" – 4:33
10. "Only the Giving (Wond'ring Aloud)" – 1:58
11. "Songs and Horses (Songs from the Wood/Heavy Horses)" – 3:53
12. "Aquafugue (Aqualung)" – 5:13

Personnel

• Matthew Denton – violin
• Michelle Fleming – violin
• Eoin Schmidt-Martin – viola
• Emma Denton – cello
• Ian Anderson – flute, vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
• John O'Hara – orchestral arrangements, celesta, piano

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2]	50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	57
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4]	57
Scottish Albums (OCC)[5]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[6]	56

See also

• A Classic Case
• Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull