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Bursting Out
Live album by
Jethro Tull
Released22 September 1978
RecordedMay–June 1978
GenreProgressive rock
Length93:31[1]
LabelChrysalis
ProducerIan Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
Heavy Horses
(1978) 		Bursting Out
(1978) 		Stormwatch
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rolling Stone(mixed+)[4]

Bursting Out is a 1978 live double album by the rock band Jethro Tull. The album was recorded during the band's European Heavy Horses Tour in May/June of that year.

Background

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The exact date for every single song has not been made public, but the introduction by Claude Nobs, most of "Flute Solo Improvisation", "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die", "Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath" and "The Dambusters March" were recorded at the Festhalle in Bern, Switzerland, on May 28, 1978. The Bern show was recorded on a 24-track tape recorder, while the rest of the shows were recorded on a TEAC TASCAM 80-8 eight-track recorder. Ian Anderson recalled going through "hours and hours" of recordings in order to select the best takes. Additional sweetening was done at Maison Rouge Studio in June 1978. [5]

Release

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A spelling error on the spine of the first US, Canada, Spain and Sweden LP pressings listed the title as "Busting Out".

The album was later re-released as a double-disc CD in the UK and Europe. The original CD release in the United States was only one disc, with three tracks ("Quatrain", "Sweet Dream" and "Conundrum") omitted and some of the stage banter shortened to fit the 80 minutes running length. The double-disc 1990 CD version in the UK and Europe incorporated the first track, the introductions, in the song that followed. In 2004, the complete album was remastered and released worldwide as a two-disc set, with the introductions as separate tracks. A deluxe remixed edition was released June 21, 2024, incorporating new mixes of the Bern tracks that had been missing on the original album (but were released, albeit mixed by Jakko Jakszyk, on the "New Shoes Edition" of Heavy Horses) for a complete representation of the live setlist, previously unreleased soundcheck recordings and a remix of the Live at Madison Square Garden show, the latter also including the filmed footage on DVD.

Track listing, original two-CD edition

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All tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
1."Introduction by Claude Nobs"Claude Nobs 0:50
2."No Lullaby" Heavy Horses (1979)4:48
3."Sweet Dream" Non-album single (1969)6:30
4."Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" War Child (1974)4:30
5."Jack in the Green" Songs from the Wood (1977)3:13
6."One Brown Mouse" Heavy Horses3:53
7."A New Day Yesterday" Stand Up (1969)2:27
8."Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée" (instrumental medley)Anderson / Traditional, arr. Anderson / Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. AndersonStand Up6:08
9."Songs from the Wood" Songs from the Wood2:40
10."Thick as a Brick" (excerpts)Anderson, Gerald BostockThick as a Brick (1972)12:27
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)SourceLength
11."Introduction by Ian Anderson"  0:43
12."Hunting Girl" Songs from the Wood5:45
13."Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)3:57
14."Conundrum" (instrumental)Martin Barre, Barriemore BarlowPreviously unreleased6:57
15."Minstrel in the Gallery" Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)5:41
16."Cross-Eyed Mary" Aqualung (1971)3:58
17."Quatrain" (instrumental)BarrePreviously unreleased; Heavy Horses outtake1:33
18."Aqualung"Anderson, Jennie FranksAqualung8:38
19."Locomotive Breath" Aqualung5:33
20."The Dambusters March" (instrumental)Eric CoatesThe Dam Busters film (1955)3:26

Personnel

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Charts

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1978 chart performance for Bursting Out
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] 20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 16
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8] 24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 20
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 17
US Billboard 200[13] 21
2024 chart performance for Bursting Out
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 85
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 156
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 75
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 7
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 12

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[20] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Bursting Out". Amazon.de. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ Horowitz, Hal. Bursting Out at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Bloom, Michael (28 December 1978). Bursting Out, Rolling Stone
  5. ^ Webb, Martin (2018). "The Berne Tapes". "Heavy Horses" New Shoes Edition liner notes. Chrysalis. pp. 24–27, 78.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0055a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  10. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Charts.nz – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Jethro Tull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2024. 39. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  19. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  20. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Music Canada.
  21. ^ "British album certifications – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". British Phonographic Industry.
  22. ^ "American album certifications – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Recording Industry Association of America.
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