Released 21 August 1989 UK Length 50:21 Release date 21 August 1989 Label Chrysalis Records | Recorded Early 1989 Artist Jethro Tull Producer Jethro Tull | |
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Rock Island
(1989) Live at Hammersmith '84
(1990) Genres Rock music, Progressive rock, Hard rock Similar Catfish Rising, Crest of a Knave, Under Wraps, Roots to Branches, The Broadsword and the B | ||
Rock Island is the 17th studio album by the British rock group Jethro Tull, released in 1989. The album continued the hard rock direction the band took on the previous effort, Crest of a Knave (1987). The line-up now included Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Dave Pegg and drummer Doane Perry in his first full recording with the band, although he was already a member of Jethro Tull since 1984. Without a permanent keyboard player, the role was shared by Fairport Convention's Martin Allcock and former Tull member Peter Vettese.
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Rock Island went Gold in the UK, with good sales also in Germany, where it peaked at Nº 5. There were good sales also for the "Kissing Willie" single, that reached Nº 6.
The staging on the 1989 tour supporting Rock Island featured projected silhouettes of lithe dancers during the song "Kissing Willie", ending with an image that bordered on pornographic. The song "Big Riff and Mando" reflects life on the road for the relentlessly touring musicians, giving a wry account of the theft of Barre's prized mandolin by a stage-struck fan.
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Track listing
All tracks written by Ian Anderson.
Personnel
Songs
1Kissing Willie3:33
2The Rattlesnake Trail4:02
3Ears of Tin4:55