- rock, progressive rock, hard rock, folk rock
- 51 min
- 10 tracks
- Chrysalis
Rock Island is the seventeenth 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).
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Grave, classical in form, spare and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1Kissing Willie3:33
- 2The Rattlesnake Trail4:02
- 3Ears of Tin4:55
- 4Undressed to Kill5:24
- 5Rock Island6:54
- 6Heavy Water4:12
- 7Another Christmas Song3:32
- 8The Whaler's Dues7:53
- 9Big Riff and Mando5:59
- 10Strange Avenues4:10
10 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jethro Tull
- Label
- Chrysalis
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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