Rock Island (studio album)
by Jethro Tull

Rock Island by Jethro Tull
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 21,264th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 48 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (295th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,812th)
Award Best albums of all time (21,264th)
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Jethro Tull bestography

Rock Island is ranked 23rd best out of 46 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jethro Tull is Thick As A Brick which is ranked number 316 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,393.

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Rock Island track list

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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 48 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.1/100, a mean average of 66.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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All songs are at least solid or really good, gets better with each rotation. Maybe based on the Besteveralbum rankings the most underated Jethro Tull album. Beats "roots to branches" and "Stormwatch" easily.
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Highlights: Kissing Willie
Strange Avenues
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