Live - Bursting Out
by Jethro Tull

Live - Bursting Out by Jethro Tull
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 7,357th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 61 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (116th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,115th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,357th)

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Jethro Tull bestography

Live - Bursting Out is ranked 13th best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 316 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,277.

Jethro Tull album bestography « Higher ranked (7,357th)
Live - Bursting Out
This album (7,357th)
Live - Bursting Out
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War Child

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Overall rank: 7,357th | 1970s rank: 1,115th | 1978 rank: 116th

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77/100 (from 61 votes)
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03/25/2026 22:47 Menelao  Ratings distribution  18371/100
 
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01/17/2026 11:31 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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11/05/2025 01:22 mnmont  Ratings distribution  24789/100
 
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03/28/2025 16:25 Retsamr  Ratings distribution  3281/100
 
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02/02/2025 16:06 platus  Ratings distribution  5,84474/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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From 12/27/2021 08:31 | #278032
Jethro Tull tenían una dimensión especial en directo y este álbum los recoge en su momento cumbre.
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From 09/28/2018 20:27 | #221801
An excellent live album, full of energy and crammed with the best of Tull from several albums including 'Aqualung', 'Thick as a Brick', 'Songs From the Wood', 'Minstrel in the Gallery', 'War Child', to name but a few. A great introduction to early Jethro Tull. The vinyl experience is fantastic if you can get hold of it now.
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