Catfish Rising

Catfish Rising
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released	2 September 1991
Recorded	Early 1991
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock blues rock
Length	42:49/60:01 (Cassette) 60:01 (CD)
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull chronology
Live at Hammersmith '84 (1990) Catfish Rising (1991) A Little Light Music (1992)
Singles from Catfish Rising
"This Is Not Love" Released: 5 August 1991 [1] [2] "Still Loving You Tonight" Released: 16 September 1991 (EU) "Rocks on the Road" Released: 9 March 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

Catfish Rising is the eighteenth studio album by the British rock group Jethro Tull, released on 2 September 1991. ^[5] It is the first Tull album to feature keyboardist Andrew Giddings. The album continues the hard rock and blues sound of the previous two albums.

Track listing

Vinyl edition

All tracks are written by Ian Anderson.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is Not Love"	3:56
2.	"Occasional Demons"	3:48
3.	"Rocks on the Road"	5:30
4.	"Thinking Round Corners"	3:31
5.	"Still Loving You Tonight"	4:30

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Doctor to My Disease"	4:34
2.	"Like a Tall Thin Girl"	3:36
3.	"Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall"	5:21
4.	"Roll Yer Own"	4:25
5.	"Gold-Tipped Boots, Black Jacket and Tie"	3:38

Limited edition bonus 12", side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"When Jesus Came to Play"	5:04
2.	"Sleeping with the Dog"	4:25

Limited edition bonus 12", side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"White Innocence"	7:43

CD edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is Not Love"	3:56
2.	"Occasional Demons"	3:48
3.	"Roll Yer Own"	4:25
4.	"Rocks on the Road"	5:30
5.	"Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall"	5:21
6.	"Thinking Round Corners"	3:31
7.	"Still Loving You Tonight"	4:30
8.	"Doctor to My Disease"	4:34
9.	"Like a Tall Thin Girl"	3:36
10.	"White Innocence"	7:43
11.	"Sleeping with the Dog"	4:25
12.	"Gold-Tipped Boots, Black Jacket and Tie"	3:38
13.	"When Jesus Came to Play"	5:04

2006 remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Night in the Wilderness"	4:06
15.	"Jump Start" (live; recorded at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, 25 November 1987)	7:49

• "Night in the Wilderness" appeared as the B-side to many Catfish Rising -era singles.
• The live version of "Jump Start" appeared as the B-side to several single releases of "This Is Not Love".

Personnel

• Ian Anderson – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, acoustic mandolin, electric mandolin, flute, keyboards, drums, percussion
• Martin Barre – electric guitar
• Dave Pegg – acoustic bass guitar, electric bass guitar
• Doane Perry – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Andy Giddings – keyboards (on tracks 1, 4 & 8)
• Foss Patterson – keyboards (on track 10)
• John Bundrick – keyboards (on track 11)
• Matt Pegg – bass guitar (on tracks 1, 4 & 7)
• Scott Hunter – drums, percussion (on track 5) ^[6]

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7]	36
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [8]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	21
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11]	48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12]	12
UK Albums (OCC) [13]	27
US Billboard 200 [14]	88

References

1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 434. ISBN   9780862415419.
2. "Jethro Tull – This Is Not Love (Advert)" (PDF). Music Week . 10 August 1991.
3. Eder, Bruce. Catfish Rising at AllMusic
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
5. Flick, Larry (7 September 1991). "Guns N' Roses, Garth Brooks Pre-orders Boom As Biz Eyes Star-Studded September" (PDF). Billboard . p. 73 – via World Radio History.
6. "Scott Hunter". Jethrotull.com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
8. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
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10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Jethro Tull – Catfish Rising". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
14. "Jethro Tull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.