Release date
21 August 1989
Recorded at
Bertelsmann Music Group, Chrysalis Records Ltd., BMG Ariola München GmbH, Ian's Place, Woodworm Studios
Produced by
Ian Anderson
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). 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 had already been a member of Jethro Tull since 1984. Without a permanent keyboard player, the role was shared by Fairport Convention's Maartin Allcock and former Tull member Peter Vettese.