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The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | ||||
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Studio album (Christmas)by | ||||
Released | 30 September 2003 (US) | |||
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Length | 62:31 126:29 (with Christmas at St Bride's 2008) | |||
Label | Fuel 2000, RandM | |||
Producer | Ian Anderson | |||
Jethro Tull chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable) [3] |
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, on 30 September 2003. This was the band's last studio album for 19 years (until the release of The Zealot Gene [4] in 2022), as well as the last album to feature the lineup of Ian Anderson, guitarist Martin Barre (and his last album with the group), bassist Jonathan Noyce, keyboardist Andrew Giddings, and drummer Doane Perry.
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is a mix of new material, re-recordings of Tull's own suitably themed material and arrangements of traditional Christmas music. In 2009, the live album Christmas at St Bride's 2008 was included with the original album on CD.
Of the opening song, Birthday Card at Christmas, Ian Anderson has said:
Tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, and 15 are all re-recordings of previously released pieces. 'Bourée', however, has significant alterations to the musical arrangement.
'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' (Track 5) has been played in concert many times over the years: this is the first studio version.
Recorded Live at St Bride's Church
Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] | 51 |
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