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The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
by: Jethro Tull

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5018766997224
Format: Enhanced
Label: R & M
Manufacturer: R & M
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: R & M
Release Date: October 13, 2003
Studio: R & M
Sales Rank: 1908

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
While most festive-themed rock offerings are as palatable as turkey leftovers or January credit card statements, Jethro Tull's The Christmas Album is 2003's folk-rock feast for the ears, a veritable hamper of delicacy bulging with dependable old faithfuls (newly rendered versions of JS Bach's "Bouree", "Weathercock", "Fires at Midnight" and "Ring Out Solstice Bells"), jazzed-up carol curiosities ("God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" really goes with a swing à la Modern Jazz Quartet, "We Five Kings" comes over a little bit Dave Brubeck) and sundry confectionary extravagances, like Martin Barre's shivery instrumental " A Christmas Snowcape".

While it's all reassuringly wrapped-up in the wintry Victorian romanticism of yore (the album cover, after all, is a charmingly subtle joke), The Christmas Album still questions--in curmudgeonly Ian Anderson fashion--what all this back-slapping bonhomie, alcoholic immoderation and High-street retail hysteria is all about. Thus, the frivolity of "Holly Herald" (two spritely carols rolled into one) is counterbalanced by a little Dickensian social conscience on "Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow", an imaginatively literate description of the despair of homelessness. Crisply produced in the manner of their vintage 1970s work and brimming with delightful instrumental wit and invention, The Christmas Album is a cracker you'll want to pull more than once. --Kevin Maidment

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Evocative
I'm not what might you call a Tull fan (though I do have their `Broadsword and the Beast', acquired kind of by accident but that's another story). What I am interested in are Christmas albums: while compilation albums are OK (if I can find one containing enough songs not already duplicated in my collection), the ultimate prize for me is a Christmas-themed album recorded as a single body of work, which usually means it is recorded by the same artist (a notable exception being the Phil Spector album), and original material trumps covers of Christmas classics (I can live without yet another version of `Baby it's Cold Outside'). In this respect, `The Jethro Tull Christmas Album' is one of the finest around.

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- An All Year Treat
This is another fantastic album from Jethro Tull a truly excellent experience listening to the stunning music on this album,this album you can listen to all year round but I can imagine sitting beside a log fire with the snow falling unfortunately we dont get any snow here in South Africa but I can sit by the log fire.A very must buy for anyone who like this great band,go get this cd you will love it.Cheers.

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- It only happens once a year
It's the 1st of December today. I can now put this album on until the last day of christmas. Since release this has been a tradition that will never leave my side. Don't let those miserable sardines who call themselves 'massive tull fans' tell you any otherwise. Get in the spirit, live the moment, enjoy the fun. This is a cracker!!! 'bout time for number 2 don't you think Ian.

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- So disappointing
This could have been a fantastic addition to any Tull fan's collection as a purely acoustic based album. Instead, Mr Anderson has served up a diskload of droll, over-produced,low-quality dross. The worst thing is the inclusion of cheesey synth parts and oversized reverb on the vocals. I am a HUGE Tull fan, I can only assume that the over production is due to some lack of confidence on Ian's part - which is insane because some of Tull's finest moments were with Ian and acoustic instruments. Avoid at all costs.

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- Flute-led Christmas folk-rock album
It is rare for rock artists to record a whole album of Christmas music although they like to record singles or tracks for compilation projects, especially where a worthy cause is involved such as the Special Olympics (A very special Christmas series). Thus, I was surprised to find a Christmas album by Jethro Tull, especially as I thought that they had long since faded into obscurity. In fact, although the seventies were their decade of fame, they have continued performing and recording through the intervening years. I am not especially familiar with Jethro Tull's other music (although this album has aroused my curiosity so I will remedy that situation some day) so I'll review this purely on its merits as a Christmas album.

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