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2003 studio album by Jethro Tull

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The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Studio album (Christmas) by

Jethro Tull

Released

30 September 2003 (2003-09-30)(US)

Genre

Length

1:02:31
2:06:29 (with Christmas at St Bride's 2008)

Jethro Tull chronology

Essential
(2003)

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
(2003)

The Zealot Gene
(2022)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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 byJethro Tull, on 30 September 2003. This was the band's last studio album for 19 years (until the release ofThe Zealot Gene^[4] in 2022), as well as the last album to feature the lineup ofIan Anderson, guitaristMartin Barre (and his last album with the group), bassistJonathan Noyce, keyboardistAndrew Giddings, and drummerDoane Perry.

Content

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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 albumChristmas 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:

"My daughter Gael, like millions of other unfortunates, celebrates her birthday within a gnat's whisker of Christmas. Overshadowed by the Great Occasion, such birthdays can be flat, perfunctory and fleetingly token in their uneventful passing. The daunting party and festive celebration of the Christian calendar overshadows too, some might argue, the humble birthday of one Mr. J. Christ. Funny old 25ths, Decembers…"

Track listing

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Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Birthday Card at Christmas" (Ian Anderson)	3:37
2.	"Holly Herald" ("The Holly and the Ivy" (Trad.) / "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (F. Mendelssohn); instrumental medley arranged by Anderson)	4:16
3.	"A Christmas Song" (Anderson)	2:47
4.	"Another Christmas Song" (Anderson)	3:31
5.	"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Trad. instrumental arranged by Anderson)	4:35
6.	"Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow" (Anderson)	3:37
7.	"Last Man at the Party" (Anderson)	4:48
8.	"Weathercock" (Anderson)	4:17
9.	"Pavane" (Instrumental,Gabriel Fauré, arranged by Anderson)	4:19
10.	"First Snow on Brooklyn" (Anderson)	4:57
11.	"Greensleeved" (Trad. instrumental based on "Greensleeves". Arranged by Anderson)	2:39
12.	"Fire at Midnight" (Anderson)	2:26
13.	"We Five Kings" (Instrumental "We Three Kings", Rev. J. Hopkins, arranged by Anderson)	3:16
14.	"Ring Out Solstice Bells" (Anderson)	4:04
15.	"Bourée" (Instrumental J. S. Bach, arranged by Anderson)	4:25
16.	"A Winter Snowscape" (Instrumental, Martin Barre)	4:57
Total length:		1:02:31

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.

Christmas at St Bride's 2008

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Recorded live atSt Bride's Church

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
17.	"Weathercock" (Ian Anderson)	4:41
18.	"Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer" (William Walton)	3:32
19.	"A Christmas Song" (Anderson)	3:19
20.	"Living in These Hard Times" (Anderson)	3:44
21.	"Choir: Silent Night" (Traditional)	3:06
22.	"Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion" (Sir Walter Scott)	2:17
23.	"Jack in the Green" (Anderson)	2:33
24.	"Another Christmas Song" (Anderson)	3:56
25.	"Reading: Gavin Esler, God's Grandeur" (Gerard Manley Hopkins)	1:50
26.	"Choir:Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional)	3:50
27.	"Reading: Mark Billingham, The Ballad of The Breadman" (Charles Causley)	3:33
28.	"A Winter Snowscape" (Martin Barre)	3:39
29.	"Reading: Andrew Lincoln, Christmas" (Sir John Betjeman)	3:12
30.	"Fires at Midnight" (Anderson)	3:38
31.	"We Five Kings" (Instrumental "We Three Kings", Rev. J. Hopkins, arranged by Anderson)	3:19
32.	"Choir: Gaudete" (Trad. arranged by Anderson)	3:39
33.	"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen /Thick as a Brick" (Trad. arranged by Anderson / Anderson)	10:25
Total length:		1:03:58

Personnel

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Ian Anderson –vocals,flute,acoustic guitar,mandolin,piccolo,percussion
Martin Barre – acoustic guitar,electric guitar
Jonathan Noyce –bass guitar
Andrew Giddings –keyboards,accordion
Doane Perry –drums, percussion

Additional personnel

James Duncan – additional drums and percussion
Dave Pegg – additional bass guitar and mandolin
The Sturcz String Quartet:

Gábor Csonka – 1stviolin
Péter Szilágyi – 2nd violin
Gyula Benkő –viola
András Sturcz –cello (leader)

Charts

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2003 chart performance forThe Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Chart (2003)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	51
USTop Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[6]	35

2024 chart performance forThe Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Chart (2024)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	12
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	73
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[9]	20

References

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^Dave Sleger, Bruce Eder.The Jethro Tull Christmas Album atAllMusic
^Larkin, Colin (2007).The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.).Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0195313734.
^Masuo, Sandy (17 December 2003)."The Jethro Tull Christmas Album".Rollingstone.com. Retrieved19 May 2021.
^Ewing, Jerry (13 July 2021)."Jethro Tull to Release New Album The Zealot Gene in Early 2022".Louder. Retrieved13 July 2021.
^"Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album" (in German).GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^"Jethro Tull Chart History (Holiday Albums)".Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^"Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album - Fresh Snow at Christmas" (in German).GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

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