Альбом - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
2003 года
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – двадцать первый студийный альбом британской рок-группы Jethro Tull, выпущенный 30 сентября 2003 года. В релиз вошёл новый материал, композиции группы, подходящие по тематике, а также аранжировки традиционных рождественских песен.
Треклист:
- Birthday Card at Christmas (Ian Anderson) – 3:37
- Holly Herald (Instrumental medley arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:16
- A Christmas Song (Anderson) – 2:47
- Another Christmas Song (Anderson) – 3:31
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Trad. instrumental arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:35
- Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow (Anderson) – 3:37
- Last Man at the Party (Anderson) – 4:48
- Weathercock (Anderson) – 4:17
- Pavane (Instrumental, Gabriel Fauré, arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:19
- First Snow on Brooklyn (Anderson) – 4:57
- Greensleeved (Trad. instrumental based on Greensleeves. Arranged and developed by Anderson) – 2:39
- Fire at Midnight (Anderson) – 2:26
- We Five Kings (Instrumental We Three Kings, Rev. J. Hopkins, arranged and developed by Anderson) – 3:16
- Ring Out Solstice Bells (Anderson) – 4:04
- Bourée (Instrumental J. S. Bach, arranged and developed by Anderson) – 4:25
- A Winter Snowscape (Instrumental, Martin Barre) – 4:57
Christmas at St Bride's 2008
Recorded Live at St Bride's Church
- Weathercock (Ian Anderson) - 4:41
- Introduction: Rev. George Pitcher / Choir: What Cheer (William Walton) - 3:32
- A Christmas Song (Anderson) - 3:19
- Living in These Hard Times (Anderson) - 3:44
- Choir: Silent Night (Traditional) - 3:06
- Reading: Ian Anderson, Marmion (Sir Walter Scott) - 2:17
- Jack in the Green (Anderson) - 2:33
- Another Christmas Song (Anderson) - 3:56
- Reading: Gavin Esler, God's Grandeur (Gerard Manley Hopkins) - 1:50
- Choir: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful (Traditional) - 3:50
- Reading: Mark Billingham, The Ballad of The Breadman (Charles Causley) - 3:33
- A Winter Snowscape (Martin Barre) - 3:39
- Reading: Andrew Lincoln, Christmas (Sir John Betjeman) - 3:12
- Fires at Midnight (Anderson) - 3:38
- We Five Kings (Instrumental We Three Kings, Rev. J. Hopkins, arranged and developed by Anderson) - 3:19
- Choir: Gaudete (Trad. arranged by Anderson) - 3:39
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / Thick as a Brick (Trad. arranged by Anderson / Anderson) - 10:25
Музыканты:
- Иэн Андерсон - вокал, флейта, бамбуковая флейта, бузуки и акустическая гитара
- Мартин Барр - электрические и акустические гитары
- Андрей Гиддингс - Хаммонд орган, фортепиано, аккордеон, клавишные
- Доан Перри - ударные и перкуссия
- Джонатан Нойс - бас-гитара
Тексты песен альбома The Jethro Tull Christmas Album