Be honest. How many of you thought Jethro Tull was the type of band to record a Christmas album?<\/p>\n
Yeah, that’s what I thought. So everyone was quite surprised when this rolled along in 2003. Needless to say, I was skeptical that the band that record the 40-minute \u201cThick as a Brick,\u201d a band known for obscure lyrics and a flautist who danced on one foot, could do something as standard as a Christmas disc.<\/p>\n
But it works. Many of these songs vaguely revolve around the notion of Christmas but are not the typical songs you hear at every mall in America. What’s more, the band is able to recall its olde English underpinnings and somewhat melancholy passion that underscored their best work in their heyday. <\/p>\n
A handful of Tull songs are re-recorded, most notably \u201cBouree\u201d and \u201cRing Out Solstice Bells,\u201d and half of the 16 tracks are instrumentals. Throughout the many original songs, the performances are top-notch and recall the classic Tull sounds; Ian Anderson, in particular, proves that age has not diminished his singing and flute-playing skills. This is Tull\u2019s best-sounding album since Songs From The Wood, <\/i>which this album strongly recalls in its nearly-medieval, slightly sardonic and melancholy way. <\/p>\n
Even those who never liked Tull will be pulled in by the music here, and if the originals don\u2019t grow then the classical trappings of \u201cGreensleeves\u201d or the jazz stylings of \u201cGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen\u201d will do the trick. \u201cA Winter Snowscape\u201d is another beautiful song, helping elevate this album to not only an essential Tull purchase but one of the most original Christmas albums you will ever hear.<\/p>\n
Much like other Tull albums, The Jethro Tull Christmas Album<\/i> runs on a bit too long for its own good, diminishing the overall impact. But as far as recent Christmas albums go, it\u2019s tough to beat for pure enjoyment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5643],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-40091","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-jethro-tull","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40091"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}