a passion play

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|A Passion Play
lign="center" colspan="3"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|LP by Jethro Tull
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	colspan="2" valign="top"\|July, 1973
lign="left" valign="top"\|Recorded	colspan="2" valign="top"\|1973
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Progressive rock
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	colspan="2" valign="top"\|48 min 13 s
lign="left" valign="top"\|Record label	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Chrysalis Records
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producer	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Terry Ellis
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|Melody Maker	valign="top"\|Unfavorable	valign="top"\|July 21, 1973
lign="left" valign="top"\|New Musical Express	valign="top"\|Unfavorable	valign="top"\|July 21, 1973
lign="left" valign="top"\|Rolling Stone	valign="top"\|Unfavorable	valign="top"\|August 30, 1973
lign="left" valign="top"\|Creem	valign="top"\|Request for reader reviews from Lester Bangs	valign="top"\|October 1973
lign="left" valign="top"\|Creem	valign="top"\|Reader reviews (mixed)	valign="top"\|January 1974
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Jethro Tull Chronology
align="top"\|Living in the Past (1972)	valign="top"\|A Passion Play (1973)	valign="top"\|War Child (1974)

A Passion Play is a "concept album" released by Jethro Tull. Apparently concerning the spiritual journey of one man in the afterlife, it is similar to Thick as a Brick in that it is one long track split across both sides of the LP vinyl record, save for the interruption of the oddly-whimsical spoken word piece "The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles". The dense lyrics, filled with wordplay and allegory, along with music that some found lacking in creativity compared to earlier work, have made A Passion Play one of the most disputed albums in Tull's catalog. On its release in 1973, it received generally negative reviews; nevertheless, it sold well enough to reach #1 on the charts in the U.S. Today, Jethro Tull fans are still divided over the merits of the album.

Track Listing

"A Passion Play" (Ian Anderson)
"The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" (Anderson/Jeffrey Hammond/John Evan)

Personnel

Ian Anderson - flute, acoustic guitar, saxophones, vocals
Barriemore Barlow - percussion
Martin Barre - electric guitar
John Evan - piano, organ, synthesizers, speech
Jeffrey Hammond - bass guitar, vocals

External links

An excellent line-by-line explantion of the lyrics can be found at The Ministry of Information. Passion Play, A Passion Play, A Passion Play, A

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