A PASSION PLAY: AN EXTENDED PERFOMANCE

A sumptuous presentation of Steven Wilson's updated mix of one of Jethro Tull's most impenetrable albums, with a second disc offering up the infamous "Chateau D'Isaster" sessions whose abandonment led directly to the creation of A Passion Play under adverse conditions. Wilson's mix tightens up the album itself as much as is viable, and blessedly offers a track listing allowing for more nuanced navigation of the different musical sections (and, for those how can't stand it, the ability to skip The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles).

As for the Chateau D'Isaster recording sessions - which yielded about three quarters of a double album before Tull called time on it and fled the Chateau d'Herouville for the sake of their sanity - we've heard much of it before on Nightcap, but it's still nice to get a really forensic job done in picking apart the remains and reconstructing them as favourably as possible.

Social review comments

Review related links

• Send comments to Warthur
• Report this review (#3086105)
• Buy JETHRO TULL music online with PA partners
• Show all JETHRO TULL MP3/Stream
• Go to JETHRO TULL page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
• Go to A Passion Play: An Extended Perfomance page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
• Search the Forum for JETHRO TULL related discussions