A Passion Play
by Jethro Tull
- Type: Album
- Released: 6 July 1973
- Label: Chrysalis
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 45:06
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Rena Sanderone, Christopher Amson, Martin Barre, Barriemore Barlow
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Following the monumental success of 'Thick as a Brick', Ian Anderson delivered another dizzyingly complex, single-track progressive rock epic concerning the afterlife. 'A Passion Play' is an incredibly dense, remarkably playful rock opera, weaving deeply poetic, highly theatrical themes of death and morality into fiercely technical, heavily synthesized symphonic arrangements.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, complex, progressive, suite, death
Tracklist
- A Passion Play (Pt. I) (21:36)
- A Passion Play (Pt. II) (23:30)
Credits
- Jethro Tull - primary artist, arranged by
- David Palmer - arranged by [orchestra arranged by], conductor [orchestra conducted by]
- Ian Anderson - composed by ["the story of the hare who lost his spectacles" composed by], music by, lyrics by, composed by [music and lyrics composed by], musician, vocals, acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars], flute, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone [soprano and sopranino saxaphones]
- Jeffrey Hammond - composed by ["the story of the hare who lost his spectacles" composed by], musician, bass guitar, vocals
- John Evan - composed by ["the story of the hare who lost his spectacles" composed by], musician, piano, organ, synthesizer [synthesizers], speech
- Rena Sanderone - composed by [interval music, 1st & 2nd dances composed by]
- Harry Seamons - design [designed by]
- Geoffrey Dowlatshahi - design [programme design]
- Jennifer Ann - design [programme design]
- CCS - design, consultant [design consultants]
- Colin Beale - directed by
- Eric Brooks - lighting [lighting by]
- Christopher Amson - music by [interval music, electronic synthesis by]
- Barriemore Barlow - musician, drums, timpani, glockenspiel [glockenspeil], marimba
- Martin Barre - musician, electric guitar [electric guitars]
- Brian Ward - photography by [photographs by]