''Rupi's Dance'' (2003) is the fourth studio album by
Jethro Tull frontman
Ian Anderson. The album was released around the same time
as
Jethro Tull guitarist
Martin Barre
Martin Lancelot Barre (; born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 201 ...
's new solo album, ''
Stage Left
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'', and preceded Jethro Tull's album, ''
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
''The Jethro Tull Christmas Album'' is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, on 30 September 2003. This was the band's last studio album for 19 years (until the release of ''The Zealot Gene'' in 2022), as well as the last album to fe ...
''.
The final bonus track of ''Rupi's Dance'', "Birthday Card at Christmas", is also the opening track to ''The Jethro Tull Christmas Album''.
Track listing
# "Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song)" – 5:02
# "Rupi's Dance" – 3:00
# "Lost in Crowds" – 5:37
# "A Raft of Penguins" – 3:34
# "A Week of Moments" – 4:27
# "A Hand of Thumbs" – 4:02
# "Eurology" – 3:14
# "Old Black Cat" – 3:40
# "Photo Shop" – 3:20
# "Pigeon Flying over Berlin Zoo" – 4:18
# "Griminelli's Lament" – 2:56
# "Not
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" – 4:45
# "Two Short Planks" – 4:00
# "Birthday Card at Christmas" – 3:37 (bonus track)
Personnel
* Ian Anderson – vocals, acoustic guitar, bamboo flute, accordion, bass, percussion
* Ossi Schaller – guitar
* George Kopecsni – guitar
* Laszlo Bencker – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, mellotron, keyboards
* John O'Hara – accordion, keyboards
* Andrew Giddings – keyboards, bass
* David Goodier – stand-up bass, bass guitar
* Leslie Mandoki – drums, percussion
* James Duncan – drums
* The Sturcz String Quartet
Guests:
*
Doane Perry
Doane Ethredge Perry (born June 16, 1954) is an American musician, composer and author. From 1984 to 2011 he was drummer and percussionist with the band Jethro Tull and has also appeared on hundreds of recordings spanning multiple genres on r ...
– drums on bonus track
*
Martin Barre
Martin Lancelot Barre (; born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 201 ...
– electric guitar on bonus track
External links
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Ian Anderson albums
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Albums produced by Ian Anderson