J-Tull Dot Com

J-Tull Dot Com
Studio album by
Released23 August 1999 (UK)
Genre
Length54:20
LabelPapillon/Varèse Sarabande
ProducerIan Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
Through the Years
(1998)
J-Tull Dot Com
(1999)
The Very Best Of
(2001)
Singles from
J-Tull Dot Com
  1. "Bends Like a Willow"
    Released: 1999 (UK)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Jam!(mixed)[3]
Mojo(favourable)[4]

J-Tull Dot Com is the 20th studio album by the British band Jethro Tull, released in 1999 on Papillon, the Chrysalis Group's late 1990s heritage record label.[5][6] It was released four years after their 1995 album Roots to Branches and continues in the same vein, marrying hard rock with Eastern music influences. It is the first album to feature Jonathan Noyce on bass, who would remain with the band until 2007 in Jethro Tull's longest ever unchanged line-up. This was the last Jethro Tull album to feature all original, new material for 23 years (until the release of The Zealot Gene[7] in 2022), although the band did release a Christmas album in 2003, which contained a mixture of new material, re-recordings of Tull's own suitably themed material and arrangements of traditional Christmas music.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spiral" 3:50
2."Dot Com" 4:25
3."AWOL" 5:19
4."Nothing @ All" (Instrumental)Andrew Giddings0:56
5."Wicked Windows" 4:40
6."Hunt by Numbers" 4:00
7."Hot Mango Flush"Martin Barre, Anderson3:49
8."El Niño" 4:40
9."Black Mamba" 5:00
10."Mango Surprise" 1:14
11."Bends Like a Willow" 4:53
12."Far Alaska" 4:06
13."The Dog-Ear Years" 3:34
14."A Gift of Roses" 3:54
  • On some versions of the CD there is a period of silence after "A Gift of Roses" followed by the title track of Anderson's (at the time unreleased) solo album The Secret Language of Birds. The track is preceded by a brief spoken word introduction by Anderson. This extends the length of "A Gift of Roses" to 9:16.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 15
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[9] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 62
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 50
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 44
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 5
US Billboard 200[14] 161

References

  1. ^ Little, Patrick. J-Tull Dot Com at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Nathanson, Ian. "CANOE – JAM! Music – Artists – Album Review: J-TULL DOT COM". jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Jethro Tull Press: Mojo, September 1999". Tullpress.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ^ "JETHRO TULL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  6. ^ "Sir Cliff's firm signs up Terrorvision!".
  7. ^ Ewing, Jerry (13 July 2021). "Jethro Tull to Release New Album The Zealot Gene in Early 2022". Louder. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – J-Tull Dot Com" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 20 June 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Jethro Tull".
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jethro Tull – J-Tull Dot Com". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Jethro Tull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.