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Rupi's Dance
Studio album by
Released19 August 2003
Recorded2003
GenreProgressive rock, folk rock
Length55:50
LabelRandM Records (UK) & Fuel 2000 (US)
ProducerIan Anderson
Ian Anderson chronology
The Secret Language of Birds
(2000)
Rupi's Dance
(2003)
Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull
(2005)
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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's new solo album, Stage Left. It also preceded Jethro Tull's album, The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. The final bonus track on this album is also the opening track to the Christmas Album.

Track listing

  1. "Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song)" – 5:02
  2. "Rupi's Dance" – 3:00
  3. "Lost in Crowds" – 5:37
  4. "A Raft of Penguins" – 3:34
  5. "A Week of Moments" – 4:27
  6. "A Hand of Thumbs" – 4:02
  7. "Eurology" – 3:14
  8. "Old Black Cat" – 3:40
  9. "Photo Shop" – 3:20
  10. "Pigeon Flying over Berlin Zoo" – 4:18
  11. "Griminelli's Lament" – 2:56
  12. "Not Ralitsa Vassileva" – 4:45
  13. "Two Short Planks" – 4:00
  14. "Birthday Card at Christmas" – 3:37

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, keyboard
  • 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 – drums on bonus track
  • Martin Barre – electric guitar on bonus track