''RökFlöte'' is the 23rd studio album by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released on 21 April 2023. It is a follow-up to ''

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'' (2022), and marks the shortest gap between two Jethro Tull albums since ''

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'' (1979) and '' A'' (1980).

Background

On 17 November 2022, on Jethro Tull's Facebook page, Ian Anderson announced that they were working on their next studio album and that it would be released in Spring of 2023 stating that Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief had just finished Surround Sound Mix and Alternate Stereo Mixes of the album. The album mostly revolves around the characters, roles, and principal gods in Norse Paganism, as well as "Rock Flute". The name of the album comes from "Rock Flute" as the original idea was to make an album of mostly instrumental flute music. But eventually Ian Anderson stated that he was drawn to the phrase

Ragnarök In Norse mythology, (; non, Ragnarǫk) is a series of events, including a great battle, foretelling the death of numerous great figures (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki), natural disasters, and the submers ...

with "rök" meaning destiny, course, or direction. Ian Anderson would then change "Flute" to "Flöte" to "keep with the spelling". The album was released as a double LP, CD, and Blu-ray as well as a deluxe edition featuring bonus demos, an interview with

Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist, acoustic guitarist and leader of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist w ...

, and a bonus track.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Ian Anderson.

Personnel

Jethro Tull *

– vocals, concert flutes,

alto flute The alto flute is an instrument in the Western concert flute family, the second-highest member below the standard C flute after the uncommon flûte d'amour. It is the third most common member of its family after the standard C flute and the ...

flute d'amour The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedles ...

Irish whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

, production, mixing, engineering *

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– electric guitars, acoustic guitars,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

* David Goodier – bass guitar * John O'Hara – piano, keyboards,

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

* Scott Hammond – drums ;Additional personnel * Unnur Birna – spoken vocals (tracks 1, 12) ;Technical * Nick Watson – mastering

Charts

References

{{Jethro Tull 2023 albums Jethro Tull (band) albums Norse mythology in music