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"Classic Tull. Easily one of the best"
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Classic Tull. Easily one of the best

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This reissue of AQUALUNG includes a 15-minute interview and 5 bonus tracks. The booklet contains 20 pages of lyrics, photographs and reviews.

Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, flute); Martin Barre (electric guitar, descant recorder); Jeffrey Hammond (alto recorder, bass instrument, background vocals); John Evan (piano, organ, Mellotron); Clive Bunker (drums, percussion).

The leap from 1970's BENEFIT to the following year's AQUALUNG is one of the most astonishing progressions in rock history. In the space of one album, Tull went from relatively unassuming electrified folk-rock to larger-than-life conceptual rock full of sophisticated compositions and complex, intellectual lyrical constructs. While the leap to full-blown prog-rock wouldn't be taken until a year later on THICK AS A BRICK, the degree to which Tull upped the ante here is remarkable. The lyrical concept–the hypocrisy of Christianity in England–is stronger than on most other '70s conceptual efforts, but it is ultimately the music that makes the album.

Tull's winning way with a riff was never so arresting as on the chugging “Locomotive Breath,” or the character studies “Cross Eyed Mary” and “Aqualung,” which portray believably seedy participants in Ian Anderson's story. The fable imagery of “Mother Goose” and the vitriolic anti-authoritarian sentiments of “Wind Up” both serve notice of Anderson's willful iconoclasm and his disillusionment with the spiritual traditions to which he was born. Varied but cohesive, AQUALUNG is widely regarded as Tull's finest hour.

What the critics say…

Rolling Stone (10/11/01, p.94) – 4 stars out of 5 – “…They were the most frazzled British art rockers of their day…”
Q (7/96, p.140) – 4 Stars (out of 5) – “…occupies a special place in the idiosyncratic Tull pantheon. Many of its key songs have been lionised in live sets…The smaller stuff stands up well too…”
Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, p.57) – “…Demonstrates a new maturity in Ian Anderson's son­gwriting as he draws together disparate folk, jazz and heavy metal influences. The tramp on the cover quickly became the Tull persona in the public mind…”

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. Aqualung
  2. Cross-Eyed Mary
  3. Cheap Day Return
  4. Mother Goose
  5. Wond'ring Aloud
  6. Up To Me
  7. My God
  8. Hymn 43
  9. Slipstream
  10. Locomotive Breath
  11. Wind-Up
  12. Lick Your Fingers Clean
  13. Wind-Up - (quad version)
  14. Excerpts From The Ian Anderson Interview
  15. Song For Jeffrey
  16. Fat Man
  17. Bouree
Release date Australia
January 26th, 1999
Artist
Album Length (Minutes)
75
Label
Chrysalis Records (USA)
Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
1971
Box Dimensions (mm)
142x125x10
UPC
724349540125
Product ID
1531913

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