Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

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Artist: Jethro Tull
Title: Aqualung
Year Of Release: 1971 / 2001
Label: Chrysalis / Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-65882
Genre: Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Art Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 01:15:28
Total Size: 391 / 191 Mb (Covers)
WebSite: Album Preview

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's ultimately the music that makes it worthy of praise. Tull's winning way with a riff was never so arresting as on the chugging "Locomotive Breath," or on 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.

~ Rovi Staff, All Music

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Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Track List:

01. Aqualung [0:06:37.32]
02. Cross-Eyed Mary [0:04:09.30]
03. Cheap Day Returns [0:01:23.30]
04. Mother Goose [0:03:53.25]
05. Wond'ring Aloud [0:01:55.58]
06. Up To Me [0:03:14.55]
07. My God [0:07:12.67]
08. Hymn 43 [0:03:19.08]
09. Slipstream [0:01:13.25]
10. Locomotive Breath [0:04:26.27]
11. Wind Up [0:06:07.65]
12. Lick Your Fingers Clean (Bonus Track) [0:02:46.20]
13. Wind Up (Quad Version) [0:05:23.38]
14. Excerpts from The Ian Anderson Interview [0:13:58.52]
15. Songs For Jeffrey (BBC Sessions) [0:02:51.15]
16. Fat Man (BBC Sessions) [0:02:56.68]
17. Bouree (BBC Sessions) [0:03:58.25]

Personnel:
Bass Guitar, Alto Recorder, Voice [Odd Voices] - Jeffrey Hammond
Drums, Percussion - Clive Bunker
Electric Guitar, Recorder [Descant] - Martin Barre
Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Ian Anderson
Piano, Organ, Mellotron - John Evan

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