Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971) {2011, 40th Anniversary Special Edition, Remastered}

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Artist: Jethro Tull
Title: Aqualung
Year Of Release: 1971 / 2011
Label: Chrysalis / EMI #AQUAS 1/509990879920
Genre: Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Classic Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 2CD (00:43:31 + 00:44:51)
Total Size: 552 / 269 Mb (Full Scans)
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

Track List CD1 - New Aqualung Stereo Mix:

01. Aqualung [0:06:35.19]
02. Cross‐Eyed Mary [0:04:09.35]
03. Cheap Day Return [0:01:21.70]
04. Mother Goose [0:03:52.54]
05. Wond’ring Aloud [0:01:53.32]
06. Up to Me [0:03:14.23]
07. My God [0:07:11.17]
08. Hymn 43 [0:03:17.50]
09. Slipstream [0:01:12.62]
10. Locomotive Breath [0:04:41.31]
11. Wind‐Up [0:06:00.70]

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Track List CD2 - Additional 1970 & 1971 Recordings. New Stereo Mixes (Except Tracks 11-14):

01. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2011 stereo mix) [0:02:49.20]
02. Just Trying to Be (2011 stereo mix) [0:01:37.65]
03. My God (early version) [0:09:42.51]
04. Wond’ring Aloud (13th December 1970) (2011 stereo mix) [0:01:51.39]
05. Wind-Up (early version) (2011 stereo mix) [0:05:21.57]
06. Slipstream (take 2) (2011 stereo mix) [0:00:54.67]
07. Up the ’Pool (early version) (2011 stereo mix) [0:01:12.45]
08. Wond’ring Aloud, Again (2011 stereo mix) [0:07:07.67]
09. Life Is a Long Song (2011 stereo mix) [0:03:19.68]
10. Up the ’Pool (2011 stereo mix) [0:03:12.46]
11. Dr Bogenbroom [0:03:00.66]
12. From Later [0:02:08.65]
13. Nursie [0:01:37.63]
14. US Radio Spot [0:00:52.38]

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