Jethro Tull - Aqualung [Remaster]

Artist:

Jethro Tull

See Also:

Flower Kings (The) Drake, Nick Pentangle Pegg, Dave Spock`s Beard

Description:

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.

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

Album Information

Release Date:

01/26/1999

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Progressive Rock

Label:

Chrysalis Records (USA)

Producer:

Ian Anderson; Terry Ellis; Bernie Andrews; John Walters

Catalog Number:

95401

Original Release Year:

1999

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

75 : 0

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