Aqualung (Steven Wilson Mix And Master) Jethro Tull

• 1 Aqualung 06:35
• 2 Cross-Eyed Mary 04:10
• 3 Cheap Day Return 01:22
• 4 Mother Goose 03:53
• 5 Wond'ring Aloud 01:53
• 6 Up To Me 03:14
• 7 My God 07:11
• 8 Hymn 43 03:18
• 9 Slipstream 01:13
• 10 Locomotive Breath 04:41
• 11 Wind-Up 06:01
• Total Runtime 43:31

Info for Aqualung (Steven Wilson Mix And Master)

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.

'...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...' (Mojo)

Ian Anderson, flute, acoustic guitar, vocals
Martin Barre, electric guitar and descant recorder
Clive Bunker, percussion
John Evan, piano, organ, mellotron
Jeffrey Hammond, bass, alto recorder, and odd voices
Glenn Cornick, bass guitar

David Palmer, Orchestral arrangements and conduction

Recorded at Island Studios, London
Engineered by John Burns
Produced by Ian Anderson, Terry Ellis

Digitally remastered