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"Jethro Tull, Aqualung - -Mini LP Replica in a CD - Japanese" Artist: Jethro Tull Release Date: Jun 23, 2003 Format: CD Record Label: Toshiba Emi UPC: 4988006796812 Genre: Rock Duration: Album or EP Sub-Genre: Progressive & Art Rock Special Attributes: Import, Remastered, Special Edition Track listing 1. Aqualung 2. Cross-Eyed Mary 3. Cheap Day Return 4. Mother Goose 5. Wondr'ing 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 With Mojo Magazine 15. Song For Jeffrey, A (BBC Session 1968) 16. Fat Man (BBC Session 1969) 17. Bouree (BBC Session 1969) Distributor: MSI Music Distribution Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo Digitally remastered in 1997 with bonus tracks, including a 13 minute interview with Ian Anderson, a different version of 'Wind Up'and three various BBC session tracks. Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, acoustic guitar, flute); Martin Barre (guitar, descant recorder); Jeffrey Hammond (alto recorder, bass, background vocals); John Evan (piano, organ, Mellotron); Clive Bunker (drums, percussion). Recorded at Island Studios, London, England. Originally released as Reprise (2035). This edition features remastered material and bonus tracks. Also includes a 13-minute interview with Ian Anderson. CD comes in Jpn LP Sleeve. 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. Editorial reviews ...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 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... Q (19960701) 4 stars out of 5 - ...They were the most frazzled British art rockers of their day... Rolling Stone (20011011)
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