Jethro Tull - Aqualung
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Artist: Jethro TullEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-02-09
Music Label: Capitol
Product features:
- JETHRO TULL AQUALUNG.
- Aqualung
- Cross-Eyed Mary
- Cheap Day Return
- Mother Goose
- Wond'ring Aloud
- Up To Me
- My God
- Hymn 43
- Slipstream
- Locomotive Breath
- Wind-Up
- Lick Your Fingers Clean
- Wind-Up (Quad Version)
- Excerpts From The Ian Anderson Interview
- Songs for Jeffrey
- Fat Man
- Bouree
Free Music Notes for Aqualung
Free Music Review: Jethro Mott
Hit: 5 Stars
Three facts about Jethro Tull. One , Jethro Tull is not the name of a member of the band , it is the name of the band , the chap that is always pictured leading the band is actually called Ian Anderson , Who is still leading the band today in 2005 ,( In-between his main occupation now as a salmon farmer!) he is the rather odd looking chap ,usually pictured standing on one leg, wearing a rather shabby, ill fitting rain coat, whilst playing the flute. Number Two fact is that although Jethro Tull's line up has been extremely mercurial , they have only ever had three lead guitarist's , the first was the brilliant blues guitarist Mick Abrahams , who left after the first album," This Was(1968) to form his own band Blodwyn Pig , who were to have their moment in the spotlight in the early seventies. , the next guitarist lasted only for a month , before deciding that Jethro Tull's take on the blues was not quite him and moving back to his old mates ,and forming Black Sabbath, a certain Toni Iommi, ( Toni Iommi's only real contribution was miming with the band to the band's latest single " Witches Promise" on the Rolling Stones Rock'n' Roll Circus film.) He was then replaced by Martin Barre, who is still with the band today 37 years later. Fact Number three is that their fourth album written completely by Ian Anderson , who by now was definitely the leader of the band , is a five star classic that can easily be said to have changed the face of Rock music as we now know it .
Jethro Tull were formed in Birmingham ,England in 1967, to cash in on the burgeoning British Blues Boom,they were an instant success with their first album going into the British Top Twenty , their second album " Stand Up ( 1969) reaching the top of the British Charts , whilst also reaching the Top Twenty across the Atlantic in the good ole U.S of A. , Their third album "Benefit" ( 1970) went straight to the Top Ten of the Charts World wide, by which time their reputation as a live act had put them amongst the Rock Giants of their Day , it is actually quite surprising that they managed to record so much high quality music , taking into account the number of live concerts the band were doing in their early years .
In early 1971 Jethro Tull went into the newly opened Island recording studio's for three weeks to record their new album , ( The other band in residence at Island at the same time were Led Zeppelin laying down tracks for their fourth album.) When they came out again they had recorded one of Rock's great moments . "Aqualung" was released to it's adoring public , and in reality gave Ian Anderson and his bunch the right to lifetime Superstardom. Never mind how much the line up changed and Boy ,did it,by the time of this release there was only one remaining original member of the band apart from Anderson left ,Clive Bunker the drummer, and he was to leave before the release of Tull's next album " Thick As A Brick" ( 1972 ), But no matter how many Bass players , Keyboards ,and Drummers ,they had as long as Ian Anderson, wrote ,arranged and sung the songs ,with his flute giving Tull their distinctive sound , and his right hand man Martin Barre stuck with him to give the band genuine rock credibility, the band over the next thirty years turned out a constant stream of quality albums and live concerts . But Aqualung was certainly a defining moment , and is crammed full of classic tracks many of which are still in Tull's live set today.
The album is split into two parts , in the days of Vinyl Side One and Side Two , throughout which Anderson, and Barre's playing is inspirational , whilst the supporting musicians turn in fine performances.
Track one is the albums title track , starting off with a typical Tull guitar riff before the band break in , and Anderson starts his story telling.
Aqualung is the album's lead character, and is so named for his hacking cough ,and dishevelled appearance .Side one deals with his life story ,full of seedy vignettes drawn from modern secular English life . the title track has actually got three sections as the mood of the narrator unfolds the music changes accordingly , the first melodic statement sung in a harsh surly voice is ugly and jarring on the senses,it then turns into a completely different beast far gentler and easy on the ear before rising to a rockin' finale featuring the first of the musical duels between , Anderson's flute and the mighty axe of Barre.
Side two subtitled My God ,deals explicitly with religion , there are more questions asked than answers given , which leaves the album topical ,and soul searching today . Again the structure of the songs is constantly shifting . There are stately hymnal changes, a jazzy flute break, and many pomp-and-circumstantial motif's which, when inverted ,assumes more chromatic, and modern queasiness. Altogether a very satisfying and complete package .
With this new 30th Anniversary edition not only do you get the entire original eleven tracks clearly re-mastered ,all of the artwork reprinted , the front cover alone puts shivers up and down your spine but a bonus of five extra tracks including the glorious 'Bouree ', delightfully credited to Ian Anderson/Johan Sebastian Bach , plus an excerpt of an interview with Ian Anderson on his recollections of recording Aqualung . All in all , a grand package.
Mott the Dog.
Aqualung Poster
JETHRO TULL AQUALUNG.After veering sharply from the blues inluences of their debut, This Was, Jethro Tull's sound quickly coalesced around jazz-tinged English folk influences and the antics of frontman/flautist Ian Anderson. But it was guitarist Martin Barre's swaggering riff off the title track of the band's fourth album that would become Tull's indelibly clichéd trademark--and the band's entrée into a long reign as arena-rock perennials. But there's a lot more to Aqualung than the riffage of that cut and its cousins, "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath." In an era when pseudo-Christian spirituality was a de rigueur, if cheap, musical commodity (from the overblown operatics of Jesus Christ Superstar to one-hit pop wonders such as "Spirit in the Sky" and "Put Your Hand in the Hand"), Anderson and company openly challenged the value of organized religion with a thematic album savvy enough to layer its thought-provoking lyrics between heavy strata of FM-friendly guitar bedrock. A cliché, perhaps; a landmark, no doubt. And a record many maintain is still Tull's finest hour. --Jerry McCulley
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