Jethro Tull - Aqualung
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Free Music Review: Superb
Hit: 5 Stars
Aqualung is a fine work. Musically and lyrically it is masterfully written. It explores the depravity of 'man' and the inept worldliness of the 'church'. Ian Anderson writes some scathing accusations against the religious nature of the mainstream churches. In doing so highlights the un-godly situation where people can sink to the level of Aqualung and yet the 'church' does nothing but carry on with its pomp and ego. Ian has some obvious profound insight into the misgivings of the mainstream church by pointing out various traditionally held practises that have little or nothing to do with being an earthly representative of our Lord. e.g 'Oh people, what have you done, locked Him in His golden cage. Made Him bend to your religion, Him resurrected from the grave. He is the god of nothing, if that's all that you can see. You are the God of everything, He's inside you and me. This observation is spot on and is some of the most powerful and thought provoking lyrics I've read. 'You're right Ian,'He's not the kind you have to wind-up on Sunday'. Aqualung is a classic album in every sense of the word.Free Music Review: Great CD - strange remastering!
Hit: 5 Stars
ALthough I have enjoyed individual songs from this album for over 30 years, I never owned it, I only just recently bought this CD. It is a wonderful album, and maybe one of the 10-15 best albums of the '70's. I do want want to delve into the thematic concerns of Ian Anderson, as other reviewers here have done so very eloquently. What I will say is that this is a great CD, many of the songs are staples of classic rock stations, but the CD transends that status. If you are curious about Aqualung - buy it - you won't be disappointed; don't wait over 30 years like I did.
At the same time, the remastering evident here is more than a little stange. While the hiss and rather tinny sound on unremastered Tull recordings is absent; there also seems to be some "presence" missing on some tracks. I suspoect the desire to eliminate tape hiss led to some of the liveliness of the sound being diminished. Additionally, most remastered CD's I have play loudly - this one has the volume unusually low, so you will need to crank your stereo up higher than normal to enjoy what is contained herein.
Free Music Review: Don't mess with success
Hit: 5 Stars
This was Ian Anderson's finest hour. Tull has certainly recorded some great songs besides the ones on Aqualung but this concept album was the best compilation that they achieved. It had a perfect flow. I became a huge fan and bought all of their music after hearing the words and feeling the energy on this album back in the day. I have been to just about every one of their live appearances in my area and they are still one of the greatest, underappreciated music makers out there. The only problem that I have had for years was that on the original Chrysalis album, they end the music with Wind Up. That was where it should have always ended! I would love to see a CD that mirrored the original album. The additional songs are good songs but do not fit in with the flow of the album. They are just add-ons that accomplish nothing but destroying the experience of what the genius of Ian Anderson provided in the original format. Wind Up completed the theme of that great work and Wind Up meant what it said. Whoever the marketing knucklehead was that added songs after that missed the point.Free Music Review: Not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
Hit: 5 Stars
"Over the top, pretentious, all flash and no substance..." hey, this album may have been excessive in places, but it was a heck of a lot more exciting to listen to than James Taylor OR Grand Funk Railroad back in 1971! Ian Anderson and company COOKED as a musical group at this time. Martin Barre, THE most underrated guitarist in rock, steams along with an energy that soars without going into riff-happy overdrive. John Evan and Clive Bunker also have talent to burn and if painter-turned-bassist Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond isn't quite in everybody else's league musically, he at least isn't a stone around the band's collective necks. But it's Ian Anderson's nimble singing and nimbler flute-playing that carry the whole shebang forward. If his lyrics are a little twee in the title song and "My God," they're marvelous to hear in "Mother Goose" and "Cross-Eyed Mary," and special kudos goes to "Wond'ring Aloud," one of Anderson's prettiest ballads.Do believe the hype. This really is a CLASSIC rock album!
Free Music Review: First "Classic" Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I only say this to describe the way the average person thinks. All three earlier albums were classics. However, this is where Jethro Tull really made their mark on the world. It's also where their trade mark sound fully and completely solidifies. As amazing as Stand Up was, it wasn't really representative of what Ian wanted to do, in the long run. Much more represenative of that is this album.
Ian freely and fluently and constantly mixes hard rock jazz folk and classical music. He doesn't care at this point; he's interested in doing something new. He is tossing out beautiful melodies and arrangements at the flick of a wrist. The classic rock staples "Aqualung, Crosseyed Mary and Locomotive Breath" are all on here. There are also songs like "My God" and "Wind Up" that showcase Ian's ability to mix styles and genre's almost annoyingly effortlesly. Throw in several beautiful, but short, accoustic pieces, and you have one of the finest Tull albums of all time.