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- Aqualung
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Jethro Tull
Released 1971

Aqualung
06:31
64,505 plays

Locomotive Breath
04:23
52,513 plays

Cross-Eyed Mary
04:06
32,984 plays

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- 1
- Aqualung
- 06:31
- 64,505 plays

- 2
- Cross-Eyed Mary
- 04:06
- 32,984 plays

- 3
- Cheap Day Return
- 01:21
- 13,467 plays

- 4
- Mother Goose
- 03:51
- 16,521 plays

- 5
- Wond'ring Aloud
- 01:53
- 13,479 plays

- 6
- Up to Me
- 03:14
- 12,390 plays

- 7
- My God
- 07:08
- 13,378 plays

- 8
- Hymn 43
- 03:15
- 15,727 plays

- 9
- Slipstream
- 01:12
- 10,386 plays

- 10
- Locomotive Breath
- 04:23
- 52,513 plays

- 11
- Wind Up
- 06:01
- 11,051 plays

album review

Released at a time when a lot of bands were embracing pop-Christianity (à la Jesus Christ Superstar), Aqualung was a bold statement for a rock group, a pro-God antichurch tract that probably got lots of teenagers wrestling with these ideas for the first time in their lives. This was the album that made Jethro Tull a fixture on FM radio, with riff-heavy songs like "My God," "Hymn 43," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary," "Wind Up," and the title track. And from there, they became a major arena act, and a fixture at the top of the record charts for most of the 1970s. Mixing hard rock and folk melodies with Ian Anderson's dour musings on faith and religion (mostly how organized religion had restricted man's relationship with God), the record was extremely profound for a number seven chart hit, one of the most cerebral albums ever to reach millions of rock listeners. Indeed, from this point on, Anderson and company were compelled to stretch the lyrical envelope right to the breaking point. [In the digital age, Aqualung has gone through numerous editions, mostly owing to problems finding an original master tape when the CD boom began. When the album was issued by Chrysalis through Columbia Records in the mid-'80s, the source tape was an LP production master, and the first release was criticized for thin, tinny sound; Columbia remastered it sometime around 1987 or 1988, in a version with better sound. Chrysalis later switched distribution to Capitol-EMI, and they released a decent sounding CD. Chrysalis also issued a 25th anniversary edition in 1996.] ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide