Aqualung
by Jethro Tull
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 March 1971
- Label: Chrysalis, Island, Reprise
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:05:21
- Community rating: 4.36/5 from 15 ratings
Artists on this release: Jeffrey Hammond, Martin Barre, Clive Bunker, John Evan, Ian Anderson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung' establishes a dynamic musical framework that merges riff-heavy hard rock with intricate acoustic folk passages, a sound solidified by the group's updated lineup. [1, 2, 4, 7] The album's lyrical focus is split between character studies of societal outcasts on its first side and a pointed critique of organized religion on the second, sparking debate over its status as a concept album. [2, 4, 6] Recorded in a large, echoey former church, the album's distinct sound and challenging themes propelled the band to international stardom, becoming their best-selling and most definitive work. [1, 2, 3]
Genres
Descriptors: flute, conceptual, british, acoustic, anti-religious, folk, storytelling
Tracklist
- Aqualung (6:36)
- Cross-Eyed Mary (4:10)
- Cheap Day Return (1:21)
- Mother Goose (3:53)
- Wond'ring Aloud (1:53)
- Up to Me (3:14)
- My God (7:11)
- Hymn 43 (3:17)
- Slipstream (1:11)
- Locomotive Breath (4:26)
- Wind-Up (6:01)
- Lick Your Fingers Clean (2:46)
- Wind-Up (5:23)
- Ian Anderson Interview (13:59)
Credits
- Ian Anderson - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, production, composed by, written-by
- Martin Barre - electric guitar, descant recorder
- Jeffrey Hammond - bass guitar, alto recorder, odd voices, backing vocals on "mother goose"
- John Evan - piano, organ, mellotron
- Clive Bunker - drums and percussion
- David Palmer - arranged by [orchestra], conductor [orchestra]
- Terry Ellis - producer
- Jennie Anderson - composed by
- John Burns - engineer
- Burton Silverman - painting [uncredited]
- Barry Plummer - photography by [booklet page 17]