Aqualung [Two-CD/Two-DVD Box]

by Jethro Tull

Overview

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's ultimately the music that makes it worthy of praise. Tull's winning way with a riff was never so arresting as on the chugging "Locomotive Breath," or on 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. [Aqualung was released in a two-CD/two-DVD box set in 2016.] ~ Rovi Staff

Product Details

Release Date:	04/22/2016
Label:	Atlantic / Chrysalis Records / Elektra / Rhino / Warner Music
UPC:	0825646487080
Rank:	15095

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Aqualung
2. Cross-Eyed Mary
3. Cheap Day Return
4. Mother Goose
5. Wond¿¿¿ring Aloud
6. Up to Me
7. My God
8. Hymn 43
9. Slipstream
10. Locomotive Breath
11. Wind-Up

Disc 2

12. Lick Your Fingers Clean
13. Just Trying to Be
14. My God [Early Version]
15. Wond'ring Aloud [13th December 1970]
16. Wind-Up [Early Version]
17. Slipstream [Take 2]
18. Up the 'Pool [Early Version]
19. Wond'ring Aloud , Again
20. Life Is a Long Song [New Mix]
21. Up the 'Pool [New Mix]
22. Life Is a Long Song
23. Up the 'Pool
24. Dr Bogenbroom
25. From Later
26. Nursie
27. Reprise Radio Advert

Disc 3

28. Aqualung [Remixed]
29. Life Is a Long Song

Disc 4

30. Aqualung [Remixed] [Audio & Video]
31. Life Is a Long Song [Audio & Video]

Disc 5

32. Aqualung [Audio & Video]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jethro Tull   Primary Artist
John Bungey   Primary Artist
Ian Anderson   Primary Artist,Voices,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Vocals,Guitar,Flute
Jeffrey Hammond   Vocals (Background),Vocals,Voices,Alto Recorder,Guitar (Bass)
Clive Bunker   Percussion,Drums
Dee Palmer   Conductor,Keyboards,Saxophone,Synthesizer
John Evan   Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Mellotron,Multi Instruments
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond   Guitar (Bass)
Martin Barre   Guitar,Descant,Recorder,Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

John Walters   Audio Production,Producer
Bernie Andrews   Audio Production,Producer
Terry Ellis   Audio Production,Producer,Producer
Ian Anderson   Audio Production,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Tony Wilson   Engineer
Dee Palmer   Arranger,Orchestration,Orchestral Arrangements
Allen Harris   Engineer
Steven Wilson   Mixing Engineer,Mastering Engineer
Jeffrey Hammond   Recording
John Burns   Engineer
Robin Black   Remix Engineer
David Palmer   Arranger
Jennie Anderson   Composer,Lyricist
John Bungey   Interviewer
Burton Silverman   Painting Concept
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Bob Conduct   Engineer
Jennie Franks   Composer