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Aqualung by Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson, the singer and main songwriter of Tull, repeatedly said that Aqualung was just a "bunch of songs". It's true that it isn't a concept album as such, but it just about classes as progressive in my book. Listen to the title track, "Locomotive Breath" and "Mother Goose", and I think you'll see what I mean. There's little doubt that this is among the top few Jethro Tull albums, and the quality of the songwriting is stunning. The musicianship is also next to none: listen to Anderson's jazz flute solo on "My God", as an example, but the band has one mind even through the most complex passages. This may be just a bunch of songs, but it's one of the best bunch of songs around.

Track list

  • 1. Aqualung 6:31
  • 2. Cross-Eyed Mary 4:06
  • 3. Cheap Day Return 1:21
  • 4. Mother Goose 3:51
  • 5. Wond'ring Aloud 1:53
  • 6. Up to Me 3:15
  • 7. My God 7:08
  • 8. Hymn 43 3:14
  • 9. Slipstream 1:13
  • 10. Locomotive Breath4:23
  • 11. Wind Up 6:01

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