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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.
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- 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