JETHRO TULL · Aqualung | BLU-RAY AUDIO

Blu-ray Audio in softpak. Steven Wilson Remixes in Atmos, 5.1 and stereo.

Background information about 'Aqualung'

There are records that change the course of a band's history, and then there is "Aqualung". Jethro Tull's 1971 masterpiece is the moment Ian Anderson and company stopped being merely brilliant and became untouchable. From the very first snarling riff of the title track, you know you're in the presence of something raw, strange and utterly magnetic.

Jethro Tull had spent the late sixties honing a sound that already defied easy labels, but "Aqualung" is where it all crystallised. Anderson's flute darts and weaves around Martin Barre's guitar like a wild animal, while the rhythm section of Jeffrey Hammond and Clive Bunker keeps everything grounded in a blues-soaked, folk-tinged bedrock. And then there are the lyrics: the tale of the homeless vagrant on the cover, the withering critique of organised religion in "My God", the gentle, almost tender "Wond'ring Aloud". This is an album that swings between rage and beauty, between snarling hard rock and delicate acoustic passages, without ever losing its grip.

What makes "Aqualung" so enduring is that it never sounds like a period piece. It is progressive rock at its most instinctive, before the genre became obsessed with technical showmanship. The songs breathe, they lurch, they surprise. Tracks like "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath" remain as vital today as the day they were recorded, and the closing "Wind Up" is a defiant, almost spiritual crescendo that leaves you breathless.

Hearing this album in high-resolution audio is a revelation. Every flute trill, every crunch of Barre's guitar, every thump of Bunker's kick drum is rendered with a clarity that makes you feel like you're standing in the studio. This is the definitive way to experience one of rock's true landmarks.

For fans of:
Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant

Track listing

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
    BONUS TRACKS
    ATMOS / 5.1 / STEREO
12. Wond’ring Aloud Again
13. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2023 Remix)
    5.1 / STEREO
14. My God (Early Version)
15. Just Trying to Be
16. Wond’ring Aloud (13 Dec 1970)
17. Up The Pool
18. Wind-Up (Early Version)
19. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2011 Remix)
20. Slipstream (Take 2)
    STEREO
21. Pancake Doomsday
22. Aqualung (Early Take)
23. Locomotive Breath (Early Take)

Manufacturer: Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, Alter Wandrahm 14, 20457 Hamburg, Germany, Contact: www.parlophonerecords.com