Aqualung

Jethro Tull cultivated a distinctive late 60's sound that they twisted to their own through emotional songwriting and unique choices. One of the few popular musical acts to be in the last 60 years to use flute at all, and probably one of the best at it. Lots of songs I already knew and enjoyed and a great few I didn't to round out the album. Great listen!

Petition for more hard rock flute

Not quite as great as I remember it from back in the day but still a very good album.

I could see this growing on me with time. There's some solid tracks on here, and I like the little interludes throughout the album. There's other prog albums that I would listen to before this, but it's still good. My favourite song was Aqualung.

Really like this one actually, unique writing, interesting instruments, good vocals, etc. I think I’d buy this one.

good art... good.. Vimputtelu vämpyttelyssä jotain samaa kuin seuraavien vuosikymmenten pop musiikissa.. sitten kun kuuntelee enemmän tulee anteeksiantamattoman outoa ja kiitettävän itsevarmaa folk soitantaa.. Mutta ei koskaan liian itsevarmaa tai polulta hyppäävää.. Ei menty syvään päähän.. Näkyy arvioinnissa..

"Aqualung" is the fourth studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull. The album was more acoustic than previous albums incorporating folk, blues, pyschedelia and hard rock and heck, I'd say even a bit of baroque. Some critics labeled this as a concept album with a theme of the distinction between religion and God; the band denies any intention of a concept album, and in fact, went over-the-top concept album as a response on their next album "Thick as a Brick." The album was produced by Terry Ellis and bandleader, lead singer, acoustic guitarist and flautist Ian Anderson. Commercially, the album did well hitting #4 in the UK and #7 in the US and selling over seven million copies. That heavy guitar riff and an evil laugh open the first side named "Aqualung" with a song of the same name. The song slows down with acoustic huitar and piano and then goes back hard and back and forth. One of the most classic rock guitar riffs and a guitar solo that really sounds like Southern rock. It's about and based on a photograph of a homeless man near the Thames. A flute, recorder and piano intro begin "Cross-Eyed Mary." Some more classic rock guitar riffs. Anderson at his most evil vocals. This character sketch is about a schoolgirl prostitue who prefers her lecherous men than other school kids. Aqualung makes an appearance too. The band goes more traditional folk on "Mother Goose." Acoustic guitar, flutes, recorders. A happy song after the first three fairly dark songs. The main character is just walking around London and making observations. Whereas songs on the first side are about specific characters, the second side "My God" is more "big picture" with direct or indirect religious overtones. Anderson's vocals come in strong on the second single "Hymn 43." Electric guitar and piano. Glory seekers who use God's name as an excuse for scarier things. A jazzy piano intro which picks up kicks the first single "Locomotive Breath." Some more memorable guitar riffs with one trying to sound like a train. We get both guitar and flute solos. Yes!!! A comment on population growth. And no, that train is not slowing down. I admit to not really ever giving Jethro Tull a deep listen. I guess I was expecting a more boring prog album but no, this is not that and is quite good. I didn't hear any filler and liked the mix of rock, folk and even the baroque. There are just some classic guitar riffs and well deserved classic rock staples. An album everyone should check out and I will check out more Tull.

the guitar intro on cheap day return was beautiful, i wasn't expecting that kinda sound from this album.

Never listed to this album before. It was a wonderful wonderful surprise. Truly beautiful. The flute rips hard.

Just a solid rock album. Had me doing the stink face occasionally. You'd think the flute would be kind of prog-y pretentious, but man it hits so well in this album. Favorite tracks: "Aqualung", "Hymn 43", "Locomotive Breath"

Flutey

Rock progresivo.

Rock progresivo, folk. Un megahit. Un 4.

Klassiker

4/10, 40%

Found a new genre I like. Wind-Up is an instant classic.

Solid record. My God is bloated but I enjoyed the rest pretty well.

Rock progresivo, folk. Un megahit. Un 4.

Niezła fujara bracie

Decent listen, 'Aqualung' was a highlight and the rest of the album is a decent listen

Love this prog album. The album opens powerfully with 'Aqualung' and for the rest of the album, there aren't really any bad songs. 'Locomotive Breath' is one hell of a song, and other songs like 'Mother Goose' or 'My God' are still great along with the rest of the songs.

Flutes are sick

folk meets rock meets flute. commentary on religion and man’s relationship to it. solid album.

Feeling like a “Lord of the Rings” character after listening to this. Rate:3.5

This one brings me back to middle school and early high school where this album was played over and over. I haven’t heard it in a long time. Replayed Aqualung and Cross Eyed Mary twice. I’m sure Jethro Tull was the only rock band to feature a flute! I enjoyed this musical walk down memory lane.

I mean... By simply introducing a fuckin flute into the hard rock scene, they deserve the credit.

Classic album with some fantastic standout tracks. Jethro Tull have a fair few better albums overall though

Kool prog

If nothing else, Jethro Tull will always stand out as one of the most distinctive sounding groups. No one else sounds quite like them. Aqualung is easily the band's best, most accessible album, with a nice mix of prog and English folk-influenced rock. For me, the folk side of it can wear a little thin. But the band really shines when they lean more into their heavier rock sound. The lyricism is sharp with vivid imagery, although probably better understood if you read them. This was excellent, one of the great rock albums of the 70s. Fave Songs: Locomotive Breath, Hymn 43, Cross-Eyed Mary, Aqualung, Wind-Up

Pretty cool album honestly. I think this is one of those albums where they manage to turn the weirdness into something good, rather than letting it end up drawing the whole thing down. Perhaps I don't want to put it on immeditely after hearing it, but there are definitely some killer riffs in there, and I think it could become a quite strong album for me if I just gave it some more listenings. I'll give this one the benefit of the doubt and give it a weak 4. Plus points for standing out. The album art definitely gels well with the music on it somehow.

While I think that Aqualung and Locomotive Breath are rightfully the most famous tracks on this album, the rest were a good listen too. It manages to stay interesting and fun with lots of good riffs (and flute!!). Brownie points for being different from a lot of other album and with a good album cover too. Well worth a listen to see if this is your cup of tea.

4.5/5. This prog rock concept album is something else, the guitar work is exceptional.

Oh see this is the cool kind of classic rock. Every band member is doing really well here, including the flute. Vocals sound a little like a South Park character, which you can't unhear. The flute adds an almost Lord of the Rings vibe to a really solid rock album.

Chill

really good 4/5

Good album. I'd listened to it a lot a long time ago, and it's still good. I don't love it though. It gets a little long in the tooth. 3.5/5

Not a big Tull guy, but this is as good as they get and a classic rock staple for a reason. Some of the best interception between prog and folk there is outside of Gabriel-era Genesis, and a good time throughout. B+

Prog!

Oh no. Not aqua lung. ... Ok I enjoyed it.

pretty cool! kind of a range of genres

Great album! Enjoyable folk rock and interesting songs.

Can’t beat the 70’s

Sort of an odd duck with the religious allegory, flute and smatterings of prog. But it all comes together well.

PREFS : Aqualung, Cheap Day Return, Up to Me, My God, Hymn 43, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up MOINS PREF : Wond'ring Aloud

4.5 jævli bra tho intro sangen<3

Pretty solid album. The flute is refreshing and tastefully done, but the whole package just can’t be a five for me.

This album went kinda hard ngl. Reminded me of early Genesis

4/5

Surprisingly good, I honestly was shocked that it wasn't as Dad Rock as I expected.

3.5/5

Jethro Tull is definitely one of those bands that I'm expecting this project to familiarize me with. Slightly proggy flute rock, alright! Fave track - the title track is great. "My God" has some excellent flute jammin', and "Hymn 43" was good too!

Good old Jethro Tull

Including a flute in modern mainstream music? Jethro Tull did it before Lizzo.

brniwpdj

A classic prog rock album which is one of the finest in its era with lots of great, varied, musically well written songs. I love the flute so it's a plus that it's one of those prog rock albums on which this instrument is the main one. I'd give it a 4.5 of it, because it is not nearly as perfect as some other prog rock albums from around that time.

Charlie stole the handle!

Realy cool album, i particuparly enjoyed the guitars

Really dug this one. Cool early 70s rock, but that extra flair of the flute was another level. Loved the poetic lyrics and that the song structure explored, kept going places I didn't expect

A true classic. Love the guitar tone and great riffage throughout. Not a bad tune on the album. I forgot how good it is. 8.5/10

Aqualung is such a weird song. I listed to this album a lot in my teens.

Yeah, fan of this, hard hitting folk!

Much better than the widespread scorn from '90s music press would suggest. Beats Metallica any day and inspired me to check out their other work. Some of this is a bit pervy, and it's not clear if it's pro- or anti-pervert, but hey, '70s lyrics..

Excelente.

Wow, this album rocked way more than I thought it would. I'll be checking this one out again.

J'aime la diversité d'instruments et la recherche musicale. Bien aimé, mais je reconnais que je n'écouterais pas ça tous les jours non plus, faut que ça nous tente.

No lo tenía pero es muy bueno

Sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent. If that wasn't my anthem in 1971 I don't know what was. Another seminal album from the period best listened to while in a drug induced haze. Ian Anderson's flute transported us to another world.

No band sounds like Jethro Tull. It’s not just the flute, which definitely helps define their sound, but Anderson’s vocals and Barre’s guitar. I love this album. Great music and weird songs.

Really good album. I like the flutes, they add a dimension that's different. The album tells a story, and it's funny at times. Sounds like the 70s.

Probably the best applications of flute in a rocky setting. I enjoy the movement of the songs and strange vocals. I also understand this music isn't for everyone and can be a difficult listen.

Heel goed album, maar ik heb het idee dat dit er zo een is die je nog 10x moet luisteren voordat je hem pas echt op volle waarde kan schatten. Wellicht dat we dat nog eens gaan doen, maar tot die tijd 4 sterren.

Who knew prog-folk was a thing? Not me, until I heard this, although I wish I had! Title track is the most immediate, but plenty else to like as well. Probably one that would have had a 3 from the first listen, but I went round a couple more times and feel it earned that fourth star!

Not the best sounding of their albums but still a masterpiece of the prog era.

- Very cool very swag - Nerdier prog 4/5

Very enjoyable. Superb guitars

Ooooobviously aqualung kicks ass. This album is such a great story with such experimentation and sounds awesome

I was not very fond of the hit songs like Aqualung and Locomotive Breath. But I really enjoyed Wind-Up, Mother Goose and My God. Still one of the progressive rock legends.

My 100th album! Great. Had a deep, folky sound that struck me as very original for 70s rock. Some killer songs on here even if nothing is quite in the same league as the title track. A great record.

Very lively, very interesting, some great tunes

its really good. there's some lulls in the more soft acoustic parts, but when the prog hits it hits. hard.

Sick lyrics, cool as ice blues riffs and insane flutes solos are just some of the experimental and entertaining aspects of this project. Never heard of Jethro still until now and I’m definitely a fan, this thing fucking rocks and was a great listen throughout. That being said, some of the directions certain songs go didn’t seem to work for me, but when it works, it works perfectly. Besides “My God”, one of my favorites on the album, the middle section of the project does lack behind and prevents me enough from a 5. Very strong 4, an absolute essential listen

Overall a great vibe, no songs that were really questionable, no amazing songs but definitely a handful of solid ones

4/5. An awesome album with very intelligent lyrics about life, homelessness, religion, and purpose through a dirty lens of progressive rock. Some misses but mostly great stuff.

Enjoyed more than I thought. Great instrumentals Beautiful voice Some great driving riffs Needs another listen

This is my favorite of essential Jethro Tull albums. As usual, the band brings a sort of psychedelic and dreamy aspect to what people commonly associate with “bard music” with the flutes and percussion instruments. The content, lyrically and conceptually, is built off a two-faced medium. Aqualung and My God are two different concepts, one being about the character Aqualung and the other being about God. This record is a great introduction to Progressive Rock music, along with Stand Up as well as the famous Thick As A Brick. Ian Anderson is, as usual, the hardest working and most outstanding member. LISTEN ON VINYL! Spinning my copy now. 4.5/5.

Surprisingly really good

Estupendo disco de rock conceptual con algunos tramos un tanto psicodélicos, instrumentos como pianos y flautas, y una buena composición de melodías

Ovaj album imam na polici. Locomotive Breath je pjesma koja će me uvijek podsjetit na tatu jer je non stop znao tu pjesmu tražit da mu se pusti isto kao i Wish You Were Here od Floyda. Pa se onda može pretpostaviti zbog kog i znam za njih. Jako dobar - ritmički, progresivno i nekako srednjovjekovnog zvuka rock. Zaista dobar.

Wow, this is a very good album.... It rocks in a pretty standard way but the instruments OMG, the musicalities brought by flutes, pianos and many other I must not recognize really bring something GOOOD!!! DEFINITELY a 4/5!

The flute brings me into the music. Also the lyrics are something else, with all this God's theme.

Pretty groundbreaking stuff for 1971 that still holds up today. Dig the yazz flute 4/5.

Yummy

JETHRON JA HJALLIKSEN METKUILUT TAAS... huilunpuhaltaja ,, tulee nokka huilu ajat mieleen.... hyvää työtä tässä. vaikuttaa tylsältä OSITTAIN. MUTTA EI OLE.. kun kuuntelee .. pistää korvan lähelle.. musiikkia... sen jälkeen on selvä. hyvä album... paras biis my god.

The only thing that turns me off is the lead voice. It’s just not something I’m into. The music is awesome

You better know flautist Jethro Tull. He gonna toot toot all over your guitar and he gonna big yell and shout at you. Toot toot you mother fuckers. Toot toot. His voice rules biggly and the guitar lines have some pervy swill to them. Also, the guitar tones big time blast off and buzzsaw inside the heart. Dis album Thich as a Brich, bruv.

An absolute classic that blends acid folk, hard rock and heavy prog in a really cool way, but honestly, its songs tend to be kind of hit or miss. However the hit ones really hit HARD.

good use of flute. 4.

*Aqualung Jethro Tull* With this being my first randomly generated listen, it is definitely not what I expected. I absolutely love the guitar so far, especially some of the chorus parts in Aqualung. Trying to listen to the drums to gain a better understanding. "Much of this album was, in fact, inspired by frontman, lyricist and singer Ian Anderson’s then-wife Jenny Franks' photographs of the homeless along the Thames Embankment in central London." (Genius) I find this to be so cool especially since I'm into photography. It's almost like they're creating a story or theme song for her photo's which is extremely interesting. After listening to the entirety of the album I've gained a bigger interest in rock and have definitely gained an excitement to explore older music.

Classic Album with good tunes and flute

didn't want to listen to it, actually kind of liked it

È storia, dalla superlativa title track a "My God". Sarebbero 5 stelle, ma sono 4 solo perché esiste Thick as a Brick.

Homeless prog Music!

Outstanding album by an incredible band. It was in my LP collection as a teen and I remember seeing them play at the Worcester (MA) Centrum in the early/mid-80s. Such superb musicianship and interesting compositions. These tunes hooked me back then and still have me hooked to this day.

I like this album.

ikkje lika bra som thick as a brick, men fortsatt sjukt bra

Great tunes

Excellent album, pas une mauvaise chanson. Honnêtement près du score parfait.

4/3 drowned

I liked it more than I thought I would. Aqualung (the title track) is probably the best, and I dug the overall folk-rock slant. I've kind of dismissed Jethro Tull in the past I think I have a new appreciation.

A very nice album with a couple of standout moments (an in particular the brilliant Locomotive Breath). However, some parts also feel a bit uninspired and meandering. In particular, some of the more folk pieces don't work that well for me. Still, very good, just not quite enough for 5 stars.

I’ve heard of Jethro Tull before this, but never actually got around to listening to them. I liked the album. I haven’t heard a lot of older folky/rock music with flute in it, and I actually like it a lot. The flute solo followed by guitar solo in Cross-Eyed Mary was awesome! Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary, and Locomotive Breath are some of my favorites from this one.

Good bit of folky-rock. Smells like hay bales and cider and cigarettes.

Eddie

Very interesting

Heard before: no Another one where my prejudices were proved wrong - all I knew about the band was: prog folk rock with flutes. This album was a blast - great tunes. Some meandered for a bit too long, but loved it overall.

Really enjoyed the three times I listened, great riffs, good singing, nice pedal measures

Folk rock, all over the place, shaggy and rambling, and I am mostly here for it. Flute/chanting bit took me by surprise though.

Solid classic rock album. Aqualung is top 10 classic songs of all time. Standouts: Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Cross-Eyed Mary, Hymn 43. 4/5

some of this is really hard to listen to but that jazz flute is ON POINT

Aqualung is of course Jethro Tull's best-known album and is generally known and loved by rock fans (The titletrack and Locomotive Breath will still be heard anywhere, and you'll find them on rocklovers lists). It is indeed the best introductory album to Jethro Tull. However, as I've been told by many of Tull fans, this is probably not their best work. That honor goes to the more progressive Thick As a Brick. Still, Aqualung has enough highlights for a successful listen. The title track is magnificent and My God also remains Jethro Tull at their top.

Great

Yeah not bad. Liked the famous flute bits and pretty happy with it overall apart from that.

Jethro Tull albums generally follow the CCR Format, but also reinventing Led Zepplin. The title song is a timeless classic and there might be one other really catchy jam on here. (7/10) FT: Aqualung, Locomotive Breath , Bourée

cool medieval metal sounding album, with multiple songs spanning the same tale, definitely a great unique sound

pretty nice

I honestly saw the album cover and was like wtf is this shit - put it on while I cleaned my home - super groovy I really liked it

This was a pretty cool album. Even the songs I didn't like all that much would get bumped up a star or so when the riff (guitar and/or flute) kicked in. Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, even knowing I would like "Aqualung" and "Locomotive Breath".

tri

My grandad is always on and on about this band ( so I hope it’s good)… The album starts off with the title track, a fairly cool 6 minute multi parter, It starts with this fairly heavy bit where it kinda reminds me of black sabbath, then theres the slow section which is alright but not brilliant only to explode into this great pop track the kinda song I thought this band would make theres an instrumental that reverts into the slow second which while isn’t my favourite kinda glues all the songs sections. It ends full circle on the awesome black sabbath-y part. Amazing! Cross eyed Mary starts with a brilliant flute based intro really showing what this band can do, the main song itself is a great slow rocker with great lyrics. Cheap day return is a short and sweet interlude-y track providing a nice breather before… Mother goose is a very folk based track it’s not my favourite but it’s still good especially with the songs flute workings in it. Wond’ring Aloud is another short track not an interlude as such as it’s a bit too dynamic for that but it’s still good especially with the string work. Theres some laughing which brings on up to me it’s a decent track with a great groove to to it and good lyrics just slightly going under the quality of the first two songs. Side two starts off with the 7 minute long my god it’s intro is a great piece of acoustic picking which Segway’s into a great verse. The song fights with the original riff until it turns into quite a heavy track that eventually blends all of the sounds from this band the most interesting part is the flute solo backed with the ( na na na na na’s). Then the heaviness comes back for the last minute great! Then is the album’s first ( of two) singles hymn 43, despite its name it’s probably one of the heaviest songs on here acting as a true grand centrepiece to the whole album. Slipstream is another break-y interlude thing it’s good just not special. Then is the other single and penultimate track of the album, locomotive breath a piano led track at the start but then takes a complete left turn once the song hits and proves itself as a true rocker very entertaining! The album’s goodbye is in the form of wind up it starts off as a really beautiful acoustic track that slowly builds up what a closer. Wow really good… thanks grandad! —- But my minds changed so I had to re review—— Firstly I said it’s a 5 but I’m not sure. But I never re-listen to this thing honestly I don’t listen to much prog in my spare time and some songs on here are a bit boring. Here are the highlights: Aqualung especially for its intro and coda is really cool, the middle bit is cool too even if it does go on. Cross eyed Mary might be the best use of that all powerful Jethro Tull flute. Seriously for it’s time my god is a super bold song, it’s got this doomsday factor to it as if the great plagues are being summoned as the song plays. Hymn 43 is very danceable for its time a genuinely very cool, I like this comes after my god for the religious theming. But then you have the little ones cheap day return, wondering around, slipstream, these drag more than the multiple long tracks on here. I have sentimental value because my grandad who died two years ago really liked the band but I can’t give it a 5. It’s a 4

holy shit this album kicks ass. i seriously had no idea. the title track & most famous song might be the one of the worst ones on the album which is maybe why i've never listened to it. 'locomotive breath' made me google black sabbath's 'paranoid' album to see who was ripping off who (which really says something given this song features a bluesy piano solo and jazzy flute solo), but those albums came out within months of each other so probably no foul play there. looking forward to jason doing 'cross-eyed mary' at karaoke.

Great to revisit this album.

A fun album with some classic songs

The prog with flute kings rise to the top. An SCC prog album with room to build upon.

nice and good album

Amazing album. I just imagine Ron Burgundy rocking out with his Jazz Flute to this.

I like it, different sound, but the vocals remind me of the smiths/morrissey.

Wind-up é famosa

Good Album. Didn't love every song but it it wasn't horrible.

Enjoyed the experience of the album overall, however I did find my interest waning after the first couple of songs, however from mid-album found it picking up again. Some pretty sick flute solos scattered throughout, not something I've found in rock albums I've listened to in the past. It's a pretty good full-album experience, although I'm not sure if I'd find myself going back to listen to individual songs as a once-off in my regular music rotation.

While it makes no sense that they won an award for metal, this is a pretty rocking album.

Yep, good one, I liked it!

Þessi er alls ekki allra. Ég ólst upp við þetta og fíla vel.

Quite nice

Only the 70s could give us rock flute. And because its the 70s, it works. 4/5.

This was a surprise, I thought I hated these guys but it turns out I was wrong.

Cool one

O álbum é bão mas a capa é melhor

eles querem tanto ser o bruno maia 😭😭😭

Non male. Li avevo già sentiti in passato, non mi erano dispiaciuti ma non mi avevano mai preso troppo. Però lo stile mi piace molto.

Le había entrado a Jethro Tull hace muchos muchos años, cuando mi tío me dejó tomar prestados CDs y LPs de su colección y me puse a explorar que otras cosas tenía. En aquel entonces me gustaron muchas cosas: el tema de agregar flauta y piano "clásico" a rolas de rock, la voz de Ian y el sonido completo y "choncho" de las canciones con todas las partes que uno espera en una banda setentera. Ahora también me gustó aunque quizá una rayita menos. La voz ya no me sorprende tanto, la flauta la siento un poco como gimmick y las temáticas religiosas del disco ya me dieron flojera. Sin embargo, sigo sintiendo que tiene un gran sonido de banda setentera y que siguen teniendo grandes guitarras.

Listened all weekend.

Far from timeless. Guess it didn't start a wind instrument jn rock craze. Loved it back then. Enjoyed listening again.

One of my college roommates used to repeatedly tell the “story/history” of the song Locomotive Breath every time it came across our listening plane (which was often enough in 1985). He would say… “This song was written by a young/autistic/mentally-challenged/ street-person/asylum resident… who carried around a rag soaked in whatever bodily fluids he ‘happened to have coughed up’ that date. Use your imagination there. Reallly, it’s true!” Sorry Randy, not true, but you sure told a helluva a story. Good album with strong tracks and two all time classics. I Was leaning towards a five here, but rounding down out of respect for my old friends bullshit.

I actually really love the mix of 70's rock and sort of old-english folkyness that the band brings here. Was expecting to just enjoy the hits and the novelty of the flute, but I'd say it's all good stuff. A strong 4.5!

Jethro Tull are in full possession of their powers here, contrasts made sharper by Wilson's remastering work. Flute against distortion, folk song against the cynical humanism. Even the cover captures the muddiness of the temptation to misanthropy. I'm partial to the band's weirder output, but here they demonstrate the potential of short-but-full songs. Radio-ready, somehow: The best intro album to Jethro Tull.

Great album growing up as a young teenager…. My cousin played it all the time. Aqualung & Locomotive Breath my favorites.

Another banger for the week! I have a different Jethro Tull album on vinyl, not sure why I wouldn't have this one. It's funny that Jethro Tull is known for the flute contributions, and yet what's most memorable about any given song are the epic guitar riffs. Like the title track, when I think of "Aqualung" I hear that six-note riff. The flute is just an exquisite touch that elevates this a little bit above classic rock fare. Lots to love on this album, I think it's great. Favorite tracks: Aqualung, My God, Cross-Eyed Mary, Mother Goose, Locomotive Breath. Album art: Absolutely iconic. The evil hobo, looking like a fairy-tale troll rendition of Charles Manson. I've always enjoyed this one, I like to think he's about to pull a flute out of his coat and go nuts with it. 4/5

i think i liked it! giving 4 stars based on a strong first few trax.

This flute rocks hard! What a banger - folk tinged, retro sounding, full throated, hugely enjoyable. I love the lyrics alluding to some Victorian past. So much fun.

Un bin album de prog. 4.15

Muy buen álbum

I see a lot of people saying there’s too much flute. I felt the opposite. I didn’t really think they’re was that much flute. It was only very noticeable in a few songs and when it was used, it was tasteful. If that’s too much flute then I don’t know what to tell you. I like this album a lot more than I thought I would. Good melodies and highlights. Aqualung was a great way to start off the album. It was a solid album.

Oh hey, Aqualung. Maybe my favorite Jethro Tull album, good albeit corny (3.5/5)

Hi- Cross-Eyed Mary, My God, Locomotive Breath Raise your flutes to the sky! Jethro Tull has a story to tell (Actually 12 of them), so gather 'round for some prog-rock goodness with a heavy dose of flute-rock. The songwriting in every track is great, but the standouts are superb. Great album.

Loved my god

Good album. Has some really great tracks.

Really enjoyed it Some catchy songs I may have heard before?

Quite good

Nice album, enjoyed the uniqueness of the flute, combined with some "old sounding progressive/psycholedic" tunes. Also liked the singing voice of Ian

Prog, Proggy, Prog, Prog. Rather enjoyed it.

A surprusingly good full album. Had heard aqualung many times but the rest of the album carries it on well

Classic prog, but not too Genesis or Yes! Good riffs, voice and flute. I'm going to give it 4 because it is easily listenable.

I'm likely biased since I learned bass on these songs, but man is this album one of balance. It knows when to go for the proggy narrative lyricism but also when to let the rippers fly, when to dial it down to acoustics but also when to crank the dynamics to 10. The fact it maintans a sense of cohesion throughout is just the cherry on top

Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull. Aqualung has widely been regarded as a concept album, featuring a central theme of "the distinction between religion and God".[4] The album's "dour musings on faith and religion" have marked it as "one of the most cerebral albums ever to reach millions of rock listeners".[5] Academic discussions of the nature of concept albums have frequently listed Aqualung amongst their number. The initial idea for the album was sparked by some photographs that Anderson's wife Jennie took of homeless people on the Thames Embankment. The appearance of one man in particular caught the interest of the couple, who together wrote the title song "Aqualung".[17] The first side of the LP, titled Aqualung, contains several character sketches, including the eponymous character of the title track, and the schoolgirl prostitute Cross-Eyed Mary, as well as two autobiographical tracks, including "Cheap Day Return", written by Anderson after a visit to his critically ill father.[18] The second side, titled My God, contains three tracks—"My God," "Hymn 43" and "Wind-Up"—that address religion in an introspective, and sometimes irreverent, manner.

Excellent album

первый реально хороший альбом

в последний раз слушал, наверное, лет в 17. тогда мне показался и лучше и хуже одновременно. лучше - потому что считал заглавную тему этаким качем, ну и типа риффак легендарный. хуже - потому что особо ничего с тех пор не запомнил. а вот сейчас, переслушав, ясно осознал, что первая тема вообще-то муть какая-то душная. по крайне мере первая часть и последняя части, в середине довольно приятный и мелодичный кусок. а вот вся эта хуйня с резкими сменами ритма и, будем честны, не особо-то интересным риффом, мне вообще разонравилась. вот уж реально выебон для выебона. плюс вокал очень паршиво обработан, при том что там в принципе вокалист середняковый такой. короче выписано из топов а вот в чем я был не прав - так это насчёт остальных песен, ибо они процентов на 70% - очень даже годнота. особенно зашли Cross-eyed Mary и Up to Me. ну и My God в зависимости от настроения может считаться либо самой гениальной либо самой смешной вещью, что я слышал. и то и другое в целом - хорошо. конечно, песни 2-3 из альбома стоило бы выкинуть - больно уж он длинный и однообразный, особенно под конец. но в целом все равно ровная тема, хован вроде одобряет. 8/10

I liked this more than I thought I would. 3.5 but I'll give it four stars.

surprised, better than expected

floot floot

Wow this is a really good album. I'm familiar with the title track, Cross Eyed Mary and Locomotive Breath but I thought the whole album was really good. 4 🌟

loved it

Title-track and Locomotive Breath are instant bangers. The albums works better in vinyl or cassette with each side representing either Aqualung or God lyrical themes respectively. They can rock hard and while the flute might annoy some, it is extremely well played by Mr. Anderson and remains a trademark of Jethro Tull.

Very interesting album. Had always heard of it but never got around to listening to it

So many classics within - I've never been a Tull "fan" per se, but it's hard to argue with this album. Ranging from straight rock to progressive with dashes of english folk in-between, enough interesting variety to make this a true classic album. Highlights include the epic title track of course, the heavy metal of "Cross Eyed Mary" (Iron Maiden did a cool cover of this in the 80s), and the bitter "Hymn 43" - even as one who doesn't always pay attention to the lyrics, I do love the cynicism and iconoclastic imagery throughout the album. Statement: we need more flute in modern music, dammit.

I had listened to Aqualung (the track) prior to this full Aqualung the LP listen and had wrote off Anderson’s vocal as being painfully theatrical. I must’ve been still reeling from Rush 💀. This is an easy listen for prog beginners, it’s filled with hard rocking groves throughout. It’s like medieval-ish without the pomp and pageantry of the Canterbury scene.

Love Jethro Tull. It must be something about standing on one leg and sticking your tongue out, because I also love Loudon Wainright III. Locomotive Breath is just brilliant and very easy to play (badly). Sam likes this album, having discovered it for himself.

Great stuff, hadn’t heard this before and really enjoyed it, Locomotive Breath & Wind-Up were favourites but great riffs all over the shop, will investigate further.

Querflöte und Gitarrenrock. gute Kombi.

Great!

I actually really really enjoyed this. Had heard of Jethro Tull but never listened to their music. This album was a real pleasant surprise

Dommage qu'ils soient moins bon que Bruce Springsteen et son tatouage tribal, un 4/5 bien mérité

Hadn't ever listened to this album despite knowing several tracks on it like the back of my hand. Was surprised at how overall high quality it was and really enjoyed it.

Wonderful

Very solid album, I'm surprised I haven't heard of the band before. I especially appreciate the flute, solid 4

i like this, but have heard some of the tunes so much I cant listen to them again!

Good. Except the interview at the end. Liked the prog rock/pan pipes vibe.

Much like Faces yesterday, this is a favourite of my dads. Personally I’m fonder of this than the Faces, the song Aqualung is rightfully a classic and everything else on here is a decent standard without getting close to that level.

Enjoyed this a lot by the end of it. Lots of fun bits in there, especially the Ron Burgandy style jazz flutes.

Can see why these guys are one of the originators of 🤘 It's a lot more acoustic than I was expecting although a few good heavy riffs here and there. Not totally my vibe, but influenced a lot of important bands that followed them. 7.5/10

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. Initially thought, another folk rock/progressive rock album for us to listen to, but it was really different.

Classic album, need to be in the mood.

Lots of interesting songs on here, I could see myself listening again. 8/10

Tough one. I'll give it a four just to separate it from some of the threes but probably not as good as some of the fours!

Of course the title track is a prog classic. I like the combination of longer grandiose pieces with the acoustic buck & change connectors. The thematic lyrics connect it all nicely. Very ambitious.

Played the crap out of this during my first year of college. Some interesting songwriting undermined by flat production values. Title track, 'Mother Goose' and 'Locomotive Breath' the standouts.

When i was 10 yrs old I heard the opening lines.. Sitting on a park bench Eyeing little girls with bad intent Snot's running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.... and then with all those tempo changes and crazy instruments, I mean a flute??!!! I knew this was something special. This gets 4 stars because of four iconic songs, Aqualung, Cross eyed Mary and Locomotive Breath

Notable song and enjoyable listening separately. All together I struggle with the voice itself.

4* got really into it by the end, but struggled at the start

Classic prog rock. Lotta flutes. Fun stuff.

So some of these songs surprise me. There’s a harder sound, and then suddenly there’s something that sounds almost folky.

where else can you hear enchanting flute solos and sweet guitar solos in the same song?

Solid prog-folk. Mad Bingo vibes.

Only first and last songs are worth it, but they’re REALLY good

Hmm, Aqualung. Sort of an anthology about an individual, Aqualung, even though he isn't mentioned more than 1 or 2 times past the title track. I have this album on vinyl purely for the single, but I guess there's a little more for me there too.

Enjoyed it!

Nice warm classic rock, some cool bass and guitar licks. Production reminds me a lot of early Sabbath/Bowie. Little bit hippy and whimsical of the time. Road trippin music.

Very interesting and unique concept album. Versatile, well-written, and fully realized. Glad I found this!

Classic!

Classic

This is a 4.5 star album. Genuine classic rock, some really good stuff. I can't believe I hadn't ever heard of Jethro Tull before. The Title song on this album I had heard but barely, and I didn't have any context. Want to re-listen interview at the end of this album too since I didn't catch much while at work

This album is good

Prog Rockin

good album, i like their style!

The flute addition really gives this music such a unique vibe. The guitar work and musicianship is commendable, and I'm a big fan of Ian Anderson's voice. I'm between 4 and 5 stars right now.

Interesting

Surprised, pretty interesting concept album

3/26 Great, interesting rock album, lot of flute instrumentation mixed in and really well done. Standout Tracks: Aqualung, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, My God, Slipstream

The leap from barnstorming to conception had become the latest in a bevy of furious activity for the young rock and roll genre and Jethro Tull were one of the bands to take the change in stride. In fact, they'd lead the charge in the early to mid Seventies surge in the flourishing wave of prog rock. Aqualung, one of two of their most recognizable albums, plants its flag firmly in the soil with its starting riff and lets the flag fly freely. What followed was a litany of complex realizations and epiphanies that would soar past most heads if they didn't dig into the topic at hand while settled in. Such is the power of the human mind. Favorites: Aqualung, Cheap Day Return, Mother Goose, Up to Me, My God, Hymn 43, Locomotive Breath.

A 3 star album saved by the title track to 4 stars. Iconic guitar lick.

Ah yes, the classic progressive rock band with the flute. And yeah, this is a pretty solid album. There are a lot of cool sounds going on here, mixing that classic prog-rock style with folk, piano, acoustic guitar, heavier rock, and, of course, plenty of Ian Anderson’s flute. The lyrics also give the album a little more weight, touching on things like religion, homelessness, and society in general. There really aren’t many tracks here that I would call bad. Most of them are well-written and interesting enough, and the stronger songs definitely stand out. Aqualung is great, Locomotive Breath is probably my favorite, and several of the other tracks kept me interested just because of what they were actually saying. My main problem is that, outside of those highlights, there just wasn’t much that really grabbed onto me. I kept waiting for another memorable melody, riff, or moment that would stick in my head after the album was over, and it never really came. There’s clearly a lot of talent and thought behind Aqualung, and I can understand why it’s considered a classic. I just admired it a little more than I actually loved listening to it. Not bad at all, just missing that extra hook for me.

Toto sa dalo

I've never been able to nail down what JT sounds like — aside from "Aqualung," which is its own singular thing. Sometimes I think they're all folk-y with the flute, and sometimes pretty hard rock with crunchy guitar. I probably just haven't listened to enough of their music all at once. I like the album, but I still hear it as disjointed.

70's prog is my favourite genre, but I never got into Jethro Tull, I would enjoy them way more if it was a purely instrumental band. The flute is especially amazing. The first part of the album was quite hard to digest, both structurally and meaning-wise. To me the whole first part of the album is way too built around the natural speech pattern, while I prefer instrument-first approach. I usually don't listen to lyrics much, but for this project I'm reading along and looking up the meaning, as I want to be thorough. I definitely wasn't prepared for the Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary's meaning. I get what they were going for but I use art for escapism and I'd rather not listen about creepy men in song form, as there's enough of that irl. My God is a little on the heavier side, I like it best, it has a tighter structure and more energy. Great flute solo. Hymn 43 is also pretty cool, reminds me a little of Dio's earlier band Elf. I have a thing for juicy rock'n'roll piano, so this is right up my alley. Locomotive Breath is also really groovy. The lyrics in general, both the social criticism and specifically the anti-religious remarks, are not very subtle and frankly made me cringe more than once, but maybe for their time they were considered edgy as hell. A lot of the criticism is too obvious and at the same time separates the concept of god from the organised religion, as if protecting it, which is cartoonish to me. Come to think of it, in my playlist I have an example of these same topics being explored with way more grace by Fabrizio de André (e.g. Il testamento di Tito).

Some of it I liked a lot but some of it really dragged

Beautiful

Very mixed bag for me. I have the hereditary vinyl not so much because I love it all, but the flute player obligation. And I do like the more melodic pieces, and Locomotive Breath for the solo, but the heavier tracks (first two especially) make me feel slightly ill.

This is gonna be a tough one to rate, I think, since this group (or, at any rate, this album) is kind of schizophrenic, flopping back and forth between something like traditional British folk music and something like hard rock. When they're all flutes n recorders n acoustic guitars and soft tambourines and soft vocal harmonies (e.g., the opening of "Cross-Eyed Mary," "Mother Goose," "Wondering Aloud"), I'm all in (even the singing is less annoying), but when they're trying to be a hard rock band, no thanks! Also, Ian Anderson should have done less singing, more flute-playing. But, anyway, I have the album that exists, not the one I would have helped them create. I think I'll go with a low 3, rather than a high 2, based in part upon a 2nd, more careful listen, where I picked up a bit more of the 'good' Tull. But, also: this is yet another example of a band pulled down (for me) by dislike (mostly) of the singer's singing. He somehow manages to be (more or less) in tune, but sound quite tuneless (and, at times, grating). On a different day, this might have been a high 2, but I think, today, feeling a little generous, I'll go with a low 3.

I'm working with our friend Mark on an extract from a musical. He plays a pervy 1970s beachcomber and, after seeing his take, it suddenly made sense that he should find a flute on the beach and take a solo. Aqualung hadn't been generated yet, but Ian Anderson was still, somehow, on my mind. That's just the sort of person who plays a flute. There are, of course, plenty of complaints about the flute among these reviews. But it is hardly the case that Ian Anderson is the only prog flautist. Peter Gabriel plays flute in Genesis. There are flutes on the Van der Graaf Generator album I was listening to just the other night. Ian McDonald plays flute on In the Court of the Crimson King and subsequently became the go-to woodwind man for English prog. The flute is, in fact, a very proggy instrument. So why does Ian Anderson get all the stick? Partly because, unlike everyone else, he really whips it out. Peter Gabriel raises his flute gently to his lips. Ian Anderson brandishes his. Gabriel's flute adds a fanciful, elvish quality to Genesis: it belongs to the same world as pixies, moonlight and men who have been turned into trees. Anderson is more like Pan. His playing is aggressive, energetic, priapic. He doesn't merely play the flute; he performs the act of a creature that communicates through flute. The instrument becomes part of the joke, part of the threat, part of the body. The flute itself is an antiquated instrument. Even when Gabriel plays it, there is something archaic about the sound. But the two men use that antiquity differently. Gabriel makes it high art. He is middle-class, educated, boarding-school, theatrically strange in a way that can be absorbed into culture. Anderson isn't exactly working class, but his education was at grammar school and art college, and his musical imagination is closer to the demimonde: medieval, pagan, dirty, rock'n'roll. Gabriel's flute takes us to Faerie. Anderson's takes us into the bushes. The difference becomes clearer if we look at the two songs by these men that begin on park benches. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), from Selling England by the Pound, gives us a groundskeeper who is content with his position in life: "When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench / I can always hear them talk / Me, I'm just a lawnmower / You can tell me by the way I walk." He is not particularly troubled by class struggle here. He's a lawnmower. He knows who he is. He knows where he belongs. The park is a pleasant place in which the social order can be observed from a comfortable bench. The bench in Aqualung is different. Here the park becomes a place where respectable English society encounters everything it would rather not see: tramps, old men, prostitutes, dirty clothes, bad smells, sexual suspicion. The pastoral has been contaminated. The park is no longer a refuge from society; it is where society's refuse turns up. And there is something wonderfully grubby about Anderson's pleasure in this. The little giggle after "bad intent". The relish with which he sings "frilly panties". Gross. There is an ambiguity in the song about who exactly is being observed and who is behaving badly, but Anderson himself seems to enjoy the possibility of impropriety. Perhaps Aqualung isn't quite as depraved as the narrator imagines. Perhaps the little girls aren't as innocent as they appear. The important thing is that Anderson likes making us look. This is where the flute becomes more than an instrument. Anderson plays the playground flasher, denuded but for his swinging prong. It is tempting to dismiss all this as tastelessness. Indeed, Aqualung practically invites the accusation. But tastelessness is part of the point. Jethro Tull are not simply another progressive rock band making everything bigger, more elaborate and more respectable. There is an odd smallness to the music. The keyboards sit low in the mix. There is no Tony Banks moment in which the synthesiser suddenly opens into a cathedral of sound; no Keith Emerson keyboard apocalypse; no Rick Wakeman demonstrating that he has discovered a new dimension to keyboard playing. The guitars are mostly jangly acoustics or straightforward blues rock. Even when the arrangements become elaborate, they remain comparatively restrained. Everything is pulled back to showcase Anderson. Anderson and his flute. The flasher and his prong - particularly impressive on My God. This is partly why he gets blamed for the flute. Gabriel makes the instrument disappear into the fantasy. Anderson makes the instrument impossible to ignore. He stands there on one leg, blows into it, thrusts it towards us and makes a sex joke out of an instrument that ought to be playing in an orchestra pit. And, across the album, he beats England over the head with it: the Church of England takes a beating, the NHS takes a beating, marriage takes a beating. He goes on about overpopulation. Respectability be damned. He prods it repeatedly with the flute. But this last attack isn't quite the Malthusian or reactionary disgust of Enoch Powell. There is no great political programme underneath his feelings about overpopulation on Locomotive Breath. There is simply a general distaste for mankind. And this is the question Aqualung keeps asking: what is the difference between Aqualung and the rest of us? We are all grubby. The outsider is supposed to be an irritant from outside society, but Anderson keeps suggesting that society creates its outsiders. Cross-Eyed Mary is perhaps more interesting in this respect than Aqualung. How much of her willingness to perform sexual favours for tramps is really depravity, and how much is a consequence of having already been marked as different? If she is unsightly, or merely perceived to be unsightly, how much room does respectable society leave her to be anything else? The same question applies to Anderson's performance. Why is the flute ridiculous? Because we have already decided what a rock musician is supposed to look like. Prog is full of strange instruments, classical references, fantasy worlds and extended compositions. But most prog's eccentricity is ultimately an attempt to make the eccentric respectable and to elevate rock'n'roll. The weirdness is absorbed into high culture. Anderson does something more perverse. He takes the flute and dirties it. He takes the pastoral and puts a pervert in it. He takes the medieval and makes it sexual. He takes the respectable English park and fills it with people who have been pushed out of respectable England. And he does it while grinning. That's why Ian Anderson gets the blame. Not because he's the only man in prog who plays the flute, nor even because he plays it badly. He gets the blame because he refuses to make it respectable. Peter Gabriel raises the flute to his lips. Ian Anderson whips it out. Then he asks us why we're sniggering - because we're prudes. 2.5 Marvellous flute playing, terrible lyrics - a combination at least that few other bands can boast of. When I first discovered OK Computer I excitedly played Paranoid Android on the cd player for my father - who was about the age I am now at the time. He was entirely unimpressed and declared that it ‘sounds like Jethro Tull’. I suppose this was a superficial observation about the similarities of the riffs of the middle section of PA and Aqualung (or possibly Up to Me). In retrospect his curt dismissal of my favourite band and favourite album was less disappointing than it was puzzling. How did he know what Jethro Tull sounded like? There wasn’t a JT album or anything like it in his record collection. But then apparently this album sold millions of copies - everyone of his age knew what Jethro Tull, or Aqualung at least, sounded like. What? Not to put JT down but Why? This isn’t great music (apart, possibly from that flute bit in God which is just plain awesome) but you would credit it with not being particularly easy to digest at least. Jethro Tull worked so hard for their obscurity and what was their reward? My father listened to them and remembered them. 2.5/5

The title song was one of the worst songs on the album. I did add Up To Me to my classic rock playlist cause that bass line was really speaking to me. Overall I liked this more than I thought I would.

Probably worth a re-listen somewhere down the line.

Title track is a classic. The rest is enjoyable prog rock with some flute solos.

Eitthvað meh bara. Góðir sprettir inn á milli.

Flute is all I know about these guys. Bring on the flute. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would.

A classic.

Have always loved the title track. Supremely honest and ambiguous portrayal of the homeless. A mixture of sympathy and guilty, recoiling disgust which is reflected in the contrasting musical shifts. Cover art is wonderful too. B side picks up again after a lull earlier in side A.

This album has a lot of unique sounds and instruments on it. The flute is used a whole lot and I love that. The vocals in this album seem almost like old, or hobbit-like idek but the sound is really cool and I love what Jethro Tull created with this album. The only complaint I can have is some of the tracks definitely feel as they blend together or lack in some ways, like we want a sick flute solo we don't need slow guitar jams! leave king gizzard to do that because they do it right!! Okay the fact that there are two tracks called "Wind-Up" is absolutely sick. You really don't see that on other albums because it creates this confusion of which track is which, I feel like Tull wanted to create something that just expresses the art, rather than caring about what everyone else is doing and I love that. The interview at the end was kinda painful to sit through icl!

прикольно, понятно откуда флейта у бг — но переслушивать думаю не буду

Great

Aqualung...the most famous song ever written about a homeless pervert. Mother Goose is pretty good. So much flute, I bet Lizzo loves this album. Locomotive Breath is their best song. Wind-Up is a strong closer.

Title track is great. Rest of the album is good. Loses points for introducing flute as a 70's rock staple.

Cool guitar and flute solos. Very 80s.

Really cool sound and definitely ambitious. I listened to the Steven Wilson mix on Tidal and I can't imagine that he would have done this any injustice. What a guitar riff on "Cross-Eyed Mary". I feel like prog rock is a spectrum. On one end we have space aliens fighting for interplanetary justice and on the other end a sixteen minute guitar solo representing feelings of (male) insecurity. This album sits perfectly in the middle of the spectrum. The middle includes lots and lots of flute, apparently. Pretty cool album 3.7

3/5

Love these guys what do you mean flute and prog rock Got a little bored in the middle but generally into the vibe

Nice. A bit too proggy for me, but nice.

First I’ve ever listened to this legendary band. I liked it. I could see enjoying it more on repeat listens. I loved the flute in “My God.” I had to finally make this so I could clear up my own ratings in my head… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Essential: One of the greatest albums ever made. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent: A great album I’d happily revisit and recommend. ⭐⭐⭐ Good: Worth hearing. Glad I listened, but not something I’ll return to often. ⭐⭐ Weak: More misses than hits. Probably won’t listen again. ⭐ Bad: A chore to finish. I regret spending the time.

Folksy enough that I found it quite enjoyable. The unusual instrumentation and combination with flutes etc. made it much more interesting than your average heavy rock album. Aqualung (the song) slaps.

Leans corny. I like the more orchestrated and folk moments more than the rock bits. It’s really 2.5/5, but I’ll give them them the 3 for the flute player

pretty cool! haven’t heard this before. title track is awesome

Better than I expected, but still find the flute too much a juxtaposition to all that is around it. It's good enough for me to listen again though and get used to it. The fault is mine, not with the songs.

Aqualung and locomotive breath are fantastic. A very good 3

Liked it. Aqualung and Up To Me were my faves. But everything listenable. Personality for days. Meatier sounding. Flute was almost an afterthought which I didnt expect with Jethro 3.5

the vocals rlly take away for me unfortunately :( and the repetition on wind up. #turn down. the production is amazing. i love the song “my god” even the vocals i think

Man wat word ik panisch van die fluit, verder best een leuk album en misschien zelfs een hele lichte 4 als die fluit er niet in had gezeten

It was a solid album, Aqualung the song is a stone cold classic, the rest was was solidly enjoyable, well played proggy rock but nothing really jumping out the gym.

Aqualung has the hits. "Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary" — real songs, real weight. Ian Anderson with a flute in a prog rock band should not work as well as it does. As an album it doesn't fully cohere. It jumps between hard rock and acoustic folk without much connective tissue, and within each section it sounds like nothing but itself. Scattered and samey at the same time. 3/5 — classic status earned, full click never arrived.

An album I’ve heard before. Great riffs feel like I’ve outgrown it though

Needs more flute

Did I just throw up devil horns to flute music? First time for everything, I suppose. Aqualung is not my thang, but I can appreciate it for how creative it is.

Couple bangers. Forgot how good Locomotive Breath is.

First album where i knew the song that made it famous

I can see the vision but it just doesn’t feel fully fleshed out yet

Music was cool when I ignored the vocals. 3.

Another pleasant surprise.

Is this metal? Bardic metal? Psychedelic bardic metal? Progressive psychedelic bardic metal? Prog-psych-bardcore? Fun listen, not my particular cup of tea.

Nostalgia trip. I listened to this album a lot back when the options were seemingly much more limited, but as I aged and my tastes firmed up (and you could find anything under the sun on the internet), I left this one far behind. It was fun to revisit and my younger self would have given this album four stars, but present-day me is pretty ambivalent.

That’s a lot of flute. I mean A LOT ALOT.

Solid album, not really one that I'd go back to consistently, but some good stuff.

Ihan toimivaa settiä!

Thought it was pretty cool. Would relisten again 7/10

3,5

A fun listen

Enjoyed this more than most of the prog I've heard on here so far. Maybe a slightly generous 3 but yeah, pleasantly surprised

Tykkäsin bändin akustisesta soitosta ja hivenen erikoisista soittimista normeihin verrattuna. Hivenen tylsiä biisejä, eikä nimiraidan lisäksi jäänyt muita mieleen.

It's interesting. Not something I would choose to put on, but I also wouldn't turn it off it it was on.

It’s fine

I had very low expectations. A flute the 70s, it did not appeal. However was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the album

Album was fine, didn't love it didn't hate it. Nothing stuck with me, but also nothing stuck out as bad to me. It was fine to listen to.

Maybe a 3.5. Several good songs, kind of up and down album though. High highs, low lows kind of. Mix between Prog rock, hard rock, and folky sounds.

Flute prog rock!

It's pretty decent. I've had it way too hyped up for me over the years as this perfect album and... it's fine? Some of the reviews about people loving the flute or people hating the flute are funny. The flute is fine. It's not make or break for me, it's just... there.

This got…better as it went on? I really enjoyed the B-side but nothing stood out enough to the point where I wanted to add it to my library. Besides that, Aqualung is a classic track, as expected.

never heard of this group before but i dig the vibe. lots of jamming and fun arrangements. easy to throw on and chill to while listening. good times!

This was an alright listen. I was surprised how many songs I recognized. Nothing new really stood out at me. Probably would not seek this out again.

Favorite songs: Aqualung, Cross-Eyed Mary, Cheap Day Return, Wond’ring Aloud, Slipstream, Locomotive Breath, Wind-Up 3.5

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Not for me, although I'm sure it's great "classic rock."

Aqualung sounds kinda rock but the rest are pretty indi-folk sounding.

I’ve never heard of this Jethro Tull guy before but this wasn’t a bad album. I don’t know why there’s a 15 minute interview as a bonus track included though