AQUALUNG

Oh what a great album by Jethro Tull and the first i've heard from them: it's a gem. Even i think this record is more alternative oriented than prog oriented. I'm glad i started with Aqualung, it's the best start you can have on Jethro Tull (another good one is Stand Up). For me it was a great introduction to a great band, from the star: the misterious riff from Aqualung to the very end of Wind-Up.

Aqualung begins with a misterious and unforgetable riff, the kind of riff that it's simple and beautiful at the same time; beautiful without being cheesy or sentimental. then the soing builds up and all the instruments complement each other very well, the riff is like the main part of the song, it's the leitmotif of the song, the a break with the solo. And here it's a note by me: behind the wonderfull solo, the other instruments play the most amazing compaining to it. I sometimes listen what is behind the solo, its just amazing.

Cross-Eyed Mary is a more rocker song, and always there is a guitar motif that goes all the song, this is strange but even the riff is almost in the whole song, you don't get tiref of it.

Cheap Day Return seems to be a filler, but don't think that my friend, even i think it was a filler because of the short time, but this is a wonderful song. and with tracks like these you can se that Jethro Tull do great long songs and wonderful short songs.

Mother Goose blends perfectly the spirit of the band, the folk and the rock, the guitar and the flute. A great song, this song seems to show what Jethro Tull are.

Wond'ring Aloud = same as Cheap Day Return, but with it's own flavor.

Up To Me is a great song, the band plays perfectly, and i think this song shows what Jethro Tull can do without any pretetion of sound. It's like this style comes naturally.

My God surely it's one of the best song of Jethro Tull, for me. The title it's like sugestive, for the lyrics and for the sensation it lefts on you. Literally Oh My God. The bridge with the flute and the choir its amazing.

Hymn 43. Great, it comes to my mind again what i write to describe Up to Me.

Slipstream = Wond'ring Aloud = same as Cheap. Like a trilogy of greatness.

Locomotive Breath and Wind-Up are both great song for closing the album, both songs are nice and with clever lyrics, Wind-Up calls my atention because the song sounds a little far from the sound of Jethro Tull in the whole album. The lyrics goes with the theme of almost the whole album: existance, self and god.

Well that's all i can say about the album, you only have to listen. But im sure you already did it.