My favourite progressive rock album of all time, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung provides a unique listening experience, with Ian Anderson’s mesmerising flute playing making me light up everytime I hear the solos in “Cross Eyed Mary” and “My God”
Aqualung
Album by Jethro Tull
Released 19 March 1971
Tracklist
- 1Aqualung6:374.4 ★
- 2Cross-Eyed Mary4:093.9 ★
- 3Cheap Day Return1:234.0 ★
- 4Mother Goose3:533.5 ★
- 5Wond’ring Aloud1:553.5 ★
- 6Up to Me3:153.6 ★
- 7My God7:123.6 ★
- 8Hymn 433:193.4 ★
- 9Slipstream1:133.0 ★
- 10Locomotive Breath4:264.4 ★
- 11Wind-Up6:053.8 ★
More by Jethro Tull
Release credits
- drums (drum set), percussion
- conductor, orchestrator
- acoustic guitar, flute, lead vocals [10], producer, vocal [1-9, 11]
- bass guitar, treble recorder / alto recorder
- engineer
- Hammond organ [10], mellotron, organ, piano [1-10, 10-11], piano accordion [10], synthesizer [10]
- electric guitar, soprano recorder
- remixer [10]
- executive [10], producer
Issues
A12" Vinyl19 March 1971
A12" Vinyl3 May 1971
A12" Vinyl1971
A12" Vinyl1971- A12" Vinyl1971
A12" Vinyl1973- AReel-to-reel (7½ ips, quadraphonic)1974
- A12" Vinyl1980
- A12" VinylSeptember 1981
ACD (Sanyo Japan)1983- ACD1983
ACD1983- ACD (GEMA BIEM on disc label)1983
ACD1984
ACD1984
ACD1984
ACD1984
ACD (made in West Germany)1986- ACD5 March 1988
ACD1994
ACD (25th anniversary special edition)18 June 1996- ACD (25th anniversary special edition, in slipcase)1996
ACD8 July 1997- A12" Vinyl1997
ACD8 June 1998
ACD1998
ACD (white disc)1998
ACD (grey disc)1998
ACD1998
ADigital Media19 May 2007- A12" Vinyl (200g)2007
A4x 12" Vinyl (200g clear vinyl, 45 rpm, single sided)9 October 2009
A2x Digital Media (40th anniversary version)24 October 2011
A2x CD (40th anniversary special edition)31 October 2011- A12" Vinyl, Blu-ray, 2x CD, DVD (40th anniversary collector’s edition)1 November 2011
A2x CD (40th anniversary special edition)2011
A2x CD2011
A12" Vinyl (2011 Steven Wilson stereo remix)25 May 2015
ADigital Media (mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson)26 May 2015
ADigital Media (mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson)26 May 2015
ASHM-CD (mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson)24 June 2015
ADigital Media (mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson)2015- ACD (mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson)2015
A2x CD, 2x DVD-Video (40th anniversary adapted edition)22 April 2016
A30 November 2018
A12" Vinyl (UHQR limited edition)16 October 2020
AHybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)12 May 2023
ACD- ACD
ACD
ACD (Sonopress)- ACD (the 2011 Steven Wilson stereo remix)2015