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”
2x CD, 2x DVD-Video (40th anniversary adapted edition)
Aqualung
Album by Jethro Tull
Released 19 March 1971
Tracklist
- CD 1: Aqualung: A Steven Wilson Stereo Remix
- 1Aqualung (stereo remix)6:383.5 ★
- 2Cross-Eyed Mary (stereo remix)4:11
- 3Cheap Day Return (stereo remix)1:23
- 4Mother Goose (stereo remix)3:535.0 ★
- 5Wond’ring Aloud (stereo remix)1:564.0 ★
- 6Up to Me (stereo remix)3:175.0 ★
- 7My God (stereo remix)7:133.5 ★
- 8Hymn 43 (stereo remix)3:19
- 9Slipstream (stereo remix)1:133.5 ★
- 10Locomotive Breath (stereo remix)4:42
- 11Wind-Up (stereo remix)6:014.0 ★
- CD 2: Associated 1970 & 1971 Recordings
- 1Lick Your Fingers Clean (stereo remix)2:493.0 ★
- 2Just Trying to Be (stereo remix)1:38
- 3My God (early version) (stereo remix)9:43
- 4Wond’ring Aloud (13th December 1970) (stereo remix)1:52
- 5Wind-Up (early version) (stereo remix)5:22
- 6Slipstream (take 2) (stereo remix)0:55
- 7Up the ’Pool (early version) (stereo remix)1:13
- 8Wond’ring Aloud, Again (stereo remix)7:08
- 9Life Is a Long Song (new mix)3:20
- 10Up the ’Pool (new mix)3:13
- 11Life Is a Long Song (original mix)3:212.0 ★
- 12Up the ’Pool (original mix)3:13
- 13Dr Bogenbroom (original mix)3:01
- 14From Later (original mix)2:093.0 ★
- 15Nursie (original mix)1:38
- 16Reprise radio advert0:53
- DVD-Video 3
- 1Aqualung (5.1 mix)6:35
- 2Cross-Eyed Mary (5.1 mix)4:10
- 3Cheap Day Return (5.1 mix)1:22
- 4Mother Goose (5.1 mix)3:53
- 5Wond’ring Aloud (5.1 mix)1:53
- 6Up to Me (5.1 mix)3:14
- 7My God (5.1 mix)7:11
- 8Hymn 43 (5.1 mix)3:18
- 9Slipstream (5.1 mix)1:13
- 10Locomotive Breath (5.1 mix)4:41
- 11Wind-Up (5.1 mix)6:03
- 12Aqualung (2011 stereo mix)6:353.5 ★
- 13Cross-Eyed Mary (2011 stereo mix)4:10
- 14Cheap Day Return (2011 stereo mix)1:22
- 15Mother Goose (2011 stereo mix)3:535.0 ★
- 16Wond’ring Aloud (2011 stereo mix)1:534.0 ★
- 17Up to Me (2011 stereo mix)3:145.0 ★
- 18My God (2011 stereo mix)7:113.5 ★
- 19Hymn 43 (2011 stereo mix)3:18
- 20Slipstream (2011 stereo mix)1:13
- 21Locomotive Breath (2011 stereo mix)4:41
- 22Wind-Up (2011 stereo mix)6:024.0 ★
- 23Lick Your Fingers Clean (5.1 mix)2:48
- 24Just Trying to Be (5.1 mix)1:37
- 25My God (early version) (5.1 mix)9:41
- 26Wind-Up (early version) (5.1 mix)5:21
- 27Wond’ring Aloud, Again (5.1 mix)7:07
- 28Life Is a Long Song (5.1 mix)3:11
- 29Up the Pool (early version) (5.1 mix)3:18
- 30Lick Your Fingers Clean (2011 stereo mix)2:483.0 ★
- 31Just Trying to Be (2011 stereo mix)1:37
- 32My God (early version) (2011 stereo mix)9:42
- 33Wond’ring Aloud (13th December 1970) (2011 stereo mix)1:51
- 34Wind-Up (early version) (2011 stereo mix)5:21
- 35Slipstream (take 2) (2011 stereo mix)0:54
- 36Up the ’Pool (early version) (2011 stereo mix)1:12
- 37Wond’ring Aloud, Again (2011 stereo mix)7:07
- 38Life Is a Long Song (2011 stereo mix)3:19
- 39Up the ’Pool (2011 stereo mix)3:11
- DVD-Video 4: Aqualung (audio & video)
- 1Aqualung (original mix)6:394.2 ★
- 2Cross-Eyed Mary (original mix)4:123.9 ★
- 3Cheap Day Return (original mix)1:233.8 ★
- 4Mother Goose (original mix)3:533.5 ★
- 5Wond’ring Aloud (original mix)1:563.5 ★
- 6Up to Me (original mix)3:153.6 ★
- 7My God (original mix)7:133.6 ★
- 8Hymn 43 (original mix)3:193.4 ★
- 9Slipstream (original mix)1:133.0 ★
- 10Locomotive Breath (original mix)4:274.3 ★
- 11Wind-Up (original mix)6:033.8 ★
- 12Aqualung (4.1 mix)6:38
- 13Cross-Eyed Mary (4.1 mix)4:12
- 14Cheap Day Return (4.1 mix)1:23
- 15Mother Goose (4.1 mix)3:53
- 16Wond’ring Aloud (4.1 mix)1:56
- 17Up to Me (4.1 mix)3:15
- 18My God (4.1 mix)7:13
- 19Hymn 43 (4.1 mix)3:19
- 20Slipstream (4.1 mix)1:13
- 21Locomotive Breath (4.1 mix)4:27
- 22Wind-Up (4.1 mix)5:23
- 23Life Is a Long Song3:202.0 ★
- 24Up the ’Pool3:12
- 25Dr Bogenbroom3:01
- 26From Later2:093.0 ★
- 27Nursie1:36
- 28Life Is a Long Song (promotional film)3:19
More by Jethro Tull
Release credits
- drums (drum set) [1-11], percussion [1-11]
- conductor [4.1-11, 1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9-11, 3.12, 3.15-18, 3.21-22], orchestrator [3.12, 3.15-18, 3.21-22, 4.1-11, 1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9-11]
- acoustic guitar [1-11], flute [1-11], lead vocals [10], producer [1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9-11, 4.1-11, 3.12, 3.15-18, 3.21-22], vocal [1-9, 11]
- bass guitar [1-11], treble recorder / alto recorder [1-11]
- engineer [4.1-11, 1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9-11, 3.12, 3.15-18, 3.21-22]
- Hammond organ [10], mellotron [1-11], organ [1-11], piano [1-10, 10-11], piano accordion [10], synthesizer [10]
- electric guitar [1-11], soprano recorder [1-11]
- remixer [4.10, 4.24, 2.12]
- remixer [1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9-11, 3.12, 3.15-18, 3.21-22]
- executive [2.12, 4.10, 4.24], producer [4.1-11, 3.12, 3.15-18, 3.21-22, 1.1, 1.4-7, 1.9-11]
Issues
A
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