{"id":2467,"date":"2021-03-30T09:57:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T13:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2021-03-30T09:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T13:57:25","slug":"aqualung-50th-anniversary-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/aqualung-50th-anniversary-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqualung 50th anniversary review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>By Evan Fleischer<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Coming off of three consecutive releases seeing little critical acclaim, English rock band Jethro Tull brought a different approach to their fourth studio endeavor. Released March 19, 1971, Aqualung, saw a flood of critical success. The album featured an experimental approach to the previously explored folk rock sound of the band, adding distorted guitar riffs and orchestral structures to their repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>Anderson dives into an extended concept of religion on melodramatic tune, &#8220;My God,&#8221; a seven-minute rock ballad containing a flute and choral interlude mid-song.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Title song album opener, \u201cAqualung,\u201d starts the album with an unforgettable guitar riff, then lead singer, Ian Anderson, follows the guitar melody in a gritty vocal track. The hard hitting, robust sound of Aqualung follows through to the second track of the album: \u201cCross-Eyed Mary.\u201d This classic-rock epic begins in an upbeat build-up, decorated by Anderson\u2019s reputable abilities on the flute, then breaking into a vigorous verse. \u201cMother Goose\u201d brings an acoustic relief following the riff-driven rock featured previously on the album, bringing Jethro Tull back to their folk roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Anderson dives into an extended concept of religion on melodramatic tune, \u201cMy God,\u201d a seven-minute rock ballad containing a flute and choral interlude mid-song. Anderson continues his criticisms of religion, specifically Christianity, on \u201cHymn 43,\u201d singing, \u201cOur Father high in heaven, smile down upon your son who is busy with his money games &#8211; his women and his gun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The album closes with \u201cWind Up,\u201d a theatrical piano tune. The song builds to reach the dramatic climax of the record, resembling the driven sound of \u201cAqualung\u201d and \u201cCross-Eyed Mary\u201d earlier on the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Aqualung serves as one of Jethro Tull\u2019s highest grossing records of all time, reaching its peak at 7<sup>th<\/sup> on the Billboard charts in June 1971, also spending 76 weeks on the charts. Aqualung resonates with youth culture even 50 years after its initial release and holds as a nostalgic piece for those who were there to experience Tull\u2019s upbringing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Fleischer &nbsp;&nbsp; Coming off of three consecutive releases seeing little critical acclaim, English rock band Jethro Tull brought a different approach to their fourth studio endeavor. Released March 19, 1971, Aqualung, saw a flood of critical success. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,66],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aqualung-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions\/2470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}