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Jethro Tull Aqualung DCC GOLD CD NEU OVP Sealed GZS-1105
Produktinformation
Audio CD ( 1. März 1997)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 1
Format: Gold CD
Label: Dcc
Tracks
1. Aqualung (6:38)
2. Cross-eyed Mary (4:11)
3. Cheap Day Return (1:25)
4. Mother Goose (3:56)
5. Wond'ring Aloud (1:57)
6. Up To Me (3:23)
7. My God (7:14)
8. Hymn 43 (3:21)
9. Slipstream (1:15)
10. Locomotive Breath (4:26)
11. Wind-up (6:04)
Produktbeschreibungen
Als Aqualung in den Vereinigten Staaten herauskam, wurde das Publikum direkt in den Bann gezogen, zum einen durch die Vielfalt der Musikstile und durch die einmaligen düsteren Obertöne, die das Quintett aus Nordengland so erfolgreich kombinierte. Dieses oft als das beste aller Jethro Tull-Alben angesehene Werk integriert ganz hervorragend traditionelle Instrumente, die üblicherweise eher in Folk-Melodien zu hören sind, E-Gitarre und Rock-Schlagzeug. Darüber hinaus ist ein Flötenspiel zu hören, das nur von Ian Anderson, dem wichtigsten Songschreiber der Band, mit einer solchen Virtuosität dargeboten werden kann. Was den lyrischen Inhalt der Songs betrifft: Wie gefällt Ihnen "Snot running down his nose" ('Rotze läuft an seiner Nase runter')? --Paul Clark
Stereoplay
Fast entschuldigend vermerkt das Booklet, daß es sich hier nicht um einen Remix, sondern um die originalen US-Überspielungen der britischen Zweispur-Master von 1971 handelt. Pech, denn es gibt die prima "25th Anniversary Edition" des gottlosen Tull-Klassikers (stereoplay 8/96): bei annähernd gleicher (nicht überragender) Klangqualität etwas weniger Rausch und Brumm dank "Prism Sound", gleichwertige Ausstattung (Booklet), aber sechs Bonustracks - und das zum Normalpreis. Für die teure Gold-CD spricht da nur der Sammlerwert.
© Stereoplay
Review by Bruce Eder
Released at a time when a lot of bands were embracing pop-Christianity (à la Jesus Christ Superstar), Aqualung was a bold statement for a rock group, a pro-God antichurch tract that probably got lots of teenagers wrestling with these ideas for the first time in their lives. This was the album that made Jethro Tull a fixture on FM radio, with riff-heavy songs like "My God," "Hymn 43," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary," "Wind Up," and the title track. And from there, they became a major arena act, and a fixture at the top of the record charts for most of the 1970s. Mixing hard rock and folk melodies with Ian Anderson's dour musings on faith and religion (mostly how organized religion had restricted man's relationship with God), the record was extremely profound for a number seven chart hit, one of the most cerebral albums ever to reach millions of rock listeners. Indeed, from this point on, Anderson and company were compelled to stretch the lyrical envelope right to the breaking point. [In the digital age, Aqualung has gone through numerous editions, mostly owing to problems finding an original master tape when the CD boom began. When the album was issued by Chrysalis through Columbia Records in the mid-'80s, the source tape was an LP production master, and the first release was criticized for thin, tinny sound; Columbia remastered it sometime around 1987 or 1988, in a version with better sound. Chrysalis later switched distribution to Capitol-EMI, and they released a decent sounding CD. Chrysalis also issued a 25th anniversary edition in 1996.]
