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3	->''How do you dare tell me that I'm my Father's son\
4	When that was just an accident of Birth\
5	I'd rather look around me -- compose a better song\
6	`Cos that's the honest measure of my worth.''
7	-->-- "Wind-Up"
8
9	''Aqualung'' is the fourth studio album by Music/JethroTull, released in 1971 through Creator/ChrysalisRecords in the UK and Creator/RepriseRecords in the US. It is their final album to feature drummer Clive Bunker, the first without bassist Glenn Cornick and the first with bassist Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond and keyboardist John Evan, the latter of which appeared on ''Benefit'' as an unofficial member. It is best known for the eponymous hit single "Aqualung". Other well-known tracks include "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Locomotive Breath".
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11	!! Tracklist:
12
13	[[AC:Side One]]
14	# "Aqualung" (6:31)
15	# "Cross-Eyed Mary" (4:06)
16	# "Cheap Day Return" (1:21)
17	# "Mother Goose" (3:51)
18	# "Wond'ring Aloud" (1:53)
19	# "Up To Me" (3:14)
20
21	[[AC:Side Two]]
22	# "My God" (7:08)
23	# "Hymn 43" (3:15)
24	# "Slipstream" (1:12)
25	# "Locomotive Breath" (4:23)
26	# "Wind-Up" (6:01)
27
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29	!! Bonus Tracks (1996 Remaster):
30
31	# "Lick Your Fingers Clean" (2:49)
32	# "Wind-Up" (Quad Version) (5:24)
33	# "Excerpts From The Ian Anderson Interview" (13:59)
34	# "A Song For Jeffrey" (2:51)
35	# "Fat Man" (BBC) (2:57)
36	# "Bourée" (BBC) (3:58)
37
38	----
39	!! Bonus Disc (40th Anniversary Release):
40
41	# "Lick Your Fingers Clean" (2:49)
42	# "Just Trying to Be" (1:37)
43	# "My God" (Early Version) (9:42)
44	# "Wond'ring Aloud" (13th December 1970) (1:51)
45	# "Wind Up" (Early Version) (5:21)
46	# "Slipstream" (Take 2) (0:54)
47	# "Up The 'Pool" (Early Version) (1:12)
48	# "Wond'ring Aloud, Again" (Full Morgan Version) (7:07)
49	# "Life Is A Long Song" (3:19)
50	# "Up The 'Pool" (New Mix) (3:12)
51	# "Dr. Bogenbroom" (3:00)
52	# "From Later" (2:08)
53	# "Nursie" (1:37)
54	# "US Radio Spot" (0:52)
55
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57	!!Principal Members:
58
59	* Ian Anderson - lead vocals, flute, guitar
60	* Martin Barre - guitar, recorder
61	* Clive Bunker - drums, percussion
62	* John Evan - piano, organ, mellotron
63	* Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond - bass, recorder, vocals
64
65	----
66	!!"And the tropes bloom like madness in the spring":
67	* AlbumTitleDrop: "Aqualung".
68	-->Aqualung my friend\
69	Don't start away uneasy
70	* AllWomenAreLustful: Cross-Eyed Mary in "Cross-Eyed Mary", who prefers the company of "leching greys" over school boys her age.
71	* AntiHero: Aqualung, described as a dirty old man who lusts for young girls, has a HalfWayPlotSwitch near the end where he becomes a victim of a society who forces him to convert to their religion and ways.
72	* BeYourself: The central theme of this album.
73	* {{Bowdlerize}}: When "Locomotive Breath" was played on American radio, the phrase "Got him by the balls" was often censored.
74	* ComicallyCrossEyed: "Cross-Eyed Mary".
75	* ConceptAlbum: Commonly called one, despite Anderson's protests to the contrary. So he wrote ''Music/ThickAsABrick''.
76	* CorruptChurch: "My God", "Hymn 43" and "Wind-Up" all depict organized religion as a bunch of liars, causing the protagonist to lose his faith in God.
77	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, painted by Burton Silverman.
78	* DespairEventHorizon: "Locomotive Breath"
79	-->In the shuffling madness of the locomotive breath\
80	Runs the all time loser, headlong to his death
81	* DirtyOldMan: Aqualung, the title character, who apparently is a dirty, old, lustful, homeless man. The album cover illustrates his appearance magnificently.
82	* EpicRocking: "Aqualung", "My God" and "Wind-Up" are all over six minutes.
83	* EvilOldFolks: Aqualung, a lecherous old man who is a paedophile. [[spoiler: Or so it seems.]]
84	* FilleFatale: Cross Eyed Mary who "gets no kicks from little boys/Rather make it with a leching grey", especially if they're well off although it's implied that she flirts with Aqualung.
85	* FourMoreMeasures: The opening riff in "Aqualung" is played ''twice'' to open the song and ''three'' times to close it.
86	* GratuitousFrench: "Aqualung"
87	-->Salvation à la mode and a cup of tea
88	* GrowOldWithMe: "Wond'ring Aloud".
89	-->Wond'ring aloud\
90	will the years treat us well.
91	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: "Cross-Eyed Mary".
92	-->Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along\
93	She's a poor man's rich girl\
94	and she'll do it for a song\
95	She's a rich man stealer\
96	but her favour's good and strong\
97	She's the Myth/RobinHood of Highgate\
98	helps the poor man get along.
99	* MinisculeRocking: "Cheap Day Return", "Wond'ring Aloud" and "Slipstream" are all under two minutes.
100	* MightyWhitey: Subject to a TakeThat in "Hymn 43".
101	* NewSoundAlbum: This marked the shift from the band's jazz-blues origins in favour of ProgressiveRock.
102	* OneWomanSong: "Cross-Eyed Mary", "Mother Goose".
103	* OopNorth: "Up the 'Pool" is about Blackpool. The singers even adopt the accent during the repeat of the first verse.
104	* ProgressiveRock: One of the cornerstones of the genre.
105	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Anderson was inspired to create the album when he and his wife Jenny saw an old homeless man sitting on a park bench.
106	* ReligionRantSong: "Wind-Up"
107	-->And so to my old headmaster and to anyone who cares\
108	Before I'm through I'd like to say my prayers\
109	And you can excommunicate me on my way to Sunday school\
110	And have all the Bishops harmonize these lines\
111	I don't believe you, you had the whole damn thing all wrong\
112	And he's not the kind you have to wind-up on a Sunday
113	* Myth/RobinHood: Cross-Eyed Mary is described as "the Robin Hood of Highgate, helps the poor man get along." It's implied that she steals from the wealthy, older men she sleeps with and passes at least some of it to street people like Aqualung.
114	* ShoutOut: "Mother Goose" references Mother Goose and Long John Silver, the pirate from ''Literature/TreasureIsland''.
115	* SpecialGuest: During the solo for the song "Aqualung", Jimmy Page from Music/LedZeppelin (who were recording ''Music/LedZeppelinIV'' at the same studio) walked into the recording studio and waved to Jethro Tull's guitarist Martin Barre. There are a few differing accounts of this story but one version says that Barre waved back, sustaining a note with his left hand and waving with his right. Ian Anderson claims that if you turn up the volume you can even hear him wave. There IS a short sustain in the solo, so this may be true. Another version is that Barre started improvising when Page walked in to try and impress him.
116	* StockSoundEffects: "Aqualung" imitates "deep sea diving" sounds.
117	* StudioChatter: Some of it can be made out.
118	* TakeThat: "My God," "Hymn 43," "Wind-Up," and "Lick Your Fingers Clean" are all harsh strikes against organized religion. Anderson's been accused of slamming religion in general, but the ending of "Locomotive Breath" contradicts that.
119	* TrainSong: "Locomotive Breath", which sounds like a train chugging, complete with Ian Anderson saying "Oh-Oh" in between. The song is an extended metaphor comparing the life of the main character, an "all-time loser", to a runaway train.
120	* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Charlie's wife in "Locomotive Breath" cheats on him with his best friend.
121	* WordSaladLyrics: "Mother Goose".

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