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To my mind, this is Jethro Tull's best album. I first received a copy of this on vinyl way back in the late 70's from a cousin (along with copies of Deep Purple's Fireball and Made In Japan). I'm really kind of glad that he didn't want any of these albums as they all blew me away.

Anyway, this album, remains a firm favourite to this day and I love to play the title track, Cross-eyed Mary, Hymn 43, Locomotive Breath and Wind-up at full volume. Truth be told I don't usually turn it down much for the other tracks ;-) I won't do a track by track because others have already done so better than could I. I will say that this is a classic album and absolutely essential to every prog rock collection. The acoustic guitars, the electric guitars, the flutes, Ian Anderson's unique phrasing and vocal style - the whole package is perfect. If you haven't got it get it.