AQUALUNG

"Aqualung" is by far THE BEST album by Jan Anderson & co., simply a "milestone" in the rock history, still fresh and beautiful to listen after more then 30 years... Clearly, not a "progressive" work in classic terms, but a wonderful blend of the best music items in '60 and '70 (english folk,hard-rock,classic tradition,blues), yet free from the ambitious structural burdens of later LPs like "Thick as a Brik" and "A Passion Play". Here tight and fast electrical distorted riffs preveal over improvisations, and the form "song" becomes asymmetric with the preference for "squared" and irregular timings (in other words, the closed structure of the rock song or of the blues is being opened). In this sense "Aqualung" IS a progressive work, with all of the band members playing at their best. Five stars and more.