AQUALUNG

It's always hard to review this kind of classics, because everybody has already said almost everything about it. But anyway, you can't miss the chance, I'll make it short. This time, it's Aqualung, one of Jethro's jewels. What I specially like about this album is the perfect combination of strong, hard rock parts, with soft, acoustic passages. As it happens to me with albums of this caliber, we can realise of the big inspiration that took to make this album, and that makes it really enjoyable.

On the side of the rock explosion, "Aqualung" is a real classic, with a riff that will be reminded forever. The explosion of the riff and the mellow acoustic parts make this a total classic. I just enjoy this one completely every time I listen to it, this song is a masterpiece itself! Yeah! And everytime I blow my head apart with the catchy hard rock of "Cross Eyed Mary", which features a superb flute intro. If we're talking about more great riffs, we can't miss the nice "Up To Me", the masterpiece called "My God", which progresses perfectly and has a magnificient guitar solo, and "Locomotive Breath", of course! "Hymn 43" is another great and powerful rocker while the closer, "Wind Up" is mellow, softer and I believe it works as a ballad, with very deep moments. Such a good way to close this masterpiece. Also, all the tasty acoustic parts between the songs give an special (folky) touch to this album, with that constant hard/soft passage I was talking about.

Overall, Aqualung is a masterpiece of rock music that should not be missed by anyone! Jethro Tull were great creatively and created an album of this caliber. Extremely recommended.

Rating: 4.8/5