JayQ~37 on 2016-03-23 05:35:19. I always said at the time that this is not a concept album; this is just an album of varied songs of varied instrumentation and intensity in which three or four are the kind of keynote pieces for the album but it doesn't make it a concept album. When confronted with contradictory information, it only tightens our grip on a self-defining self-delusion, especially when there’s a financial incentive to do so. [1] According to one reviewer, the album has "dour musings on faith and religion" which for him have marked it as "one of the most cerebral albums ever to reach millions of rock listeners". [14], The second side, titled My God, contains three tracks—"My God," "Hymn 43" and "Wind-Up"—that address religion in an introspective, and sometimes irreverent, manner. Can someone help me identify my version? All tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted. Ellis was then at the beginning of his career, but he would go on to produce, manage, or promote a killer lineup of ‘70s and ‘80s rock and roll luminaries, including Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, and Pat Benatar. Jethro Tull's most famous work. [8] The "riff-heavy" nature of tracks such as "Locomotive Breath", "Hymn 43" and "Wind Up" is regarded as a factor in the band's increased success after the release of the album, with Jethro Tull becoming "a major arena act" and a "fixture on FM radio" according to AllMusic. [26] Justifying the remix, Steven Wilson said: "Jethro Tull's Aqualung is ... a masterpiece, but was sonically a very poor-sounding record. [19] Silverman was paid a flat fee of $1,500 for the painting. [25], The album was re-released in a 40th anniversary edition on 31 October 2011. 25 years ago, he even reached out to Ian Anderson, the lead singer of Jethro Tull, to see if he might be interested in joining the cause. Jethro Tull's manager Terry Ellis commissioned him after seeing his work in Time magazine. “That’s pretty simple: Because it rules,” said Weigel. The appearance of one man in particular caught the interest of the couple, who together wrote the title song "Aqualung". “What!! “Most courts, however would assume that the original intent extends to use on future technologies for essentially the same purpose [illustrating the sound recordings], ranging from cassettes to CDs and even iTunes imagery. Jokes are fine, but don't post tactless/inappropriate ones. Though they made off with a modest haul, including a slew of old 78s, the interior gatefold painting mounted on his office wall had gone untouched, for some unknown reason. [6], The album's original cover art by Burton Silverman features a watercolour portrait of a long-haired, bearded man in shabby clothes. [19] The original artwork for the interior gatefold painting was not taken during the robbery and is held by Terry Ellis. Anderson declined. In the past, dad has huddled with a lawyer or two, hoping he might be able to take the record company to court or claw back a portion of what he felt he was owed. Glenn Cornick played bass on the song and says it is his favourite song he recorded with the band. Recorded at Island Records' studio in London, it was their first album with John Evan as a full-time member, their first with new bassist Jeffrey Hammond, and last album featuring Clive Bunker on drums, who quit the band shortly after the release of the album. (13 December 1970, the second known version of this song). He offered to sell them back. All the community rules apply here. In response, Ellis said that iron-clad contracts spelling out future use soon became standard practice in the industry, but as to specifying the rights for CDs and posters, “it would never have occurred to me at the time,” he said. Taken as just an album Aqualung is a fine listen, ... were apparently about homeless people, as depicted on the album cover, while the second half were songs highly critical of organized religion. “I think it was one of those happy coincidences that all just came together in a very exciting way…[the painting] became the singular recognizable symbol.”. A re-recording of "Wond'ring Aloud" was included on Aqualung. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The idea for the cover came from a photograph Anderson’s wife took of a homeless man on Thames Embankment, and Anderson later felt it would have been better to have used the photograph rather than commission the painting. Silverman was paid a flat fee of $1,500 for the painting. Lee did voice over work in the film — both the Siamese cats Si and Am and Pekingese Peg — and contributed a few songs, for which she was paid $4,500 in total. What was the first piece of vinyl you owned? Just a bunch of songs. Original North American Reprise Records pressings of Aqualung contained a slightly edited version of the title song, with its first three seconds (i.e., the first repetition of the song's signature riff) removed. ( Log Out /  "Aqualung" is a song by English progressive rock band Jethro Tull, featured as the first track on their 1971 album Aqualung, and written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife, Jennie Franks.The original recording runs for 6 minutes and 32 seconds. Dad sought the counsel of Hal Kant, a family friend and the long-time lawyer for the Grateful Dead, hoping Lee’s case might tip the legal scales. Praise/Criticize/Just Overall Comment on a 4.5 from the user above, Looking for "epic rock" songs (like epic metal but not metal), Is it more common for you to hate a canonical album or be indifferent about it when you don't get it, Albums with notoriously bad mixing/production (excluding brickwalls), Album(s) you consider to be overrated by an artist you love. [2] Academic discussions of the nature of concept albums have frequently listed Aqualung amongst their number. More to the point, the end of a career that has seen him become one of the more prominent realist painters of his time. Thats like calling sloppy work brilliance when its not. [19] The artist says the art was only licensed for use as an album cover, and not for merchandising; he approached the band seeking remuneration for the additional uses, such as printing it on T-shirts and coffee mugs. A solid album through and through. He worries about this. But the front and back cover were as good as new. I was disappointed. So, there is certainly something very gratifying about being able to polish what was already a diamond and making it shine in a way it never has before". Aqualung Memory Man Album Cover Art. A 2005 interview included on Aqualung Live gives Anderson's thoughts on the matter:[15]. It doesn’t matter if you’re a relic of rock’s boomer glory years or an aging artist — it’s unpleasant when a romanticized or fictionalized notion of self is revealed to be just that. “There was an air of mystery they cultivated,”, Why has Aqualung stuck around for so long? Aqualung Cover Jethro Tull (full cover with solo) - YouTube The first recording of this song, actually made up of two parts: a. Wond'ring Aloud (the first version of Wond'ring Aloud), b. Wond'ring Again (Part II of Wond'ring Alound, originally released on, This page was last edited on 20 August 2020, at 09:56. What we did with Aqualung was really make that record gleam in a way it never gleamed before. In the early ‘90s, a small glimmer of hope emerged. Recommend the above poster (an) album(s) based on their profile picture. But he did describe the creative process that led to the artwork for Aqualung. The gatefold painting used to hang on his office wall, but it, along with the front and back, had been lost at some point. There was a miniscule chance this wasn’t a ham-fisted con, so my dad strung him along. The orchestral segments were arranged by Dee Palmer, who had worked with the band since 1968's This Was, and would later join as a keyboard player. Making the ultimate Proto-Metal/things influential to evolution of heavy metal list, This albums leaves no competition in its discography, but RYM says it compares, What's the most out of place album in the above user's 5s. Dad’s studio is located on the top floor of my parents’ brownstone on the Upper West Side. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. [1] Sounds said that its "taste and variety" made it the band's "finest" work. [2][9] In a stylistic departure from Jethro Tull's earlier albums, many of Aqualung's songs are acoustic. Though they’d already built a decent following and had scored a few top 10 hits, they were somewhat pigeonholed as whimsical and folksy British troubadours prone to wearing codpieces onstage. The cover of Jethro Tull’s Aqualung. There are all sorts of nerds, dorks and geeks in this world. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Comments; Wikipedia Entry; No comments for this album art. Matter-of-factly, my sister blurted out, “My dad painted that.” They left, only to have the poster’s owner come bolting out of his dorm room with a Sharpie in hand, begging for an autograph. But on the other hand, drew from Ian as well,” he said. Don't post randomness/off-topic comments. Burton took some photos of Ian Anderson wearing his old overcoat before he painted the cover, and the resulting work looked a lot like a haggard version of Ian, who was not pleased with the painting. No one felt his case was strong enough to recommend going forward, thanks to the nonexistent contract and older copyright laws which greatly disadvantaged artists. Change ), The story behind “Abbey Road” album cover, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEYhapqsb3I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCGGG0BwXis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKmwY_mEX84, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2jkpPTnDqg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRjZUkmTUc. She passed along this statement from Anderson: “I had nothing whatsoever to do with the project other than posing for some photos taken for his father to work from.” (Anderson did not pose for any photos, per dad.).