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 ‎– Aqualung Label:  ‎– CHR 1044 Format: , LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve 
Country: Released:   Genre: Style: Tracklist AqualungA1Aqualung Lyrics By [Words] –  6:34A2Cross-Eyed Mary4:06A3Cheap Day Return1:21A4Mother Goose3:51A5Wond'ring Aloud1:53A6Up To Me3:14My GodB1My God7:08B2Hymn 433:15B3Slipstream1:12B4Locomotive Breath4:23B5Wind-Up6:01 Credits Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] –  Artwork By [Paintings] – Burton Silverman Bass Guitar, Recorder [Alto], Voice [Odd Voices] –  Drums, Percussion –  Electric Guitar, Recorder [Descant] –  Engineer –  Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Voice –  Layout –  Piano, Organ, Mellotron –  Producer – ,  Written-By –  Review by Bruce Eder 

Released at a time when a lot of bands were embracing pop-Christianity (à la Jesus Christ Superstar),  was a bold statement for a rock group, a pro-God antichurch tract that probably got lots of teenagers wrestling with these ideas for the first time in their lives. This was the album that made  a fixture on FM radio, with riff-heavy songs like "My God," "Hymn 43," "Locomotive Breath," "Cross-Eyed Mary," "Wind Up," and the title track. And from there, they became a major arena act, and a fixture at the top of the record charts for most of the 1970s. Mixing hard rock and folk melodies with 's dour musings on faith and religion (mostly how organized religion had restricted man's relationship with God), the record was extremely profound for a number seven chart hit, one of the most cerebral albums ever to reach millions of rock listeners. Indeed, from this point on,  and company were compelled to stretch the lyrical envelope right to the breaking point.