This is one of the easiest reviews I have ever written. We are talking about Aqualung, one of the most important rock albums of all time. It sounds better than ever and includes a bonus disk of additional 1970 and 1971 recordings featuring songs that didn’t make the album, or different versions of ones that did including “Wond’ring Aloud” and “My God.” There is also a classic Tull song that is not on the album in “Life’s a Long Song.” The liner notes are awesome and feature an interview with Ian Anderson and there are plenty of pictures and stuff to make the package, itself, wonderful.

Aqualung was the album that brought Tull to the big time. The band was no longer trying to figure out how they could make their brand of music fit in with the current music scene. With “Aqualung” and “Locomotive Breath” they were there. While these two songs went on to become staples in the band’s live set, and FM radio classics, the album features many other great songs including “Hymm 43,” “Mother Goose” and “Cross Eyed Mary.”

The bonus disc alone makes this one worth picking up.