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"Locomotive Breath" was released on Jethro Tull's 1971 album Aqualung in 1971. An edit of the song was released in the US as a single in 1971, backed with "Wind-Up", though it did not chart. A 1976 single release of the song, backed with "Fat Man", was more successful, reaching number 59 on the Billboard charts [8] and number 85 in Canada. [9]
The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife Jennie Franks. While this track was never a single, its self-titled album Aqualung was Jethro Tull's first American Top 10 album, reaching number seven in June 1971. [4] After "Locomotive Breath", it is the song most often played in concert by Jethro Tull. [5]
Stormwatch is the twelfth studio album by progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released in September 1979.The album is often considered the last in a trio of folk rock albums released by the band at the end of the 1970s, alongside Songs from the Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978).
However, the whale strikes the boat with its tail, capsizing it, and several men are killed. The captain grieves over losing his men, but especially for having lost his prey. He then orders the ship to sail for home, calling Greenland a "dreadful place". Like most traditional songs, "Greenland Whale Fisheries" exists in different versions. [4]
Eerie and fascinating, whale songs are one of the most mysterious sounds reverberating through the ocean. Now, researchers say they know how the leviathans vocalize. Mystery of whale song ...
Louder magazine praised the song for "providing the light relief" on the album, amongst songs like "Locomotive Breath" and the title track. [8] Anderson made a similar point in an interview, noting the combination of the "amusing surreal moments" of acoustic songs like "Mother Goose" and "Up to Me" balanced with the album's more "dramatic ...
Monty Python's Life of Brian is the second soundtrack album by Monty Python, released in 1979 alongside the film of the same name.It contains scenes from the film interrupted by linking sections performed by Eric Idle and Graham Chapman, who also acted as producers following an aborted attempt at a soundtrack album by Michael Palin. [2]
Wherever you go, the experience is usually the same. You enter a church or a cathedral, and an ecclesiastical hush descends. You admire the architecture, the artworks, the centuries of history and ...