Editing Aqualung (album) (section)

==Musical style==

The songs on the album encompass a variety of musical genres, with elements of [[folk music|folk]], [[blues]], [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]], and [[hard rock]].{{sfn|Nollen|2001|p=66}} 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]].<ref name="AllMusic Review"/><ref name="jethrotull.com">{{cite web|url=http://jethrotull.com/aqualung/ |title=Jethro Tull - Aqualung (March 19, 1971)|publisher=JethroTull.com |access-date=1 May 2015}}</ref> In a stylistic departure from Jethro Tull's earlier albums, many of ''Aqualung'''s songs are [[Acoustic music|acoustic]]. "Cheap Day Return", "Wond'ring Aloud" and "Slipstream" are short, completely acoustic "bridges", and "[[Mother Goose (song)|Mother Goose]]" is also mostly acoustic. Anderson claims his main inspirations for writing the album were [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]] and [[Bert Jansch]].<ref name="Classic Rock Presents Prog"/>