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It is what it is. Not made to be actively listened to on headphones. So I used it all wrong and ended up a bit bored.
2.5 - ambiance
I could see waiting for a flight listening to this.
2.5
i respect ambient music but this was kinda long, i didn’t have a time where i wanted to listen to it so i kinda just forced myself to listen to it
Well, this album did exactly what it was meant for: easy, soothing, forgettable soundscape.
Das Album besteht aus vier Kompositionen, die durch Übereinanderlegen von Tonbandschleifen unterschiedlicher Länge erstellt wurden, und wurde als Klanginstallation konzipiert, um die angespannte, ängstliche Atmosphäre eines Flughafenterminals zu entschärfen. Diesem Album Pionierarbeit war Ambient-Musik. Es mag zwar künstlerisch wertvoll sein oder zur Hintergrundberieselung taugen aber es war definitiv kein Hörgenuss.
Good for airports or yoga, but not the most compelling listen.
My wife said, while listening to this, that it would be good on in the background of a massage parlor. For some reason this did not end with me getting a backrub, which is the only way to make this album better.
As back ground music? Sure. To sit down and listen to? No. 2.5/5
Part of my ratings are based on the likelihood of me listening to an album again, I'm not very likely to sit and listen to this again hence the 2 stars. However I do appreciate the music is good, it's creative and relaxing, it's just not something that I'll come back to I don't think
I hate to rate this so low, because I recognize what this music is supposed to be, I can see the originality of it, I can appreciate the artistic intent behind it and I know that it's influential. This is, simply put, music that isn't meant to be actively listened to. Certainly, not with intention. That in itself is kind of fascinating. You don't have songs here. You don't have any semblance of a structure. These are soundscapes. That said, even as background music, I didn't really enjoy this. I expected to feel kind of at ease listening to 1/1, but I began to feel this weird sort of dread whenever that sequence of piano notes popped up again. 2/1 and 1/2 perhaps the most unpleasant with those synth vocals. Perhaps they were novel in 1978, but they aren't now. I much preferred 2/2 as a soundscape. Perhaps if the rest of the album was more like this, I would like it more. All in all, it is fascinating as a piece of art, and it's a pioneer in ambient music. And I appreciate that. But I didn't find it enjoyable, and I likely won't put it on again, even as simple background music. Fav track: 2/2
1/29/25. Definitely interesting. Familiar with Brian Eno and enjoyed one if his albums along this journey, but this one wasn't really for me. Obviously great for ambience, but there aren't many scenarios where I would listen to this. I hate to add subjectivity to my rating but oh well.
Są spokojne, kojące kawałki i jest nuda. Ten album należy do tej drugiej kategorii. 3/10
This is like sad meditation music. It's meant to be listened to while thinking, but then I'm focused most on everything OTHER THAN the music. It's not even music to get you lost in your own mind. It's more like 'I need something to listen to while studying'. Doesn't even apply to me anymore.
I was prepared to hate this but I did find it very relaxing to listen to.
I like Eno a lot, but like damn. This is good, but in an ambient kind of way. Nothing is really going on but that's the point. Its perfect
Found this album to be boring. The music wasnt bad- it was technically proficient. But it was repeptitive in tone and not very interesting. Fine background music. Overall- didnt enjoy it. Probably a 1.5/5
As good as ambient music can be!
I mean, it's my fault for signing up to this "quest" - this was not go to the gym music...
I've listened a few times before. Tried to again, but each time this shit stresses me out so bad for some reason
This was entirely as advertised by the title. There's no clever wordplay going on here, this really is just ambient music for an airport terminal. If you're into that sort of thing, it's great. It wasn't a lot of fun, though.
Made me want to take a train. In all seriousness, this was a hard listen. Repetitive, and not at all interesting.
Does what it does really well but unfortunately what it does is bore you to fucking death.
Ganska soft och lugnt men är det så jävla bra?
Crushingly boring. Only gets 2 stars because I made it through the whole thing as background music. I can accept it being on the list as an important historical album, but released in any other year I would be aghast.
I can admire how this pretty much birthed the genre of Ambient music, but its not for me. I don't like ambient music and while there's probably a time and place for it for me, that time and place wasn't today.
Yeah it sure is ambient. At least the album title is accurate. I have absolutely no idea why anyone on earth would consider this to be essential listening. It’s pretty I guess? But it’s just so boring. It’s muzak and I don’t think it’s anything more than that. More elevators music than airport music. Skilled piano playing, odd vocalizations? Yawn. 2*
As described: calming background music. Wouldn’t really listen to it as an album
Pretty chill kinda boring tho.
Well…..as advertised it is ambient background music. The author of this book made some really dumb picks
Well it was as described. Too many Eno albums on this list stop Eno, he aint all that.
I mean... the title says it all, I guess.
Not even really for airports. This is just tones and sounds. Got nothing from this except the desire to sleep - which isn’t all that bad. Still got to give it a 2 - not bad, it’s just not music.
Tried not to listen to this to enjoy it as it was meant to be enjoyed. 2/2 was my favourite movement. Very weird inclusion in the list, however I suppose it paved the way in the ambient music scene. Looking forward to Music For Lifts.
This almost put me to sleep LOL. It was nice, but reminded me of music I used to listen to when practicing mindfulness. I would literally never choose to just listen to this again. Also, this does not match the vibe of airports today at all.
my friend made me listen to this a couple weeks ago when we were picking up a mutual friend from the airport. there was no parking, and so we just drove around in loops for like a DVD idle screen waiting for her flight to get in. it was perfect for that, so great work there. would never listen to it in my spare time, it's a little too minimalist to make my brain smooth in the way i think it's attempting to
Seguro es un disco muy importante porque inició el ambient, pero vaya, no es un álbum que creo que vaya a volver a poner nunca.
boring, unless you like ambient then it's probably alright.
Brian Eno finally delivers on what he promised. This song is called Ambient 1, and this album is literally just ambient noise. This is not music at all, and is more meant to be on in the background than actually listened to. Why this is on an essential album listening list is beyond me. If this is on the list, then random sound effect records should be on this list too, because that is basically what this is. Super fucking boring. Typical weird Eno. Favourite songs: 2/2 Least favourite songs: 1/1 2/5
I appreciate the artistry in this, but I prefer airports to have gently energetic music, to strum my excitement about traveling.
Ugh The first song was pretty relaxing and I liked the piano. The rest of it was enough to bring on a major depressive episode 2 ⭐️
There's not much to say about Ambient 1/Music For Airports is there? :D It does what it says on the tin and achieves his goal, I wouldn't pay attention listing to it because I'm not meant to, in the right setting it delivers perfectly but this is an exercise into what I like, not whether the artist's intentions hit the spot, so I'm giving it a 2 as it's neither good nor bad, it just is.
I think this would be quite good to play over the speakers in an airport: it's calming, chilled music that might take some of the heat out of the frustrations that go with air travel. It's just far too airy fairy to be an album you have to listen to before you die. 2/5.
im getting this feeling that this shits gonna piss me off 1/1- bro. 3. minecraft music 2/1- huh. 2 or 3 1/2- 2 or 3 2/2- f i hear that fuckign chorus
Very experimental. Very peaceful.
Music For Airports? Unless you want everyone to fall asleep and miss their flights, don't play this at the airport...
🛗
pretty odd
Hey Brian, love the concept! The negative space in 1/1 would truly calm a frenzied traveler in a 1978 airport. (We remember ‘78 and airports at the time, they sucked. As humans, we have learned and gotten better about airports since then.) 1/2 not as neutral but still works. The B side gets less ambient and a bit too churchy. We’ve never heard any of this music at an airport (or any where else for that matter) but it is calming and would be appropriate during meditation, massage, or reiki. General consensus: original idea that is well thought out (1.8*s)
I don't think this album is bad per se, but I don't think it's "For Airports" or the 1001 list. It's really mellow (like fall asleep mellow) and it'd be better as a sound bath or meditation backing track. Some points for coming out in 1978 before those were even a thought. I think Eno himself describes it well with "as ignorable as it is interesting." 1.5
I like a bit of ambient / chill background when I’m working, but this was barely there. I may as well have been listening to rainfall. It’s a bad album to judge because the music is literally designed to be ignored. However, when I actually did focus on it, I found it boring. If you stick this on while giving me a massage, then fine, but other than that I won’t be listening again.
Very ambient album. Would be great for an airport. I'm sure that's the review everyone else gave. It wasn't a bad listen but very slow. Fine to listen in the background of doing something. 2.5 stars
Man, what a punch! If anything makes me want to listen to an album, it is a title like "ambient music for airports"! But more to the point, this album could only accompany a sparse, minimalist European airport with lots of windows, sunlight streaming through, and a zombie apocalypse that leaves the airport utterly empty. I would not be able to take this seriously at JFK or LGA. Or Frankfurt, for that matter. Maybe it could play in Geneva, or the airport in Station 11.
Well, certainly interesting. But really just quite boring.
It's beautiful and relaxing, but not something I would seek out for any reason, really.
Feels wrong to hear this outside of a massage
I don’t get it
Prefer elevator music.
2.5/5
not as good as the one that has lizard point on it
Sounds like lounge music... But it's actually an airport lounge music. I'm pretty confused about this album, was it an attempt at the best songs that no one will consciously listen to? Well, Brian did a pretty good job then, because I couldn't listen to it at all, it was so bland it was distracting. Nice experiment though.
So meh...I mean it was fine background music for an airport, mall, mediating or whatever you might need this kind of music. From today's context I don't see how this was amazing and influential. Not bad...you can just hear this kind of music anywhere.
Great music for napping or meditating. I wouldn't listen to it otherwise. This might have been innovative back in it's day but there's 600 youtube videos of ambient noise I can choose to fall asleep to or cleanse my astral chi.
Insomma... non e' il mio genere. Tranquillo.
It is honestly genius how you can copy paste 8 bars to make a song. 2/5
Ambiente Music - the genre attempts to create sound as "...ignorable as it is interesting." Total success on part 1 - total fail on part 2.
Familiar in 2024, unclear of historical perception.
He might have created ambient music, but it has been done better, overall a bit dull
Bits of this reminded me of the stuff off the second side of Autobahn. But quite a lot of it reminded me of a sixth form piano composition. And not in a good way. I loved Autobahn. It really is genius. But that's because it does something with the style. This, well, didn't grab me at all and, as I say, seemed too basic - certainly not what I was expecting. I didn't hate it, but that's not exactly a ringing endorsement of ambient music. In fact, if anything it was too prominent in places - and I really was trying to do a lot of other stuff at the same time.
Wasnt for me and I like the dudes music most of the time
I don’t think any ambient music is music I need to hear before I die. And this music in particular is nothing special. If you have a basic understanding of music theory and a synthesizer, you could compose this. 2.3
Meh. "greatest ambient album of all-time" isnt much of a selling point. 2/5
This was very weird. I quite like ambient background music at time, but this was too background even for me. It's perfectly titled, but I just don't really get why it exists on this list
I actually like Brain Eno's music. But I found this kind of babbling boring. Too bad, I was really looking forward to it. Obviously I was expecting something different. 2/5
Not for me
I didn’t hate it but it was almost a completely nothing album. There’s ambient then there’s this… it’s like the sound of a distant fridge running
just as described. Made me crave an overpriced cocktail (a double for just $2).
1-2
Too long and too dull
Not bad. Not really good, either.
A bit meh
Great background music to work to. Not sure of its place in this list, though. Better than some of the other offerings tbf.
It’s definitely ambient music, but was I wrong for expecting more given it was on this list?
La música que ponen en los spas cuando te das un masaje. 100% ambient.
It's just too ambient for me. There is very little there to listen to.
It was sub par! I wanted to take a nap the whole time pretty much but some noises were really enjoyable
More like music for elevators am I right? Good for studying or falling asleep to but I don’t think I’d be in the pit at this show 2.1*
Boeing af
Nicht meine Richtung
Just ok. Kinda interesting from a historical perspective, but not really a great album to have on here
It works as ambient music, not as an album to sit down and listen to
Emh....as an ambient music adept; this one seemed pretty avetage to me. Probably i am missing something. But i did not liked it too much
Definitely suitable for airports
Too ambient, if anything
Sometimes, an album can be influential and beautiful and also an absolute chore to listen to.
Fully forgot I was listening to music as I worked. Liked the first track nest but doubt I'll revisit
Boring but I think that was the point. Don’t feel like I NEEDED to hear it
Hard to say much about this. Obviously a lot of quality, but it's not much fun. Admire it more than I like it.
„Fahrstuhl-Musik“… aber für Flughäfen etc.
Sounds like reiki music
This album is exactly what it says on the tin. I love Brian Eno, especially early Roxy music, but ambient music is never a thrilling listening experience. it works well as background music, but it is thoroughly forgettable 2/5
If you manage to stay awake through the majority of this album you’ll be saddened to learn that there is not an accompanying film to go along with this score-like 4-parter. It’s really just repetitive noise and pulsating crescendos. Nothing remarkable, at all. Dreamy background tunes.
The album consists of four compositions created by layering tape loops of differing lengths, and was designed to be continuously looped as a sound installation, with the intent of defusing the tense, anxious atmosphere of an airport terminal. Interesting. Could be some good background music for today then. Well it's definitely an Ambient sound. It's very peaceful and relaxing.
detta är rent funktionell musik. Jag lyssnade lite när jag skulle somna igår och då funkade det utmärkt. Satte även på i morse för att väcka barnen. Men visst, det är ju ingen vidare verkshöjd. Såg att det fanns en live-version på spotify. Det ser jag verkligen inget behov av.
Svår genre att betygsätta. Det är ju behagligt att lyssna på, men verkshöjden mycket begränsad.
Missed my flight vibes.
It's cool if you're trying to space out, but it's only a step up from elevator music.
I was listening to this while working. It does exactly what it intended to do, blend into the background. The first song is 17 minutes longs mostly consisting of 2 sparse piano phrases looped over and over. This belongs as the end credits to a movie, or the selection menu of a video or DVD. I get that it was the first of its genre, and inspired all ambient music to come, but it just fades into the background. Which I guess, is it's point.
1001 albums you should not listen to before you die
Great for a relaxing massage in a spa, maybe good in a zen garden or meditation retreat, but not much else
1. ambient 1 - 1.5 2. ambient 2 - 1 3. ambient 3 - 2 4. ambient 4 - 1.5
Boring. I know boring is a super boring descriptive term to use but there’s just not a lot going on here. I’d cruise down the middle with a three if I could find anything to differentiate between the tracks but it sounds like the same idea spread out across the album. It’s inoffensive, I’ll give it that.
It was really pretty but honestly this was not for me.
Much craft here and it sort of had to exist and be made to push and showcase electronic and ambient music but I just wanted it to end or change or do something. I doubt I could even use it for focused work.
I guess I understand why this is here, and it's certainly nice, but it is what it is, which isn't exciting
Sounds like the music they play at the vet to help keep the animals calm
I guess this was significant at the time. The ambient genre is something that requires the right mood. But it was good for what it was I suppose
I put this on as background music, as I guess that's the point of it, and it was alright. It was completely what I was expecting which is ambient music you pay no attention to at all. Is it something you have to hear? No, absolutely not. It's not terrible but very much skippable.
It’s background music. Music for airports indeed. Does what it set out to do, can’t say I enjoyed listening though
I guess it does what Eno intended. Bloody boring.
Effective studying music, and pretty cool that Eno coined the term 'ambient music'.
Interesting concept and many one early examples of the genre. But not for me.
I guess this falls under the "what do I know?" category. As a practicing massage therapist for 15 years, I listened to my share of schlocky new-age, wind chime-laden, wanna-be mystical "soothing" music, and maybe, after 4 hours in a quiet meditative environment, this might have made me feel like I was in a waking dream. But not in a pleasant way. How is this any different than the hundreds of other albums that sound just like it? I tired of that orchestral vocal-synth patch about three minutes into the first track. I appreciate Eno for his production. We've listened to more than one brilliant effort of his (Bowie, U2), but why this? Aggravating.
There is a place for these sounds but it wasn’t my head yesterday.
Miksi tämä levy on tällaisessa listauksessa? Voi juma...
Ei ollu sopiva hetki kuunnella, joten meni vähän ohi. Varmasti toimis tosi hyvin oikeessa paikassa oikeella hetkellä. Tällä kertaa kuitenki kakkonen
Good but not my vibe
This was some excellent background music. But is that an accomplishment that the guy made an album that could be in a David fincher movie. Overall this was very bland but as good as bland could get. I didn’t hate it but can’t find myself listening to it again unless I hear it in the airport as my life slowly passes. 3.6/10
I like this kind of music, but why the fuck is this on this list lmao
Bizarre
I mean... it's ambient music. What am I supposed to say about it? It's pretty, but the whole purpose is to be calming background music. I listen to ambient stuff when I'm studying or just need something on in the background. Of course Brian Eno is the one who coined the term. But, on a list of 1001 albums I have to listen to, is this necessary?
I enjoyed this while working on routine tasks at work. It was fine.
Not my thing
I could die perfectly happy without ever hearing this album
Very peaceful and something I could meditate with.
so boring
Alright for ambient music
Ergens in de Wieringermeer staat een enorm datacentrum van Google. De servers draaien op volle toeren, slurpen energie en kraken van de enorme hoeveelheid data. Waarom? Omdat Youtube vol moet staan met gegenereerde video's met titels als '6 hours relaxing piano music for study', of '6 hours of beautiful ambient celtic harp music' en '6 hours of chill romantic jazz and bossanova for focus and memory'. De samenleving gaat ten onder aan het gewicht van overbodige muzak. Onze laatste dag op aarde zal in ieder geval opgevrolijkt worden door zes uur 'Relaxing smooth jazz for meditation and stress relief'. De aanstichter van al dit kwaad? Brian Eno, die in 1978 al deze LP volpingelde met zijn slaapverwekkende pianoakkoordjes en daarmee kennelijk trendsetter was. Heel goed om bij in slaap te vallen waarschijnlijk, maar daar hadden we 'Slaap kindje slaap' toch al voor?
Gepingel waarbij elke toon zo lang mogelijk ter gehore wordt gebracht. Het is de uitdaging om net geen stilte te laten vallen tussen de toetsaanslagen. Bij voorkeur wordt op de achtergrond nog een langgerekte tweede toon toegevoegd, zodat je een onderwater-effect krijgt. En klaar. Af te spelen bij het slapen gaan. 1,5 ster.
Soort hypnotiserende muziek, waarbij je moet mediteren gok ik. Het is best rustgevend, maar ik ben niet zo'n fan van dit soort verzamelingen klanken. Ik noem dit geen muziek, maar geluid. Wel fijn dat hij er niet bij is gaan zingen. Alleen daarvoor krijgt hij een extra ster.
What were people expecting for an album titled Music for Airports? I just don't get what is so interesting? Were these sounds novel in 1988?
At first I thought “wait, another AC/DC album??” Then a few minutes in I realized it was a different artist. I could see myself playing this while trying to relax on an airplane. But not many other situations call for it. At many points this gave off “sad movie soundtrack” vibes. That said, I don’t think the intent with this was to record a #1 hit. Had to skip through some because I try to avoid things that shift my mood in the direction of complete emptiness. But… the goal here was to create ambient music and I suppose this album accomplished that.
I'm not one to listen to Ambient music - but this decent background music/sounds for office working or something that requires focus. The piano tracks are significantly better than the synthesizer tracks in my opinion. I don't think I'd ever listen to this again. It's cool that this was inspirational for some artists I guess.
I can see this album being good for meditating or some other low-brain-activity thing, but as an album of music to just listen to there isn't enough going on to be worth the time. The noises are pleasing enough, but this is background music. These tracks could be great in slow and ambient sections of a video game, maybe one of those indie games that has an emotional scene where the character is learning about their dead/estranged parents' pasts. That or just music on the main menu. It could also serve as backing music at a planetarium show. Musically, each track is very long and basically features just piddling around on instruments (mainly synth) without any kind of structure or much development (also, 30 seconds of dead air at the end of the first track, whyyyy). You could probably recreate this on the fly from an electric piano and maybe a couple of friends running their fingers on the rims of crystal glasses. As negative as that review was, I don't dislike the album. It kind of lulls you into a happy place. This is good to work to if you're doing something interesting enough to keep you awake. I got some good coding done with this on. When evaluated based on what I personally look for in music however, such as instrumentation, musicianship, melody, and song structure, it just doesn't rank very highly.
It was indeed music for airports. Boring but somewhat pleasant.
I'm actually listening to this in an airport. It's pretty, but quite dull. 2.5/5
I think the best way to describe this album would be "deeply unambitious".
okay - not sure how to classify. Pretty chill for certain times of pondering?
Ambiente. Instrumental. Mortalmente aburrido.
Ambient music. I like the concept. But this is a bit intrusive for easy at-home background music. 2.
I think I fell asleep
This needs to go with something. On it's own there's just not enough happening for me (I know that's what ambient is). 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding
Every airport has that dreaded customer service desk between security and the gates. This is where you find the most irate people in the airport since the only people who use that desk are ones who, because of a late connecting flight or their own tardiness, missed their flight and need to line up to get more bad news. If this album were played at the airport, I expect the amount of yelling and swearing at this customer service desk would decrease, but the lines at this desk would be longer since people would fall asleep in the airport and miss their flight. I don't like this album but I can't give it a 1 since, as boring as it is, it's infinitely better than muzak.
far too culty for an airport...
Somehow I got to listen to Brian Eno for two days in a row, today was the second day. Yesterday the album was unbearable: https://1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/1m08xZXMNDVCYU7VgUGsme/my-life-in-the-bush-of-ghosts, today's one was maybe a bit bitter though I still didn't like a lot.
literally ambient noise why does Brian have 4 albums on here
This guy ffs
Spa music the missus calls it😂
Hard to rate. It certainly does what it sets out to do. It's good background music. It's far from unpleasant but it's SO BORING. I can't imagine listening to this for pleasure. A 2.5 rounded down to 2 because I would never actually choose to listen to it
Calming. Good for airports.
El títol ja diu tot el que cal saber
fuckign boring
I think its cool, but not totally my thing. Imagine if they actually played this in airports?
Where's my massage!?
Effective as noise filler, but certainly not for gratified listening.
No juu on ambientia. Ei huonoa sellaista. Mutta ei oo montaa hetkeä, jossa jaksaisin ajatuksella kuunnella.
As advertised, this was very much ambient, and wouldn't feel out of place at the airport (or maybe as an airline’s hold music). Unfortunately, that's not really what I'm looking for when I listen to music. I know Eno's a musical genius and all that, but these tracks seemed repetitive and without much variation, and “1/1” seemed to be just an x-second/minute-long patch that was simply repeated over and over for nearly 17.5 minutes (and I swear there's a slightly-tweaked snippet of "Frère Jacques" in there). This isn't something I'd ever listen to purposefully, but it might be good to throw on for a massage or yoga class. Or hey, throw it into a video game. Some of this stuff reminds me of Russell Shaw's soundtrack to "Fable," which has a genuinely fantastic ambient track called "Summer Fields." In fact, Eno's "2/1" sorta reminds me of Shaw's "Fresco Dome" (sorta). Personally, I'd rather listen to the "Fable" soundtrack.
Not a lot happens, sounds like Ross finally found his sound
All prog
It’s interesting but it definitely shouldn’t be in the list
Literally music for airports
Idk not rly my jam
You could certainly tell this has influenced others. Not terrible but probably won’t listen again.
Fuck. I just lost all my comments for this and don’t feel like rewriting them. This was sort of ok, and better than I thought. Still not something I’ll be playing often or much at all.
elevator music not my style
Maybe I’m just not a fan of ambient but this album did nothing for me. I’d rather listen to silence.
An ok ambient record, nothing much to say. First Listen?: Y Fav. Tracks: 1/1 Rating: 2/5
Tja, lekker rustig maar wel heel veel herhaling en saai..
Tja, Brian Eno, natuurlijk retesaai, maar het vloog voorbij en was wel rustgevend.
This was the most boring thing I've ever subjected myself to. A star because it was ambient?
When I told someone that there is no such thing as "ambient music" (which, to me, means "background noise"), they responded that "ambient music is ambient sound, but well-organized." I stand by my original statement. The album is appropriately named, however. I've been in airports and heard this same type of thing in the background. I just normally put my headphones in (or hang out at the PF Chang's Airport Bar).
Thought I’d accidentally put on some hypnobirthing music. Somatic furors rip off the bandaid quickly to listen to this one.
A lot can be said about this album's artistic merits, but at the end of the day (hold on, I'm developing a pan here) this is an Eno albums of a style I will only listen to when going to bed.
ughhhh i understand that he’s very influential in making so many different styles of music but this one was just so unnecessary 😝😝😝 it was just boring and 17 minute songs are ugh. i think it was pretty music but for like five minutes.
Supaboring
Did feel a bit too much like an art exhibit
cool and eerie but to a mind numbingly boring level
Background for sure-
Ay, Dios mío, qué embole más triste.
Alle ambient music klinkt voor mij wat hetzelfde. Moeilijk om over te oordelen. Maar er is wel een tijd en een plaats voor deze muziek, maar lang niet eender waar en wanneer
It began. It ended. Inbetween it played for eternity. It haunts me still. Like a poltergiest.
I'm pretty sure I heard this in a public sauna once. Actually feels really weird listening to this from the comfort of my home with pants on. I need to be relaxed, dripping with sweat, balls sticking to the wood. I don't know how to rate this. It's an entirely different art form from every other album I've ranked so far. This is not something that's supposed to be listen to. It was specifically designed to be background noise that loops endlessly and can't just be put in the same basket as The Beatles, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, or even Nickleback and Justin Bieber.
Background music.
Not soemthing I would really listen to but I can see why it made it here for its influence.
Should be called 'Music for falling asleep'. Pros: Good to fall asleep to. Cons: fell asleep.
2-3
While interesting that this was the first album to be marked as ambient music, there really wasn't anything special about it for me. Soothing and peaceful but unimpressive
I did like the ambient feel with a lot of piano throughout rather than the synth sound. But I would’t say this is a “must-listen”.
I love your work Brian, definitely a stand out producer, but I didn't groove with this project like I thought I would've. Listened to it driving in the car and it just didn't hold my attention which is a shame because I could listen to Side B of David Bowie's 'Low' all day long. Needs another listen, but as of now I'm not super into it. 2.5/5
Too soft
I bought this album many years ago thinking if I listened to Eno being ambient it would somehow make me edgy or at least I'd be able to sound like a bit of a muso snob. The whole point of this is that it challenges what we consider to be "an album" or the points where music/sound/art collide. Maybe I actually need to listen to this in an airport rather than sat at my dining table on a monday morning working from home. Or maybe I just don't really like ambient music.
Not unpleasant. But I don't see the point in listening to something that only makes me think of being on a moving walkway getting me from one set of airport gates to another.
Nice background album, but not something I would frequent. Music for a specific mood
I thought about giving this one star because I don't think this deserves to be on the list and I was constantly wanting to listen to other things, but I also considered giving it three because the fact that it's boring is the point. So I settled on two. Still don't think it should be on the list though.
Contemporary classical, played on the studio. More interesting historically than aesthetically. Other Eno and other ambient are both better. Neat movements though.
Música ambiental. Sin nada especial que aportar. No me ha dicho nada especial. Discos de este tipo hay bastantes
This is just not something I was in the mood for. I understand that this inspired a mood or tone for music and film scoring, but I rarely am in the place where I can or would want to listen to a film score. It's all fine. Not difficult to listen to but also not much more than background.
Piano
Good music for putting the baby to sleep
I mean, it's fine for what it is, but hard to understand how this is a "must hear."
Eric Satie this isn't.
Google tells me this album was innovative for its time. Fine as background music, but pretty boring.
It's ambient music. There's really not much to say; it states it right there in the title. Not much to like or dislike about this album. Favorite track: 1/1
Aptly titled. I'm sure there's a time and a place but it certainly won't be on high rotation here.
Hahaha jaa. Var väl inte dåligt. Passar säkert bra i flygplatser, eller när man vill lyssna på musik men inte orkar lyssna på musik. Tror att jag kan fatta och kanske uppskatta den konstnärliga ambitionen, men det kan också bara vara Brian Enos rykte som påverkar. Perfekt att säga att man gillar om man vill vara prettohipster. Bästa låt: Hahahaha, 1/2 kanske. Om man lyssnar på pianotonerna i 1/1, och sedan på ljudet i 2/1, och önskar att de två ljuden kunde slås ihop, är det exakt det man får i 1/2! Magnifikt!!!!!!!
Needs a particular mood to listen to this one.
Peaceful. Serene. I like the first track and I could listen to it with my eyes closed while getting a massage. The last three tracks are meh.
Relaxing. Won’t listen to it again but it was calming. 2/2 is cool
Well, title says it all.
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: None Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I get why ambient music exists. I might even go so far as to say I'm glad ambient music exists. But I couldn't tell you for the life of me what makes good ambient music and what makes bad ambient music. A bad ambient song to me is either silence or a musical song. So this middle ground between the two is very hard for me to judge.
Ihan mukavien äänimaisemien maalailua ja ajatonta (ainakin sinne lentokenttien vessoihin), mutta jää nyt pioneeripisteet antamatta.
I love this stuff in film scores alongside its context but it has to be pretty good to grab me enough to interest me to listen to as an album and this wasn't it.
It's not awful but bloody hell it's boring to actually hear in one sitting
Liian latteata jopa taustamusiikiksi.
Ei oikein lähteny Brianilla.
Harrasta tunnelmaa. Ambienttitunnelmien osalta pääsin vain Lost in Translation -leffaan tai korkeintaan lentokentän miestenhuoneeseen. Olikohan tämä jotenkin kulttuurihistoriallisesti merkittävä uranuurtajalevy ambienttimusiikin tms. saralla? Julkaisuvuonnaan 1978 tämä saattoi olla hyvinkin oivaltavaa settiä ja inspiroinut muita.
i thought this would be good as background music but I actually found it rather grating and repetitive. 4/10
If we were rating purely ambient albums I think this would probably be a pretty good one. However, I spent most of the runtime wishing I was listening to almost anything else. The sound itself wasn’t unpleasant so it lands somewhere around a 4.
Chill, but not really for me.
Meme de Homero gritando ABURRIDO. muy bonita la música ambiental pero si nadie lo escucha no pasa nada. Que bajón
Más que para aeropuertos para dormir o para estudiar
I really like that first track! After that, it all just made me sleeeeeepy. Love the concept of writing an album to try and improve the crappy canned music at airports though, and can definitely hear the influence that first track had on a whole lot of film scores.
Creo que no es música para aeropuertos porque si la pusieran, los pasajeros se quedarían dormidos en las salas de espera y no abordarían. El personal no podría despertar a los pasajeros porque estarían dormidos y los aviones, o no se moverían y peor aún, chocarían en descontrol porque los pilotos estarían dormidos. Supongo que está bien hecha y tiene momentos lindos, sobre todo hacia el final, pero claramente no es mi tipo de música, el piano está bien, crea una atmósfera nostálgica y eso tiene mérito pero hasta ahí. Espero que no vengan más discos así.
Alright is jut a bit sad nothing special
Esto es lo que me imaginaba que íbamos a oír cuando salió Brian Eno por primera vez y aquel disco fue distinto. Este quizá sí cumple el propósito de sur música relajante que llene un espacio estresante con algo mejor y eso le alcanza para la segunda estrella.
Die Piano-Figur in 1/1 ist wenig originell und vergällt mit das ganze Stück. Vorweggenommene Windows95-Startup-Sounds. 2/2 ist NICHTS. 1/2: gähn. Eigentlich sind die alle uninteressant. Könnte auch in Fahrstühlen oder auf Autobahn-Toiletten laufen.
It's good airport music but I'm too small brain for this shit.
4/14 Meditative, haunting, could play in an airport on a rainy day perhaps. Standout Track: 1/2
Pretty wallpaper is still wallpaper. I'm rating these albums as pieces of music I would sit and listen to and enjoy as a piece of art, not as a piece of wallpaper. I'd happily put this on as background music, but I would never sit and listen to it as an actual album.
Certified garbage
Eno's description of this album: "as ignorable as it is interesting" Well, he's half right. It's absolutely ignorable.
Might be a little harsh, the other 1 star albums I have aren’t as enjoyable but damn this does not need to be 50 min. It’s so repetitive, there’s no additional elements added on. The last song is the best but still doesn’t pull it out of the 1 spot for me. Fave song: 2/2
1/1
Brian Eno said that this album was supposed to be "as ignorable as it is interesting". He failed in that mission because it is exceedingly more ignorable. Each of the 4 tracks is a repetitive loop of wasted time.
What a waste of time. Ambient 1 Star. Brian Eno was asked about this in an interview and he said that it’s not designed to listen to, it’s meant to be ignored, verbatim quote. Ignore it from this list forever. ⭐️
would probably listen to it if i was a monk
Not my bag
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i wouldnt play this in an airport maybe stranger things or something
1 - TERRIBLE
This is better suited to be a movie soundtrack than an album you sit down to listen to on purpose. The best parts for me were when it faded into the background of my day and I forgot it was on. Perhaps I’d feel differently if I were an airport.
Ei
Inoffensive and pleasant but ultimately pointless, unfinishable, and worsened by the fact it should have been accompanied by a massage but wasn’t.
Anti-music.
Muzak
This would be boring, even in an airport.
Insanely boring. Not sure I’d play this in the airport but I’d play it on the plane to get me some sleep
What are we doing here? Seriously. Brian Eno writing music to not listen to shouldn't be on the list. The list is 1001 albums to listen to before you die. Not 1 album to listen to while you die.
😳
I’m speechless
I honestly don't know what to think, this probably is a great album but i listened to it when i was feeling upbeat. Maybe this is one of those albums that can't be enjoyed in other moods and is created for a very specific situation, which it very much seems like, i usually don't appreciate albums i can't find complex emotions to create the listening experience for diverse contexts. Glad to see people enjoyed it, sucks that i didn't, moving on
1/10 I'm so serious why is this on the list
This is the album that makes me think this whole list is one lomg troll project. How can an album, whose sole purpose is to be used as background noise intended to be ignored and forgotten, be something i have to listen to before i die? The music is nice for the first couple minutes, its well orchestrated, its pleasant. But the firstbtrack itself is 17 minutes long and if you haven't successfully turned your brain off as intended by the 4th minute, you start to doubt your sanity.
Dit is geen muziek, dit zijn geluiden. Terwijl deze gast vrij lekkere nummers heeft, waarom dit album?
FTL: Well… that was fucking boring. Took me an eternity to get through. Checks every box for music to focus to, so will definitely recycle it for that. But imo for pure listening purposes, ondraaglijk. Good album title however so 1 star for that.
Opzich best ontspannend maar het klonk als iemand die alle standen op zn keyboard aan het uitproberen is
It deliberately was not interesting or enjoyable.
Cool?
If I'm understanding this correctly, this album is the seminal ambient music album. Not really sure that makes it something I need to hear before I die, especially since it's literally meant to be heard while being ignored. Focusing on it/giving it a critical listen seems to defeat the point. I could see playing it for meditation or as a work soundtrack. It's good to have on to fill background space, and that's about it. That doesn't warrant a high rating from me, even if it fills that niche well. Overall: .5/5
No lo considero malo, pero no creo que música en bucle creada para estar de fondo en lugar de ser escuchada activamente merezca un lugar en una lista de álbumes para escuchar antes de morir...
boring
"Relaxing", "boring"??! This album makes me feel like I'm being hunted for sport. Genuinely upset.
Nope
Yo no puedo creer que hayan seleccionado esta verga como música que tenes que escuchar antes de morir! Es literalmente música de fondo para aeropuertos!
I don't know how to rate this. Do I enjoy it? No. Did it set out what it wanted to do? I guess? It's a bit like the Pontiac Aztek- It is extremely successful at doing what it set out to do, but no one wants it to do that.
Tried to check my flight a couple of times just to realize i'm still home
Title is very accurate. I get it, I just hate it. Stressed me out way more than ambient music probably should.
The title is already tedious. Let me reiterate what absolute pompous douchebags music critics are, a bunch of assholes sniffing each other's farts. This has no place in this list. 30 million people have listened to the first two tracks. I have to assume half of them were involved with this dumbass book and the other half had this in a Spotify "Ambient Music to Sleep To" playlist. I still might like it more than anything he did with Roxy Music. Four songs, 48 minutes, that is an awful ratio. This would be a fine soundtrack to a movie about an airport. And I mean literally about an airport, just a long, slow tracking shot that works it's way from like a drinking fountain inside a terminal to pan out to the show the entire airport facility over 17 minutes. And it closes with a full minute of silence. There's nothing awful about the first song, it just has no place on this list. And now nine minutes of vocals. This is the soundtrack to a movie about lonliness. I can confidently say I will never listen to another Brian Eno solo album after I'm done with this list. This is Tubular Bells all over again. It started as an art project! This isn't even intended to be played like this. But, it did define the ambient genre, so let's put it on this list! All the songs are going to end with an extended period of silence...because they're an art project, not an album.
If this wasn't by Brian Eno, it wouldn't have been included. So, taking the name off the cover, what we have here is elevator music. And not particularly good elevator music. There was an album from Nitin Sawhney in here that was actually good, creative grocery store music. I gave it a 2*. Ambient 1 is neither good nor creative. Sigh. I'm trying to be stingier with my 1* ratings than 5* ratings, but absolutely no one needs to hear this before they die.
I have nothing against this type of music; I simply agree with many others—why this is on the list is a mystery to me! Background music, by definition, is the type of music that stays, well, in the background! There's no need to bring it to the forefront :-D
Xd
Why would this album be on a list of music I need to listen to? It was useless elevator music!
Extraordinarily dull
1,3/5
ladron
dude why... like its cool for what it is, but on a list of "best albums" why is this on here...
Hmmm…no thanks.
ambient, minimalistisch, 1978 -> 1
I didnt get a chance to listen
мені цей альбом звучить не як мкзика для аеропортів, а як саундтрек до фільмів аватар
Just like the title says.
what kind of airport this guy is going? Why do I have to listen this before I die? Today´s bird: A pidgeon, the dirty kind, and maybe dead
Not as bad as I was expecting as it got me locked in at work, but very boring
Duller than the dullest of dishwater
this most be the kind of music they put in hell on a loop and i reaaaaally dislike it for it
Omg - couldn’t listen to much of this - not too uplifting.,,.
Great music to fall asleep to.
How did the avante garde end up here in the late 70's? I mean I understand how, but it really fucked any sort of art music forever because of this garbage genre, because where do you go from here?
This was my first real exposure to Brian Eno. This was just a little too AMBIENt for me....