Reviews (page 9 of 9)
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.
if Buddha found a synthesizer while ego tripping in a small town Midwestern Episcopal church
nice ambient music. It is what it was supposed to be. Calming.
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!!!!!!!
Neat album, very relaxing and warm. I didn’t care for the breathy choir though. It’s definitely not an album for everyone, but I enjoyed it
Very relaxing
Needs a particular mood to listen to this one.
Calming, really good for learning 4/5
There are a lot of compositions that I like on this album, I just don't like ambient music as a whole or on principle. Especially the first side had some great moments on it. The name confuses me, since airports are such a stressful place with hustle and bustle while this album is the complete opposite of that. Highlights: 1, and 2.
Not too great, bit boring
A bit anxiety-inducing, but I'm not sure why.
This is music. But it's background music. It's not meant to be listened to. (By Eno's own admission. It was literally written with the thought of having looping background music in airports and other similar spaces.) So it's inclusion on 1001 albums you've gotta hear really frustrates me. Since Eno pioneered ambient music with this album, thousands of other similar pieces of music have been made to serve as background music or meditation soundtracks. What makes this example special other than it being the first? It's not that I have a problem with this music (though I wouldn't choose to listen to it), but I have a bone to pick with its inclusion on this list.
This album is everything about being calm. Really relaxing listen and very enjoyable to have on in the background!
Ambient is tough. I like it for relaxation purposes, or background while working, but don't feel like I really "listen" to the music. This album was pleasant enough - nothing jarring or difficult to get through, but also nothing that stands out as particularly moving or sonically amazing.
Very pretty. It does what it says on the tin.
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
Exactly as advertised. Beautiful and serene
Certainly is calming and ambient. It is pretty good for what it is.
I don't know. I'm not hearing a single. I'm not sure what this album wants from me, except for me to let it play on in the background. And on that note, it works perfectly. It is, absolutely, ambient.
PERFECT
Dem dronez
I've always had a soft spot for this album.
The album was intersting though I don't see anything too special about it
Well, title says it all.
I wanted to like it because I've heard this album referenced before and I think it was kinda new or influential for it's time. Was painfully boring for me to listen to.
wtf
it's difficult to rate ambient music because I wouldn't vibe to this but maybe it would be nice for sleeping?? idk I've heard way better ambient sounds than this
Bit ott
Sounds like my therapy session. But for airport. Bit understimulating for me, but it was good
Ein Hoch auf die Entspannung! Großartiges erstes Ambient Album
Znam, dobre
Don't really know what to say about this except that it does exactly what it tells you it's going to do and it does it very well. Great studying music and very relaxing
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.
halojatahalloo, väsy tulloo. kuuntelen kuitenkin paljon ambienttia ja instrua, mutta heisunheiluvilles pitää etsiä uusi eno markkinoilta; ellei jopa EMO.
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
Enjoyable background music.
Liian latteata jopa taustamusiikiksi.
You wouldn’t be able to hear it in an airport ! *
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.
Very interesting and soothing
i thought this would be good as background music but I actually found it rather grating and repetitive. 4/10
Super chill and gentle! Not really sure why its on this list but is great background, definitely helped me concentrate. 8/10 for nice sounds
nothing special 3/5
Okay, so this is exactly what it says it is. Not sure why this is included in 1001 albums I should listen to before I die. Just straight spa music. I guess if I were in an airport and this were happening I would be pleasantly surprised. I would’ve named this album, “Ambient music for an expensive rub and tug.” I’m talking the type of spa with infused water, and oil diffusers that somehow don’t make the whirring noise.
Eurgh!
8/10 I guess, really pleasant ambient music. But still ambient music, so not the most exciting listen.
I have this one on quite frequently whilst I work - on that basis, it's absolutely the perfect accompaniment to some gentle cogitating. The title gives it away, even if Eno was being semi-ironic - it's functional music. And on that basis, a triumph
Música instrumental. Sin más. Agradable. En todo momento pienso que estoy en el espacio :D.
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.
It's literally just ambient music. Sounds like it could be part of a movie as background music during a dramatic scene or explanation of something at best. 2/10.
Not my favorite but okay, liked the brassy end.
Chill, but not really for me.
Otra vez Brian Eno? Ideal para echarse una siesta, uf
Not my cup of tea, but soothing. 5/10
Meme de Homero gritando ABURRIDO. muy bonita la música ambiental pero si nadie lo escucha no pasa nada. Que bajón
Crazy to see how far back ambient music goes and how far it’s come. However, it seems a bit ludicrous to have to rate it next to traditional albums of popular music genres.
good, repetitive but its ok
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.
De vuelta con Eno, no es fácil de calificar. Supongo para quien sea un fanático del estilo de música ambiental esta es una obra maestra. El disco está tremendamente bien mezclado y armado, por ahí en la Wikipedia menciona que al armar el disco "la música se diseñó para que se repita continuamente como una instalación sonora, con la intención de desactivar la atmósfera tensa y ansiosa de una terminal de aeropuerto evitando los elementos derivados y familiares de la típica "música enlatada"" y no se puede negar que cumple su propósito. Es relajante, ideal para trabajar, meditar, tener un fondo suave que ulula. Como disco para escuchar convencionalmente obviamente no cuadra, no hay mucho que analizar o sentarse a desarmar, no hay melodías, solo "ambiente." Añadido a lo anterior, sí me parecen desiguales las pistas y por un lado 1/1 y 2/2 (la 1 y 4) me parecen muchísimo mejores que 2/1 y 1/2; las últimas siento abusan un poco de coros tipo new age mientras que las otras una es una tonada dulce relajante de piano y la otra me hace pensar en Kubrik y el espacio. Muy buen e interesante disco para la situación correcta.
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.
Okay, I’m not going to lie, I actually really love this. It’s so calming and relaxing. Daughter liked it, too.
This would be interesting to come back to. Maybe background/ambient music for working to.
Awesomely beautiful. (And provided for a great bike ride.)
Yes please. So very pleasant and I believe wholly met Eno's goal of creating music equally interesting and ignorable.
I guess I don't get this. I do like Ambient music on the whole, but don't really get this. I also admire Brian Eno for work he's done elsewhere. But this just sounds like somebody randomly hitting piano keys intermittently. Why? Should I be doing drugs or something?
Alright is jut a bit sad nothing special
Does what it says on the tin
OK, for sure Brian Eno is a genius, but sometimes I'm listening to something like this and wondering if it's a case where being a genius means you get to just noodle around for an hour sometimes. Im sure some smarty pants would be able to tell me off.
vibes
To quote the man himself "music as ignorable as it is interesting". Great starting spot for ambient music.
Cumple su objetivo, desde el disco pasado ahora me emocioné al ver a Eno de nuevo y esperé hasta tener buena carga de trabajo para ponerlo mientras
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.
Interessant, ein Ambience-Album zu hören
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.
nice
I don't see why I needed to hear this before I died. Ambient piano music solely for the background. Lost nothing to listen to it. Gained nothing either.
It was some knock your block off instrumental musics!
Pretty nice, chill, ambient background music.
Too dull
ÄR så jävla bäst
Tough to rate like an album cause it's just ambient music
trökgubben tycker att det här knappt är musik.
pretty good
As far as music for work - this is best album ever made.
Nah
Ambient music is not my jam. I always prefer something with energy and drive. I expected this album to be a complete waste of my time. But... somehow... it's not. It's totally ignorable but also not offensively bland. It DOES have layers of interest. The engineering on this album is absolutely top-notch. Way beyond its time. I was actually kinda into the first track. The second track, however, completely lost me with its constantly ebbing and flowing generic human voices. It was creepy AF, to be honest. The third track redeems those vocals by using them as texture to a primarily piano-focused track. But it's only the first and fourth tracks that are listenable, in my opinion. It gets more stars than I anticipated giving it but it's still not a great listen overall.
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
Not too bad for ambient stuff but wouldn't say it really took me to a higher plane or anything
Not something i enjoy as background music but when actively listening with headphones it's really nice and almost hypnotic.