Before And After Science

Overall: 9/10 I'm glad I avoid listening to albums that are on this list, because I love having certain expectations with an artist and having them blow me away. This is everything I want a Brian Eno album to be. It has all of the funky strangeness of Here Come the Warm Jets, but it also mixes in some of his later ambient stuff at the end of the album. His vocals sound superb here as well, which has been an issue for me on past albums. I think if I were to recommend any Eno album to someone, it would be this one. Fav Song: Julie With

For as much hype as Eno got in the 80’s alt scene, this was a bit disappointing and boring.

Everything blurred together

Tbh this wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Pretty chill, some of the early stuff was kinda weird. The second half was very soothing. I don't really understand why this is so revolutionary or special that I needed to hear it before I croaked but whatever.

still don't care for his vocals-doesn't matter if he's solo or w another group. music was meh but really got boring last few tracks. I'll forget it all by tomorrow

Brian Eno, when performing, often feels like a less engaging, more subdued take on David Bowie—a comparison I may have made before, but one that still rings true here. At times, it reinforces the sense that Eno might be a bit overrepresented on the 1001 Albums list. That said, I didn’t dislike the album. If anything, it left me somewhat conflicted. Before and After Science feels like two completely different albums. The first half comes across as disjointed and uneven, never quite settling into a cohesive rhythm, and I was ready to dismiss it as unnecessary—undeserving of a spot on this list. However, once “Julie With…” begins, the album finally finds its footing. From that point on, it becomes far more immersive and rewarding, settling into a subdued, reflective, and quietly melancholic atmosphere that—somewhat unexpectedly—is where it works best.

Only the back half of this album was worth the price of admission. It's a good thing he moved away from the rock genre because most of that isn't really very good.

This is a really good album. Lots of variety and every song is well done, even if not every song is to my taste. 4.0/5.0: Great

loved the first half, was a bit bored by the second half

This was great. Throughly enjoyed my time with this album. Will definitely be listening again and delving into the catalog.

Aside from Brian Eno being a NYT crossword puzzle clue almost daily and the title of an MGMT song, I don’t know anything about Brian Eno. I now know I’m not a fan. This wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard, but I don’t want to hear it again.

Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? I like his work with David Byrne Favorite song(s)? Backwater, Spider and I Overall Thoughts: The start of this album was great. It reminded me of the Talking Heads a lot. And then in the second half I really dragged. The last song was super pretty but I but then I was just kind of bored with the album.

Good

Love the grooves. Enormously innovative and influential as always, this 1977 album by Brian Eno could be mistaken for one released by LCD Soundsystem in the 21st century.

Thd more I listen to Brian Eno, the more fascinated I am.

Crap

Started off great, similar vibes to talking heads. But it drifts off fast. Literally lulled me to sleep

Album feels like a survey of what Eno had done to date and will do in the near future. A wide ranging and very effective mixture of moods and song types. Will return.

some of the tracks, like "King's Lead Hat" caught my attention, but generally speaking, 70s art rock is not my thing and I've never had that Brian Eno worship that some people seem to have. But I can definitely hear his influence in a lot of modern indie music.

Ah. Structured songs. Notes that follow each other in a logical and pleasing order. Melody. Rhythm. A great improvement on his 'ambient' stuff. - possibly because it's 1977 and he hasn't gone down that road yet. This is actually quite pleasant in comparison.

I absolutely hate this, I think it's complete shit. Sounds like novelty music. Would be funny if it wasn't so annoying.

Me no like Eno.

Art rock, art pop, avant-pop, experimental pop.

Pretty but the album was not on spotify

This is my first listen to 1970s Brian Eno…. I hear, of course, his later influence on Talking Heads, but the up-tempo tracks had me thinking of The Buggles, Devo and early XTC as well. I look f forward to exploring this one further, and will definitely pick this up on CD or vinyl.

Unique and accomplished throughout with strong melodies and a smooth drift into ambient textures

Brian Eno is a real pistol. This record starts off with disco, then turns into a banger of a Talking Heads song by the end of side 1. What a disservice that his music isn't talked about more in mainstream discourse.

Ranges from pretty cool to kinda weird. Not bad. (Unavailable for normal streaming though — had to find it on YouTube).

Thankfully only one song was available on Spotify and that was “By This River” which wasn’t bad but I cannot stand to listen to another project by Brian Eno

Ok enough with the Brian Eno. I have a soft spot for him since he was an original Roxy Music member but I don’t think we need hear more than one of his solo albums before we die. This one is actually not terrible. 2.5

Usual eno wankery (in the good way)

Chill but nothing that totally got me going

7.5/10 As with previous Eno albums I still struggle to connect emotionally to the songs. However, other than that it does tick all the boxes for me. It's diverse, with the first half being quirky and exciting (the Talking Heads vibes are cool) and the second half atmospheric and feeling more like a journey through various musical landscapes. The production is amazing. Highlights: Backwater Spider and I King's Lead Hat Through Hollow Lands

So Apple has two essential albums they did write-ups for, plus almost 10 other Eno albums available, but this one is missing. must be shit. Typical for this list. "Screw all the good albums this artist did and critics wrote about, Listen to this pile of shit because I'm somehow a better critic who doesn't totally just jam my list full of Elvis Costello and British garbage!"

Brian Eno is great

I didn't expect the songs to be so conventional, so to speak. I was definitely expecting something more ambient. But Wikipedia states that it was his last foray into rock before the avant-garde and ambient stuff. To me it basically shows that this guy could do anything. Damn fine album.

Ooohhhh Enoooo

3.5

sounds amazingly modern for when it was released. It still has some retro synth, but it's used in more modern ways. Pretty rad, I can see why it's so influential

4.0 Ok, this is weird. Two Brian Eno Albums back to back. I listened to this on the day it dropped for my review and enjoyed it. Here he comes and Kings lead hat were standouts. There is great musicianship throughout. I went to listen to it the next day and its wiped from Spotify. Same with here come the warm jets. I wonder if he pulled it himself or Spotify took it down. It looks like Brian is anti war and supports the Palestinian people. By sounds of it Spotify takes the opposite stance on those subjects

Honestly pretty weird and annoying. Not for me.

First side of the album was between meh and annoying (King's Lead Hat) for me, but second side was very strong. The run from Here He Comes to Spider And I was incredible. Always something to take from Mr Eno's music. Mad that Ambient 1 came after this!

Never been a fan of Brian Eno, so I came in expecting to dislike this album. However, it certainly threw me for a loop. Interesting throughout, and shares some similarities to talking heads at times.

Prvá polka albumu bola nemastná-neslaná, v druhej polovici to bolo o dosť zaujímavejšie, ale nie natoľko, aby som si to ešte niekedy vypočul. Mám oveľa radšej jeho ambientnejsiu tvorbu, prípadne jeho vklad do iných umelcov...

This guy needs to stick to making ambient music

I get how important Eno's work in the 70s was, and that this is a transitional moment for him; I just don't love it quite as much as I do some of his stuff.

Hey! I guess this is my second favorite Brian Eno album that I forgot I used to listen to. Getting old is fun because you get to rediscover these things.

Best Song: By This River. As much as I found the vocals detracted from most of the songs on the album, that absolutely is not the case here. This song is beautifully melancholy and well-sung. Worst Song: Spider and I. A gospel song for a creepy little guy. Overall: Some of the grooves here are fun, but the vocals are almost all distinctly annoying. This largely would have been better as an instrumental album.

Spider and I está bien bonita ue :’)

The second half is kinda neat

The first half was not a good shower soundtrack but the next half was nice to walk to

I don't know. Ok I guess. 2.5

Wasn't for me

I quite enjoyed Before And After Science. This one definitely feels like a really weird one even coming from Brian Eno who is a very experimental artist. This one seems to combine the glam rock style that was prevalent on Here Come The Warm Jets (and possibly the Roxy Music albums he worked on too but i have yet to hear those so i'm not completely sure). This one certainly did have some real funky moments and that was what i enjoyed most when it came to this album. However, the vocals here did not feel very well produced with them being simply far too quiet and i had trouble deciphering them at points. Still, i enjoyed this one and it's definitely not Eno's worst work. Best Song: Kurt's Rejoinder Worst Song: Here He Comes

Awesomely quirky. Holds up well.

really liked

Creative, unique sound. Does not feel like it is from the 1970’s.

Mediocre

I love the late-70s period of electronic, ambient, funky keyboard-heavy music of Kraftwerk, Talking Heads, Gary Numan, Herbie Hancock… Eno fits right in this group. While I love to zone out on his later 22-minute mood bombs, this album offers a taste of that plus what passes for “pop” in Eno World.

I love Eno and this one shows why.

ok

I can't believe i have listened to this sooner, very groovy.

unqiue art rock album

Ridiculously great

Was ist dend sas? PSychodälischer song, schon der titel track war nicht mein ding, als ob eine Katze auf den Sch2wanz getreten worden ist

This kind of made me sleepy

A little of everything and mostly good

If this were sung by someone else it would be so much better. The phasey, chorus-y vocals don’t work. Instrumentals are fine

I liked the first track on this album and was hopeful for the rest of the tracks. But I found it to be a bit too intentionally whacky at times. It was hit and miss all the way through.

Decent 2. I got excited about this album when I heard the first song but unfortunately, it slowly declined from there. He’s super talented, I just thought some of the songs were weird and not nice to listen to

A little disappointed in this album. It started off with vocals which was a surprise but kind of a mess. Eventually it progressed into the ambient music but it was not as good as his later stuff.

This was a pleasant album to listen to. I don’t know if it is something I would listen to regularly, but I’m glad I listened to it now. 4 stars.

I enjoyed the 1st half, 2nd half got too boring (unless specifically looking for that vibe)

I liked the first couple a lot, they sounded kinda like Peter Gabriel or like a lot of other British artists of the time, but then the later ones became slower and more instrumental, so those brought it down. Maybe other albums of his would be better

mein Favorit: "By this river" (hatte ich vor Jahren zuerst als Cover von Martin L. Gore gehört)

Good background music for designing.

Like his other albums better

Interesting ideas but didn't hook me all that much.

Interesting

I listened to the second half while I was in the shower, and that greatly improved the listening experience. I think that's probably how this album is supposed to be listened to - with shower-like acoustics.

Don't really got a ton to say about this one other than I'm not liking the silliness of the majority of the tracklist. It does pick up quite a bit towards the end starting with Julie With (Hilarious because those are slower ballads), but not enough to really get me into the record. Honestly enjoyed Another Green World more. My liking the back end of Before and After Science makes sense as it's more in the ambient/post-rock world compared to the first half of the tracklist.

Creative. Kind of creepy, kind of slow, but not horrible.

Super influential

Sweet Living Legends sample found!

Bored to tears by Brian Eno. He's an excellent producer and we'll leave it like that

Je sais pas pourquoi, du Eno (et Eno-adjacent comme Roxy Music) ça m'excite pas pentoute.

j'aime vraiment Eno, toujours une originalité dans ses compositions. Dommage que sa voix soit horrible.

buns

I really have been sleeping on Brian Eno. “King’s Lead Hat” is a banger.

The exact same wacky, complex mood that made me fall in love with Low (Bowie, 1977). Which makes sense, because Eno had a big part to play in that record too. But the similarity is uncanny. Spider And I and Through Hollow Lands are straight off Low's B-side. And the biting bass guitar, meandering semi-otherworldly vocals, a blitzed-out percussion part with some really strange mixing... One issue, though, is that in the midst of trying to make something "cool" and "hip", Eno has neglected the most important aspect of music: catchiness. Very few of these songs have singable/hummable melodies. Even after listening to King's Lead Hat and By This River (arguably the two tracks with the best melodies/hooks), I couldn't even begin to recite them back. That's not a sign of longevity, of star power, even if ahead-of-your-time-ness might be. Backwater is an instant highlight. The synths, bass, and lead guitar all have extremely active parts that complement each other in a flurried wall of sound. And the result is like something an alien marching band would play. It's so strange. I'm not one of the aliens, but dammit, I'm still enjoying it. Another standout is King's Lead Hat, which features some juicy high synths throughout that continue the "otherworldly" mood. Also, it's just a straight-up rocker. Hard to go wrong there. The tracks on either side, Energy Fools The Magician and Here He Comes, are fine by themselves but mostly serve as less-interesting buffer zones for the main event on side 1. By This River, despite being in a lull zone in the album, stands out for its pretty keyboard part. Julie With is intensely reminiscent of something Rick Wright would compose for early Pink Floyd. 4/5 Key tracks: Backwater, King's Lead Hat, By This River

I like some atmospheric music. Some experimental music. Most of Beck. But not so much this

Interesting stuff. You can kinda tell he was about to go into his Ambient era, and he's really trying things out. Not quite for me but respect the attempt.

Nice lounge from long time ago before lounge

Lovely bit of weirdness

One of the most 80s sounding albums that didn’t take place in the 80s. Couple songs were enjoyable. I feel like you got to take this in small doses. 6/10

Wasn’t a fan

Taas ihmettelen miten tämäkin levy on päätynyt tälle listalle. Tästä puuttui oikeastaan kaikki...

Brian Eno is a name that I have always been familiar with but never knowingly listened to. I'm very happy for that to have changed I absolutely loved this album. Playlist Track: King's Lead Hat

This was another fun listen from Brian Eno but after Here Come The Warm Jets I’m not sure that this one would be an essential listen. Definitely a more interesting listen than half the albums on this list though. It was great to get more into his discography. I wonder if there will be any of his ambient works coming up…

This might be a dumb statement (I don't know enough about 70's music history), but this sounds like he's doing a bad Bowie vocal impersonation.

Kinda sleepy, but I think that might have been the point. I dig it

Art for art's sake.

I actually expect WEIRDER from Eno, so I'm low key a bit disappointed.

I enjoy the ambient-sounding tracks like Julie With... but overall, Idk. I see the inspiration, I can see the vision, I just don't think its Eno at his best.

Ok but not my thing

talking heads without any fun

It feels a bit strange to finally arrive at one of Brian Eno's solo albums after hearing so much else he's worked on throughout my life. That includes two of my favorite Coldplay albums (plus their painfully overlooked song "A L I E N S"), a U2 album I quite like (The Joshua Tree), the collaborative project he did with Fred again.. and no fewer than five Book Albums I've listened to so far (More Songs About Buildings and Food, Achtung Baby, Roxy Music, Low and "Heroes"). That said, I'm so used to seeing Eno's name in a producer/writer context that the idea of him functioning as a singer on an art rock/pop album never really crossed my mind until I put Before and After Science on. It ain't bad, either! He's obviously not the most extraordinary vocalist out there, but his voice gets the job done most of the time and doesn't get in the way of the music's exceptional writing/production. The album's rich textures also lay down some solid groundwork for his pivot into ambient music – I'm quite excited to eventually give Music for Airports a spin! Highlights: No One Receiving, Backwater, Energy Fools the Magician, King's Lead Hat, Julie With, By This River, Through Hollow Lands

A cool and diverse album with some memorable moments, The Beach Boys-esque “here he comes” or the Kraft rock-like “King’s Lead Hat”. The album slowed down a lot toward the end and embraced a more atmospheric quality, which lost me a bit.

1. Commence par une guitare funky pour poursuivre sur des expérimentations au synthé, très envoûtant. La partie rythmique très sympa. 2. Les paroles sont excellentes. La musique moins ma came. 3. burger cruising on the ground ground ground. Génial de sortir ça en 77 punaise. 4. respiration expe dans l’album, bien 5. okkk mid 6. incroyable, il fait ce qu’il veut ce génie 7. effet sur la voix très cool un peu triplé comme ça, le reste du son est ok sans plus 8.tres sympa, le son transporte sah 9.tu regardes une tour géante dans ta ville, et tu ressens le son. 10.sympa Dans l’ensemble très agréable. Beaucoup de styles différents, ce qui rend l’album très agréable et diversifié. 3.5+/5

More Brian Eno... previous albums hasn't really deserved a place on this list in my opinion, so a bit on the fence with this one. Not very impressed, but a bit better than the other albums. I can see how one might like this, but it's not very accessible to me. Some weird songs, with or without strange lyrics, like 'Kurt's Rejoinder' and 'Backwater'. Then there's some more mellow songs, like 'Julie With' and 'By This River', which I think is this albums strongest work. And then the rest is a bit "meh". Perhaps it's me, but I fail to see the greatness with Eno. Feels a bit incohesive and... perhaps a bit too quirky for me. Weak 3.

“1001 albums to here before you die” or “anything that Briano Eno ever made”. We’ve had so many Brian Eno albums by now and all of them are quite boring. Many of the tracks are either whimsical or sound like the slow parts of a Pink Floyd song. I’m wasn’t really a fan of this and the whole thing passed me by. 2 star.

Not the ambient Eno I was expecting… it was okay.

it's so dreamy

It was ok.

Still sounds like it could have been released yesterday.

On sens vraiment l’influence qu’il a eu sur les premiers albums de Talking Heads quand on l’isole sur un album solo.

Talking Heads. New Order.

King’s Lead Hat is a banger

It's all just a bit boring really isn't it?

Solid 3 rating album. Not great, not terrible. 3/5

very nice listen

This title feels like it should be more experimental than Here Come the Warm Jets, but it doesn't really sound that way? Maybe it's something that got more adopted into later music, maybe it's just less ambitious. In any case, I think it sounds less interesting.

Un ottimo album, sonorità che ricordano The talking heads. Diverse canzoni ispirano una malinconia da grande città che non riesco a spiegarmi.

Such clear connection to so many artists I love - talking heads, Bowie. But can hear the past influence as well, the Beatles in particular. I respect this being so important but seeing there are four more Brian Eno plus some Roxy Music coming up I think I will revisit to compare the whole discography.

A good mix of uptempo electronic dance tunes and some dreamy ambient quieter mood pieces. Like this a lot. 4

didn't get to listen enough.

'Back to silence back to minus / W/ the purple sky behind us.' Like Another Green World, Before and After Science contains songs, real, fun, bright, & light songs, w/ meaning and heartbeat in 'em. The master of ambience has his final foray into the music that must've made him, that must've been the answer to all his boyish questions & fears: forward-thinking pop music, the kind that sweeps you off your feet and holds you closest. B/c there is a sense of farewell on this record, especially the core of 'King's Lead Hat' & 'Here He Comes,' a sense that the boy has grown up and is moving on: 'The boy who tried to vanish / To the future or past / Is no longer alone / Among the dragonflies.' Saying goodbye w/ him, I'm unexpectedly moved.

Good but not my favorite. 2.5 rounded down. I’m getting more ruthless as this project goes on!

A fine fine album. The ambient stuff he did later I’ve always been a fan of, but these earlier albums, with actual songs, have been faves as well. Not sure we need 5 of his albums on the 1,001, but this one is a gem.

I see why he got into ambient. The second half of the album is much stronger than the first.

The songs on this album aren't bad, but it feels like just listening to what Brian Eno was up to at the time instead of the album being a cohesive statement. A lot of the songs are almost discordant, which is not something I would have ever associated with Brian Eno, but they are also quite fun, like Backwater.

Better than Coldplay

4.5/5

not my favorite but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would

When i saw Eno pop up as today’s album i thought this was gonna be a hard slog. It was a pleasant surprise then that ‘no one receiving’ was an enjoyable and interesting listening. Even the vocals work well with the eclectic backing. Whilst not as good ‘backwater’ maintains the ‘better than i expected and has the great lyric “not a sausage to do” It dips from here on, ‘King’s Lead Hat’ is annoying.

I knew I wouldn’t enjoy this when it came up - the best I can say is I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. “Backwater” was also lovely and bonkers.

No One Recieving felt a bit Talking Heads, but without David Byrne singing (thus instantly making it a bit better). The vocals also reminded me a bit of Tally Hall but I can't put my finger on why. I wish it was less repetitive, but I liked it. Onto Backwater which felt a bit They Might Be Giants and not just as a result of the lyric "Ooh what to do, not a sausage to do". I think it was the programmed brass that really sealed it. Well that or the handclaps. I liked that too. Kurt's Rejoinder was, to my ears, a cacophony of insane base, noise and Devo-like vocals. Energy Fools The Magician was all Yes styled prog rock, just mercifully brief. King's Lead Hat sounded like someone torturing a piano during a Talking Heads song. Here He Comes sounds a bit like a theme tune to a 70s sitcom, just far too long (but also again, a bit They Might Be Giants). I was somewhat surprised to find out Dave Mattacks, of folk legends Fairport Convention, was the drummer on that and Kurt's Rejoinder. About half way through the album I became aware that while I was not particularly liking it, I thought I potentially could get into it with repeated listens. There were enough parts that have clearly influenced things I do like, I could see (small) glimmers of hope. And then the second half of the album happened... I did not like the b side of this album. At all. 2/5

so whats the reason its on this list

I have this, but remember liking it less that the other 70s Eno albums. Solid Eno, maybe not as good as the previous two, but up there. 4 Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes 46/180 (25%) Will I get: Already have

Before and After Science feels like a culmination of everything Eno had done up to this point. Rather than going further into the abstract sonic soundscapes of Another Green World, this album pulls on what came before during his more heavily tinged art and glam rock years. The result is an album that balances upbeat pop (King’s Lead Hat) with more brooding, atmospheric numbers (Julie With…). It’s another great record in a long run of essential albums from Eno in the 70s (more so when you include his output with Roxy Music) and the last time he’d really make music like this before moving fully into pioneering ambient.

I’ve never listened to much Brian Eno. I liked the first few. The production is great.

Odd tingling

Starts out strong but tails off

Not the worst of his stuff, but just okay for me.

Brian Eno is one of the most innovative and acomplished musicans of all time. This feels like him trying to sum up every single thing he was doing at the time, from ambient to punk. The result is a mess with moments of pure beauty. I'll give it a very strong 3.

Listened to this like 3 times, but was too distracted to give it much dedicated attention. I appreciated the variety of sounds here -- lot of influence on downstream artists. No One Receiving sounds so much like Talking Heads circa Remain in Light that its uncanny. And I guess for that matter a through-line could be traced to some LCD Soundsystem work as well. Backwater is undeniably catchy. Kurt's Rejoinder is creepy but bright -- makes for an interesting exploratory voyage of sorts. King's Lead Hat is a kooky jam. Appreciate the slogginess of Julie With (something in the bass tones employed makes me think vaguely of Thundercat). And Spider and I is a pretty closer made spacious by the synths. For me this is the softest of 4s.

Sounds a lot like Talking Heads in the first half. Definitely sounds like Eno in the second half with the spacey ambiance. Something about By The River made me feel very introspective. Thanks, Brian.

ENO This was Eno at his absolute best I think. Crazy silly instrumentals and singing in some songs mixed in with some really ambient trancy songs. Backwater was such a fun ridiculous song I had to instantly relisten as soon as the album ended. This was just such a feel good fun album the whole time. Eno is not a good singer really at all but that almost makes this better because it works so well. Definitely a lower 5 but I couldn't give it anything less than a 5. ENO ENO ENO ENO ENO ENO ENO ENO

ENOOOOO Really loving the first song. If you just played this to me without me seeing what it was I 1000% would have said it was Talking Heads. Something on the second song annoys me but I can’t put my finger on it. The long synth notes on Kurt’s Rejoinder is sweet and dreamy. Julie With… has some Floyd ambiance to it. V pretty. This was a delightful album. Got very ambient towards the end but in a good way.

Eno is so good and I’m so happy I know that now!

Prefer a sad boy Brian Eno, specifically the "after science"/back half

Brian, eh, no. To be fair, there are some extremely clever lyrics here. Clearly a bright guy. Also to be fair, and this is basically always true, I only made it through a handful of tracks.

First time hearing this and I loved it. In different moments could hear many of my favorite bands, and it kind of reminds me of what I want Pink Floyd to sound like when I forget what Pink Floyd actually is.

This is super terrible

Talkings Heads at home Wasn’t a super unpleasant listen but I really don’t get what Eno was going for here. Feels very disconnected at times and nothing really blew me away. There’s some flashes in there for sure but I doubt I listen to that one again

very interesting! the songs are all very distinct from each other and theyre very evocative of other artists

Listened in the car on a trip to Chicago. Entirely uninteresting.

This album is weird, it’s giving me a trauma response from Faust IV. This album gets funky with it and then doesn’t go anywhere after that initial beat hits, it just keeps repeating. The album was short, but I was wishing that I could be listening to something else while I was listening to this album.

Never listened to Brian Eno before as a musician, only as a producer (U2, Coldplay, Bowie, etc). I am going in with an open mind. Track 3 certainly sounds pretty futuristic for 1977 but also sort of like random pieces of music crammed together lowkey getting Faust IV flashbacks. King's Lead Hat sounds like a Talking Heads song for sure and is pretty good. Side 2 slows down massively. Sort of film soundtrack vibes? Noir, melancholy, lots of synths. Definitely pretty forward sounding for the 70s and kind of ambient. I actually enjoyed "Through Hollow Lands" quite a bit though it would be incredibly strange to ever have this album on shuffle. Honestly, meh. Maybe just not for me 2/5

3 Stars (8/15)

Brian Eno is just a chill guy who likes to make chill music

Not something I can listen to at any time but I really like this album. If you can let go of whatever crap you're dealing with and submerge yourself into the music, it's a fun, twisty ride.

não me agrada

To be fair, it's better than _Another Green World_ but it's a low fucking bar! The reverance for this man remains a mystery to me!

Backwater is pretty good

I liked this album. This was my first time listening to this album and this musician. Although I think I heard the name Brian Eno before, I don't actually remember any of his songs before hearing this album. I definitely could see where the music was starting to lean towards a more avant-garde and ambient style in the second half of the album. That being stated, I really liked "Here He Comes"

Pretty awful

Hidastempoista mieslaulua tunnelmallista. Ambient taustamusiikkia melkein.

Very interesting

An album that sounds like all the worst parts of a pink Floyd song. Experimental songs that I didn't vibe w

Although I rate Brian Eno more for his production and collaborations, this is one of my favorite solo albums. It’s a bit of a journey in that it starts off a little dodgy and gets infinitely better. By the end, ‘spider and I’ it’s awesome!

I feel like I could copy and paste my review for Elvia Costello from yesterday! I've not loved the Brian Eno we've had so far, and there's 3 more albums of his to go (not to mention other pies he's had his fingers in!) Its not bad, but its also not really my thing

I can see the great work that is coming from Eno in this music.

Nice chords that linger on for a while, and good dynamics throughout the album.

didnt love teh record but ive got to say amazing title and cover, i would give it 5 just for the cover art, so ill settle on 3

I can definitely hear influences to new wave, synth pop and all of the stuff that Brian Eno has done over the years in this album. I am a bit shocked that I liked it as much as I did as his previous albums I've heard on this list were not so much in my wheelhouse. 3.31 / 5 stars

I’m a big lover of Brian Eno Mk 2 and his ambient stuff. It’s just the kind of music I like to drift off to sleep on a night or have on in the background to relax to. Being retired never tried working along with it but I’m sure, as others in work have testified, it would serve a purpose there. That’s not to say that his music is simple. It has many layers and complex in a lot of ways. As you would expect from a man who has a brain the size of a planet. I have dipped my toe into his earlier work but never this one. I don’t dislike his more rockier early music but never was interested enough to add any to my collection. There’s something about Brian’s singing voice which spoils things for me. I’m a lot happier when he’s just producing sounds. As regards this album it does begin with a lot of his singing but even that eventually begins to soothe as the album reaches its end with bits of ambience creeping into the music. A little taster of what was to come. 4/5 9/1/26

Made zero impression on me

I was surprised that I liked this as much as I did. I’ve heard other Eno albums and wasn’t super impressed. He’s a great producer but I never cared for his solo output as of now. This album was cool though, some interesting stuff on here. It wasn’t all amazing, some duds, but I’m glad I heard it.

Such an interesting album. It's as though Brian used up all his energy on the first three tracks and by the time he got to "Energy Fools The Magician" he thought he needed to slow it down!

I do not like Brian Eno

Not an Eno I know well, but as with any Eno - really interesting stuff. I will try sometime to dig into the full discography. This was a great reminder to do it!

interesting one time listen, but not something i would listen to on repeat.

It's fun, not quite rock but something like it

meh.

Apart from the last 3 songs this would have been a 5. I was genuinely shocked to see the date this was published, it felt SO modern, almost like an early form of acts like Tally Hall or Lemon demon, genuinely shocked.

A pleasant listen, even if it didn't make much of a mark on me

Solid

Parfaitement à chier

It's OK. Brian Eno is a bit of a legend, I get it. Probably a better producer than performer though, I'd warrant. Some of this sounds Talking Heads-ish. One or two bits sound like Berlin-era Bowie. And some are just soundscapes, perhaps with a few not-important lyrics. There are some great musicians here, but I think it's mostly too restrained. It's fine, but nothing really grabbed me. Let's call it a 3 and move to the next one.

Meh

1.5

Liked some songs, would give it a 3.5.

This is a bop. Eno is a genius

Really liked the first half. You could hear the Bowie and the David Byrne. I'm trying to like the ambient music more, and I almost got it. Overall, though, worth a second listen. That's a 4-star.

A little slow at times but just the right level of weird

Pretty chill in parts, other parts reminded me a lot of David Bowie. Both pretty cool and definitely piqued my interest, I want to dig more into his discography now for sure.

Very little here floats my boat. And "Here He Comes" is about 7 minutes too long. I'm glad my dad introduced me to Queen and not this boring crap.

Mood music. It's not bad, it's not mind blowing. Would I throw this on again? Probably not. 3/5.

Side one - like a good John Cale 70s album. Really enjoyed it. Side two - like a Brian Eno album. Nothing happens. Final track Spider & I is gorgeous though.

Weird and wonderful

Not a sausage to do

not bad. tailed off at the end for me

This wasn't what I expected, but that doesn't mean it was particularly good. It was almost like soft rock, but without any good hooks. Harmless, really.

Not a fan of this one

beautiful, but also a little boring. just came and went.

More Roxy Music than Apollo, you can still hear what he was shaping into on this album. A very good listen.

Not terrible, just not my thing.

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I had a Wendy's 4 for $4 right before listening :D Before I press play, I have literally no expectations for this. I think I've heard little, if anything, about this artist. Hoping it's good, not expecting anything crazy. Let's go. 1. "No One Receiving" - Meh, I don't hate or love it, I just don't see myself coming back to it. It has elements (hehe) that I like, but it doesn't fully click for me. Like the spacey vibes tho 2. "Backwater" - This is so fucking fun, what the hell? If this album was just this song automatic 5 stars. I love the melody, the way he's singing the lyric is so so fun. "His daughter was slated for becoming divine" is a fun, slightly eerie line. Literally having almost nothing to do with this song, it's funny hearing sausage in a song and it reminds me of a British gaming YouTuber I watch. This song was awesome, I'm now worried the rest will be a let down from this lol. 3. "Kurt's Rejoinder" - You can't tell me Kate Bush didn't listen to this, she must've been influenced 100%. It's fun, but not my fave. My dad would call it demonic tho, which is something. 4. "Energy Fools the Magician" - I'm gonna be a hypocrite here, I really like this even tho it's an instrumental. Strange and creepy, but pretty as fuck. Probably not something I'd go back to individually, but throw the album on and I'm not skipping. 5. "King's Lead Hat" - Love the intro, really really fun and cool song. "All I know and all I have is time and time and tide is on my side" Love this lyric and the way he said it. "Smelly Delhi" is quite yikes tho, but other than that amazing song. THE OUTRO, I'm dead. 6. "Here He Comes" - The last song ending with "it will surely come" intro "Here he comes" are you kidding me? I literally just paused to type that. Okay, I'm contradicting myself again, this instrumental interlude is amazing and beautiful. I really really liked this, not my favorite overall tho. 7. "Julie With" - Atmospheric beginning... ooh this is eerie and quiet. While it's lyrically sparse the way it's sung is so captivating. I really really like this, exactly my type of vibe. 8. "By This River" - Why am I getting Christmas vibes? I like it though, similar to the last song quiet and sparse but this one is reflective and melancholy. This album has been so good so far I'm honestly waiting for something to come up that just ruins it for me. 9. "Through Hollow Lands" - This is pretty, I don't like it as much as the other instrumental. It reminds me of when I used to listen to classical music to focus on homework. I can see myself liking this sometimes, not often tho. 10. "Spider and I" - Last song, I'm nervous. Pretty intro, really pretty and cool, but not my fave off the album. Why is this album so good? Why has no one ever told me about it? Is he one of those "Big in the UK, unknown in the USA type of people? I'm seriously considering giving this 5 stars, I'm blown away. This was so incredibly good, I'm astonished. I kinda want to wait another day and give it another listen or two to like "double check" with myself I actually like it, but you know what? Fuck it, this can be my first 5 star album on here. Holy shit. I'm so incredibly pleasantly surprised.

Solid, not what I was expecting but pleasantly surprised

Well, that was something.

I barely found anything good about Brian Eno the first time I had heard him. So far, I’m sensing Talking Heads vibes. I found “no one receiving” went on too long and was too repetitive. I will say, this has more life than the other Eno album I had heard. It still has me wondering how someone who sounds like this could get signed. The same with Warren Zevon. I don’t get it. Anyways There also seems to be some Pink Floyd sounds here. Pre vocal Pink Floyd. Very similar. I’m ok with that. Ya, ok. This saves face for Brian Eno in my books. This is a decent enough album. Well done Eno.

I have no idea if I liked that or not, it all sort of washed past me leaving very little impact. There are a couple of catchy tunes that may have taken up residence in my head and I'll find myself humming them weeks from now and wondering what the hell I'm humming. Mostly though it came, it went, I barely noticed it passsing by.

Weird one for Eno. I guess this is his "rock" album? Music is mostly solid. A lot of really interesting moments on the front half that have a rock/funk/soul feel going on. I find that his vocals never really fit what I'm hearing though. They just always sound... wrong somehow. Back half is more what I expect from Eno. I'll probably spend a little more time with this to be honest. Here He Comes, with its twangy country sound is probably the only song I'd skip on future listens.

I'm a simple art dork. I see an Eno record and I hit the 5 button.

Its cool maybe too experimental for my taste but pretty awesome to think what are they thinking sone unpredictable stuff in there

Liked some others ehhh

55/1001 First listen. This is an odd little album. It doesn’t stay in one spot too long. It’s got kind of a quirky vibe to start and is super chill by the end. I will revisit. 5/10

As drab as my Nan's wallpaper in 1982

It's wild how much I didn't care about this album at all. I figured I'd have loved it since it was Eno and the album is widely praised, but outside of a couple songs I just didn't connect at all to this music

Man it is crazy how you can tell this is Eno off the first note of the first song, no singing needed. I may have a bit of loving bias to get over for this one, as this is a creative sequel to one of my favorite albums of all time, Another Green World. I can't help but love Eno's delivery and strange vocal disposition during this era as he spiraled towards ambient greatness. He seems so observant, still, and lucid in songs like "Kurt's Rejoinder". Something that wasn't as expected was how energetic "King's Lead Hat" was. I'm not sure if I loved it as much as some may. However, the following "Julie With" -- now that's what I'm talking about. Airy and a bit ethereal. This is all about what AGW was. This song is like taking a dreamy boat out to sea under a warm night sky. Really, every song beyond this point in the tracklisting is similar (in a good way). "Through Hollow Lands" is ambient Eno before he was fully formed. So delicate and pretty. The sweet, soft 2nd half of this album is just a revisitation of Another Green World, so go listen to that masterpiece. This one is a strong 3/5, could be a 4/5 (and probably is on a personal level) if it didn't live in the shadow of one of the best albums ever

After back to back one stars this was like an oasis in the desert. My third Brian Eno album and maybe my favourite so far. Top Track - By This River

I really enjoyed this album. Surprised I’ve not come across it before.

Idk why but i can’t get into any of the brian eno you’ve suggested

I always avoided Brian Eno because I thought he was pretentious rubbish for 6Music dads. I was either completely wrong or I’ve become a 6Music dad. Either way, this is just fun slightly weird pop music. Will check out more of his discography. I still hate Roxy Music.

Enjoyable experience and a very interesting album. Could probably be a four with a bit more time spent with it.

Eno is a legend, and his production is wonderful here. However, I have never cared for his voice. If it was Bowie singing these songs it wouldn't 100% work, as the vibe is more low key than Bowie typically is, but I would probably still like them more. As such, I actually prefer the ambient pieces on this album to the popier tracks. Still a great album all things considered. *Heard before

I like how it transitions into ambient in the second half

I really like his ambient stuff, not a big fan of the boring 60s stuff at the start

Glemt

Sidste 5 stjernede album var 33 dage siden. Brian Eno bryder ikke den streak

This one gives me occasional Talking Heads vibes, but mostly it’s classic E-NO core nonsense. Side A has a few quirky moments I didn’t hate, but the second half drifts straight into ambient limbo and never comes back.

Well, this is 1,000 times better than yesterday’s album, but that’s not saying a whole lot. I know this project is supposed to challenge me by listening to music I don’t normally listen to but come on. There were some nice moments on this one, but I’ll never come back to it. The closer was the best song on this one.

An interesting album, I liked Backwater, King's Lead Hat and Spider And I the most.

I'd probably consider myself a bigger Eno fan than most, but this was not very enjoyable to me, and probably doesn't deserve a spot on the list.

3.5/5

Solid combo of Punk, glam rock, and more ambient tracks.

Wack ass album Fave track: By This River

Was expecting a bit more. 3.5/5

It started off really upbeat with multi instruments and cool percussion. It moved into moodier more synth noises. Not something I need to listen to a lot, but it’s cool.

At first I was not loving it, but I settled in like I do with most Eno albums.

Feels a bit "eh". It’s not a bad sound but I’d struggle to name a single thing about it that I liked. Probably wouldn’t listen to it again, and if it came up on the radio or on shuffle, I probably wouldn’t even realise.

Best Track - "King's Lead Hat"

Ho hum

After the first couple of songs, it want as bad or weird as I expected.

I am not an Enophile

I've not listened to much of Brian Eno pre ambient works stuff, it sounds remarkably similar to Depeche Mode. I rather enjoyeed King's Lead Hat. Good album, enjoyed the songs

I normally enjoy Brian Eno, but I think I prefer his instrumental work more than this one

I admire it more than I enjoy it.

Like his For Your Pleasure, Eno's last album with Roxy music, you can feel an intense push and pull on Before and After Space. That title sort of gives the game away, to some extent: the first half of the album sees him approaching his more rock-oriented work, looking at it in a sort of funhouse mirror, while the second half presages his shift into an ambient music pioneer. I prefer the former, but it is fascinating to hear Eno wrestle with his own competing impulses, especially after listening to his and Ferry's on For Your Pleasure.

I honestly expect to like late 70’s solo rock Eno more than I do. I love his ambient work, and his production work on David Bowie and Talking Heads records in that period is some of the best ever. His track record as a producer is insane. I likely rated Another Green World higher than I actually liked it based on reputation. Before And After Science has interesting moments for sure, but it’s a chore to listen to and maybe I’m just not hearing enough for me to work hard enough for it to *click* as the masterpiece it’s sometimes rated as. His experimentation and weirdness should be applauded of course.

Favorite Track: King’s Lead Hat

Half way thru didnt like

3/5

Definitely better than Here Come The Warm Jets. I feel like this one had actual music on it.

Interesting sounds and musical experimentation. Brian Eno had vision beyond the time he was creating I, pulling inspiration from the past. 5/5

интересный и разнообразный. от половины токин хедз вайбы

It's Eno for sure.

I love Brian Eno

Really enjoyed this: had a nice mix of weird and chill music. Could see why it would not be everyone’s cuppa tea, but it was great for this sick rainy Monday spent making linoprints.

Gruwelijk kut, 1

Beautiful and interesting. The bass lines are out of this world, the entire album is really. Very floaty and pleasing listen.

Sounded like Talking Heads album outtakes. Enough Brian Eno!

Music to sleep to

*1977. British. *Fine. Didn’t love it. RATING - 6/10

I was skeptical because new wave typically annoys me, but I have to admit that this album was some unique and special.

I’d always associated Brian Eno with instrumental and ambient music, so I’m glad I finally listened to this album. By This River and Spider and I really stood out to me. I listened to the album three times on Apple Music, and interestingly, the next song that always came up afterward was by Radiohead. It made me realize just how huge Eno’s influence must be — probably beyond what I can even imagine.

I know Brian Eno always says he's "not a musician", but maybe we should be calling BS on that. This album is cool and fresh (even though it's like 30 years old. I especially like the mellow second half.

Backing Tracks - 5; Vocals - 2. He is so brilliant at creating soundscapes. Unfortunately, the vocals - both the quality of his voice and the quality of the melodies - are pretty pedestrian. I consistently found myself floating away into a track only to be jarred back to reality when his vocals dropped in. They don't ruin the album like they do with Spiritualized. But they definitely downgrade the listening experience.

Some funk bass lines but overall bleh

It grew on me! The first side wasn't my favorite. Can't pinpoint why, but it definitely is quite different than what I usually listen to. Music that is too "happy" also doesn't speak to me that much. Although on a relisten I can appreciate it more But the second side, I loved it. I listened to it late at night, while I was drawing, and I was somewhere else immediately. Melacholic, nostalgic, I'm not sure... Just beautiful.

mid

No 11 It’s very whimsical, artsy and it has such an ambience. Also the electronic and that bass guitar are amazing I feel it could be a great album to study to, because it’s so relaxing.

Meh. Mostly atmospheric background music. Not something that moves me.

I prefer the roxy music -> warm jets side of eno and this album sounds closer to that then ambient stuff I don’t really care about. I listened to it when in the bath and it sounded like drifting into the night 4/5

After a stream of crap ranging from Icelandic moaning, to anger rap, to loser garage rock this was actually tolerable. It wasn’t really good either but compared to the aforementioned it’s high praise to actually just get through an Album.

Pretty good for something that just isn't that good.

Magic album from an absolute genius.

Auch dieses Album ist nicht spannend.

Gibt mir nicht viel.

Ich steh ja auf diesen verdrogten 70s-Sound, auch wenn das hier eher nach dem Comedown nach dem Trip klang. Tolle Entdeckung!

Bin ich nicht reingekommen. Vielleicht ist das Handy nicht der beste Lautsprecher… War aber irgendwie nix. Gefühlt viel zu monoton.

Stark angefangen, dann aber stark abgefallen.

Der Mann mag ein Genie sein, aber die Musik erreicht mich einfach nicht

Variert, helt ok.

Not interested, didn't make it past the 2nd track

Interesting and creative

Surprised to see a structured eno project and at that maybe the best one yet. It does evolve into the more spacey ambient stuff I know him for in the last 3 or 4 tracks but they are so incredibly pretty that I cant dare to take anything away from them. But it has real songs. Actual songs with a framework. Mind blowing. I even saved an early song thay had kinda a punk edge to it. Not expecting that in the slightest. Still not perfectly my thing but im try happy woth this one. Happy to be wrong about things every once and a while

"King's Lead Hat" is excellent. The rest of the album did not capture my attention much (especially the songs near the end that have little energy) but I can see why some people would like it. Also, this is the No New York guy. That has to be worth something

Love Eno but this is a stinker.

Weird energy but I’m here for it! Listened twice, better on the 2nd run. Better with headphones too, to catch all those crazy sounds. 7.5 / 10 Best track/s: Backwater, Kings Lead Hat, Here He Comes

Vocals and lyrics didn't appeal to me, it's listenable but forgettable.

I adore Brian Eno and the mystique / unpredictability associated with his works. This is one of the weirder records he's put his name to, with a disorientating, off-kilter thread accentuating what you could otherwise describe as a relatively conventional experience by his standards, in terms of the songs generally following defined structures and possessing 70s pop-like sensibilities. It feels like a refinement of the first phase of his career into a creative apex, with his subsequent shift towards ambient music hinting that he also felt as such. The bass guitar is up to all kinds of wizardry throughout, the piano playing is completely deranged at points, and the distorted vocals / anxiety-inducing synth work entwined with some juxtaposing optimistic tones ensures that Before and After Science lives in my head rent free.

Alright. I like the ambient stuff better.

It seems like every Eno sounds completely different. This version of Eno is mid-tier mellowed out Piano. Favorite Track: "Spider and I".

Good listen, perfect to listen to before work in the morning. 3/5

The Talking Heads vibe in the first third didn’t do much for me - I fear I’m a lost cause on TH, a forever blind spot - but the clamour of “King’s Leads Hat”, in which every instrument has something exciting to say, and the slower, spookier songs that followed are outstanding and mesh perfectly with an autumnal Monday. Listening a second time, I realised “Backwater” is a triumphant banger. And the Talking Heads-esque songs are not bad. I’ve given more flawed records 5… Eno lived on a friend’s childhood street in West London and every Christmas, when the neighbourhood gathered to sing carols, Eno would install himself as the organiser and orchestrator of the performances, very cheerfully by my friend’s account.

Not one I return to often, although the favorite Eno record of a number of friends (likely all big Can fans). The reciprocal Talking Heads influence is clear ("No One Receiving" could be a demo for "Remain In Light") and the high points are fun but it's a bit too soundscapey to hook me long-term. If you're looking for "Here Come The Warm Jets II", "Taking Tiger Mountain" might satisfy, although it doesn't rock quite as hard.

Eh