Reviews (page 2 of 8)
Is it weird and annoying? Yes. Do I quite like weird and annoying? Also yes.
I dunno, I think i prefer his more ambient stuff
Pleasant enough
Does a great job of bridging his rock stuff and the later ambient works, and sounds really really nice whilst doing so. Gorgeous guitar tone
Another Brian Eno. His contributions to music have more to do with his abilities as a producer than as a musician, in my opinion. It’s not bad, but it doesn’t excite me either.
This is terrible and I don’t like it.
The lyrics to the song I'll Come Running are a bit dumb and I would've preferred that the song was excluded from the album(despite the instrumentation of the song being great) but every other track is absolutely spellbinding! The Big Ship by Brian Eno is actually the track that motivated me to start this journey on this website so this album recommendation hits home for me!
Inventive and fun! Wild that Phil Collins was involved, but I'm not mad about it. It really kept me guessing, which kept my attention on it (which is more than I can say for at least a few albums on this list).
You know, for as long as it's been since I last got a Brian Eno album for this project, that being a whole year, it doesn't really feel like it's been that long. That's probably because I just got an Eno-era Roxy Music album and a Berlin-era Bowie album within the past week. But you know what? I'm definitely not complaining about getting Another Green World today, because this album is wonderful. This album is like the perfect blend between Eno's earlier art-rock years and the ambient production he would go on to pioneer after this. Speaking of production, this album sounds phenomenal. It still sounds somewhat futuristic even to this day. Everything just sounds perfect and I love it. Eno sings on a few of the songs here, and he does decently enough, but the instrumentals are where this album really shines. Songs like "The Big Ship" and the title track are just beautiful. Of course, there are vocal songs that I really enjoy. I enjoyed all of this album's songs in fact. "St. Elmo's Fire" is pretty cool. I especially love the electric guitar work on this one, courtesy of none other than Robert Fripp. Come on, you give me a Fripp solo and you expect me to not adore it? Do you even know me? The pacing throughout the album just feels natural. This is probably an album where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but when the whole is as great as it is, I can't complain. This album does kind of feel like another world of some kind, and a green one at that. This album makes me happy. It's very ahead of its time, yes. I can definitely hear how this would go on to influence more contemporary ambient music like that of the Minecraft soundtrack, but it still holds up on its own after all these years. Another Green World is a special album. It's the perfect representation of everything that made Brian Eno such an important figure in music history. I can't recommend it enough. Low 5/5.
Perfectly pleasant elevator music for apartment buildings where people never have sex.
Pretty decent album. I liked a couple of the tracks: "Golden Hours" and "Everything Merges with the Night". Kind of a high 3 for me.
I had to check, but this is our 5th Brian Eno albums, which feels excessive. I actually like this more than any of his other albums, after My Life In The Bush. I think he’s balancing his pop and experimental tendencies here better than in most of his releases. But, knocking it a point, since there’s just too much Eno on the list.
Just not in the mood for this, and think the whole iT WaS iNNoVaTiVE fOR tHe TiME take is bullshit at this point.
I'm pretty certain that one listen is nowhere near enough to do justice to this album and that I'm going to love it. Definitely a keeper.
What is it with this guy? 2 albums already? Jeez
A revolution
The least cool looking man, Making the coolest music in the universe. This feels like it transcends earthly qualities and is almost otherworldly. It kind of lives in the same spheres as Penguin Orchestra. What an amazing cover too
Album art is great. I complained I needed instrumental albums, they gave me to and neither landed. Damn.
2.5
A good album, i liked In Dark Trees, The Big Ship, Sombre Reptiles and Golden Hours the most.
A pretty ambient album that threw me off the first time listening cause i CANNOT STAND THE INTRO TRACK OH MY GOD WHY IS IT THERE, everything else is fine though. That said a chunk of these songs are too short to fully become “songs” in my eyes and read more as ideas that can be expanded upon, so yeah i don’t rate this as highly as i used to, which im sure is blasphemy to many. Standouts are St Elmos Fire, I’ll Come Running, Becalmed, Zawinul/Lava, and Everything Merges With The Night.
I like Eno but this just didn't click for me the same as other works by him.
1🌎🌍
certainly a talented individual but this album has the sound of an advertising collection.
Some really nice instrumental pieces, but the album is a bit aimless. I just couldn't figure out where it was going.
(4)
In todays world this music would be 100% in a video game!
It’s Brian Eno. What could I possibly say.
Well, at least this one is better than that airport music one. 2 stars
This album is just so well produced that I can’t give it anything less than a 3.
Why?
Goh. Niet zo mega interessant ofzo. Dit is zo een van die albums waarbij je een beetje denkt van "dit kan ik ook".
puff la vibra 5 5
Majestic
This was great, and it's a perfect bridge from Eno's previous work in to his masterpieces in ambient music. I particularly liked "Becalmed" and "Zawinul/Lava" as they're pretty much just the soundscapes that I like from his later works. I could've done with out "Everything Merges With The Night", but almost everything else was wonderful. The vocal tracks are almost rock music but they have enough experimental structure that they're not quite there. His voice is great anyway, and it doesn't take away from the composition. Almost more like an additional instrument. Speaking of the instrumentals, I really, really, really enjoyed the fretless bass on this album. What a great sound, and to know it came from a played instrument vs a computer just adds to it.
not for me
This was a good Eno among too many Enos. I bet Dan Deacon likes this album a lot.
[4/5] arty ambience. lots of minimal instrumentation that builds nice atmospheres. not really my style but can appreciate it the more i listen. track notes: 1. a machine cutting something? then i looked at the name of the song. also like a big van der graaf 2. water torture metronome with band rehearsal nearby 3. this feels like it would be great to play on the guitar 4. slow day at the carpenters as a train passes by 5. big atmosphere 6. empty existence looking for a reason to live 7. short minimal ambience 8. distant instruments and swampy energy 9. flooded rice field. surprising east asian energy 10. bleep bloop? like an organ crossed with a train? 11. he ordered me to becalmed and i was 12. feels calm but im expecting something bad to happen and now stressed 13. kind of melancholic, layered interestingly 14. now realising how accurate the name of every song has been
A truly unique album. Can’t say I can name anything that reminds me of it. But it scratches an itch somewhere in my brain
9/10
The more I listen to this, the better it gets. At first listen I thought it was a pretty solid record, but after about 6 listens it has grown arms and legs. I prefer Before and After Science but only just, and this is a different beast altogether. Excellent
Probably the best Eno album we've had, warranted a second listen of most of the tracks which I don't do very often. It wasnt dark like before and after science, felt more what I'd expect from the 'art-rock' label. Really liked st elmos fire and the big ship, Golden hours sounded like Beirut with that organ-like synth, lots of ideas all the way through. Think it has to be a 5.
Listened to this stuck in traffic yesterday and thought, "bloody hell, what an indulgent album. I'll give this 1-2 stars at most when I get back". Read the other reviews, and was convinced to listen again. I don't mind Eno, Before and After Science was particularly good, so the problem could have been me. Or my car's sound system making it very quiet, and losing a lot of the nuances. Fair enough, this one's on me. Sky Saw, Sombre Reptiles, and Everything Merges With The Night were what I was expecting - pounding, confusing, nauseating. In a good way. This isn't Ambient Music for Airports - it is Mad Tunes for the Asylum. Strange and creative, never boring, glad I came back. My favourite of his on the list. The bass work on Over Fire Island is particularly impressive.
I thought this was pretty brilliant. It's so delicate, and a few times I looked at the title of the song playing and thought, yeah that describes what this sounds like. I don't think I would've thought I would like ambient music, before this list. I was incorrect. Most of his albums have been great. Saint Elmo's fire and the big ship in particular. Another green world too 4
not his best
Maybe I'm just the right amount of stoned, but also maybe The Big Ship is the best song ever recorded? Holy shit, this album is amazing: every song is a miniature masterpiece of tone. No wonder Eno felt the need to stretch his imagination into full ambient-album length. Genius stuff.
This is an album I've become quite familiar with only in the past couple of months, having just re-listened to it on a flight from Colorado to L.A. After checking out the rest of Eno's 70s solo work, I can say that there's a definite reason why this one is regarded so highly. Songs like "St. Elmo's Fire" and "I'll Come Running" are his oblique-pop perfected; "Sombre Reptiles" and "In Dark Trees" capture his penchant for imagistic soundscapes; and the title track predicates the ambient bliss he'd soon become known for. Some poor sequencing does lend to me losing steam during the back-half (I'm always surprised when the record continues after "Becalmed"), but this is still an exceptional LP I can only see myself loving more and more as time goes on. Fav Songs: Sky Saw, St. Elmo's Fire, The Big Ship, I'll Come Running, Another Green World, Golden Hours, Becalmed Least Fav: Over Fire Island Score: 9
Fantastic album. The guitar solo in St. Elmos fire. 5 out of 5
Being chemically impaired may have been a good coincidence when I listened to this one; I'm not sure if I would have liked it as much sober. I'll have to give it another listen soon to really come to a conclusion.
2/5
I rarely have been ahead of the curve. When the world and/or critics at large caught onto somebody I probably joined the ride. I realize Brian Eno earned high praise for decades, but it seems his notoriety has grown significantly over the past ten years. I missed Roxy. I missed the melodic pop-like first solo albums. I missed the birth of ambient. I missed the soundtracks. Eno’s initial obscurity and later popularity explains why I never find vinyl of his records. I was able to track down all the Roxy Music albums, but nary an Eno, save for two CDs my wife brought into our marriage. What a shame since nearly everything Eno touches comes up interesting. In the case of Another Green World Eno adds several other elements to produce a great record. “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “I’ll Come Running” feature beautiful pop melodies as well as Eno’s genuinely pleasing voice. Some of the other songs with vocals get a bit twee, and are the album’s only significant flaw. Several songs fit with the Bowie-King Crimson style of the period as they have loud and distorted guitars, synths to build atmosphere and a bass that provides both a groove and a touch of sinister messaging. “Over Fire Island” and “The Big Ship” best show this combo of catchiness and philosophical music. “Golden Hours” tones down these qualities a bit to create a doctor in his laboratory sound. The album gets to be a little this and that at times. While not moving fully into the ambient camp, Another Green World developed a contemplative mood to make it a warm listening experience.
And a half. Clinker.
Lovely stuff
Drifted off during this and before I knew it, it was over. Not really a bad thing, nice and chill (3.5)
I really like the instrumental side of this. But every time lyrics became involved it kinda fell apart
Not my type of music.
I really enjoyed this. I don't know enough about Eno and his evolution as an artist, I've heard Here Come the Warm Jets and Music for Airports and now this, which seems transitional between the two. It seems to me that this album saw him move away from traditional song structures towards smaller, self contained pieces, little nuggets of ideas floating in vibe-y minimalist grooves. Listening in one sitting it becomes a perfect 'middle distance' album: something you can have on the background that still rewards attention.
Not bad for background music, but really not my style.
forgot it already
Interesting style of music but not my type of thing.
This was very cool! Another great one for chill beats. Velvet Underground connection!
Pretty awesome and influential. Not a whole lot to say but I really enjoyed it.
This shit’s in my blood man
Very experimental sound, no real direction.
Was pretty good. Could hear hints of his future work.
Brian Eno is one of my favourite artists. This album was very influential for Bowie’s Berlin album. Love “Sky Saw” and “Another Green World” also Phil Collins on drums and Robert Fripp on guitar (one some tracks)
A fairly enjoyable experience that I've already completely forgotten
This was relaxing and very atmospheric Playlist add: "Becalmed"
Moi qui pensais que j'étais enfin tombé sur un album d'ambient, eh ben pas vraiment. Cet album date d'avant que Brian Eno décide de se lancer dans l'ambient à temps plein. Bon, je vais pas faire la gueule, c'est quand même un album plutôt intéressant, avec du rock un peu expérimental un chouïa bizarre sans non plus partir très loin dans ses délires. Finalement, le plus intéressant, ici, ça reste quand même les quelques morceaux de pur ambient (et oui, déjà !), qui m'ont plus accroché que la facette rock de Brian Eno. Cela dit, j'ai quand même bien aimé cet album, bien dans son époque.
Why? No more Brian Eno. For the love of all things green.
Brian Eno, saves the world, kind of.
Okay
Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? Brian Eno is very hit or miss for me Pre-Listen Thoughts: I never know what to expect from Brian Eno Favorite track(s): I’ll Come Running Post-Listen Thoughts: This was alright. I liked it more than Before and After Science.
Brian Eno travels you to a another world I'm still in shock that this came out in 1975 so ahead of its time
This didn't connect with me. I didn't get it and thats ok. I am glad there are musicians out there taking risks. Maybe after a few listens this album would click for me.
Interesting album, pretty chill album
Fourth Brian Eno album for me already. You've basically gotta expect the unusual at this point. Synthesizers and electronic instruments take center stage here, creating an ambient soundscape that is occasionally interrupted by lyrics, but that largely doesn't halt the album's momentum. A lot of big names involved too, notably Phil Collins and Robert Fripp. These Eno albums are never short in talent, that's for sure.
i dont know how to feel about this one. it felt like the 70's were barely discovering synths and it feels more like an experimental album than anything else. didnt like it all all in the beginning until i got to the end
I don’t usually listen to ambient music but this was nice
Surprisingly good! Progressive and new wave elements. Albums like this paved the way for albums like 90125, Discipline and Abacab.
Probably my favorite of Eno's so far. Just very chill imo. The second half wasn't as good as the first but still not bad at all.
I have always respected Eno from a distance, but this one resonated with me today. It’s like the soundtrack to an ordinary day in a very beautiful way The track St. Elmo’s Fire is flame
It's good, but not consistently good enougb to get the coveted 4 stars from me. Great band, crap vocals.
Brian Eno is one of those names that I've heard about for such a long time, spoken about in reverential tones. Amazing musician, amazing producer, etc...and yeah, I love the Talking Heads, I know he produced three of their albums. U2's best albums, Eno. Devo, Eno. Pretty sure he worked with Bowie for a little bit, too. But I'd never listened to his music before, until this. And while I don't think I'd ever want to listen to it again, that's not a slam on him...I get it, I get what he was doing. He was using a studio as a way to create sounds, create moods and textures. There's actually some really cool shit on here...and, in 1975, I don't think there was a lot of people making stuff that sounded like this. Kraftwerk, probably...but as far ahead of their time as they were, I don't think Kraftwerk sounds like THIS. Left to his own devices, Eno is a mad scientist creating shit. He's obviously not doing this for the money, there's nothing commercial here. You're probably not going to find any of this music on a commercial or in a movie from the time period. But you can see where he's building and building and then when he gets into a studio with the Talking Heads where he can whittle things down and weaponize them into a tight song that's radio friendly. You can see where he's able to help U2 create sounds and textures. I didn't hate this. In fact, I respect it a great deal. It's just something that I don't feel the need to listen to again but I'm glad I did.
Another Brian Eno album. I get that he's a studio wizard, but that doesn't make his experiments necessary listening.
Come on… why is this even on the list.
Pretty interesting in places
If this album had come out today, most of music lovers would have unanimously declared it AI-music and treated it accordingly (i.e., as trash). But since it came out fifty years ago, it instantly became a cultural phenomenon for so-called "advanced users," the kind of thing you'd give it a 10/10, and if you disagree, light a cigarette like the Joker at the end of the film and say, "You wouldn't get it." There's nothing to get here; it's just forty minutes of Brian Eno messing around with synthesizer settings. Robert Fripp and Phil Collins occasionally join in on their instruments, and then Eno starts singing in a mournful voice. Basically, it's a friendly get-together. Only a seasoned, mature, and incredibly relaxed old man could enjoy this record. Young people have nothing to gain here.
Bit of a mixed bag for me. Loved all the songs with Brian singing All the songs that are instrumental weren’t so great. Better than Airports though
It's just background music innit. There's nothing interesting about this, but it's not actively unpleasant I guess
Great album, great guy.
While this album is creative and very well produced (that's Brian Eno's calling card), it's just not my thing. Most of the songs are strange, ambient electronica tracks, with just a couple songs even having lyrics or traditional structure. This album definitely needed to be on the list, but I don't think I'll be coming back to stuff like this. 3/5
Nothing really memerable on here... I can appreciate aspects, but not the whole.
This album is 50 years old and if I was told it was released in the last year, I'd struggle to disbelieve you. Outrageously good production, beautiful ambience. Minus 1 for a couple of tracks that felt like they could have been cut or changed imo.
I found myself enjoying this very much. I was waiting for a long time to listen to this and was worth it. Experimental and uncompromising, great listen.
This is Eno in transition from conventional glam to the more abstract heights he'd reach later, which explains the lack of coherence. He's still writing a few (wonderful) pop songs ("Everything Merges with the Night," "I'll Come Running") and is clearly not ready to give that up entirely, and yet the bulk of his attention is on the more freeform instrumentals that make up most of this album. As to the latter he feels oddly tentative - or I guess maybe it's not so odd, but the tracks mostly pass by too quickly to register as anything other than ephemeral. And again, maybe that's the point (he is a capital-A Artist, after all) but I found myself sometimes frustrated rather than wistful at the temporary nature of reality or whatever. That said, everyone playing on this is first-rate (especially Robert Fripp and Percy Jones) and the enormous influence it's had on multiple genres is obvious. This is really a 3.75, rounding up.
One of five Eno records and while I typically complain about such heavy representation, Eno is one of the few artists that demand multiple albums to show the range of what they can do. This one may be my favorite of the lot, but then again may be its Warm Jets or Airports, depending on the vibe. Anyway, this is quite unusual in that it's a transitional record, from rock/pop to electronic ambient, but unlike most transitional records, it's stronger than both. Really wonderful distillation of Eno’s various skills as a composer musician and producer. If he could only have one record on the list, it's probably gotta be this one. Or Warm Jets. Or Airports….
MILDLY interesting
So alike to Bowie's music, in energy and creativity and bewilderingly un-catchy experimentation, that it's a little uncanny. I suppose it makes sense that the two collaborated so often. Sky Saw is just a reimagination of Breaking Glass from Low (1977). Or, I guess, the other way around. And with more diverse instrumentation. Cool strings that don't quite rest on singular, harmonically sound notes. Heavy, cleanly recorded basswork. The latter makes an immediate reappearance in the exotic-sounding Over Fire Island, suggesting it's a bit of a theme. And for only 1975 – before the disco era really launched the "overbearing bassline" trend! Pretty impressive. We get our first taste of "normal" vocals with the *relatively* catchy/melodic St Elmo's Fire, which is about as "60s British" as you can get. But with some serious guitar shredding that changes notes so smoothly, it almost sounds like a wavered synth rather than a guitar. Some lovely harmonising too, though at the expense of the lyrics being impossible to make out. In Dark Trees is the first obvious miss for me. It just fails to be memorable or interesting in any sense. As an instrumental, you tend to have your work cut out for you in keeping audiences engaged. The Big Ship does it substantially better. Those high and low synths, staccato and smooth, contrast so darn nicely. Eno creates a whole dang atmosphere, and one I'd like to experience in real life. Next, I'll Come Running is a weird attempt on late-60s psychedelia that, shockingly, works extremely well. I love the simple, powerful, almost blurry piano performance, the similarly blurry vocal texture, and the light, rushed percussion that creates a busy sound without being too high-energy or overwhelming. Then the title track is fine – solid as a sort of "farewell track" to end side 1 – but it's not as good as its 10 million Spotify streams suggest. Side 2 begins with the continuous instrumental Sombre Reptiles / Little Fishes. Again reminiscent of Low, and specifically its fully instrumental 2nd side. Little Fishes is as ambient as the album gets – although Becalmed and Zawinul/Lava are also in the running, and both of *those* ones are way too boring for their own good. Golden Hours starts off pretty unremarkable, but when that clean, fluttery guitar starts up again, it's pretty great. Everything Merges With The Night sounds straight off Pink Floyd's debut or a Syd Barrett solo record. (And that's a good thing.) Some reviewer really sat down at their computer and decided to write that Another Green World is a "universally acknowledged masterpiece". And then enough people upvoted that to push it to #2 on the review page. The problem is, I don't consider this a masterpiece, so that guy's statement is immediately disproven. 3/5 Key tracks: St. Elmo's Fire, The Big Ship, I'll Come Running
Þessi þykir mesta tímamótaverkið, en af fyrstu fjórum plötum Eno finnst mér þessi síst. Hún er samt flott og ég enda í fjarka.
Not a good album to work to, because it needs attention to truly appreciate. The music is beautiful, and it's not all pseudo-poppy. There are a couple of tracks that remind me of Music For Airports. All in all, decent for lo-fi electronica. I don't know if that's what he was going for. My rating: 4/5
Highlights: St Elmo's Fire, The Big Ship, I'll Come Running, Sombre Reptiles, Becalmed, Zawinul/Lava, Everything Merges Into Night It would be easy to write this album off as just experimental and unconventional and give it a 1 or 2 as it hardly stands a chance with most of the albums on this list. However, if I take the album for what it is, regardless of being un/conventional, there are some enjoyable aspects to it. The album is a mix of ambiental sounds with a few songs that feature vocals as well and most of those are pretty good. The ambiental tracks are a hit or miss which is the vibe I generally feel with this album. It tries some unique, weird things and at times succeeds, at times fails. Leaving me to give it a sort of average rating overall.
Canciones que te llevan directamente a la LOCURA. Sonidos envolventes pero no por eso lindos de escuchar. Al ppio de los temas suenan muy bien, después se enloquece todo. Me dejó maniática, pero valió la pena porque fue una buena experiencia y sobre todo novedosa. Qué cosa tan rara acabo de escuchar. 3/5
Really liked this. Had not listened to the album previously but was recognized many of the songs from all different places. Loved Big Ship in particular. Listened to a lot of country today so this is a sweet relief and probably explains me squeezing it to a 5,
Great album. Interestingly, it's Eno's newer, more ambient tracks that stand out more than the rock numbers, partly because John Cale's vocals are not strong. Discovered Another Green World, the track, from the theme of Arena on BBC 2, which always meant it was time to go to bed and I better finish my homework. Never did manage to watch much of Arena. But Eno is a production genius and this a beautiful album. 4.49 rating.
So so good, I love this sound
One of my favourite albums of all time. It consists of abstract and ambient songs but also mixed up with more artsy rock songs, both of which are genres I really enjoy. This gives it such a unique sound. The production is awesome, of course (I mean, it’s Brian Eno). This album is great to put on in the background yet interesting enough to keep you engaged. Easy 5 stars. Favourite songs: St. Elmo’s Fire, The Big Ship, Another Green World, Golden Hours, Becalmed
Interesting album, can see the mid point between Roxy music and ambient music. I don’t love the vocals, or some of the songs built like traditional rock pop songs, but some of the instrumentals were great and very modern sounding, with lead guitars particularly I’ve heard used all over 90s to 10s rock and hip hop. Testament to the vision
This is awesome, man. I love Brian Eno. Goated ambient songs, just so good. Hard to believe it's from 1975. Easy four stars for me.
Very lame
фоновым слушанием не поняла процент инструментала и загадочной тишины к песням, можно потом ещё послушать
I didn't know this band. Fair to good music. A good album overall.
3/5
This album was just okay for me. Not as interesting as his other released albums.
Not for me
This album is so beautiful and sonically intriguing. Every track and every pause of sound made me so curious to keep listening to this album. The record also feels very ahead of its time in especially with the kind of music coming out in 75. I’m very happy I listened to it and I want to listen to it over and over again. My first Eno and what a first it is. Fav track: all of them
Lush, legendary.
Mildly weird
Sometimes "Experimental" means when art questions what is music, what is rhythm, what is melody, what is structure...and sometimes it means bleep bloop gleep glorp music. This is bleep bloop gleep glorp music with interludes of unexciting soft pop rock. I hate bleep bloop gleep glorp music.
Spare me
The vibiest of vibey albums. Love it so much. Can't believe it's 1975.
Influences to other groups abound! Devo here, Pink Floyd there. Bowie feels, Peter Gabriel too.
3.5
Probably Eno's best album? It's hard to decide with such a great discography, but Another Green World is absolutely a classic and a wonderful experience. It's perfectly structured and it flows so well. For me, it's hard to believe Eno wasn't even in his thirties when he made this, it sounds like it was made by someone much more mature and experienced. I really need to get a physical copy soon. Favourite track: Golden Hours
Weird
I generally prefer his ambient stuff and I find that true here. Still very good.
Not what I was expecting from an album from 1975. It's intriguing and chill leaves room to think.
Although not my favorite, this guy can't make a bad album.
After Here Come The Warm Jets I was pretty happy to see this pop up. I’ve never given Eno’s solo output he time of day before this project, but Warm Jets really blew me away. This is another solid album. It suffered in comparison though. Where I heard real vision on Warm Jets, this one seemed more like a game experimenter using trial and error. I heard Talking Heads AND U2 styles so really wasn’t breaking new ground in the same way. But, wait a minute. This album predates those other bands by half a decade! The whole this is wonderfully fascinating. Less than Warm Jets, but still pretty awesome.
Turns out I quite like Brian Eno. Who knew?
Very well made and mesh of different sounds. Music has gone a long ways since albums like this one.
Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Voll öde.
At times I quite liked this record. I like those epic Pink Floyd songs that seem to go on forever and at times this record reminded me of that. But it was only in short bursts before the album moves somewhere else. It has potential, but it feels like Eno never figured out what he wanted this album to be.
I was previously familiar with Brian Eno but not this album. This is further into the ambient direction than the last album of his that came up in this exercise. This album still has some conventional tracks with vocals, but most tracks here are instrumental. Even the tracks with vocals are more ambient than most. I did enjoy this album quite a bit, but not sure if it is something that I would seek out just because of how different it is.
It was a sad album. Or this is how o felt about it. Was nice. I liked it
a matihouts le gudta a mi no
All Brian eno albums have a few really good songs and a then whole lotta other songs.
I think St Elmo’s Fire was in the new Spider-Man movie. Even though there were some songs that didn’t have much going on, it was still an interesting listen.
Some of it was truly ass, but after hearing bro's name in the crosswords so often I thought his music would be a lot worse! 3/5 I liked The Big Ship. Also didn't know he sang.
I agree with Matt’s review
Impressive list of musicians involved in this album - still didn't like it.
This album wasn't for me, but I can recognise the enormous quality of the works. I do wish you could opt to review without rating, because I feel badly that my personal taste leans this album towards the lower end of the scale when I don't necessarily feel like it deserves it, but simultaneously, I can comfortably say I won't be revisiting it in the future. It's good, just not to my tastes.
Great some roxy adjacent avent gard rock. No elevator music. It wasnt unlistenable but it waa instantly forgetable. 2
Whimsical, introspectif, touchant et nostalgique. Searching for a world that will never exist. Agréable à écouter de A à Z. Trop cool.
Accessible ambient, a wonderful calming world.
It's fine. Nothing amazing, but nothing awful either
Never listened to Eno before. Thought the album was good. Really enjoyed the ambience and minimalist touch to it. Couldn't really tell the songs apart besides a couple. The album is almost all instrumentals and ambience but not in the same way as Lost In The Dream from The War On Drugs. Eno's vocals are good and his skill is evident but for me it's nothing special. At least, nothing note worthy that I can notice. There were only two songs that I could distinguished from the rest of the tracks. St Elmo's Fire and Golden Hours. Everything else seems to blend into each other. I lied, I forgot about I'll Come Running. There are really only three songs in total that I would actively (maybe) comeback and listen to again. Highlight of the album, Golden Hours was really enjoyable and my favourite. Probably because it has a sick riff in the middle of it. Overall, a lot of this album sounds so much a like and that's fine. I thought the album was fine. Though the tracks all blended together it doesn't mean I didn't enjoy them. T3: St Elmo's Fire, Golden Hours, I'll Come Running
Bueno
I don't know, man, I want to like Brian Eno, but his sound and vibe are just kinda too out there for me to enjoy. There were moments in this album where I was enjoying the sounds, but for the most part it was just me thinking, "Is this still going on? How much longer _is_ this album?...". Two stars.
Not for me. 1/5
6.2
How were so many people involved in making such a terrible record and then so many listening to it and thinking it’s good. I’m baffled.
An interesting collection of 70’s era music. Most tracks gave me the “get high and listen to this in the dark” vibe while others had a Talking Heads sort of gimmick. Definitely not the worst album from this experiment but a one-and-done for sure.
I found this pretty listenable in spite of all the sonic experimenting that Eno is famous for using. Certainly pretentious but still quite creative and interesting in many places.
Afval (Dutch for rubbish)
Takie meh na 3. Nie jest źle, ale progresywny rock to nie jest coś dla mnie.
Good album. Mostly instrumental. Sounds like David Bowie’s late 70’s albums that he did with Brian Eno. Enjoyed it.
Very interesting and unique! I'll not only come running to tie your shoes, I'll come running to listen to this again and again. :)
I like it. It's very pretty. You're not getting anything clever from me today.
I don’t really understand who this album is made for, and maybe that’s the point. Art for the sake of art I guess. Sometimes arty experimental music comes off as self indulgent, masturbatory. This album seems to skirt that feeling though
There are hints of a great album in here but also a lot of ambient droning that I could've done without.
That's pretty experimental, but hey! Seems like groove really is king cuz some of these would be huge bummers if not for a pretty tight bass and drum synergy on them. A little weird, but not at all inaccessible. Again, some tight grooves, a few nice melodies and harmony lines when vox do show up. So the good weird. I expected less after hearing Joshua Tree first on this list, a U2 album that Eno produced and then *someone* must have taken a giant dookie over. I'd say 3.
I love Brian Eno. I love his 70's albums. I love this album.
Good prog rock with some interesting features.
I'm really starting to dislike Brian Eno. Clearly others see something I don't in this guy cause every album of his I subject myself to just sounds like the most pretentious, self aggrandizing bullshit ever committed to tape. If you somehow like this guys music more power to you, but it is definitely not for me.
It’s actually great music, but when songs gets even remotely experimental, I don’t enjoy it too much
Sometimes it's way too easy to call all experimental music dark, angry, anxious, or at the very least, uncomfortable. Even back when experimental rock was finally becoming a thing, Captain Beefheart came into the scene flinging every bodily fluid onto every vaguely wall-looking thing near him. You can go into the worst-rated albums on this website and see Trout Mask Replica proudly standing just outside the bottom 10. As of this review, it's in 11th place on the worst list, and I really doubt that it's moving from there any time soon, as much as I love that album. This album is like the anti-Beefheart. It's soft, wonderfully emotional, and genuinely a perfect album to give to someone who wants to ease themselves into experimental music, rather than throwing themself straight into noise rock acts like Sonic Youth and Swans like I did. It's the kind of music that would soundtrack a walk through a path by a canal I take sometimes when I feel like taking a ridiculously long walk through a nice nature-ish setting. I always find neat stuff on my walks through there. One time I took home a beat-up drum. I'll think about this album whenever I decide to use that drum in the music I want to make one day. It gave my arm a horrible rash for a day or two and it'll almost definitely sound terrible, but terrible is all relative. That's the ethos of experimental music as an art form. Music like this makes me spit out whatever random story comes into my head. I just felt like leaving it in. Anyways, Brian Eno is one of those artists I never realized I look up to until recently. This guy managed to make an album titled something as innocuous as "Music for Airports" sound like a masterpiece, and this is no different. That's the word I'd use to describe a lot of Eno's music: innocuous. Something you could completely miss if you're too busy doing something else, like hurrying through an airport terminal or speeding to work. Life moves too fast sometimes, and this album, along with Music for Airports, is a reminder to slow down and appreciate something you might've otherwise missed. Remember to breathe.
It's kind of weird, not totally my style and a little boring at parts. There's no doubt that it is an interesting and musically adept album. Although I did really enjoy the tracks with vocals/lyrics like "I'll Come Running", (unfortunately there were only 5 out of the 14) the instrumental tracks didn't quite work for me and didn't hold my interest.
Found this album to be slow, boring and pretty ordinary. However, I really liked the song Everything Merges with the Night. I listened to this album more times than I wanted to thinking I missed something, since I like this song. Nope. I wasn't missing anything, this was just the best song off the album and really the only one I enjoyed. 2.5 mostly for Everything Merges with the Night
2.5 Music is a powerful thing, man. In fact, some might even describe the medium as the single most powerful capture of self-expression and emotion in existence (myself included). While it’s probably impossible to truly understand the human experience and even more fruitless to try and put it into words, I really think the feeling a great song gives you is about as close to enlightenment as we can get - if not towards our own kind, then at least about ourselves. If you were to read many of the top reviews on rateyourmusic.com, this is a sentiment that many seem to share surrounding this album in particular. They’re honestly some of my favorite reviews that I’ve seen about any album ever, with their descriptions of enjoyment often reading more like spiritual experiences, a feeling that I can largely relate to myself. The problem is, just not with this album. Look, I just don’t get Eno. Yes, this album is atmospheric and produced incredibly well, that’s for sure, but it also doesn’t do anything for me. At no point did I feel like I’m being sucked into this so-called “green world”, nor did I sense any other sort of transcendental encounter for that matter. I saw someone say this will “remind you of being a baby, for a split second,” and that’s probably the closest sensation I can get behind, but for me, it’s less of being a baby and more of being a grade school kid again working on his school work while the teacher puts something calming on to keep the kids at bay and to nurse their hangover. I hated that shit then, and I'm not much of a bigger fan now. Is it innovative? Sure, and I can even see what would prompt Bowie to bring this guy on for his Berlin Trilogy. The production is fantastic, the songwriting just isn’t there - it took the Starman to really elevate this kind of stuff. Like seriously, what the hell was the “tie your shoes” song? That all said, I want to circle this review back around to the way I started it, in that, if this album speaks to you on an emotional level, I think that’s awesome and what music is all about. I mean no disrespect, and in some ways, I’m even kind of jealous, but I just can’t say I feel the same. It’s certainly not an unpleasant listen, but for me, it’s glorified background music, and I just can’t go above a 2.5 with that being the case.
Was will uns der Künstler damit sagen? Ich weiß es nicht... Aneinandergereihte Instrumental-Fetzen, wenig Gesang. Für mich nicht sehr spannend. 2/5
This album was way ahead of its time. I can hear sounds that definitely influenced NIN and other industrial electronic artists of subsequent decades.
Aburrido
Some of this was nice, nothing blew my hair back. Will definitely listen again. 3.7
Muy interesant
Truly hippie album
It was interesting and mostly a pleasant listen, but not really my jam. I get why it’s on this list, though.
There were some cool arrangements but overall it didn’t really grab me
Loved the ambient parts, less so the songs with lyrics
Not bad but doesn’t do anything for me personally.
70’s Art Rock ⭐️The Big Ship
English 'art rock'.. I have STRONG opinions on this type of music. Mainly that it is pretentious bullshit, but I gave this a chance. It was mostly inoffensive soundscapes and similar electronic music. In context, however, this was way ahead of its time. It's clear why Eno was so influential and what his vision was. This may be some of the more accessible 'art rock' we have encountered, aside from Bowie's "Heroes" which Eno had a hand in, too. I actually enjoyed, "I'll Come Running", which had a catchy tune. Still this doesn't pull it out of (2/5) range for me... Just not my style.
With somewhat limited exposure to Brian Eno, I was a little apprehensive about pressing play on this one because you just never know what you're going to get. But as I settled into this one, I found that I really enjoyed it, and can attest to Henry Edwards of High Fidelity's claim that this is Eno's "most accessible to date". I particularly enjoyed the tracks that lack vocals, which aligns with my enjoyment of his tracks on the back half of David Bowie's Heroes. The guest listing here is phenomenal, and the album as a whole is interesting and evocative, with instrumentation and track titles I found funny and playful, and its mostly absent of the over-the-top antics that he's famously known for. Undoubtedly my favorite work attributed to him that I've found so far. An unflinching 4/5 that may have finally convinced me to go and cautiously explore some of his other work.
ariety: 5 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 5 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: 5 = 5 "All the clouds turn to words/ All the words float in sequence/ No one knows what they mean/ Everyone just ignores them" Brian Eno is one of those guys whose stuff I always find interesting, even when I don't love it, and I do love quite a bit of it. I've been told he has a handful of albums on here, and while I'm pretty sure at least what three others are, there are a solid half dozen more that could have conceivably made the list in my opinion. This is one I probably didn't hear until my early 20s, and was in rotation for some time, so I guess spoilers - I like it. Quite a bit. For me this sits kind of in between something like Here come the Warm Jets and his more ambient stuff, being a mix of both approaches. Looking forward to revisiting this one as it's been a while. While I dig the whole thing, this one has two of his very best ever. THE TRACKS Side one "Sky Saw" - Instrumentally, It's very easy to draw a line from this to some of the stuff we would see in Eno's collaborations with Bowie, especially on side two of Heroes and on Low. We get some processed... well everything on this one I think. The drums sound pretty clean but maybe that's it? I can certainly see how this would be grating and patience testing for a lot of people, ad they are not necessarily wrong. I don't think it's standoffish and abrasive like so much experimental or art rock Though. We'll return to this theme later, but for now just know that this is just melodic enough and full of such interesting turns that it's like candy for me. More please. "Over Fire Island" - This one is more of a full on "let's see what we can do with this electronic doo-dad" sort of soundscape. Would not even be sold bold as to call this a song. It's more of a little bit of sort of funky atmosphere. Pure vibes. Elevator music on side-ways ride into another dimension. "St. Elmo's Fire" - I love the pacing on this album and find it to be very considered and optimized so that you get the more traditional songs ( such as they are) spread out more or less equally amongst the weirder stuff. This one is more akin to the Here Come the Warm Jets stuff in that it has a recognizable, if off-kilter structure, but it blurs the lines of what you might be willing to swallow as popular entertainment. Soothing vocal melodies ride right up alongside dissonant electronic buzzing. And yet it feels completely tied together. "In Dark Trees" - And we come to the first Eno classic. This absolutely oozes dark energy, and I can imagine it's been ripped off a hundred or more times in film scores ( Michael Mann alone probably was responsible for more than a few of those). Try an imagine 80s synth scored suspense movies without something like this. It's music as emotional texture. "The Big Ship" - And we don't even have to wait for the next one. Sombre and yet soaring and emotionally lifting, this thing build and builds over top of the jaunty little rhythm and by the end it enters that space that few pieces of popular music can for me where a feeling of transcendence is attempted via music. Th ebest classic pieces manage this trick, not so much in popular music. As artsy a reputation as this has, I don't think Eno is being pretentious in this music. This is for anyone. I've thought before this would make great funeral music, and apparently that's a VERY unoriginal thought, as I found when I did a simple search. "I'll Come Running" - The most traditional thing on here I think. At least as traditional as he can get. And it serves as a sort of anchor for side one. It's Eno extending a hand and inviting you in. The water might be cold and deep, but if you trust him, and walk in slowly there are warm currents to be found. Can a song be made up almost entirely of a single refrain, repeated? I think so. "Another Green World" - Another pretty interlude or sorts to carry us on our way to whatever awaits us on the flip side. If "Over Fire Island" was transdimensional elevator music, this is what you hear in the lobby as the doors open. Side two "Sombre Reptiles" - If the album can be considered an attempt at musical painting, or some way to distill and conjure up feelings then this one reeks of a kind of sinister uncertainty and the ambiguousness just makes me want to investigate further. "Little Fishes" - Playfullness and whimsy, but slightly disturbing. Look at all the cute little clockwork gnomes! Oh wait, they might just want to kill you. Another short interlude, but worthy of a few words. "Golden Hours" - A third all time classic. For someone who famously described himself as a non-musician, I'm finding it hard to get either the vocal melody or the key synth line out of my head. And that arpeggiated swirling guitar that intertwines with itself... goddamn. Robert Fripp notably provides said guitar bits on this and his playing and whatever technical manipulation is going on are shiver worthy. "Becalmed" - Another one that has undoubtedly been ripped off for movie scores. This one's a bit more simple and straightforwardly somber. I an see the DNA of this in stuff by Godspeed You Black Emperor, amongst others. "Zawinul/Lava" - The most stripped down track on the album, but far from the most simple. If "discovery" could be described as a collection of sounds, this might be it. The wonder and awe ( and possibly danger) of nature. "Everything Merges with the Night" - Eno could never be described as the most energetic vocalist. He's pretty limited actually. But his tone, and his delivery work so well for me. He never sounds like he's being flippant or ironic. The full range of soul and emotion are there, trapped within this not quite monotone. He's painting with a limited palette, but the results on the canvas are still beautiful to my eyes. "Spirits Drifting" - We end on a slightly eerie note with some overlapping and dissonant synth tones which evoke more of a kind of sadness than any sort of horror. And we fade out of the dream. HIGHLIGHTS - "Sky Saw" - "Over Fire Island" - "St. Elmo's Fire" - "In Dark Trees" - "The Big Ship" - "I'll Come Running" - "Another Green World" - "Sombre Reptiles" - "Little Fishes" - "Golden Hours" - "Becalmed" MIDLIGHTS - LOWLIGHTS - FINAL THOUGHTS Racking my brain to try and remember if I've given a perfect five. Not sure even Stevie Wonder's Talking Book got that yet. So maybe my first one? There might be at least one more form Eno on here. We'll get to it eventually though. I am not fooling myself into thinking this is a universally beloved album, and I can totally see how someone would bounce right off of it, but I honestly don't think it's because it's difficult or pretentious, or even abrasive. Eno is doing everything he can here I think to make this a pleasing experience. He wants you to like his music, it's just that it's not all... music per se. This is as close to a blueprint for what would later be deemed post-rock as I've ever heard. Using traditional rock instruments to compose and play distinctly NON rock material, making use of the studio itself and all the technical tricks and improvised tools as pseudo instruments. All of this is stuff that would later be cannibalized and integrated piecemeal into more mainstream popular music to such a point that someone like Bjork could make a mint off of such tricks, with platinum selling albums and a worldwide popular following. But even ignoring the influence, I just find this shit to be a relaxing, tuneful aural landscape that I can just lay in unlike some of the best rock albums that are just as good, but which require more active listening. In opposition to those that would call this pretentious art rock, made with a purely intellectual purpose, I'd argue that in fact this is meant to stimulate the unthinking purely emotional lizard brain. I don't need to think about a thing when I listen to this. I just let my prefrontal cortex power down and float. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Wouldn't change a note FURTHER LISTENING - Zuckerzeit by Cluster - The Pavilion of Dreams by Harold Budd - Music for Nine Post Cards by Hiroshi Yoshimura - Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk - Selected Ambient Works volume 2 by Aphex Twin - Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails
This album must’ve caught me on a good day. I found it to be slightly weird, but interesting enough to be charming. There is a style at work between each track so that that they seem to be in conversation with each other. Eno uses his voice sparingly, which was for the best, as it was the least impactful part of the album. Though I did enjoy even that on the song “Golden Hours.” This album was a case of minimalism actually working to effect for me. There are small moments all throughout this album that when strung together made for a pleasant overall experience. I may not throw this on without prompting, but it was fine.
i really like 'golden hours'
Easy 5 star for me - I listen to this one a lot! Eno is probably a top 5 artist for me, I don't think music today would be the same without him. The Big Ship, I'll Vome Running, Golden Hours, and Zawinul/Lava are all exceptional.
Mostly not good. A few moments were ok.
Good sounds, good vibes
Some interesting notes and sounds, and I can hear now why it was considered so influential. However, it passed me by a bit, felt like background music for when I was seeking out something more immersive.
Proto-ambient Brian is okay but not good enough for me unfortunately
An unusual record, in a good way. Full of sweet little mysteries, like why is it called Another Green World? (The title track is wordless, and just 1:40 long - in another world it could be a first exposition leading to a counter-phrase, etc etc, but not here.) This album sits at a pleasant and interesting point in a notional progression of Eno's albums and collaborations from art rock songs to ambient pieces - I say ‘notional’ because the sequence seems actually not so linear. Some of these tracks are quite hypnotic - I could wish that In Dark Trees and Sombre Reptiles might each go on much longer, even if they didn’t do anything different from what’s in those snippets. I wonder how many musicians have said to themselves (or each other) - let’s see if we can make music like that! Other tracks don’t stand out so much for me as individual compositions - but all contribute to a strangely coherent album. The whole experience is great, but not every song brings unalloyed joy, so I'll say it's Pretty Wonderful, 9/10.
The guy knows how to create a mood but sometimes throws in too much and creates a cacophony that is not pleasing. Interesting, but not one I’ll return to.
Before starting this project I had no idea who Brian Eno was, nor had his name ever passed my ears. How I wish that were still so. The list’s fascination with this weirdo is beyond me. I’m really beginning to think it’s just the creators idea of a joke and he’s laughing his ass off. Heaven help us if he really thinks this turd deserves to be on this list the 6 or 7 times he is. Calls the seriousness of the whole list into question.
It’s 2026. People are losing their minds over Angine de Poitrine. Little do they know, good music that is just weird noises arranged in a melodic way has existed for a very long time.
Intellectual musicians wanking? It's a fine album no question of the talent involved but seemed a little self-indulgent which is fine it just didn't appeal to myself.
Some highs and some snores.
I was skeptical at first but it grew on me. Layered sound to evoke imagery. Could be hipster matcha cafe music.
I think Brian Eno is just one of those artists that checks a lot of boxes to being an artist I should enjoy, but I just can’t get there. Decent album, with some weirdness and musical creativity. Moments of musical beauty throughout. But it just doesn’t click as a complete piece for me. I think the back half is stronger. Overall, I’ll give a 3/5 and maybe it’ll click for me someday.
I did not care for this. Grating vocals and weird music. DNF.
3.5/10
OK "The Big Ship" has NO RIGHT being that good
**An ok album
wasn’t in the mood, couldn’t really get through it
I like this record. Kinda relaxing
It feels very experimental and kind of ahead of its time. Little fishes and golden hours go to such a strange place very different but feels like it's in the same universe as In Dark Trees, while being thematic opposites. I really dig it. It seems like a concept album about being on some other planet. The big ship is also super cool.
Enjoyable background music.
Notables: - St. Elmo's Fire - I'll Come Running - Golden Hours
Not quite what I expected. Definitely see the transition to early electronic and ambient music here. Just a strange mish mash of song concepts without many ideas seemingly fully fleshed out.
ok
Maybe I’ll comment later. I like Eno.
I would give this a 3 but its still Brian Eno
Fantastic, thanks
En interessant lytteoplevelse. Man kan tydeligt fornemme hvor meget Brian Eno lægger i værdien af god produktion. Det er nogle super smukke kompositioner der er produceret og mixet til perfektion. Dette album høres nok bedst liggende i sin seng med sluket lys om aftenen. Har indtil videre kun hørt det på læsesalen på det kgl. Er ret glad for lyrik og vokal, hvorfor dette album ikke kan få en højere score end dette. Kan se hvordan det kan være en barriere for at jeg vælger at sætte det på ved mange lejligheder. Men, igen, meget nice lyd på dette album!
It really my cup of tea
It's the 70s, it's long instrumentals. Bad lyrics but this one has a synth
Fantastic album. I wasn’t familiar with Eno’s work from this era. This will be added to my regular rotation for background and ambient music.
I still don’t know if I like Brian Eno - but I sure as shit will come running to tie your shoes.
4.5
I hate minimalism everywhere but in music
Muy locochon. Rolas aquí, ideas allá. Nada se me pegó, pero en general bien.
This didn't really do anything for me. The music was kind of bland, the noisier parts annoying, as was the singing.
Sort of reminds me of what I like about Animal Collective and Panda Bear. Building on sounds on an interesting way, with some funny details throughout. Wild he was making this sort of thing while everyone was rocking out.
I imagine this was quite ground-breaking in its day. There's a lot of experimentation with electronic instruments. None of it is particularly engaging though. It did nothing wrong, it happily played, just doing its thing, not really bothering me at all, not really evoking anything of any emotion.
Pleasant and relaxing with strange sounds that become familiar as it incorporates more and more new sounds, very interesting
No lo volvería a escuchar. Tiene buena guitarra.
I hadn't heard the album before. The Wikipedia article about it really raised my expectations. Unfortunately, the album didn't live up to them. It was pretty good, but not so captivating that I absolutely have to listen to it again. 4/5
meio roquizinho pra um album ambiente... nada empolgante no album, falta bastante coisa pra ser interessante, mas é ouvível.
É legal, tem que reconhecer que esse disco é dos anos 70 e ele faz um monte som usando os sintetizadores da epoca que funcionavam a base de mandioquinha
Em umas músicas para que eu tô no céu, outras no inferno
Becalming.
Mostly easy listening and good background music. A couple of the vocal tracks caught my attention tho. Solid album
I was disappointed in this one. The production is great, but, it was overall lacking. I found I was waiting for the experience I've found on other albums and didn't get it here.
Комплюктерный ослик говорит не иа-иа, а ино-ино
Видно, что новаторский и все такое, но сложновато, надо вслушиваться, а для ежедневного марафона это проблема
Очень красивая обложка, очень красивая музыка. Реально из какого-то 31 века. С песни Golden Hours вообще улетела.
В самое сердечко
никогда особо плотно не погружался в творчество брайана ино, хотя его личность регулярно мелькает много где, послушал альбом - понравилось, пошел слушать другие альбомы, а тут хорошая 4ка. upd. apollo не понравился
This list decided to feed me this album mid-vacation in Hawaii. Being just over halfway thru this list by now, and thus knowing full well the musical experience Brian Eno's music provides, I opted to save it for halfway through the second plane ride home, when the instrumental-ish music would fully encapsulate my delirious half-awake/half-asleep state of being. Safe to say I don't remember a lick of what I listened to, but it did the job.
bisschen experimentell aber lowkey find ichs einfach bissl langweilig idk sorryy the big ship is aber schön zawinul/lava auch sehr schön
Musica ideal para un coffee shop
3.5/5 Favorite Songs: St. Elmos Fire I'll Come Running Golden Hours Spirits Drifting
Weird
Prvi komad ("Sky Saw") mi je kul, me pa deli mal na "Fame" od Bowieja spomnejo. Ta drug ("Over Fire Island") je kr eksperimentalen. (No, cel album je kr eksperimentalen.) Brian Eno je I guess boljši k producent. Po par instrumentalnih ma "I'll Come Running" vokale. K so nekak na mojem nivoju, k da bi js pela - they're fine. Tud besedilo je, hm, 8 besed vse skp? Je bolj mišljeno, kot na wiki opiše žanr, ambientalno. U, dobr naslov komada ("Sombre Reptiles"). Not quite my cup of tea, ampak za poslušat na sprehodu po polju je blo pa idealno. Kot zanimivost še to - valjda se na albumu pojavljajo hudi glasbeniki, med drugimi Robert Fripp in Phil Collins.
Sounds like MagFields 4
I respect this far more than I like it.
This was pretty interesting to listen to, but not something I would search on my own. Nevertheless, it wasn't bad, I enjoyed it to a certain extent.
This album happened, and I don’t remember a thing about what I just listened to. Truly something I needed to hear before I died. *rolls eyes*
Really pretty record that captures some very ethereal moods. It's very pleasant and easy on the ears, I dig its vibe.
Trippy
Sounds like leftover sounds someone took pity on and put on an album. I don’t get it.
Elevator music. Not my taste.
Quite pleasant tunes, good to hear it, thx
I always keep meaning to listen to more Brian Eno, so this was a great opportunity to do so.
I enjoyed the songs with words more than the instrumental songs but would not go out of my way to listen to this album again
This was different than I expected, and repeatedly different than I expected. Great sounding, distinctive, and never dull. Fantastic guitar work from Robert Fripp. It's definitely a singular record, not totally sure it's one I'd put on a list of recommendations for anyone, but I like it. 4/5
Way ahead of its time, as everything Eno does is. But feels like an introduction to Brian as a solo artist and a prelude to some of the seminal work he did in the 80s. Nothing wrong with this album at all and it really makes you want to go and listen to his later works.
Another load of FUCKING DULL SHIT from Brian Eno. Why is he on this list so many times? Fucking FIVE of his solo albums and a bunch of other shit he was involved in? FUCK. OFF. BRIAN. FUCKING. ENO.
Interesting, but not my thing
Not for me
129. ok
Not a huge fan of ambient
A real mixed bag, but a fun one.
Classic Brian Eno soundscapes and wobbly rock guitars. The Big Ship is stunning, and one of his best compositions. This album includes some of his stronger solo work, and for me is one of his better collections of songs.
I mean it's not bad, it's fascinating but I got bored
I like a bit of ambient music and this was very enjoyable
i might actually be in love with brian eno what an incredible album this was
This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It feels like every song is its own environment which is particularly wild to me because a lot of these are song-y, like they're not purely ambient pieces at all. But Eno is the best at this in so much of his solo work and we love him for it.
It was interesting, felt like a prog rock/ folk/ ambient crossover. I enjoyed it enough and maybe it would grow on me more after listening more times. Mostly left me kind of ambivalent. Did enjoy parts of it though.
FAVS (top 3): st elmos fire, the big ship, golden hours mençoes honrosas: little fishes, becalmed, everything merges with the night, spirits drifting gente! o album começou muito mal, ja tava pensando mds esse é um 2 fácil mas dps!!!! melhorou!!!!!! curti galera, só fingir q as primeiras tracks nao existem e viva la vida nota final: 3.5/5
Stick to the instrumentals, Eno.
Transition between ambient and rock.
Hmmm kinda in-between so many things it's almost nothing hhhmmmm, can't say I got a ton out of this. I see how it could be considered influential and game changing, just not really for me 2/3?
Pretty but doesn’t do it for me.
wow
The instrumental tracks are great, the vocal ones not so much.
Ya había escuchado otros álbumes de Brian Eno, sobre todo para relajarme, así que tenía una idea de lo que me esperaba. Aún así me sorprendió este álbum, tiene ritmos un poco más amenos que lo que he escuchado de él. Creo que volveré a escuchar algunas canciones, pero difícilmente todo el álbum.
Another day, another shitty Brian Eno album. Dimery has the biggest hard-on for this pretentious shit.
get them on that mario kart soundtrack neowww
Very interesting sonically. Not sure I’d go back to it but a very good album
I recognize some of Eno’s style from his collab with Bowie and Roxy Music. I recognized some songs. Okay to listen to in the background
Album #110 Brian Eno: Another Green World There may be no man more important in modern music, or at least the type that I consume, than Brian Eno. From starting one of the most influential British bands of the 70s alongside Brian Ferry, Roxy Music, a band that would go on to shape the indie scene of the 80s, with bands like The Smiths calling them a large influence. He would then step away from the band and make trend-setting albums with the wonderful Robert Fripp of King Crimson. Soon after that, he would befriend the only man in music whose resume stacks up to his own, David Bowie, and go on to create some of the greatest albums of all time, in what has now become known as the ‘Berlin Trilogy’. Meanwhile Eno’s solo career was taking strides of it’s own with albums like this very one ‘Another Green World’ being a miracle in music production, as well as literally inventing ambient music with ‘Music For Airports’. The only other case I can think of, of a similar instance of individual genius inventing a musical genre that would go on to define the next generation, is Mark Hollis inventing post-rock with ‘Spirit of Eden’. But Eno decided that trailblazing solo efforts weren’t enough, and he decided to spread the love by helping other artists create their masterpieces. Starting with one of the most pivotal post-punk albums, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!’ by Devo, then forming one of the great partnerships of the 80s with David Byrne and Talking Heads, producing some of their best, and thus the best, albums of all-time with ‘Fear of Music’ and ‘Remain in Light’. And though they are not as cool as what Eno did with U2, they practically changed how popular music sounded, with ‘The Joshua Tree’ and ‘Achtung Baby’ being some of the finest sounding music of all-time (if you don’t like U2, take it up with Radiohead. And I need to mention his work with Coldplay, even though they get more disrespect than even U2, some of it deserved. ‘Viva la Vida’ is a wonderful album. I could pretty much wax lyrical about the life and career of Brian Eno all day, and similarly, I could also sing the praises of the album in question, ‘Another Green World’, for just as long. This album has certainly come to be known as Eno’s masterpiece; it is the perfect mix between his experimental ambient soundscapes, as seen in the ‘Ambient’ series, and his more glam-rock and art-rock tendencies, as seen with ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ and his work with Roxy Music. Another Green World is one of those rare albums that actually delivers on its title; it transports you into a lush, thriving world of peace and serenity. Not every song has Eno’s voice on it, but when they do, his delivery is so calm and soothing that it melts in with the instrumentals. There are moments of relaxation, but also moments of triumph. The album does not just let you rest on your laurels, but also stands you on your feet and encourages you to take this new world for yourself. This album certainly has an effect on everyone who hears it, even if you claim to be bored by it and write it off; Eno’s world will eventually open up to you after a few listens. This is certainly a masterpiece, and I would be a fool to claim otherwise, yet I’m not even sure this is my favourite Eno album, such is the sheer greatness of his catalogue. I think when it comes to Brian Eno, MGMT said it best, ‘So tired, soul searching. I followed the sounds to a cathedral. Imagine my surprise to find that they were produced by Brian Eno’. Best Songs: The Big Ship, St. Elmo’s Fire, Golden Hours Worst Song: None Score out of 10: 10
4. gOOD
Lastig album om te reviewen, moet hiervoor in een bepaalde headspace zijn en dat ben ik nu niet. Maar dat terzijde is het wel gewoon een kwalitatief giga goed album
Grappig dat deze de dag na Station to Station langs komt. Eno maakt in de jaren hierna uiteraard drie briljante platen met Bowie, waarvan heel veel van deze productiekeuzes te horen zijn. Another Green World is wat mij betreft net zo cool als de Bowie platen.
Absolutely lovely. Never heard anything other than the Titale track. His voice lacks the atmosphere that the rest of the music delivers. One of the finds of 1001 albums.
Background music.
Em jummarra
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Like a soundtrack to a 70s BBC documentary that’s really controversial and is banned but later re-released
A fun and fascinating album of experimental rock that moves into beautiful ambient music at the end. This is rich, dense music that is also light on its feet. It’s bold and strange but pleasant and accessible. The arrangements are complex but never feel overstuffed. More than once I felt like I was hearing something genuinely new.
There's a lot I like here, and a few things I don't like. Brian Eno is a mega influential musician and I think a lot of people credit him with this ethereal electronic drone sound in a pop context. Pierre Henry, Stockhausen, John Cage, and some others were doing it before Brian Eno, but I think that Eno was the better one to bring this sound to wider audiences. Those previous composers often made music that was interesting to make, but not always interesting to listen to, but Eno makes music that is inherently adjacent to "pop". I like this! What I don't like is that it kind of falls into the trap that a lot of genre blenders fall into; where one side of it (the pop side) sounds kind of weak, and the other side (the drone-y ambient) are also just kind of thin. When I listen to great pop artists, I get all kinds of emotion in the vocals, I get poetic lyrics with great pop punchlines. Here, I get "I'll come running to tie your shoe" repeating and repeating and repeating in a very flat emotional delivery. It's like a very weak sounding Beatles-esque attempt. When I listen to "Spirits Drifting", I do kind of feel like I'm listening to ghastly apparitions floating in the sky. It's cool, but almost too crunchy and dissonant and not entered in a tasteful way, if that makes sense? When I listen to other experimental electronic artists who use dissonance this much, it's usually not something that immediately starts a track and forces a kind of jarring sound right at the beginning. That's the beauty of drone music is that you usually have time to develop; you can tease and gradually introduce the antagonist. It usually makes the payoff that much better. But I can't be too negative really; this is 1975 which is really amazing for the time. I wouldn't hate on a delta blues musician playing a guitar that's slightly out of tune because man that instrument probably never had a string change. So why would I be too negative about a person experimenting with synths and atmosphere when they were kind of alone doing it?
Mostly instrumental ambient kind of stuff with a few songs with singing. It was ok but I’d be fine never hearing it again.
I listened to this on a Friday and completely forgot everything about it by Monday. Nothing special. 2/5
Shit suuuuuucked
Quite a nice album actually. I am not familiar with Brian Eno’s solo work, although after listening to this album I’d say he plays a huge part in defining Roxy music’s sound. This album is a big step towards defining ambient music as a genre.
Way unimpressed. All I can remember is he is running to tie someone’s shoe and just repeats this line until the world ends
Interesting sound and I enjoyed the experimentation and overall production of the album. Not one I'd ever reach for and listen to regularly. Would give it a 3.5 if I could but for now 3 will have to do.
ENO is ENO interesting ambient never really challenging but listenable I enjoyed.
Albums like 'Another Green World' are why I love this project. I've never heard of this Brian Eno project, and this record is such a vibe. I kinda loved it. It'll go into my regular rotation.