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Heard this before, not my usual thing but still a classic
One of my favorite works for decades, recently mixed in Atmos to make it truly transcendent.
Відразу дисклеймер: цей чортяка гірше за RATM. У тих там відбиток викривленого лівого політичного компаса, а цей походу просто притрушений а-ля Уотерс. Не можу сказати, що колись багато слухав Ено. Раніше це було для мене занадто вичурно та завигадливо, а потім якось руки не доходили. Добре зпродюсований, цікавий баланс між доступністю та експериментальністю. Є також фірмовий ембієнт. Якби автор не був галімим чортом, то можна було б детальніше послухати, порозбиратися в ньому. А так не буду.
Скажу відверто - мені не сподобалось. Особливо все де є вокал. Я розумію що Іно легенда і все таке, але ні.
love his transition to weird ambient era
Listen to this on a good system. Some hard skips for sure (anytime he sings) but some very cool production.
Not for me, just sounds like random sounds.
I've been a Brian Eno hater but I enjoyed the first half of this. The second got a bit wonky but overall this one was decent... for him. 6/10
Not my usual style, but really appreciate it. I could almost feel myself vibrate.
Sure why not, it had it's moments.
Way too arty. Just too affected.
I love a bit of 'uncertain piano', and it only takes a moment of the title track to set me drifting on an ocean with a neon bottle floating beside me Transitional albums are often the most interesting snapshots into an artist's career, and Eno was just starting to feel his way towards ambient. It was interesting to learn that he was stuck for ideas when he started recording it. Hard to believe, when you hear the results. But it seems like that lack of a clear intention made him experiment with lots of different techniques, and helped us end up with this collection of all kinds of beautiful
Not my thing. I like the bass
nice elevator music, if your getting off on the second floor
A mix of Art Rock and Ambient. A must for Brian Eno fans.
His third album. Experimental / Art Rock. Firstly, and unsurprisingly, the production on this is excellent. This is the bridge between Eno the Rock Star and Eno of the Ambient Music. This era of music fascinates me. You have this experimental stuff and Prog Rock with it's hugely complex music, huge stadium Rock bands, Glam Rock, Pop as always and then Punk comes along and punches everything right in the face. Then we get Post Punk and the New Wave. 1974/75 to say 1983/84 with all those nuances and directions in music was some era !
Some more background music - genuinely non-offensive
whole lotta nothing
I think there’s some interesting Brian Eno evolution going on with this album. Because you can hear the skeleton of a normal pop song in the first couple track (which I don’t really enjoy), and then the shift into quasi-ambient music towards the end. For me though, this pales in comparison to Music for Airports, since the ambient tracks are almost too complicated, and short enough that I really can’t get fully doused in the ambiance. It’s a 5/10 for me today.
It was a really interesting experience. The album feels very atmospheric and thoughtful, almost like walking through different small landscapes made of sound. Some tracks are more like songs, others feel like little instrumental sketches, but together they create a calm and reflective mood. What I liked most is how the album doesn’t try to overwhelm you. The music is subtle and patient, letting the textures and melodies slowly build their atmosphere. It feels creative and a bit experimental, but still very pleasant to listen to. Overall it left a strong impression on me. It’s one of those albums that feels more like a mood or a place than just a collection of songs, and I can see myself coming back to it again.
This is an interesting one. I can't say I loved all of it, but there's some good, experimental stuff in there. You can tell that this was very influential to a lot of later musicians who I adore, even if it's not entirely something I want to listen to on its own.
The rock tracks are good, but there’s not enough in the ambient tracks to make me love this.
Really good album. A 3,5
Love me some Eno. This one sits between his rock roots and his better known ambient sounds, but still has the chill vibe. Perfect for sitting around Sunday morning.
Honestly, a masterpiece. Eno has grown on me
Weird record, and this is coming from the guy who likes prog. I think 2 or 3 of the songs I could see myself adding them to a mix, but can't imagine coming back to this record.
Better than I expected
68/100.
Good.
Eno's best album probably. Not fully an Ambient record but not really rock and roll either. Definitely was nice to revisit this one.
Fine to listen too but nothing to get too excited about.
Brian Eno is a genius! The quality and the expression of this record are astounding. 40 minutes felt like it went for an eternity but also like it lasted only a moment. It's experimental and unique, calm and very active at thw same time. Amazing work!
The solo in St. Elmo's Fire is still one of my favorites, what a legend Fripp is. Brian Eno is awesome because he was like the DJ Khaled of art rock except he wasn't stupid and could play instruments more than he'd like to admit. But they both get a whole lot of help from very talented features, and Eno has a fine-tuned ear for producing sweet, warmness like in The Big Ship. Little Fishes sounds weird but has some beautiful arpeggios. The B side is really just filled with gorgeous soundscapes, and I'm very upset I only had the A side downloaded on Apple Music cus it's taken down now lol. I think back then, I preferred longer, drawn out ambient songs because they didn't feel right to be the same length as a pop song. But Brian Eno was the guy who kicked down that door later anyways. Awesome music to listen to while while getting my OSHA 10
People ride for this album HARD. Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I don't see what others do in this. I get its importance and musical proficiency sure, but it did not move me at all. I can appreciate it it, but it purely just did not resonate with me. Sometimes that happens with art. Oh well. Definitely glad I finally listened though.
08/03/2026 A solid 2 stars, because quite honestly, this was crap. Spotify listeners: 1.9 million
A rather boring album for me
very fun listen, kinda feels like listening to a fever dream. I enjoy finding things on this list I probably never would have checked out on my own
Average
hated it
Unavailable on Apple Music
Good ambient music, good for reading. St Elmo's Fire is my Favourite.
Awesome sounds. Easy to miss how far out this sounded at the time.
I really like Music for Airports, but this was a tougher task to get through. Enjoyed the Robert Fripp guitar slinging. Otherwise kind of just an odd journey, but feeling positive so I'll give it 3 stars.
Buena como música "de fondo".
I actually love Brian Eno so much
Absolutely sublime. I love the blend of ambience and art pop songs. The title track is gorgeous, St Elmo's Fire may be one of my favourites of this era of music.
Enoteric
561/1001
This was great fun and it reminded me of Iggy pop at parts. Really good study music, will be revisiting. I will say that it got kind of repetitive at the end.
The first 3 songs were a bit nothing but then it really picked up and the rest of the album had a very nice ambience
There's something that's not only calming but soothing about this album in a way that I wouldn't normally associate with electronic music. However, I would say that there's a slightly disjointed feeling between the songs like they don't all quite fit together but well exceeded my initial expectations of 'boringness'.
Experimental and rocky all in one. Quite cool
I was really looking forward to this one! After hearing this album just less than 2 years ago, ot instantly became one of my all time favourites easily and I expect it will stay that way for quite a while. Easy 5 stars, a masterpiece ambient art work. Today this became my most listened album of all time as well surpassing Downward Spiral
I’m hoping this is ambient Eno. This project has made me realize that’s his only genre I consistently enjoy. —- Hmm. It’s not quite fully ambient, but borderline; the last several are definitely there, though. Overall, it’s quite nice either way. As usual, I prefer the tracks without vocals (about half the album). Experimental enough to be interesting and unique, but not so much as to be unpleasant. Favorites: Another Green World, Golden Hour, Becalmed, Zawinul/Lava 3.5
some gems on here, but the slower instrumental tracks kill the momentum for me. doesn't mean he isn't iconic, i just need more flow!
So I know he’s a genius. I know hes worked with or produced everyone. But…..it’s fine as long as he doesn’t do the pub folk singery thing. Which he does. So not for me mostly.
A 2.5 from me, very middle of the road
This album is an interesting listen and seems to speed by really quickly. St. Elmo's Fire is a great pop tune with some fantastic guitarwork. In Dark Trees which follows is a neat weird instrumental. Everything Merges With The Night is also great. It's definitely an album I have to be in the mood for, but today I was.
Weird and wonderful, Eno to a tee. That perfect moment between Roxy Music and getting really conceptually ambient Beautiful artwork too
Hmmm Fave track: The Big Ship
Ethereal and minimalistic. 3.5/5
Background rock I guess.
Didn’t age well. Must have been experimental and new-ish in the 70s but not really good from today’s perspective.
not offensive, but fairly meh. not sure why an electronic album like this makes the list? is this pushing the limits of ambient music?
Absolutely goated when it comes to putting this on in the background to crank out some work. I was so efficient I planned and got resources together for my next two weeks of teaching in two hours today. Might come back to this one again, I feel like I liked this one more than our earlier Brian Eno album. Side note: I wish Phil Collins sang on this album.
A review by my coworker who road with me to lunch. "Are all of the albums on the list this boring?"
this album is so perfect its a 5
So experimental that it’s not even enjoyable
4.5/5. An album I’ve heard before, but I didn’t actually know how stacked the lineup on here is. Robert Fripp does some guitar work, Phil Collin’s some drum work among other guests. And this albums got that freewheeling sense of fun experimentation/exploration that Berlin era Bowie has (which tracks since those albums were produced by Eno.) a great time and glad I got to revisit it here.
British electronica pop. Again and again. It all SUCKS. Zero stars. Negative stars.
Skysaw alone makes it all worth it, and then you get "I'll come running" as a bonus.
Weird und ziemlich atmosphärisch.
more workings from innovative musician brian eno. this album is the start of his shift from rock to more ambient, experimental works. and it's very much like that, especially with his dabbling into early samplers and drum machines. it sounds like you're in an elevator that's infinitely going up and you don't know where you're headed. it has a specific sound that unfortunately doesn't get me as obsessed when compared to other works of eno... but it's very interesting hearing some of the equipment he's dabbling in. this is a gem where if it hits right, you'll be obsessed with it.
Just meh.
I confess that I knew nothing of Brian Eno’s work before this morning. Sure, I’ve heard his name mentioned countless times over the years, but I’ve never once felt compelled to listen to his music - and if I had, it’s highly unlikely I would have picked 1975 as my entry point. This album is weird. Not in an unapproachable way, but in a slightly disorienting “out of its own time” kind of way. Parts of it feel very much like late 60’s post-Beatles psychedelia, and other parts - the electronic elements - feels very advanced for 1975. Without looking, I might house this loosely under the ‘prog rock’ umbrella when describing it to other Eno newbies. The combination doesn’t feel forced or overly complicated, it just feels like a natural evolution of the psychedelic sound - if The Beatles kept making music together past 1969, I think we could have gotten a few tracks similar to “I’ll Come Running” or “Golden Hours”. Still, the instrumental tracks feel new and freshly experimental; Eno is making his own art and not just channeling influences. Confession #2 - I’ve recently watched The Beatles Anthology and I’m in the process of watching Get Back (2021) so I am DEEP into Beatle lore at the moment, which no doubt has colored this review.
booooring...
Very experimental for the time period. Pretty interesting listen.
Eh, I guess its something I must listen to before I die, but it doesnt has replayability beyond that point.
9/10
A wee bit more experimental than I expected, but still some good stuff on there.
Always forget how good this album is. Glad I have it on vinyl. That’s my flex for the day 😆
Very good ambient album but I find this slightly overrated within the ambient sphere, I find plenty other albums much better though this for sure has some solid stuff
Beautiful
The song about tying shoes was pretty good, but overall that was pretty much a slog to get through. I'd rather they ditched the instrumentals and just released the vocal tracks as an EP.
Great album, as ambient music goes. Not really my kind of thing, but you can tell it’s done really well.
I love eno but this album didn't do it for me
First time listening to this Eno album in full. Despite some great musicians being involved it was kinda underwhelming. I prefer when Eno is either fully glam or fully ambient tbh 2/5
Brian Eno nahm Another Green World 1975 in den Island Studios in London auf, mit weiteren Arbeiten in den Olympic Studios. Der britische Musiker, zuvor Mitglied von Roxy Music, löste sich hier weiter vom klassischen Songformat. Das Album verbindet Art Rock mit Ambient und experimenteller Popmusik. Stücke wie „Sky Saw“, „St. Elmo’s Fire“ und „Golden Hours“ stehen noch erkennbar in der Tradition strukturierter Songs, während „The Big Ship“ oder „An Ending (Ascent)“ bereits stark auf Atmosphäre, Textur und instrumentale Verdichtung setzen. Eno arbeitete mit zahlreichen Gastmusikern, darunter Robert Fripp, Phil Collins und Percy Jones, und nutzte das Studio als kompositorisches Werkzeug. Elektronische Klangflächen, präparierte Gitarren und reduzierte Rhythmik bestimmen das Bild. Für mich wirkt das Album wie ein Übergangswerk: zugänglich genug durch einzelne Songs, zugleich konsequent in seiner Hinwendung zu Klangräumen statt zu klassischen Refrains. Es markiert einen wichtigen Schritt in Enos Entwicklung hin zur Ambient-Musik.
A really good album, I liked In Dark Trees, The Big Ship, Sombre Reptiles and Golden Hours the most.
Meh
This was lowkey annoying
2/12 Nothing stood out. Just an average prog rock album
Very good album quite to listen to. ‘In the dark woods’, ‘Sky Saw’ the Title Track and ‘Golden Hours’ were standout tracks for me. I will write a compare dive review elsewhere. :D - GEMV (10-11.02.2026)
Great mix of ‘conventional’ rock and more ambient experimental stuff
enjoyed this a lot more than the last brian eno album! the big ship hit me like a ton of bricks. christ
Surprise banger of an album
Brand new for me, and glad to have discovered this. It inspired me to immediately listened to Dennis Wilson's Pacific Island Blue, same vibe.
shit was a-ok in my book. 3/5
It's very artsy, atmospheric rock music with diverse, vivid instrumentation. The songs have this organic vibe that I appreciate a lot. The quality ranges from pretty good to some of the best shit you've ever heard - especially St Elmo's Fire with that amazing chorus. It's a really good album, even if not always super stunning. Also, what a pretty cover!
Very cool instrumentals
Some moments of gorgeous beauty. Some moments of meh. Much like life, I suppose.
I’ve heard of Brian Eno, as he was in the band Roxy Music. Their song Love Is a Drug is one of my favorite songs ever. Beyond that, I also knew he had a solo career and was a producer of some renown, working with David Bowie, the Talking Heads, and Devo, just to name a few. I also knew that he wasn’t your run-of-the-mill rock and roller, so I was expecting something different, if not weird. What I did get was an album full of brilliant songs of synth and odd sounds. Track 1, Sky Saw, comes out with a nice groove between the bass and drums & there's a weird sound kind of playing the melody. It's weird in a good way, as it's pleasing to my ears. By the way, weird just keeps coming out of my mouth throughout this review. After about 2 minutes, we get some lyrics, but they don't really matter. It's the groove. I'd read most of the songs have no lyrics, which can be bad sometimes, but this first song is a jam. This album is said to be the beginning of Eno's ambient period, and essentially it created the ambient music genre. His first albums were more rock, it seems. I knew Eno liked technology when it came to making music. There are lots of weird sounds throughout this album. By the way, I looked it up and ambient music is defined as, "a style of gentle, largely electronic instrumental music with no persistent beat, used to create or enhance a mood or atmosphere." That about sums it up, but gentle doesn't always mean soft and pleasant. Track 3, St. Elmo's Fire, sounds like it could be released today by Arcade Fire or some other pretentious indie band. It's a good song. It's poppy but has enough strangeness to make it seem off. I can't tell if the guitar has an effect on it or if it's backwards. It sounds great, whatever the case. I really like this song. There are lyrics as well, but the singing is just alright for me, dawg. Track 4, In Dark Trees, sounds like the theme song for a creepy X-Files-type show. I can see a car driving at night through the woods and passing all these crazy looking characters, and as it pulls into the drive of an old haunted house, it says, Produced by Eric Kripke. No lyrics, but it doesn't need them. Loved it. Track 5, The Big Ship, is also a TV theme song, though I can't see the opening title credits to it as clearly as In Dark Trees. These songs are wild. Eno played every instrument on this song. Our good friends at Wikipedia said Eno had Robert Fripp, of King Crimson, Phil Collins, of Genesis, and John Cale, of the Velvet Underground, among others, playing on the album. That's a pretty electric group. Track 6, The Big Ship, gives me vibes of the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Another good pop song, but again, just off-kilter enough to be considered art rock. There are sounds on this album I’ve never heard before. Eno seemingly played with every piece of technology he could get his hands on. If it made weird sounds, it made the album. Tracks 7 and 8, "Another Green World" and "Sombre Reptiles," are short instrumentals in which Eno just shows off. The guitars are distorted in a way that you almost can’t tell if they’re guitars. Track 10, Golden Hours, again gives me a hint of the Beach Boys. Eno must be a big Brian Wilson fan, though what music producer at that time wouldn't be? The Beatles and Brian Wilson are responsible for expanding the sound of rock and roll and showing others that it could be more than what Elvis or Chuck Berry was doing. Though both of those dudes made great music. Track 11, Becalmed, is just that, calm. I'm really starting to love be this album. I think I'd be even more in love with it if I'd heard it 50 years ago when it came out. There are sounds on here I know I've heard, but I imagine hearing this in 1975. Ambient music is the correct call for this album. It provides you with a vibe or a mood. It gets my synapses firing. One critic described songs on this album as "like painting done in sound that actually resemble their titles." That sums it up perfectly. Track 13, Everything Merges with the Night, is a beautiful song and includes lyrics. Eno isn't the best singer, but it works. The synth really drives this song. Lovely. I loved this album. Maybe I was just in the right headspace, I don't know. I'm not a huge synth guy, but Eno uses them to create an atmosphere of strangeness and wonder. If this is the start of the ambient rock/pop movement, then I think you must listen to this album. I can see how some might think it's boring. It is slow, and there are only 5 songs with lyrics, but this album really got under my skin, in the best way possible. Definitely adding it to my playlist to listen to again. I look forward to more Eno or Roxy Music in the future.
De Eno poco más se puede hablar. Es una figura esencial, por su papel en Roxy Music, por su colaboración con Bowie en laTrilogía de Berlín (sus tres álbumes entre 1977 y 1978), por su papel con Talking heads, con los últimos U2 que merecieron la pena de verdad... Fue el compositor del archivo de sonido de inicio de sesión de Windows 95. metodología creativa de las cartas Oblique Strategies Before and After Science es otro de sus mejores discos, como el innvador uso del sampling en My Life in the Bush of Ghosts con Byrne Another Green World es un clásico,es corto de por sí, pero se hace aún más corto debido a su fuerza y bellezas, las letras son estilo de asociación libre. Abre con Sky Saw, con Phil Collins en la batería y John Cale con la viola. Collins repite como baterista en el siguiente tema, ya instrumental, titulado ‘Over Fire Island’ , más logrado que el anterior. St. Elmos´s fire ya logra despegar, más próximo a la música de su debut (también aquí merecidamente en la lista) que a los pasajes ambientales del inicio del álbum. La guitarra sorprende con un sonido acelerado y sintetizado. In dark trees vuelve a los sonidos instrumentales de bandas sonoras imaginarias. The big ship. lúgubre y solemne, reluce como uno de los mejores temas del álbum. St . Elmo´s fire con Robert Fripp y un magistral solo de guitarra. I'll Come Running, alegre y en cierto sentido juguetón. Cualquier grupo de la movida madrileña se lo sabe de memoria. Donde se nota más la viola de Cale, marcando el ritmo, es en la balada ‘Golden Hours’, ayudando a crear un entramado instrumental que le sirvió como inspiración treinta años después a Coldplay para mezclarlo con una melodía de Joe Satriani y darle gato por liebre a millones de personas con la pegadiza ‘Viva La Vida’. Sombre reptiles y sobre todo Little Fishes son un masaje auditivo. Golden hours nos remite al Viva la vida.. Becalmed es otro oasis de relax Everything Merges with the Night es otro tema con desarrollo vocal, Spirits Drifting es un cierre onírico
I'm bored
Nice ambient album that doesn't do a whole lot to stand out, but I'm not sure how much it's trying to. Just very subtle and relaxing if a little droning. Pleasant, but not terribly memorable
Mellow, good for blasting through some tedious spreadsheets. 3/5
One of Enos masterpieces. I like it a lot more than his Ambient albums although it is quite similar.
I really enjoyed this album. Good music. Great experimentation
me lembrou de uma música muito especifica em Omori me emocionou muito
Did not like this album, it sounded like noise
I found the sounds in this fairly discordant and a bit annoying to listen to.
8/10
brian. eno!
Awesome. I knew Eno through Roxy, his production and some of his beatless/ambient stuff like Music for Airports. I was expecting this to be similar, but no - great songs, a huge range of tones and textures. Melodies you can sing to yourself in the shower while sounding very much like the future we expected. I loved this and will keep coming back. Straight 5.
3.5/5
Man I swear this is like the 3rd Brian Eno album I've had. Checking... yep. And I've only given his other 2, 2 stars. lol We'll see if this one is any better/different. 2 stars
Na
This was pretty relaxing
Extremely creative and well produced. A very relaxing listening experience that I could see myself returning to. Already knew the song I'll Come Running, and the rest was very pleasant. Super cool to hear Phil Collins and Robert Fripp contribute on this record as well, among others.
альбом имба. лучший трек "another green world". оценка 8/10
Haunting and weird and so interesting
Another Green World will be my fourth Brian Eno solo album to review, leaving his David Byrne collaboration as my last of his works to listen to. I’d never listened to any of Brian Eno’s solo music before starting this project, but I’d heard some of his work with Roxy music, and some of the albums he produced for Talking Heads and U2. I’ve enjoyed getting to know his work a bit better, and I’m really intrigued to listen to this album in particular. I didn’t enjoy Another Green World as much as I enjoyed Before and After Science, but I thought it was a really good album. I really enjoyed the way Eno blended ambient techniques with traditional rock and pop sounds. The result was an album full of lush soundscapes, beautiful melodies, and interesting techniques to craft some really fun sounds. Eno did a wonderful job on this album creating settings and moods with just music. I really enjoyed how certain parts of the arrangements would loop, while other elements would be crafted with less rigidity, creating a really interesting contrast between structure and freedom. At times, this album reminded me of Yeasayer, Pet Sounds, and the Drive soundtrack. It’s hard to imagine some of my favorite music from the eighties and 2010’s existing without Eno’s work here and later on in his career. Listening to this album, I can understand why MGMT had a song about Brian Eno on their album Congratulations. The only drawback of this album was that I thought the second half was noticeable weaker than the first half. A handful of songs on the second half of the album were pretty boring to me, and some of them, like “Little Fishes” just didn’t sound great, and took away from the overall beauty of the album. Other than those few songs though, I really enjoyed this album. Some notes on the individual songs: I really liked how “Sky Saw” sounded like a saw; the guitar felt like it cut through the main melody looped melody. I don’t know if I’m trying to force this song’s title to have meaning, or if that was intentional, but I choose to believe the latter. I really liked the overall way the music was constructed though. It was aggressive in a way, but also had the markings of ambient music. “St. Elmo’s Fire” was really my jam. It reminded me of Yeasayer songs that I love. It’s a beautiful song, and I loved the piano and organ playing. The percussion was great too, and it complimented the main melody really well. “In Dark Trees” reminded me of the Drive soundtrack. I loved how haunting the melody was, and the guitars and synths really created an awesome sense of dread and a dark environment. “The Big Ship” was really beautiful, and I loved that gentle synthesizer melody that slowly kicked in and evolved over the course of the song. “Sombre Reptiles” had a reptilian feel to it, like how “Sky Saw” had a saw-like sound to it. There was something sidewinder-esque about the sound here, mostly in the rhythms and percussion. Again, maybe I’m trying to force meaning into a place where it doesn’t belong, but I choose to believe this was intentional. While I didn’t think this was a five-star album, I really enjoyed listening to it, and it’s definitely worthy of being on this list for how innovative it was. It’s been very illuminating to listen to Brian Eno’s work, and this album was no exception.
Eno is the Godhead. Eno is forever.
Brian Eno is a thoughtful person. On the surface, electronic music feels it should be the furthest from human emotion - in this case, it is surely the opposite.
Not really sure how I like or dislike this album. Have to listen to it again.
Très bon album, surpris en bien! 3.5/5
Eno pretending to be John Cale
Brian Crap
Yeah, cool midpoint between just post Roxy and his later work. Had heard a couple of tracks from it before and I liked it.
Before this album, I was only really familiar with Eno through his work with the Talking Heads, and before them his collaboration with Robert Fripp on the 1973 ambient album "No Pussyfooting". That ambient album with Fripp, in particular, has it's footprints all over this album, but now in a more tightly written art pop/rock sound. The session musician work is a treat, especially the bass guitar of Percy Jones, and Robert Fripp contributing guitar on a couple songs in his signature fuzzy, high sustain tone. 8/10
Didn't grab me
hans irgendwie nöd gschafft notize mache aber d hälfti vo dem tönt wie huere schö produzierts züg und die ander hälfti tönt wie production music, immerno gueti aber afoch hintergrund musig. au hübsch zum teil mengmol cooli sache aber cha heeerzlich wenig mit dem afange. 3 well wenns schö isch ischs eeeeecht schön so de zweitletst song macht chli öpis und ide erste hälfti ischs chli a mir verbizoge aber het würkli schöni sache gha. DRAEI
hmmm chli en lauwarme ahfang vom album OKAYY st. elmos fire findi reecht cool au n dqrk trees kreiert e atmosphäre woni recht cool find und ich bide erste 2 chli vermisst han weiss nöd, de eno het eifach e cooli stimm, so richtig beruhigend little fishes generational banger jooo ener enttüscht, hanmer iwie chli meh erhofft?
Love the experimentation on this but I wasn’t blown away by much of it. Likely another album I’d need to listen to a few times to “get”
I’ve been pretty mid on Eno thus far here but this one is great! Goes down reeeeeallll easy, mostly gentle, nice instrumental music and a couple catchy songs. Very listenable.
Always
Meh. Pleasant-enough background music but just meh.
Very Original Sound, not quite my vibe though
I liked this more than I expected because I’ve never been able to get into Roxy music.
I found the album to eclectic and fun. Reminded me of YES for some reason. It was a trippy but fun experience nonetheless.
Brian Eno truly is the father of ambient music. His work makes you feel like you’re stepping into a world that exists outside of time. This album plays more like a series of landscapes rather than traditional songs. Synthesizers dominate the soundscape, shifting between warm and melodic to icy and abstract. There are some guitar elements throughout, mostly performed by Robert Fripp of King Crimson, but even those are used more for texture and atmosphere than melody or riffs. Overall, this is definitely a bridge album, transitioning from the glam rock leaning sound of his earlier solo work and his time with Roxy Music into the more ambient, abstract direction he would later evolve towards. You can still hear some traces of glam influence here, but this is first and foremost an ambient driven art rock album, that’s moody, conceptual, and deeply immersive.
Nice album just didn’t do anything for me though
Bardzo eklektyczna płyta. Niektóre utwory są naprawdę ciekawe, ale inne są całkowicie paskudne. Taki gar w którym koło marchewki gotuje się stara podeszwa. 5/10
Brian Eno, 4 eme album proposé. Cet album me parait plus original que les 3 autres déjà écoutés ('Here Come The Warm Jets', 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' (notés 2/5) et 'Before And After Science' (3/5)). J'aime assez les morceaux instrumentaux, et toujours les interventions de Robert Fripp. Mais certains morceaux sont plus faibles ou ennuyeux, et BE aurait pu s'abstenir de chanter ... Je l'écouterais probablement de nouveau, mais il ne rejoindra pas ma collection. =>3/5
I actually quite liked it. Didn't really know what to expect from it. It felt like a film soundtrack at times. Felt a bit like Holdovers maybe. Didn't really like it near the start but it started to grow on me as I listened. Ended up listening to it again straight after. Good album.
Nothing special, but great production, some banger tracks and solid ambient stuff
If I wanted to listen to a more atmospheric, laid back album, I wouldn’t pick this
No doubting Enos talent as a musician and producer but this was just dull, it wasnt awful just really boring
- He can make some pretty sounds - I don't mind the vocals - I can hear influence on stuff 20 years on from this It's just a bit slow and boring. It felt like it needed a bit of spice. Maybe he should add a poppadom to his synthesiser. Though that's just a stupid pun. It has nice moments, but it failed to hold my interest.
surprisingly listenable
eh
Respect for the product but not my vibe this morning.
Precursor to ambient music. Cool stuff.
Unimpeachable. I'm a fan, but I'll admit Brian Eno is over-beloved, But, this album along with Here Come Warm Jets and Apollo are all necessary records in my mind.
I’m most familiar with Brian Eno as a producer, a member of Roxy Music early on, and a running gag on the podcast Sound Opinions. So the year is 1975, and right off the bat this sounds familiar, like a track recorded for David Bowie’s Low (which Eno co-produced and performed on) that was left on the cutting room floor, with Robert Fripp’s unmistakable slashing guitar leading the way. In general I like the ambient instrumentals better than the tracks with vocals (especially the one about running to tie your shoe, which grates). At its best, Eno’s voice reminds me a little of Syd Barrett, but based on this evidence and his production work, he’s better as a soundscape artist than a songwriter or rock persona. That Phil Collins played drums on this release is definitely my new favorite bit of rock trivia.
All of the Eno rock albums are good to great.
Good just no for me
It's weird, but my ears perked up a few times and I didn't hate it.
relisten at the end to decide if 4 or 5
cool
I’ve had to sit with this record for a few days prior to talking about it. First, this album is a pure joy to listen to. Eno creates an ethereal atmosphere accented by true beauty. The album flows effortlessly between minimalistic ambient pieces that paint a colorful picture to vocal led tracks that stick in your brain. It truly feels like an exploration of a new world full of color, serenity, and simplicity. While the structure can be simple, the songs burst with emotion and imagery. Masterpiece.
some songs are gems, others kinda boring
This was actually a solid listen. Not mad about Brian’s voice but what can you do.
Love the artwork on a side note. Peaceful listening although probably not his best
This album has some really great songs but they are balanced out by some really bad ones as well.
Wow thanks The opening track of Another Green World was probably the only Brian Eno piece I had heard before listening to this album in full. Familiar yet never enough to pull me further in. I always knew I should have explored his work more deeply but somehow never did. Better later than sooner I suppose. Because this is not an album you casually step into. Labeling it as ambient music feels wrong it is something much more than that. There are traces of rock prog pop and avant garde throughout but none of them behave the way you expect. Another Green World does not aim to impress or overwhelm it quietly challenges your listening habits instead. My taste buds shaped by nearly twenty years of musical exploration felt ready this time. Ready to be receptive ready to be open. This album is not music meant to disappear into the room. It is music that teaches you how to listen differently. And once you approach it that way what it has to offer starts to reveal itself patiently and on its own terms.
Cool!
2.4/5 ambience music
Not a fan at all, very boring listen.
whatever Brian eno
A lot of the instrumental pieces didn't hit for me, outside of Becalmed, which may be one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. The songs with vocals did a bit better, but not enough to warrant more than a 3-star rating personally
Mostly calm, quite experimental, quite good.
There are some interesting parts scattered throughout the album, but none of the tracks make me want to listen to them again. The non-instrumental tracks are really underwhelming
Eclectic. Is there a theme?
The lineup tells you it’s going to be technically great - Eno, Fripp, Collins…and the stand out for me, Percy Jones on bass. Eno is never a straight forward listen but this is on the easier end of his work for me. Still wouldn’t play it out of these listening sessions though. Pleased that artists like him exist…like high end fashion, he goes first so that others may follow.
No. Nope. Nothing.
This album didn’t really move or register with me. Maybe in 1975 it was revolutionary, but hearing it for the first time now, it doesn’t stand out much compared to the music that followed.
This album is tough for me to rate. The tracks are rather disjointed, but his music feels like it’s a collection of non-diegetic, atmospheric songs. Music that was made as an accompaniment for a movie or show. It’s well made, and can certainly make you feel the emotion you’re supposed to. I just found it akin to listening to a movie soundtrack. Only, I’ve never seen the movie and know nothing of the plot. If I were making a movie and needed music to elevate a scene, this would definitely be an album to revisit. Outside of that scenario, I really just don’t see myself ever listening again.
Some lovely pieces and some quirky songs. The track “Another Green World” or “the theme tune to Arena” is amazing though. I’ll come back to this one. Hap Eno Year!
Beautiful album.
Only heard of Brian Eno before this because of the MGMT song but didn’t realize he invented ambient music until this album and reading the Apple Music summary. I thought it was nice and was impressed that it’s from the mid 70’s. It wasn’t until I listened while driving and looking at the sky in the setting sun. Really cool feeling. 4 stars. Added songs and will come back to this album for sure.
Gear: HEDD Audio HEDDphone Two Artwork: ️👨🎨🖌️🖼️ Production (2004 Remaster): 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🌌🔍🌟 Rating: 👒👒👒👒/5
I didnt have high hopes for this album when i saw itunes’ label of prog rock/art rock but it was a pleasant surprise. Nice bit of prog rock/electronica almost. A frw tracks with lyrics but the better tracks were the instrumentals with just Brian Eno on synth, drums, etc. The other tracks with other musos felt a bit out of place, though one track had Fripp playing lead which was very nice.
Fuck off Brian eno five fucking times
What a beautiful album! It manages to sound interesting, serene, and experimental all at the same time without overdoing any element. I had a hard time deciding which track to add to my Generator playlist before settling on “Golden Hours”.
I listen to this to help me sleep. Wonderful
💚💚💚💚💚
Pretty good.
Another thing I don't get, but understand its importance. Needs more study.
It was ok at points but it's still eno so no dice
everything I just typed got deleted :( plus I have a headache and my scoliosis is really hurting my back :( I started to listen to this the other day but realized it wasn't hitting so I decided to paused and come back to it. I'm glad I did that cause I'm vibing with it a little more today. I've probably said numerous times before that I'm not really an instrumental/ambient person. So, while they were cool to hear the fact that they made up a majority of the album probably means I'm just not gonna end up coming back to it often. I really loved "Golden Hours", I really liked "St. Elmo's Fire" and I oddly liked "I'll Come Running". Other than those 3 songs, and maybe "Everything Merges with the Night", I don't see myself listening to this again. It was cool to hear it at least once tho. 3/5
Meh
Pretty fun and light most of the way. It’s a mix of some pop songs and then Eno experimenting on the others. It creates a comforting palette that I’m sure I’ll want to return to in the future. Rating: 3.8
It's fine
1 stern
meh
Oh my god... Why did no one ever sit me down and make me listen to this before... I never really explored Eno's work proper although obviously I was aware of his importance and impact on other artists. Now I'm glad I did, it so rarely happens that I come across an album that excites me any more and this is such a delight I've been listening to it repeatedly over a couple of days and saving tracks to playlists. I said a few albums back that Norah Jones was not the sort of thing I go to for relaxing listening but this right here? THIS is it exactly. I swear I can feel it curing my ADHD
very experimental, kinda cool but very overwhelming
9/10 super trippy album
Super fun album! Very much enjoyed it
I know he's done lots of notable productions and projects but this was aweful
Enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. Highlights: "St. Elmo's Fire" and "The Big Ship"
I liked it, but I can see why he stopped doing vocals
Nice sort of transition from the rocky stuff to the ambient. Simpsons: Yes
Boring, not even a good chilled vibe album.
Fewer strange noises than the one about warm Jets, which was good, but it was a bit dull and forgettable. I couldn't name a song off this, and I only listened to it half an hour ago.
Whenever I walk to or from work I walk past a bookshop that has a Brian Eno book in the window. It always feels weird seeing him young with long hair. For some reason the name Brian Eno sounds like a middle aged slightly overweight bald bloke. I just googled it and can confirm he is now a middle aged slightly overweight bald bloke so all is right with the world. It was alright, he’s a bit weird but not too weird. I’m glad it exists and he’s doing his thing.
I don't hate it, just not something I'd choose to listen to really. It's not bad as background music, not something I'd have on repeat
Not what I was expecting tbh, so I don't know If I did really not like it or I was just disappointed. I think my problem with it was how reductive it was most of the time, which is not klmy cup of tea. Although it was an interesting listen, I don't think I'll be coming back to it.
Jänniä soundeja joita kuulee vieläkin huippulevyiltä. Varmaan kokeellista
genialer Künstler
Cool sounds. Would Relisten again.
Great vibes. Feel like I’m in a movie. Listening while walking down beach boardwalk.
I've listened to this before and liked it. In Dark Trees and Sombre Reptiles were my favorite tracks.
Tough, I love instrumental albums, and I had high hopes for this one. Sorry.
nice - divers
Pretty good stuff. I don't love it but it's interesting.
Some really cool instrumentals occasionally interrupted by slightly boring vocals. I don't think I gave this one enough time for a thorough review but I enjoyed it enough for a 4. Worth a revisit.
it's fine. I'd jump the score up an entire point if there were no vocal tracks. probably not adding to collection
This sounded like he heard cars driving by honking their horns and he sampled the Doppler effect.
More noodling around
4.2/5 A-
Okay I was really not into this when I started it, then came back to it a few days later and totally different experience. Didn’t want it to end. Intrigued by whaat else this guy does
Some say a masterpiece. Sounds like a collection of noises from a three year old nursery group. With a cover picture to match.
#777. More Brian Eno, great... 2/5: stop
very good
3.6 It's quite enjoyable, but I can't see myself coming back to it. Interesting hearing his solo stuff from around the time he was then producing Bowie & Iggy with this flavour of music in mind. Pleasant, but certainly not earth shattering.
strange; kind of interesting. I didn't dislike it
gave me pink floyd vibes
Eno goes ambient and I'm here for it. This is like Bowie on sleeping pills, where he nods out for half the songs and it is just instrumental soundscapes. I love it.
I couldn't finish it.
I haven’t historically enjoyed Brian Eno but I feel like I really grasped the story he was trying to tell with the music here. Didn’t hate it.
This Brian Eno record is VERY Brian Eno. Not terrible, just not my thing.
This is really nice
Not very memorable
Aika sekalainen soppa kaikenlaista kokeellisempaa musiikkia. Rauhallista ja hyvän maun kokeellista. Paljon taas ambienttia ja elektronisuutta, mutta ei kuitenkaan niin täys ambient kuin se lentokenttä levy. Parhaat: The Big Ship, Becalmed, Zawinul/Lava
Fínt hjá honum Eno. Ekkert samt til að hoppa hæð sína yfir.
Eno er snillingur.
I have on occasion listened to Brian Eno’s ambient albums, and absolutely love a number of albums he’s produced for other bands (especially U2 and Talking Heads). He is undoubtably one of the greatest “creatives” alive today when you look over everything he’s done or been involved with. I do find a lot of his own material more “background noise” than outstanding and memorable. This album has a great team of musicians, and is certainly not bad - whilst also not being really good. So it’s a solid 3 from me.
Made me want to listen to some Bowie
Another Eno, more evidence of creativity in abundance.
Liked this one probably a little bit more than Warm Jets. Faves: "Sky Saw", "Sombre Reptiles" Least fave: "I'll Come Running" - not a bad song, but one they play at my work often, so not one I want to hear in my spare time.
I appreciate Brian Eno, and love experimental music. But this was just not experimental enough for me. It was good, dont think I will come running back to tie this shoe any time soon.
Really cool
more ambient weirdness. let it be known, i am not a fan of this guy.
Kind of boring, but well made and some interesting melodies on a few songs. Good background music when doing some sort of task.
Experimental/art rock/pop. Interesting instrument choices and fx. Early use of synths, but in a more naturalistic, less robotic context than Kraftwerk. Many instrumental/atmospheric pieces. Some tracks (The Big Ship) has Mike Oldfield vibes. It's actually quite a nice album to let wash over you. Best track - In Dark Trees, The Big Ship, Golden Hours 4 stars, it grows on you
This was highly influential album for the creation of Bowie's "Berlin period" albums, which of course Eno co-created and it kind of created the format of an album half pop songs and half instumental/ambient tracks. Brian Eno is not the best singer in the world, but his singing style kind of suites this quite academic style of song writing. Plus, it's always a pleasure to listen to Robert Fripp's avantgardist guitar playing.
Previous Eno album hit me totally different compared to this album. Most likely timing is better for this one. I can't say that this would be a great album for me but todays mood somehow supports this listening experience.
Somewhat pleasing album, but I noticed I didn't particularily like Brian's vocals. I would've probably like this album more as an fully instrumental album. It has quite a roster of musician and technicians who worked on it, which was a bit of an surprise to find out after listening.
Eno's best non-fully ambient, the conversion from a glam freak to a Freak freak. I like how much this feels like Low, especially in comparison to here comes the warm jets (my second fav of his) - I really like Eno's weird vocals when they're used this sparingly. The Big Ship might be the best song ever recorded, Robert Fripp is a fucking god on st. elmo's fire, don't know what more I could possibly want
:)
Not bad!
Every time I listen to Brian Eno, I feel like I just walked into Meow Wolf after tripping acid, which is like tripping without the acid anyway. His music is definitely transient and creates an environment unlike any other musicians with the exception of maybe Radiohead. It’s like he took the Beatles White Album to the next level. In doing so, his music always feels like it shouldn’t happen for another 50 years or so. Futuristic is an understatement. I was surprised how much I liked the song Saint Elmo‘s Fire. The bass/synth work on Over Fire Island was really cool (shout out to Percy Jones). The entire band is legendary: Phil Collins; Robert Fripp of King Crimson; John Cale of VU. Damn! Becalmed was ambient and beautiful. I would have never listen to this album if it wasn’t for the 1001. I am glad for the opportunity….
Random thoughts: * I had a compilation album in the 2000s called "LateNightTales: The Flaming Lips". Basically it was a compilation of some of the Lips favorite artists and music. The track "Another Green World" was on this album and that track subsequently ended up on a mix I made on my iPod called: "Chill & Relax". So I was familiar with that single song. * I just went CD digging to find the "LateNightTales" album. Success! * Side note: LateNightTales was an ongoing compilation series and introduced me to one of my favorite songs called "The Mole" by Chimes and Bells. Go check it out. * Anyway, this album was perfectly fine. I could hear the influence Brian Eno had on Bowie on this. * "I'll Come Running" was one of the more enjoyable and noteworthy tracks. * This line from "Golden Hours" really struck me: "Perhaps my brains are old and scrambled". I guess I'm feeling my age. * I'll probably give this another listen sometime but this didn't make it to classic status for me.
Good
Pretty great for art rock. Almost a 4, but art rock.
better than i thought it would be
I quite liked this album. I wasn't expecting to, but there you go! It was weird but in a good way.
Interesting, but a bit too dark for my preferences.
Great for falling asleep. Apparently I’ve hear stuff from this guy before but I’ll listen more from now on.
A fun, kind weird album. Almost felt a little experimental.
It was good. May need a few more listens to enjoy it more
This is the fourth by Brian Eno. Boring as always, although one has to admit, that he has a certain kind of creativity.
Early ambince.....
I’ve never heard a single thing to make me understand why Brian Eno is so revered. This is the sound of someone who hit record in the studio and then just pissed around all day and released it as an album. It’s a bunch of ideas for songs that he never bothered to finish actually writing. I thought the first track was ok and all was finally about to revealed to me in a glorious 40 minute package… but no, didn’t like a single other thing. Absolute fucking grifter, I don’t get it!
Fuck no
Very nice. I knew Brian Eno but not this album. Awesome experience.
5/10…art pop / ambient
Lush soundscapes, nothing that particularly stuck with me on first listen. Maybe with successive listens more will stick.
It had its ups and downs and much respect to Eno. But there were a bunch of dogs on this album as well.
Great tunes for concentrating.
A solid, but not spectacular Eno album. The man's done a lot of good stuff.
Nice background music
Eclectic And different quite instrumental I enjoyed it
I’m not even done listening and I already know it’s 5/5. This is beautiful.
This is going to sound very pretentious. I feel like Brian Eno doesn’t make very good songs, however the amalgamation of sounds is always interesting to listen to. Know what I mean?
Even fifty years later, this sounds like alien pop music, with its wobbling synths, surreal lyrics and futuristic sounds. Amazing album!
I don’t think this album is bad, but it’s not my favorite either. Just meh.
I feel like this album achieved everything it sets out to, and was really enjoyable during.
More classic eno
3.5
Great individual musicians, but not my style of music. Some tunes felt like it’s just the intro of random pink floyd tunes hahah. I did enjoy some of the more upbeat, less “ethereal”, tracks though! Also, what is the point of doing experimental instrumentals and still playing the four chord song.
Interesting but not very enjoyable
Didn’t like this at first but grew into it. Sounds surprisingly modern. One criticism is that this album feels like lots of ideas each of which had potential to be developed further but aren’t. St Elmo’s fire is the standout.
I didn’t warm to this. It wasn’t awful, but not something I’d play again.
Solid!
Soft, interesting
I can appreciate it and in general am fascinated by Eno. But I wouldn’t sit around listening to this.
Brian Eno I have a weird relationship with I should like his music more than I do. Certain sections peak my interest and then others not so much. I went on to listen to his latest album after this Liminal and I felt the same
I enjoyed the start of this more than expected. I feel I need to listen to the rest again.
Super chill but with a tad more structure than some of his more esoteric stuff. Very fitting for a rainy, low energy morning or a late into night book reading marathon.
Foundational for all the productions he was going to produce.
It was fine. Liked Songs Added: I'll Come Running
So. Bored
Brian Eno was popular when I was in junior high and high school. But he was very New York/New England LA/California. I only find his music interesting. Innovated but more in a soundtrack sort of sense.
Eno does it again, and he does it every time too
Feel like this is an album that, had it come out in the 2000's or later, with all of the sounds and influences that go along with that, I'd like it a lot more than I do (even though this album would be what influenced my hypothetical record - some real Back to the Future shit there). Not that it sounds dated, it doesn't, just that it's not doing a ton for me. This does feel like a Flaming Lips record before the Flaming Lips existed, so I guess what I'm asking for is this record if it were made by the Flaming Lips in the year 2002. Anyways, it's a solid album. Some interesting stuff going on, like on the song Little Fishes with it's slightly unnerving wobbliness, or the very Flaming Lips-like Sombre Reptiles. I tend to like the synths they have going on this thing. While I wouldn't characterize most of the album as ambient (most of the instrumentals have too much drive IMO to truly be ambient), Becalmed definitely hits that mark amazingly, and is probably my favorite track on the record. Very Outer Wilds. But overall, it's just a tad too odd for me to enjoy fully. Not much on here that I would go out of my way to listen to again, even if I do appreciate it.
Early Eno shows a bunch of flares to the atmospheric powerhouse that he would become one day. I didn't love the mix of rock and those tracks though. Good listen, but not a must for this list. 4/10
3/10