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This is pretty fun and full of interesting texture.
Way more interesting than Roxy music. Weird stuff that unravels with every run. Beautiful and challenging.
Excellent sound effects, questionable song titles
boring
7/10 - i liked it! At times, kinda sounded like the beatles
Groundbreaking, beautiful, fun album. Still so glad I have discovered those early solo Eno albums of the 70s, way ahead of their time and fresh as ever for me - easy 5 stars of course.
Needles in the camel's eye immediately added to the rotation. It sounds like a prepared piano used, or one out of tune janky toy plonky piano which was nice about half-way through. Concept album fine for a one-time listen but not much worthy to repeat. Dead Finks Don't Talk redeems with a hook and catchy beat. Then the voice of Zordon chimes in and the craziness ensues. Nice and tidy, great concept, nice bookends to the start and end. Maybe in another time or place.
This album is about 5-10 years older than it sounds. So ahead of its time.
I do like Brian Eno and a lot of what he does but it's experimental enough that a lot of it doesn't really come together into something I'd want to play often. For a debut album it's great but it's one of those cases of him already having so much experience that it's an * next to debut. Tons of the best bands owe a lot to him.
Opens with a safe one to draw you in, but the wacky vocals come in on track 2, oh and R2D2 freaking out. Annoying vocals aside "Baby's on Fire" is cool. Wow, "On Some Far Away Beech" "Blank Frank" - A dynamic, punching soundscape. "Here Come the Warm Jets" - pulled me in instantly. My favorite track. Brian Eno is creative and obviously very influential. This is a bit too wacky at times almost trying to have a combative relationship with the listener. The dynamic sound engineering does a lot for me. I enjoyed the challenge.
Brian Eno’s art-pop debut Here Come the Warm Jets proves to be a mixed bag where undeniable moments of psychedelic genius are unfortunately bogged down by an overly flat, compressed mix. Standout tracks like "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" and the infectious, driving "Blank Frank" bring an irresistible groove, while the ominous atmosphere of "Driving Me" and the hypnotically tribal, Kanye-esque closing seconds of "Dead Finks Don't Talk" showcase Eno's innovative vision. However, the record is hindered by a lack of dynamic drum punch—rendering openers like "Needles in the Candle's Eyes" sounding muffled and suppressor-heavy—alongside forgettable filler like "Cindy Tells Me" and "On Some Faraway Beach." While obscure lyricism and uneven mastering hold several tracks back from truly soaring, the captivating guitar work on "Baby's On Fire" and the satisfying resolution of the title track save it, landing the album at a solid 3/5.
Weird af
It was interesting! The last track was really good... but the middle was a little forgettable and sounded like a lot of stuff I had already listened to.
What a visionary. Did I love it all? No - found driving me backwards very grating and there was one other track that took me out of things (can’t remember which). But, on the whole, you gotta love the experimentalism. Would be a 3.5 if I could.
#235 Heard Before? Yes indeed. Notes: - it's hard not to hear the vocals as either trolling, or just a series of bad decisions. - which is too bad, because every song has some truly exciting and innovative ideas. - clearly a producer showcase more than a songwriter effort, but what a production! Verdict: Awash in cleverness and wonderful timbres, but too enamored with itself to really have an impact. Listen Again? Both better and worse than I remembered. I think I'll stick with "Another Green World" if I want to revisit this era of Eno.
First thought is oh nice I like this! The second song has some weird instrumentation and a very suspect name. Overall it’s weird but not so weird as to be off putting and I like the instrumentation in several songs.
I like a lot of Brian Eno's ambient music, his production work with multiple artists (especially David Bowie and U2), and his wide-ranging experimentation. But this is an experiment with more misses than hits and no cohesion.
2.4, it was well made but it didnt really click. I didnt feel it aligned with my hopes and expectations
- Some interesting instrumentation, throughout. - I don't find that any of the music actually moves me, though - I find it all on the cluttered side, and I dislike the background vocals when they come in. Also dislike the dissonant/out of tune vocals (e.g., see Driving Me Backwards). - I think this album is a 3.5 because it's interesting and there are enjoyable melodic moments, as well. That one racist song title contributes to rounding down, but I probably would have anyway - this definitely doesn't reach a 4 for me because although it's interesting, I'm not enamoured enough with it to rate it that high, and I don't remember any of the songs after listening to it.
I didn't realize until this album that Brian Eno was in Roxy Music. Also, that this album came out before Bowie and Queen were huge. This album is all over the place but fun to listen to. Favorite tracks: Needles In The Camel Eye, On Some Faraway Beach
This was decidedly not for me.
Как будто наших Аукцыонов послушал, только с небольшими модификациями
This is the best Brian Eno album I have listened to so far, and I mostly dislike everything. I had to skip Driving Me Backwards because it moved from dislike to hate in the last third of the song. I think I have two more Eno albums left after this. Ugh ⭐.25
Gotta love Eno. When he was young he was too fucking weird for pretty much everyone so when he left Roxy he said I’ll just make the Roxy Music album I want to make - and he did. Basically a hodgepodge of glam and oddball art pop with a smidge of what-the-fuck with songs that feature pretty much everyone he knew from Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, King Crimson and even from Roxy Music to produce a wide variety of interesting sounds including vocals mimicking Bryan Ferry. Don’t read too much into the lyrics which Eno admits were basically free association. Best track for me is Needle In A Camel’s Eye which is super catchy with just weird ass lyrics. Baby’s On Fire is also quite excellent but all I could think of was the Die Antwoord track with the same title. No relationship. Some of this is quite challenging such as The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch and Blank Frank. All in all, an interesting record with some terrific performances. 3/5
quite cool!
Ok wow. What a strange one. Definitely more on the experimental side. Some interesting compositions here for sure along with some very unique guitar work. I do think that it leans a bit too much into the weird side of things at times, but overall I did enjoy this one. 3/5
weird and fun
Wow wow, beautiful
I don't know what I was expecting but wasn't that. Pretty good
Decent listen. Great artist.
Didn't like this as much as the other one
thought it was gonna be some ambient space shit damn brian
8/10
After being surprisingly and inexplicably taken with his Music For Airports, this one was a little tougher. There’s more actual songs but I definitely prefer him when he’s sitting quietly noodling in the corner. And without the freaky pictures.
original and disruptive
This was pretty good! I didn't know what Brian Eno would be like but was pleasantly surprised. It's a lot less electronic than I thought and had a great amount of unique sounds and lyrics.
very close to 5 stars
Turns out I don’t like experimental music that much
Shocker. Stuart loves it.
It's fine. I don't find it particularly interesting or memorable in any way.
Interesting sounds, but lyrically not my style.
not my vibe
This wasn't bad but not something I have much interest in returning to. More glam than the Ambient noise once which made it more interesting for me.
Nope, not at all for me.
The glam aspects of this ablum were enjoyable. The experimental parts, less so. 2.5 stars.
Another big no thank you.
I sort of know who Brian Eno is, but never knew he was in Roxy Music and he made solo records in 1974. I was sceptical before I started listening. I was expecting more ambient/electronic soundscapes than rock guitars. Guess 1974 was too early for that. It is an interesting album and a lot to discover which probably needs multiple listens before it all is reaching my ears/brains It is not your daily wallpaper music, it needs attention. It sounds like an discovered unreleased album of David Bowie that was hidden on the shelves. Also you hear Talking Heads vibes avant la lettre. It is a kind of glam rock but than not the straight forward stuff (like The Sweet). It's more Art/AvantGarde (as far as I have an understanding what AvantGarde actually means or refers to) and more experimentation. Not for the easy listener. For now I give 3 stars as it is not something I will revisit long term I am afraid. Altohugh I read it is one of his more easy albums which makes me anxious for his other works which I am also not really familiar with but expect to be more ambient/electronic.
Why are there 5 Eno albums on this list? Who is he and why should I care? Not for me. Boring and poor vocals. 👎
I don't mind it.
5/10
Not my cup of tea
Some of the songs were weird, those kept it interesting, but the rest was just ok.
Day941 - i’m pretty open minded and can get outside my comfort zone sometimes but this wasn’t one of them
Sorry to say, annoying. I kept fast forwarding through songs.
In school, Adam and I had a stupid voice that only we could do, it used to drive everyone mad, which just made us do it more. With hindsight it was ill judged and embarrassing. Cringe worthy they'd call it nowadays. This album is like that.
Weird! Some of the instrumentation was okay, but there were far too many strange noises and I had absolutely no idea what most of the songs were about. I can understand that it was experimental for 1974, but that didn't make me enjoy listening to it. Definitely not an album I'd listen to again.
I wasn't vibing with it at first, but the album kept building on itself in a way that I really liked.
Listened to a few tracks yesterday - nothing jumped at me but it wasn't horrible either. Some days you just gotta move on.
me agarro en un mood raro
Lots of ideas here but it's all much of a muchness and I am not interested in returning to it.
AMEI
Brian Eno is one of the most important producers of the last 60 years, and this, his debut, still holds up as a five star avant-garde rock classic. He would go onto make better records, like the unimpeachable collaboration with David Byrne, Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. This stands the test of time as an incredible debut from one of music’s great minds.
This is #day721 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to another record from Brian Eno. I haven't heard this one before. What can I say, though? Brian Eno is what Brian Eno does: glam, artsy, experimental avant pop/rock kind of thing. Every song here is like a world on its own, yet together it is a sonic universe. I need to revisit some of his records on the list as I feel I rated them a little too low. This is a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day722.
Groundbreaking!!!
My favorite Brian Eno album.
It's kind of strange.
If a song makes me cry its a 5, “on some faraway beach” is such an emotionally compelling song that just takes me places. What a pioneer, also my birthday twin! Happy to see someone cool shares a birthday with me
I love this.
His influence on popular music becomes more apparent with every listen
Late-stage Beatlesque theatrics
Is there something I'm missing?
Damn dude
tha god
Barret Pink Floyd meets the Boomtown Rats
The grifter is back with his 3rd album on this list! 🙄 Listening to Brian's warm jets of whatever this is is not my idea of a good time but at least this hard a few songs, as tinny sounding and mediocre as they were
It’s like the energy exuded by Tim Curry has been captured into music, then twisted again.
I've heard of Brian Eno many times but have never (knowingly) really listened to him. This album was delightfully weird and fun. I'll consider it as my invitation to listen to more of his stuff.
Nice discovery, I can hear source elements of a lot of NZ alternative and Dunedin Sound music I grew up with, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I've listened to Warm Jets for years - at first I thought it was a little messy and all over the place, but over the years it has really grown on me as a starting point for Brian Eno (an artist I greatly appreciate). I love how lighthearted and all over the place the tracks are. There are many memorable lyrics, and the last two tracks are the perfect ending to this album. Rough around the edges, but an album I love and have on vinyl regardless. 4.5/5 -> 5/5
Not to my liking, all respect to Eno and his impact on the music world.
Really cool album. I thought it would be all pretentious and arty but I didn't find it that way. My favourite track was On Some Faraway Beach
Totally rad.
This is not the style of music when I think of this artist so was intrigued to hear how his music has evolved from this.
Started off meh but got pretty good
Not bad, not great, feels like this was just something to add bc dude really likes Brian Eno
This is a cracker of an album - an excellent mixture of pop and avant-garde. More than that, you can hear the future - not only of Brian Eno's music but of all those bands he influenced and produced.
The warm jets sound beautiful. I will have to give this a more focused listen. I had only heard the ambient stuff from eno solo so I wasn't expecting quite this. Much rockier than I thought. I expected it to be much more synth based, but the way that the synths are incorporated sort of slowly until they are front and centre island nice.
Probably, hopefully the last Eno album on this list. I adore the guy but I don’t think he needs THAT many records on this list. Music For Airports and Another Green World are probably enough, none of his Roxy Music stuff is necessary. Still, he’s as forward-thinking and quirky as ever. It shows as early as the first song, with those sudden stops in all sounds in “Needles In The Camels Eye”. He’s absolutely running the door down to pave the way for the art rockers of this time, many of whom he’d work with after this. I wouldn’t blame you for skipping so many songs on rock records of this time once you get bored, but boredom isn’t to be found on Here Come The Warm Jets. Eno’s mind is far too active, his penchant for exaggerated deliveries and seemingly random instrumental switch-ups is ever-present. “Driving Me Backwards” is so intentionally macabre and I loved its placement on the record. Such a fun way to mix things up. “On Some Far Away Beach” I can hear you in there, Another Green World. A little bit with “Some Of Them Are Old” too. That peculiar fusion of electronic guitars, wistful lyrics and a whimsical delivery. You can’t fool me, I hear future Eno in there. I could only be lulled into bliss for so long though, that beginning of “Blank Frank” sure is startling. The title track as a closer is just a cherry on top. Melancholy, crunchy guitar melody filtered through a very interesting song structure. I’d expect nothing less. Not necessary or even great, but I can’t possibly be mad listening to an Eno album. 3/5
I know he makes cool music but ive never heard any or his album so far. Why does the second song has the n word in the title. The singing is weird, the music use weird instruement, yeah its prety experimental but I dont think it sound very good. Its kinda fun but its not my style. hopefully he canged style or something cause I have 4 more album of his to listen to. Hopefully it only gets better/5
over these past few years i have been getting good samples of brian's masterwork, and today it looks like i'm listening to his debut solo album. eno, along with a good handful of special musical guests toy with rock music in a way that nobody else dared to try back then. recorded in only two weeks, it's said that brian really used his body language when telling musicians exactly how he wanted the record to sound. this album is very creative, eno always makes it a plan to get weird with his compositions and this debut is probably one of his weirdest. is it a great start! yes. but is it kinda rocky? at times, yeah, i think it can be. there's a select few tracks that almost sound like from another planet! an early eno, with all of his quirks starting to blossom... it's a good listen if you're into his work but i wouldn't say it's as... important as his other albums.
Some really good stuff mixed in with some bullshit, historically my Brian Eno experience. Favorite Tracks: On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come The Warm Jets
I don't know it was kinda forgettable. "Dead Finks Don't Talk" sounds like a low budget meme song.
brian eno is very strange and this album is very good
Brian Eno has produced and performed on some excellent records. This is not one of them.
This was…uhhhh….something. So different from his album we had yesterday, yet still so bad. Really hope we don’t get the trifecta today because I know there’s more coming.
This isn’t music. It’s sound effects with a band behind them. Hard pass. …and speaking of psychos, this dude is nuttier than squirrel shit. Writing songs like “Paw-Paw’s Negro Blowtorch” and “The Baby’s On Fire” is not something a normal person with all of their faculties does. Finalizing my sentiments regarding having to listen to a Brian Eno record two days in a row, just because your last album was dog shit, doesn’t mean you get a do-over.
Hey look, Brian Eno can make shitty loud music, too!
Brian Eno two days in a row is a kick in the nuts, but this wasn't too bad. I actually enjoyed this one, intersting and unique.
More 70s white uncle music
This is good. I like this. I was fearing another snoozefest ambient affair, but this had some interesting ideas in it, it reminds me of Bowie or even Talking Heads at points. It's nice to see where this Brian Eno fellow started off.
First track did not do it for me, and with the name of the second one I was a bit apprehensive at first but both the 2nd and 3rd track surprised me! Overall a very unique sound for an album and I wouldn't have been surprised if this was from an indie band from today. Blank Frank is goated.
Needles In The Camel's Eye is a 10 star song. Many other great ones on this album. It is a little too all over the place to be anyone's 5 star album I think like I can't imagine the person who wants exactly this mix of vibes. But I do love it.
Fue raro y la verdad no me llamó la atención para nada.
Conhecia mais o Eno como um produtor, que foi primordial na trilogia de Berlim do Bowie, dando uma estética mais “futurista” em suas canções, com uma melancolia meio estranha, sintetizada, dizendo da melhor forma. Dito isso, esse disco aqui eu enxerguei bastante disso, principalmente no Low e no Station to Station do Bowie, mas a mistura entre os dois foi a dosagem perfeita pra mim, porque esse daqui não me agradou muito bem. A sonoridade é interessante, mas a voz do Eno me soou um tanto quanto maçante, um Bowie da série B, digamos assim. É legal, mas só também.
Clinging on to the glam-rock aesthetic off the back of Roxy Music, Eno's first solo album starts his discography off well. Fun tracks with depth and soul. Lovely listen .
So far this list has proven that I haven’t lost much avoiding The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin for most of my life. On the contrary, it does seem I’ve missed quite a bit by neglecting Brian Eno. The one with David Byrne and his albums with Roxy Music have all surprised me rather positively and this one is no exception. Absolutely love the title track and Baby’s on Fire particularly. I’ve always felt Robert Fripp was bit of a pompous brick but his solo on the latter definitely makes me think I might have to reconsider my thoughts about him. Fantastic record.
Interesting sound but even for me a bit too experimental to the point it wasnt really pleasant to listen to anymore.
1.5 stars My cooler older brother loves Brian Eno. He named his first dog Eno. I tried to like Brian Eno. My brother recommended Taking Tiger Mountain and I played it. I liked some stuff about it but wasn’t crazy about it. But I would play through it any way to try to “get” it. That’s what some of these “cool” artists who have influenced some of my favorite artists are like for me: higher level math homework that I never took the classes for. I try to put together the pieces, but it’s mostly gibberish to me. I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that I can appreciate what these artists have done to influence some of my favorite artists while acknowledging that I don’t really enjoy their music. I had never listened to this album before and it felt like a chore getting through. There are things I can recognize has influential and new for this era of music, but it’s in the midst of a bunch of stuff I don’t care about. I’ll never throw this on as entertainment. And I’m tired of doing homework instead of sitting back and enjoying music. I hope my brother doesn’t read this review…
Didn’t care for it. Weird shit. R2D2 and screeching
"On Some Far Away Beach"... I like it a lot ❤️❤️❤️
Shockingly tolerable. That first track is a rager.
For eksperimenterende. Åbningsnummeret var overraskende nok velkendt.
GIVE ME A BREAK 1. Needles in The Camels eyes sounds both like the opening and ending song of a 70s movie 2. THE PAW PEW IS SENDING MEEEEEEE. Such a fun song 3. BABY'S ON FIiiiIiiREEEE 4. Cindy tells me: FIREEEE 5. Driving me backwards: spooky 6. On some faraway beach: LOVED ITTT VERY WHIMSICAL (also, the transition from this one to Blank Frank? 😭) 7. Blank Frank: interesting 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk: I genuinely liked it bit THE ENDING??? literally I thought it was a different song lmao 9. Some of them are old: REMEMBER ME REMEMBER ME (a minute in and I already like it) 10. Here come the warm jets: good soup MMMMMMM I'd say solid 3 too
The only not about the album. I enjoyed it. It's just not something I feel like I would listen to constantly
background noise but make it trancey and kinda interesting, saved 0/10
654/1001 2026.07.09 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Pish
Not a bad album, expected much worse. Some good stuff on here, but some absolute shite noises added in for no reason.
Brian Eno: kind of like if a Michelin Star chef painstakingly composed garnishes, created a unique and stunning plating arrangement, and served to you from under a silver cloche a glass of spoiled milk. This has things I like in an album, it’s well produced, has bits and baubs, and is unique. Unfortunately the music really just kinda sucks. 3.5/10, and I think that’s generous.
I like a weird album, don't get me wrong, but I really don't enjoy the sound of the vocals in this. Eno becoming a producer is for the better, in my opinion. But this album is certainly trying something.
Genuinely interesting and agreed of it's time
Definitely experimental
This is pretty damn good.
had some good stuff
Sonidos divertidos, muy ameno de escuchar Tiene un estilo fresco para su época definitivamente Algunas de sus rolas son bien fieras como Baby's on Fire Realmente me gustó la versatilidad del álbum tiene de todo un poco, sentí hasta vibras de industrial en una época donde según yo eso aún no se veía Mayoritariamente instrumental me parece, pero también con vocales divertidas por momentos Un álbum con el que se pasa un buen rato, recomendado la verdad si No sé si estoy biased por ser lo último que escuché en el orden pero Here Come The Warm Jets se siente genial de escuchar
absurdamente foda que isso
I love Brian Eno but of his non-ambient albums, this one is my least favorite. It’s a bit less refined. Any of the others would get a full 5 stars
This album doesn’t do much for me. It has its moments but it is also quite self indulgent.
This is when I’ll have to give a better listen to, but so far I like it. I’ll likely edit this once I ran out of time give it the attention it deserves.
Super disjointed / not a cohesive sound throughout … a few highs but a lot of wtf songs. Didn’t really enjoy it 2
I don't think I'm smart enough to appreciate bryan eno.
No entiendo a Brian Eno
Sounds like a movie soundtrack it's kinda interesting
An unmemorable album for me. Down-the-middle rock music.
A good rock album that isn’t too straightforward or strange. More accessible than the other Eno albums I’ve gotten, but I also liked most of those more. Obviously, massively influential. I could see myself revisiting and liking it more as I spend more time with it. I prefer the more idiosyncratic second half to the solid-but-safe first half.
Light 3. Some tracks annoyed me, others were a bit ok.
3/5
Once your ears accustom to the gleeful noise and nonsense of it, it's full of joyously catchy songs. There's never a dull moment amid all the weird hooks and curveballs. I love the off-kilter instrumentation, impenetrable lyrics and Eno singing like a posh old witch. It's whimsical and artsy while still having strong, enjoyable songs that reward multiple listens. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, Baby's On Fire, Blank Frank and the title track are my favourites. Glam-era Eno might also be the most beautiful anyone has ever looked, despite or even because of his completely fucked haircut, and I think that's wonderful :) x
On first hearing I thought it was interesting and worthy of investing more ear-time. Which is perhaps why I have already heard it 3 times today. More and more in it each time I listen. I really think of him as producer and collaborator with other artists in the main but for this to be his first solo offering is incredible. So varied, weird and wonderful. On Some Faraway Beach is my favourite track but there isn't a bad one on the whole album. Clearly paving the way for a lot more to come from the man who would even later bring us https://soundbible.com/1654-Windows-95-Startup.html
I actually really enjoyed this. I love it when pop/rock music has a streak of madness in it. Its was really interesting, with loads of unexpected twists and surprises. The sort of record that I would imagine you get more from each listen. I have not heard much by Eno and have been put off due based on reputation, but I am hoping there will be more on this list (and if not I will be definitely checking out some of his other more of his albums). I have a feeling this album could be my Eno gateway drug.
This is a good record, and maybe a 4, but I can’t help but compare it to his later ‘classic’ stuff (Another Green World, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Ambient 1-4 etc etc), all of which I would much rather listen to. The title track is easily the highlight, post-rock 20 years before it had a name.
Couple of tracks on here I really liked. A few I wasn’t fussed on whatsoever. Not one that’s gonna live long in the memory
Крайне странный альбом. Начинается как скучненький типичный такой попсовенький рок, но уже со второй и третьей песни скатывается в лютый авангард, намешивается нойз, какие-то безумно сложные многослойные аранжировки и текстуры, при этом поп-рок тоже никуда не девается. Я, конечно, люблю все странное, но смог его осилить только с 3 попытки. Брайан Ино, конечно, интересный человек, талантливый, тут ничего не скажешь. Но я не понял.
imagining how lit it wud be listening to this live
I'm pretty sure between solo albums, Roxy Music, producing, song writing, guest performances and co-albums Eno is the most represented dude on this entire list. The first track is a banger, the rest of them are pretty weird. I prefer his more ambient work and would replace this with the Cluster & Eno album. But hey, what do I know.
The album was fine, nice to have on, didn't dislike it, but nothing caught my ear and wouldn't come back for more, but it was definitely interesting.
The songs reminds me of David Bowie and The Rocky Horror Picture Show songs but way worse. I like the ambient/instrumental music that Brian Eno made in Apollo for example.
Good find. I've only come across Brian Eno in ambient scenes. Was surprised to find a rock album from him. Some songs good, some meh.
In Season 4, Episode 7 of Friends - The One Where Chandler Crosses a Line - Ross brings out a keyboard and plays wordless sound poems. Apparently he and Chandler has a band in college called Way No Way. This reminds me of that.
Weird album but bits of this slap
Brian Eno is a mad bastard, but I'm here for it. I respect his artistry. My favourite aspect of this album was the mad, MAD synths on the second track. They're so over the top and ridiculous, but that's why they're so compelling. Other tracks are a bit weird and drag-on, but overall I give it a thumbs up. 3.5 rounded down.
brian eno is a genius, love his ambient works and collabs with robert fripp but this is also a good one
The little vocal twitches that sound like bird calls aren’t my FAVORITE thing but…you know what, i’ll allow it. Very cool, very weird record. Points for how unique it is alone.
Good-ish Eno, hits the spot ambient new ideas. Ahead of the game.
Really really weird (in a good way?) Couldn't make sense of most of it, but it was at least interesting. Being familiar with Eno's ambient work, as well as his work as a producer I expected something eclectic and experimental. And that's what I got. It's a bold and wonky experience, and while I won't say everything is exactly pleasant it's still something I'm happy I've heard once. A fun historical piece, though not something I'd add to my regular rotation. 3/5
Nah brother. Just a really average rock album with bleeps and bloops. I really like Brian eno, like really love his ambient work, but this was not it.
8/10… glam rock / art pop / *1974
De experimentele en volgens mij bewust provocerende productie kan niet verhullen dat er uiteindelijk slechts 1 min of meer sterke of memorabele song op dit hele album staat.
zo anxiety inducing, ik wil die 42 minuten van mijn leven terug.
er is toch echt wel een grens tussen imperfecties in muziek en expres slechte muziek maken.
It’s fine. Not really my thing.
Lots of great innovation here. It’s playful and genre defying. “On some farwaway beach” might make it into my funeral playlist. Too base he apologizes for it by assaulting you with “blank frank” while you’re reflecting.
Whimsy and etherealness mixed in with nonsensical lyrics and unorthodox song structure. Points for the spacy vibe of the music (as I also picked up in my listen of Roxy Music) but just not something I can comfortably and joyfully sit through given the pointlessness of it all
On first listen I didn't really get it, but I did another pass and it makes a lot more sense. Really solid album for 74, and some incredibly influential production. 4 stars, not necessarily because I'll be revisiting it a lot, but mostly because it's really cool that he essentially took the Velvet Underground debut blueprint and applied it to pop.
I don’t care what anyone says, this is highly listenable despite the experimental nature of the production. My nephew who is a guitar player despises glam rock, but I suspect he could find something in this album that he would enjoy or at least appreciate for the uniqueness. I really enjoyed it. Favorite track was Needles In The Camel’s Eye. 4 stars
“Some of them are old, some of them are new. Some of them will turn up when you least expect them to And when they do, remember me…” We certainly will, for there are few artists that push the avant-garde with such grace and abandonment. And yes, I am aware that may be an oxymoreon, but somehow it works with Brian Eno. This debut album is a testament to his burgeoning pursuit of imperfect-perfection.
It was interesting, but I like his ambient stuff a lot more. It would probably grow on my over more listening, but nothing really hooked me.
Digno disco, nada especial. temas que irritaban, temas que todo bien.
Driving me backwards is absolute rubbish. Some tracks worth listening to but nothing to make me want to listen again.
Mutiger/progressive sound, aber teilweise zu wild und nicht so gut
TBD if I enjoyed it, will need to listen to it more, but I bet a lot of bands I love would cite this as an inspirational album for them.
OK...for Brian Eno.
I didn’t really get this, and I didn’t like it.
Not my favorite Eno but I do love almost everything he does. Obviously as his first album this one is weird and shaggy, but it still signals all the weird creativity the guy can’t help but work with. So cool! Must-listen #357
Major Ween vibes, which was quite nice.
3.5/5
It was a little too weird for me at times. But I sort of like it too.
Wieder mal absoluter Dreck
Hätte ich mir doch unhörbarer erwartet, gar nicht mal so schlecht. Vor allem die letzten beiden Lieder.
Brian Eno hat in soviel Sachen seine Finger drin und ich finde alle scheiße
It's ok, some cool sounds on here similar to what he did with Roxy Music, but also quite a bit of the usual Eno nonsense.
Hay dos canciones medias infumables, el resto está bien. No está mal la experiencia en general No queda guardado
Olipas makeen kokeellista meininkiä. Oikealla tavalla kokeellista
Pretty good album. I just found the ending of Dead Finks Don't Talk atrocious. My favourites were the title track and On Some Faraway Beach.
Not my favorite Eno. And I do have some 5-star faves.
The first tune is probably my favorite Brian Eno tune.
For a guy that's seemingly everywhere, it's kind of funny that there's only one more Brian Eno album left after this one, amazingly (#4 of 5), although that doesn't count the innumerable albums he participated in, influenced and sometimes kind of ruined. And while it's clearly Eno's solo album, it also definitely has a Roxy Music hangover feel to it, for good and bad (especially on tracks like (the good) "The paw paw negro blowtorch" or (the not-so-good) "On some faraway beach"). I'm not sure that "Baby's on fire" even falls in that spectrum at all, but between Robert Fripp's crazy guitar and Eno's bizarre nasal whine telling a fairly horrific story, it is *definitely* the highlight of the album; I laos enjoyed the slow-burn of "Driving me backwards" and I'm not sure what to think of "Dead finks don't talk". I wasn't at all surprised to read that Eno chose the many (many) guest artists to play for each track based on his estimation of how incompatible they were, nor surprised that he considered the experiment a success. I'm not sure it really holds up to the test of time, but it certainly feels like a great example of Eno being Eno and being more musically-oriented than most of the other selections in this collection.
I cannot put into words how much I love this album and especially "Baby's on Fire." Love love love. Those who have lived with me over the years can attest to "Baby's on Fire" being the song I'm most likely to insist listening to when drunk. Also, doesn't Iggy's "Here Comes Success" sound a little like "Needles in the Camel's Eye"?
Good atmosphere
This album surprise me. Great background music while I was working.
I had never heard this. A little strange.
Nothing stuck with me
Weird but good
I mean sure Brian Eno is a big name, and there were parts of this album that were interesting and enjoyable, but there was a lot I was able to just kind of tune out, so I was disappointed
Pretty fun album, I enjoyed it. At times it really reminds me of Talking Heads.
A little frenetic but a fun listen.
Nothing wrong with this, but it’s not very exciting
This energy is not what I was expecting when I read "Brian Eno" on the generator today. My experience with Eno's projects is a lot more ambience, a lot of texture, and composition that benefits itself as a whole. This is his debut though, so it makes sense that this would be an early step in a very commercial direction. It was shocking, it was abrupt pop rock, but it was a very enjoyable experience in the early hours of the morning. It reminds me a lot of similar acts that maybe executed their projects in a more coherent way. I'm talking influences like Bowie, Queen, or even the experimental Beatles efforts where even though there's experimentation going on, there's also a firm stance on what they want done. I feel like Eno's philosophy here was more like trolling his musicians into experimentation, and due to the date and the influences of the era, something seems similar to things we've already heard. It's a well produced piece of work, though, the mixing is nice and the attention to detail exists. It's just not that special outside of historic context. The first Brian Eno album, OoooOOOOoooo. 3.1/5
This was great
Eno's solo debut is an all-over-the-place album that, while uneven in tone (and poorly sequenced to boot), has a decent number of fairly solid quirk rock tracks along with two absolute barnburners in "Needle In The Camel's Eye" and "Baby's On Fire". The less whimsical songs on this record are actually the most engaging ones here; the jokier tracks approach throwaway status, though. As a whole, it's a *fairly* good album but I find myself skipping over parts of it in a way that I would never do with *Another Green World* or *Before And After Science*.
wat een kabaal.
There were a couple if thought I might like. But, nope
What a fucking bizarre acid trip of an album. Not really my style but 3 because it’s at least interesting
Eno would go on to do a crazy amount of classic stuff both recording and producing, but this one as a solo debut is just a complete joy to listen to. Baby's on Fire is deliciously weird and I always forget about the extended Fripp guitar solo in the middle.
Quite enjoyed it. Way better than the Ambient sounds album. I
A couple of good tracks, but nothing memorable imo
Some of the members of the space rock band Hawkwind played on some tracks on this Brian Eno album; Lemmy from Motorhead was the bassist of Hawkwind for 4 years in the early 70s, so there’s your connection! As far as this album goes, it was pretty hit and miss. Some very interesting instrumental work, and the arrangements on about half the songs were awesome and made me take notice. The other half of the record was weird experimental avant-garde acid music that was pretty unpleasant. All that balances out to a 3/5; there’s some cool stuff here if you’re willing to sit through a few clunkers to get to them.
I could get into this with a few more listens
Para mi completamente sobrevalorado.
A playful and inventive album, jumping from art-pop to avant-noise without missing a beat, filled to the brim with ideas and despite it being almost
Hello - another I know well! Fantastic sound scapes and even as pastiche of Bryan Ferry at one point.
The artiest of the art-rockers does a self-consciously art-rocky thing here - taking various of his friends (members of Roxy Music, King Crimson, and Hawkwind, and Memphis bassman Busta Jones among others) and throwing them together to jam out something or other. Eno cautioned against assigning the results any sort of literal meaning, disclaiming any lyrical intentions while admitting later, under duress, that he'd accidentally written a Bryan Ferry diss track ("Dead Finks Don't Talk"). The whole thing feels like it's going for a preverbal quality that it achieves at least at times, especially on the opener "Needles in the Camel's Eye" and the closing title track. He's made something very interesting and enjoyable that nonetheless doesn't quite signify like either his Roxy albums or much of his later work (both solo and with his expanse of collaborators). But the genesis of all that is here, especially his triumphs in Berlin with Bowie (can't spell "krautrock" without "art-rock"). To return to the museum metaphor: this belongs about a quarter of the way through the retrospective, with a description saying it "charts the course for where Eno would later go in earnest."
inspirational and generational LP from the one and only Mister Eno
I thought I would like this more than I did.
His electronic work was more enjoyable to me
Meh
Brings me back to college. The guy across the hall from me in the dorms had this and I was hooked! Easy five stars.
Will need repeat listens to digest this but I like it. Obviously hugely influential to a lot of stuff I love.
Kind of weird album doing its own thing.
I think I like Brian Eno when his music is less like music and more like a vibe.
I guess?
A really strange album at times but overall pleasant.
It's alright. Some songs are just repetitive, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but not really my jam. Best song on the album in my opinion is "Some Of Them Are Old" that one is good
carino, bella la prima. alcune cacofoniche
I'm aware of Brian Eno - mostly for his production of / collaboration with others (U2 and Bowie in particular) - but I'm not familiar with his own albums. I am familiar with some Roxy Music stuff and I guess I never connected that he was in that band. It was interesting. Some of it reminded me of Roxy Music for sure - but I'm not super well versed in Roxy Music so I'm not sure about all of it I did end up liking 4 songs - "Needles in the Camels Eye", "On Some Faraway Beach", "Some of The Are Old" and "Here Come the Warm Jets". I think I generally like the music more than the voice or lyrics. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/10 Rating: 3/5
I've heard this a few times and find it interesting, but perhaps because it's influential, it doesn't sound as fresh or exciting as it probably did when it was released. Still, something to check in with periodically. High 2s.
It's fair to say I've referenced the monotony of Eno's ambient work in more than one other review, so this is a bit of a turn up. I liked this album! There have been plenty of times when an album coundn't end soon enough (not always his), but i was genually disappointed when this one finished. It's glammy and punky and catchy and only slightly weird (but not nearly as weird as his later work). I'll say I don't particularly care for where he's ended up, but I like where he started from.
It's just one of those that I didn't really enjoy.
Wenn ich Musik hören will, dann will ich das genießen, zur Ruhe kommen, motiviert werden oder feiern. Das alles geht mit dem furchtbaren Gejaule nicht.
Once again, I just don’t get Brian Eno. Looking into previous ratings he seems to be consistently a 2.5/5 artist for my tastes. This was a decent listen but also quick and manic interruptions of weird avant-garde cacophonies of grating noise didn’t work in my opinion. 2.5/5 rating down this time
Brian Eno is hot and cold for me. I am well aware he is like a father of the electronic techno movement and his place in my most beloved genre. Nevertheless, I don't always love his music. Some of it I place on the alter of the music gods, some, like this, I just think... "yeah, I don't know..." It could be even that within his own catalog I feel this. I don't have to outsource or look at other bands in similar styles. I think with Brian Eno it is like, if you want to understand why I am a fan you can't just grab any album and go, you may well need a bit of an explainer and some targeted works.
Kept one song
Meh
The album has a unique sound. It reminded me of when Ross from the show Friends would do his sound poems. Except a little better.
I’ll pretend you didn’t make this album, Brian… Bonus star awarded because there as some genuine creative moments. “Some Of Them Are Old” sounded pretty alright. I liked the Hawaiian slide guitars; very Spongebob. Unfortunately, these fleeting moments are drowned out by the overwhelming weirdness of the rest of the album.
Didn’t enjoy this at all. Some songs had the basics of good tracks but were ruined by weird lyrics or odd layers of syncopated drums. Couldn’t get into it
3/5
Couldn't finish it
One of the more interesting albums I have listened to lately. I can’t tell what was happening for each song but I enjoyed it, even if it was rather experimental in nature.
Delightfully weird. Would listen again many times.
I’m thinking I don’t care for Brian Eno…luckily there are only…3 more of his albums to get through on this list…
I could see why this may be considered a classic album. It has a very late Beatles and early David Bowie sound. Lots of non-musical sounds that worked pretty well.
3.25 - I liked this way more than the ambient music.
You know, I didn’t know what to think. I really only know this guy‘s name because he is almost always in crossword puzzles, but I actually liked its quirkiness.
Ugh, točno en teden nazaj sm dobila drug album od Brian Ena. Ok. (Očitno je to debut album.) Tadrug komad je insane? ("The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch"). U, se pa prelije v naslednjega. "Blank Frank" je unhinged. "Some of Them Are Old" melodija me mal na solo Harrison zadeve spomni. Ok, izgleda kle še ni bil v svojem ambientalnem obdobju, ampak bolj v eksperimentalnem. Mah, ka pa vem. Ne potegne mi tok solo Eno.
Como si Rosa gellher hubiera sacado un álbum
I haven't listened to solo Brian Eno before. I expected something arty and experimental and I wasn't disappointed on that score. Eno cleverly manages to cram enough catchy hooks, electronic bings and bongs, off-kilter guitar 'noises' and bizarre lyrics to create a lot of interest without becoming overwhelming. There's a fascinating use of percussion on the album as well, where some of the songs seem to have the drums faded right down, almost as if they were being played in the next room. This makes this album come across more as a project rather than a body of songs. Favourite moments include the duet with R2 D2 that is The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch and the intriguing trifle of Dead Finks Don't Talk, with it's beautiful piano loops, messy guitar, bonkers lyrics and hideous backing vocals. I'm sure more Brian Eno will pop up on the 1001 - I'm interested in his ambient work - and this debut was definitely engaging. A solid 4 stars.
I was surprised at how poppy and accessible this was after getting a few of Eno's other albums. There were a handful of really catchy songs on here. I didn't enjoy the cacophony of noises on most of them, which is his thing I think? Sounds mechanical to me. But overall, a pleasant surprise.
Odd
Original sound textures and structures.
I'm all over the place on this one. I loved some of it, could barely listen to other parts. My favorite track was the mostly instrumental title track that ended the album. I know he went off in more Electronic directions, I hope to hear some of that as this project goes on.
Was I going to get the Talking Heads strip-down Eno or the U2 pomp Eno? Turns out it was neither. It’s a dense hodge-podge of demented ideas concocted and blended by a mad scientist. I had a joyful time listening to this incredible album.
How did Eno make a Dunedin Sound album? I’d never heard this before but it sounds so familiar.
Zaczęło się dobrze, ale z każdym kolejnym utworem robi się coraz gorzej i ciężej. Bardziej eksperymentalnie i to na plus, ale też jakoś dziwniej i trudniej. Po prostu męcząco. Więc doceniam zabawę, ten bałagan, duszność, przesyt. Ale z tego rollercoastera wolę wysiąść w połowie drogi. 6/10
What a great album, I heard this for the first time a few weeks back and went and bought it immediately. It is ahead of its time, experimental psych pop mixed with glam. It is not the easiest album to digest, there are 3 accessible songs, but the rest is almost anxiety inducing. I can hear the influence on a lot of the bands that I really like from the 80's, 90's etc.
Pretty crazy album. I liked the wonkiness of it. Driving Me Backwards was good, and Some Of Them Are Old and Here Come The Warm Jets had some beautiful sequences. 5.8/10.
Decent album. Nothing super special, but not bad to listen to once. 3/5
Experimental, artistic and real musicianship I haven't listened any Brian Eno but found it really interesting
No. No. Yucky.
There were some really good songs and some that had too many weird parts.
Not bad.
ya des chansons un peu trop expérimentales for my taste, mais c’est quand meme un bon album globalement; whimsy, énergique et weird
Eno is obviously talented as a producer, so why doesn’t it translate as much when he’s a songwriter?
too goofy and dont like the voice
Strange, quirky, common, funny and so nice to listen to.
Weird weird album. Really liked some of it, especially On Some Faraway Beach (half expected the “chorus” from Flying on magical mystery tour to come ripping in at any point). But there are far too many instances of grating noise (looking at you paw paw, driving me backwards, blank Frank). But I’m glad I listened and probably will again. I just wish songwriters avoided choices that are just so clearly unpleasant to listen to
Please play Some Of Them Are Old and Here Come the Warm Jets at my funeral
Overall, it's a good quirky listen, but there are some artistic decisions where a noise comes from the speakers that straight pisses me off. To an extent, I appreciate the artistic intention of experimentation, but sometimes it's good to have an outside party come in and just say "nah". It sucks for this album to come right after Sgt. Pepper's, because the contrast in results of a similar process can not be more stark. Sgt. Pepper's expertly weaves disparate ideas into a cohesive whole, both within songs and across the album. Here comes the warm jets hits this mark sometimes, but at others wildly misses the mark and it grates the ears.
Surprisingly fun and amazing album. Really good to listen to.
I really love this album, and "Baby's on Fire" is such a banger it almost gets this album to 5 stars.
Perfect auditory pleasure, baby IS on fire AND Fripp is even on guitar on a couple songs! Now do Taking Tiger Mountain next! 10/10 big time hubba hubba oh then do Another Green World after that… listen to all three in a row and now we’re having a great moment with music.
Dieses Album ist enorm kreativ. Es mixt viele Stile in ein Song. Dadurch entsteht etwas komplett neues. Ich empfinde es so, dass ich entweder ein Song mag oder wenig, dazwischen ist nichts. Die Enden der Songs sind alle sehr ausgefallen. Ich würde mir das Album definitiv nochmal anhören, da es so ein Album ist wo man seine Meinung bestimmt öfters ändert. Dennoch empfinde ich's als leicht komisch. 3,5/5≈4/5, da x,5 nicht möglich ist. Ist der Name eine Anspielung auf in ein Pool zu urinieren? Lowk tuffes Album. Bestes Lied: On some faraway beach
Fancy with hints of Bowie and crazy
I think this album is one I'll have to listen to multiple times before I love it. On first listen, it's very well done but all over the place. Everything is clean and polished but has a distinctive sound and feel. Definitely one I can see growing on me over time.
Great album Also, final song is sampled on By the Time I Get to Pheonix by Injury Reserve, another great album.
I'm really mixed on this one. Some of the songs I was vibing with and others pushed me away. I'd never heard of Brian Eno before so I may need to check out some more of his work before forming an opinion on his music.
There's something about 70s "art rock" that I don't like. It seems overly grandiose/dramatic to me. Having said that, I'm a sucker for a noisy Robert Fripp guitar solo, like the epic one on Baby's On Fire.
I had never heard this one, but enjoyed it. Hard not to hear threads of Bowie, Talking Heads and others.
p314. 1974. 4 stars. Classy early 70s art rock, beautifully produced and with a sense of humour, but far too clever and knowing for its own good.
If it's Brian Eno, it gets an automatic 5 stars. Those are the rules.
I know Brian Eno as the record producer and ex member of Roxy Music. This was his first solo album. As a record producer I was expecting some interesting production. I'm not sure I got it. Mythbusters showed that you can polish a turd (Ostrich and lion apparently). However this is a steaming pile of cow left overs that no amount of elbow grease could make shiny. I would have given it one star but I did kind of like the song "Here come the warm jets" or at least the second half of it, and thought that was a little bit interesting. Tick that album off the list and never to be seen again.
I've never knowingly heard any of this before and I really enjoyed it.
Brian Eno is a name I always saw tossed around a ton, but if you asked me who he was I'd just sort of be like "I dunno, he makes airport music I think?" Now I know, and I vibe with it. I think the unexpected winner of this album for me is On Some Faraway Beach, but a lot of this is good. Baby's On Fire kicks ass, Dead Finks Don't Talk is fun weird, and the one-two of Some Of Them Are Old and Here Comes the Warm Jets to end the album unironically kicks ass. I ended up going back to several of these songs. Loved it.
if for some reason ur a theoretical person who doesn't know What The Deal With Brian Eno is, i think baby's on fire would be the first song i'd suggest checking out. only partially because its clearly one of the best songs of all time (tho that doesnt hurt obviously), more because it really illustrates eno's whole process at starting from something "normal" and re-configuring it....i think whats always interesting ab the guy is that he tends not to reconfigure it by Abstracting it necessarily...he just turns it into a whole different, often more instantaneous and primordial thing, like the original sound was the abstraction and he peeled back the layers to reveal the true form. perhaps the thing that played the extended solo on the track was originally a guitar, but it is a guitar no longer...its this flickering color, not quite a real flame but vibrantly suggestive of one. the record on the whole is this big reckless outpouring of eno's creativity , in an irresistibly concise and precise package...probably the easiest of eno's art rock albums to "get into." my favorite is before and after science, who's flow and symmetry creates an overall power that none of the other records can quite match, but if u told me this was the best one on a pure song-for-song level i wouldnt argue with u too hard. its vibrant, its funny, its gorgeous, its full of ideas capable of rewiring ur whole brain if they hit you right place right time
Not my cup of tea. 2.5
This is a weird album. Heard of Brian Eno but didn't really know anything about him. I think I like this but we'll see. It's pretty good all the way through but somewhat wore it's welcome out about halfway through for me. Still a solid album but not anything I would put on again.
I’m just going to start this review by addressing the elephant in the room. I have never heard of Brian Eno before. For an artist that has 5 albums on here, 7 if you’re including the 2 he was in with Roxy Music, it blows my mind that I’ve never heard of either that band nor this artist before a day in my life, even just in passing this guy has eluded me completely. Roxy Music is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so I guess they’re warranted to be here, but 5 solo albums for Brian Eno?? Every one of them is low rated on the site. What’s up with that?? The freaking Brits putting this book together have some wild additions I’d like to talk about, and the amount of Brian Eno on the list is certainly one of them. If you believe him having 5 is genuinely warranted, please feel free to call my American ass crazy, but I’ve never even heard of him before. Anyway, this is the first of 5 Brian Eno albums I’ve rolled so far, and coincidentally also the first album in his solo discography. He’s been a producer for artists like U2 and David Bowie as well, so he may just have the most albums on this list in general out of anyone. As a side note, it also really feels like Bowie’s name gets brought up for every single artist I’ve rolled so far. Dude had tons of connections for sure, and for very good reason obviously. Personal asides at the authors of the book be damned, what did I think of this album?? Well… God dammit, it’s actually perfect. I thought it was amazing from the very first listen and now I guess I’m a Brian Eno fan. For being from the early 70’s, this sound is so ahead of its time. I give tons of extra credit to albums that have different vibes from song to song, and this album has that in spades. It’s legitimately impressive how many different bands that name after this it sounds like. There’s the previously mentioned Bowie, but there’s also a lot of Talking Heads here. He’s also got the weirdness of Frank Zappa, but in a charming way that’s super listenable, where Zappa a lot of the times is more than often just weird. It takes some serious talent to sound this weird but make it cool somehow. There’s elements of psychedelic rock, glam and pop for sure, but occasionally he’ll just freaking SHRED out a solo, like during “Baby’s On Fire”. Other songs are ambient and pretty, like “On Some Faraway Beach”. I don’t know why it took me all day to decide this was a 5, but it is. Not only would I return to this, but picking a favorite song was immensely difficult. I actually can’t believe I’ve never heard of him before, but now I’ve got 6 more of his albums to enjoy!! I’m confused as to why every top review of this album has 5 stars, but on average the rating is less than average. Is it too inaccessible because of his voice?? If so, that’s a shame. I VERY quickly went from “What the hell am I listening to??”, to “Wait no this actually slaps, never mind.” Shame that they didn’t give this a chance if that’s the case. My favorite songs on this one are “Baby’s On Fire”, “Blank Frank” and “Dead Finks Don’t Talk”. Ultimately it was between the first 2, but I went with the first one because of the solo. It’s that good. I’d like to formally apologize to Brian Eno. I was unfamiliar with your game. It won’t happen again, unless the other albums aren’t as good. We’ll see. This is a hell of a start though. Looking forward to more from him.
I can’t believe this “genius” is on this list 7 damn times. This album, like many of his others, sounds like a Middle School band warming up, and that’s the good part of the album. Whenever the vocalist comes in (I assume that’s Eno) it’s grating and obnoxious. Don’t think I made it through a single track- came close on Faraway because it was instrumental for the first 2+ minutes.
An interesting album that combines mostly regular rock songs with some unique, surreal guitars. Definitely a fun listen, but outside of some parts, not that impressive, and its mostly calm atmosphere is not really for me. 7/10
Ahead of its time.
An ok album
I enjoyed Needles in the Camel’s eye, but things quickly declined from there. Dead Finks Don’t Talk is possibly the lowest point (not cheeky cheeky just crap).
I liked the guitar work on “Baby’s On Fire”. But, otherwise… what the fuck?!
Well, I put off listing to this for about a day and a half. I haven't previously liked Brian Eno that much and honestly, the thought of another Eno album filled me with dread. Gonna have to do it sometime though, so here goes.... I still don't particularly like Brian Eno's music. Listening to most of this felt interminable. They weren't even particularly long songs! But they felt like 3 or 4 times their actual length! Cindy Tells me was one of the only parts I liked, solely because it reminded me of the type of nonsense Joe Hawley releases (checking my review of the last Brian album I said "The vocals also reminded me a bit of Tally Hall but I can't put my finger on why" so it's at least consistent in what it reminds me of). The Wikipedia entry for this album makes him sound like an enormously pretentious arsehole. "Eno directed the musicians by using body language and dancing, as well as through verbal suggestion, to influence their playing and the sounds they would emit." What a twat. And yet... the record started to grow on me. At least enough that it avoids the indignity of a 1 star review. 2/5
Eno's debut is more like a mix of glam, pop and avantgarde than his later, more experimental albums. At first listen of this I liked it but I would need more relistens to get into it. I somehow prefer his less accessible albums from the late 70s. Now I will stick with 3 stars.
A little out there, but less so than others he’s put out. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
Had no strong opinion on this either way. 5 Brian Eno albums though???
nice enough
4.5
This was far out. Brian Eno continues to 60 percent mistify me 40 percent bor me.