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Ok
freaky ass album did not enjoy this at all
Sometimes I was saying yeah this is fun and funky and other times I was saying why would anyone listen to this, but I think I did less of the latter.
Gear: ZMF Bokeh Closed Artwork: 🚬🥀🖼️ Production (2004 Digital Remaster): 🩺😲👌 Music: 👂🔍🤯 Rating: ♨️♨️♨️♨️(♨️)/5
This is a great record, although I do tend to reach for Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) more often. Early Eno is so awesome. Well, all of Eno actually
Solid sounds
About half of the songs on this were good. The other half was pretty annoying to listen to. However, the guitar and drums were great throughout so that boosts it from a 2 to a 3. Favorite Track: Needles In The Camel's Eye
Impressed.
Weird af, and I'm here for it
An enjoyable listen through different soundscapes. This Brian Eno is a bit more conventional with more common song structure with singing etc... Great listen. 1. Needles In The Camel's Eye 2. Cindy Tells Me 3. Here Come The Warm Jets
Sin más, bastante bien para la epoca
Love this album cover and his strange voice. 4/5 Favorites: Baby's On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach, Some of Them Are Old*, Here Come The Warm Jets* *Playlist Add Should it be on the list: Yes!
So much of the music I love has been, in some way, touched by Brian Eno. But oddly, I've never really liked his solo stuff. I've never heard this album all the way through, Baby's On Fire is the only one I recognize off the top of my head looking at the track list, but am looking forward to it. This album was eccentric and odd as expected. I like the idea of getting musicians you know won't really get along to play on an album, what a weird concept. I think you can hear it a bit but for the most part once the album is complete you'd never know. I mean I suppose a lot of the final product is due to their differences and having to come up with new parts or ways to play things and that's how the album was recorded. But anyway, I liked this album a lot. I know Eno gets a lot of hate here, but I genuinely don't understand why. He was experimental and doing things that were not the norm. And isn't that what drive creativity and art in the first place? 4/5
Eno gives a great hopeful feel in his first solo effort. The electronic instrumentals can really take you away.
3/10 I found it pretty dull
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Brian eno is a name I know but not someone I’ve ever listened to in any depth. But I really enjoyed this. It felt experimental, rocky but floaty. I would listen again.
Really like 'On Some Faraway Beach', felt emotional almost. Bit of a mix this album, feel like the enjoyment varies a fair bit form one song to the next. Lacks a bit of cohesion maybe.
I’m
I got sucked into this unexpectedly and even if some tracks are a little more grating than others, it's an interesting world to explore.
Best Song: Needles in the Camel's Eye The first song came on and it was a relatively standard rock song. I thought, "hey, this is different." Then 'The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch' came on and there was the Brian Eno sound that I know and hate. Weird music for weird sake just isn't good unless you are Syd Barrett, Bjork, Frank Zappa, or Velvet Underground. This is meh at its highest level and terrible at its lowest. 2/5.
One of My favourite albums of all Time. 7 stars.
I didn't warm to this. It sounded like some obscure indie outfit from 2000s so I Guess ahead of it's time?
Never heard of this guy before and I see I have not missed anything. Terrible.
Pretty annoying songs. I don't know... I find this kind of music not good.
'The weather's fine / & I feel so so-so, so.' One of the great debuts, b/c it tells you where it's coming from w/o telling you a damn thing about where it's going, Here Come The Warm Jets is gorgeous, obnoxious, artsy, & for the common folk. Like The VU, Eno is experimental but leaves more than enuf ground for ordinary realisms: '& they're saving their labor for insane reading / Some of them lose, and some of them lose.' Best of all, these ten tracks are ones I want to listen to (again), & at only ten, the record goes by fast & happy. He's really letting you know that the warm jets are coming, that things are on their way to better planes & warmer heights. It's faraway & immediate, it's musing pop & gritty rock-n-roll, & it's produced to an E.
This isn't something you listen to. It's something you have to endure.
Rock, 1974 -> 2
wtf. he has other good stuff
This is a fine example how experiments can go wrong.
Can’t say I’ve listened to a lot of Eno, apart from his 90s album Nerve Net that a friend of mine had, and Oz band Icehouse covering ‘Blank Frank’ and ‘Driving Me Backwards’ on some radio telethon back in the 90s - bizarrely enough!! This is a marvelous mishmash of guitars, early electronica and other weirdness, which I really enjoyed. Lots of interesting moments and songs that I will have to go back to and listen more to really pull out all the pieces that make up the whole.
Not a big fan of the sound but its cool.
Enimmäkseen rokkia. Vähän taiteellista tai kokeellista sellaista, mutta oli myös miellyttäviä hetkiä. Kokonaisuutena ei kummiskaan oikein ihmeellinen. Parhaat: On Some Faraway Beach, Some Of Them Are Old
I appreciate the experimentation, but sometimes it just sounded silly.
Weird that 6 of 10 tracks weren’t available on Spotify… anyway, the 4 tracks that I did hear weren’t too bad. Brian Eno isn’t for everyone.
Pretty wacky. An arty and experimental rock/pop album that maintains just enough accessibility using sounds familiar from his glam rock, directions towards a punkier rawness, pleasant soundscape-ier that hint at his pioneering ambient efforts. It’s eclectic and a bit odd, and in the end I like it but don’t love it - may give this one a little more time to grow on me.
Good album! didn't leave a massive impression on me tbh but don't have anything negative about it either
album #12 I absolutely adore the experimentation throughout this album. mr. eno, one has to wonder if you've ever missed. this album has so many unique tracks, to the point i really couldn't predict what was coming next - and i love that! some of them were a bit more dull or simply weren't my thing (driving me backwards, blowtorch), but i feel this is more through the strength of the other tracks rather than these being bad, per se. loved it! here come the warm jets is a new favourite song, which has bumped this to a 4/5 :) average track rating: 3.4 favourite track(s): here come the warm jets (easily a new favourite song), on some faraway beach, dead finks don't talk least favourite track(s): driving me backwards number of albums left to review: 1,077 number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 6 albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 2 albums from the list I won't include on my list: 10
Here Come the Warm Jets (did you spot the naughty postcard on the cover having cheeky fun with the album title?) is one of those albums that no matter how many times you have heard it you will find something you had not heard before with each play. You'll ask yourself how did I miss THAT? The everlasting gobstopper comes to mind! Released some fifty years ago, Here Come the Warm Jets still sounds like music pulled from the future- an album that demands repeat plays like few others ever made. Warm streams of art pop await you. Oh, the wonders you'll hear!
Brian Eno is one of those artists that I _kinda_ like some of his songs, but most of the time I'm just not sure if I totally get him. Some of his music is just like... inaccessible, I think is the best word for it, and this album was more of that. Some of the tracks were genuinely enjoyable without having any knowledge of what he's trying to do, like in a "heard it on the radio and bopped my head and just enjoyed the event of listening" kinda way. But a lot of it was just kinda, I don't know... dense...? I didn't hate it (I listened to it all the way through twice), but I didn't love it either. Three stars.
sounded over produced and a waste of some good talent. Album would have been better without Brian Eno
This is amazing
1974??? Amazing.
Bit funky, bit rocky, bit fun
I get why he's famous but mostly not for me.
Here Come the Warm Jets by Brian Eno sounds like David Byrne performing unreleased material that could have been written by David Bowie—at least in places. I’m still not entirely sure what to make of it. Knowing Eno would later produce landmark albums like The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby by U2—along with classic records by Bowie and Talking Heads—you can hear the early blueprint of that experimental instinct here. The album isn’t difficult to listen to, but it never quite feels accessible either. It becomes a bit more unhinged in the back half, which makes it harder to stay engaged through the end. It’s strange in a deliberate way, as if Eno was perfectly comfortable making something off-kilter because he already knew where his career was headed. Almost like he was saying: “I’m going to make this weird little record now—later I’ll help produce some of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. Take it or leave it.”
This was ok, but damned irritating at points. Very Bowie-esque sound that tries too hard at times. Just be a good rock album and stop interrupting the flow with stupid avant-gard bullshit.
I had the LP way back when
Full album was not on Spotify in 2026? The few songs I heard didn't make me want to investigate any further. Hard pass.
i really enjoyed on some faraway beach. this whole album was a new sound for me but not something i would listen to, except for that one song. a 3/5.
This is right in my wheelhouse. As a fan of Bowie, Talking Heads and Roxy Music I am aaare of the influence of Brian Eno. Surprisingly I haven’t taken the time to explore much of his solo output. This album is very inventive at times subdued and other times grating. Added to my albums list. 4 stars. Best track on first listen - on some faraway beach.
I gave it a second listen just in case, but no better next time round. The vocals grated, the experimental sounds annoying
Eno assembled a cast of thousands for this and it shows in the diverse work across the album. I particularly enjoy Fripp's work on it, the solo on Baby'S On Fire is bonkers.
Kinda boring to me, something felt very 'flat' about the audio/the mixing.
This is a great album, I listened to it on full volume and it felt like gettin g needles drilled into my skull in a good way
Goddam it’s good
I'm always told that Brian Eno is a genius that influenced a lot of music. I'm sure this must be true, and I thank him for that, but this isn't a great album. There are moments, and there is definitely some skill and ability on display, but it doesn't seem to know that anyone knows what is going on half the time. I like experimental stuff, but there has to be something interesting going on within the experiment. This was borderline unlistenable at times with some jarring sounds that seemed to go much higher than the volume selected for some reason, so much so that it was unsettling. 2 out of 5. Clearly some skill, Clearly an influence, but absolutely mental.
I know that Brian Eno gets his flowers, but it's still wild just how good he was at art in the 70's. All it took was a brief stint in Roxy Music, and he delivered us this. Here Come The Warm Jets is a combination of Glam-rock and Art-pop, and when it came out, I really think it was a pretty singular accomplishment. And honestly, most of the stuff that later sounded like this had Eno involved as well. Pre-Ambient 1 Eno is such a cool snapshot in time to me, because it very much has the ambition and exploration and basis in experimental music that is at the forefront in his later work, but it is deeply grounded in pop music. On Here Come The Warm Jets, it almost comes together like ancient Shoegaze, where pop sugar is coupled with really daring and unusual sounds. For example, I think the title track is one of the greatest songs ever, and it is really just defined by one melody played on some mysterious instrument that definitely *is* either a guitar or synth. But the tone achieved on said instrument sounds more like an aircraft taking flight than anything. Baby's On Fire also has a lot of really strange soundscapes. And the end of Dead Finks Don't Talk is *insane*, the last 25 seconds of this song may actually have been three or four decades ahead of what anyone else was doing in pop music at the time. I also think the songs themselves here are *fantastic*, Eno is kind of an underrated writer, and the stuff here is proof of that. To be honest, my thoughts on this one aren't particularly well-organized. You've kind of just gotta listen to this. Eno constantly pits glam-pop perfection against really extreme sound ideas and keeps it together with a unique tone that's both playful and kind of disquieting. Here Come The Warm Jets, in 2026, still kind of sounds like it's from the future.
Experimental without being off-putting, this was a good listen
I found this pretty charming if a bit whimsical
I am starting to think Brian Eno was the Jacob Collier of his generation. This actually is a pretty neat record with a lot of unique flavors and tastes, in 1973 it probably sounded completely off the wall. I can never decide if "ahead of its time" can punch an album from "meh" to "okay" and I'm still not sure. I'll give it the edge here to a 3.5/5 but I gotta round down.
2x 3.2 decent enough
Mostly just noise 2
Wasn’t really feeling this at all.
Meh. 3.1
A perplexing album. The sense of humor is really offbeat. I could see it being really off-putting if you're not in the mood for it. Definitely a more interesting album to talk about than to listen to, but still I'm glad to have listened. If every song was as interesting as Dead Finks Don't Talk, this would be rated higher for sure.
Songs sound more different than each other than expected - I enjoyed this a lot !!!! Listened to the title track approx 8 times today so that alone lifts this to an unexpected 5!
Meh, never heard of him, Meh
A quick one because I'm hellbent on catching back up (5 more albums to go) without this derailing my whole workday. I wasn't familiar with Eno at all, and my initial thought was that this album felt like Great Value David Bowie, but it's truly much more ambitious and interesting than that, while definitely being in the same art-rock/glam vein Bowie inhabited in the 70's. I love the big, fuzzed out, arena filling guitar riffs, strangely earworm-y hooks, and variety of sounds, timbres and production choices on this album. This gets a solid 4, and sounds well ahead of it's time in terms of what Eno's vision seemed to be. The one thing that holds it back from a 5 is I do still feel it pales in comparison to Bowie's offerings of the era, but is a far more than admirable solo debut. Favorite Tracks: "Baby's on Fire", "Cindy Tells Me", "Blank Frank" (Who Do You Love? mention) Least Favorite Track: "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" - I don't like the weird suddenly loud synth zips in the middle of the track, they feel like they detract from what it's doing more than they help as what was presumably intended to be a solo of sorts.
I just know that Brian Eno thought he was doing something with this album. Finished it and had a smug look on his face, knowing he had created...something. I think I'm just not a fan of glam rock. If it's not Bowie it just sounds off. The arrangements were really cool I'll give them that. But I hated pretty much all of the mixes. There were so many times I was like...why is this ONE chime loud. Lyrics were annoying Highlights: Needles In the Candle's Eye
Some flashes of brilliance. The more he lets go, the better. I am not sure how much Ferry is still in him (not a bad thing to carry it). I don't much care for the experimental vocals as in Black Frank--damn, the music is amazing but the vocals drive me nuts.
I was very up-and-down with this. Some bits worth really fun and some bits felt like a chore. I’m glad it wasn’t Eno’s soporific ambient era. But I do admire him as a producer more than an artist. But this wasn’t half bad.
I liked this. 7 out of 10. Plays like an audition tape of his production ideals, and there's a bunch of cool stuff on here. He tends to sing in a difficult part of his range, and it doesn't always make for enjoyable listening. But it's creative and experimental and I'm in for that.
Fuck me, what an album. I'm sad it took me this to listen to it. I've always admired Eno more than liked him, preferring his work as a collaborator and producer than as a solo artist. But this? Jesus. Every song didn't work—actually, strike that, only the second song didn't quite do it for me—and I don't love his voice (except when I do), but the greats ones are disorientingly rapturous. The guitar work on here alone is worth the price of admission, which makes sense given that it's Phil Manzanera and Robert Fripp. I don't think Fripp ever sounded as good as he does here, and that's saying something. The weirder this album got, the more intrigued I was. Easily my favorite Eno album and one of the best surprises I've had from this project. It might be a flawed masterpiece, but I still have to give it five stars because my favorite moments on this are some of the best ones I've ever heard. Man, the '70s were something, weren't they?
Honestly not a fan of this album but i liked 2 songs but I love his album music for airports
One of my all time favorites. Eno has few, if any rivals for inventive music. And this, his first solo 'rock' album is a winner.
Surprisingly non-ambient music from Will Shortz’s favorite ambient musician that’s (mostly) a hell of a lot of fun. The quality of the outro cancels out the badness of “Driving Me Backwards”.
Not half bad!
No lo había escuchado. Tiene interés, no sabía que Eno cantase. Canciones originales con grandes músicos. Una pena que la voz desmerezca el conjunto. Es mejor escuchar canción a canción con atención a los detalles.
UK slop
I think of Eno more as a producer. Given my dislike of techno, I assumed I wouldn't like it. I was wrong. This is good.
Experimental/art/avant pop and glam rock. Most of the tracks are really annoying. Several of them start out as just slightly annoying glam rock tracks, but then in the middle of the song, Brian Eno decides to throw in some weird ass instrumentals that make you wonder what you're listening to. The only track I thought was decent was "Baby's on Fire". 1.5 stars.
All of these songs start off okay then devolve into complete nonsense.
Brian Eno kennen we inmiddels wel. Ik hoop altijd op ambient zweefmuziek, maar meestal krijg je vooral een experimenteel gekkie die het heel jammer vindt dat ie geen Beatle is. Gekkig gedoe. Niet verschrikkelijk om te luisteren, maar het blijft ook totaal niet hangen. Nietszeggende 3, een 2 als je een slechte dag hebt.
Jævlig bra, høre masse på da
It's interesting to hear where it started, but I enjoy Eno's later stuff more. This one is more primitive than than the more refined layer stuff and that means it doesn't strike that same balance for me of holding my attention naturally Standouts Baby's On Fire 3/5
I love how there’s so many different sub genres thrown into one bowl here. I can hear Bowie, Roxy Music, and even new wave stuff that was still to come years later. I definitely prefer your standard glam over the experimental fragmented glamish stuff we get here, but I can still appreciate the creativity. Also can we talk about the atmosphere of the album. Area 51 rock core. Holy shit. Favs: needles in the camels eye, dead finks don’t talk, Cindy tells me
I hear Bowie, I hear talking heads. I even hear some Djo and definitely Beatles. It all works so well and meshes to become something so unique. I went on an eno arc too I don’t think it’s perfect by any means but it’s unique and interesting enough to be worthy of a 9 I loved it. On some faraway beach is the best song I’ve heard this year
avantgarde - und so tönt es noch heute. manchmal schwierig, manchmal eintönig.
Etwas zu experimentell für mich
Como me costo terminar este album!!! 3,5
ol’ sourpuss himself.
This sounds an awful lot like the last Brian Eno album that we listen to, which was more of the Roxy Music, Brian Eno, and less of the space bleep bloop Brian Eno. Hard to distinguish between this one and the other one. Still, I like the sound of this, and I like his contribution to glam rock.
Positivt överraskad. Av någon anledning har jag trott att jag inte gillar Brian Eno, men det visade sig inte stämma. Experimentell musik som funkar för mig.
This album was lukewarm bordering on getting cold at best. Some pretty interesting tracks at times, and some choices of songs that just completely ruined the listening experience at times.
Sadly I think this is my last Eno album. I respect his ambient work but have discovered that I love his 70s art pop output. You never know what sound to expect next. He’s kind of the template of some of my favorite artists. Always trying to be innovative, strange, unique while never forgetting that it needs to tie back into the melody. The textures he creates are amazing. Rating: 4.9
Eno has been one of the great artistic innovators over the last half century. This album set the pattern for introducing new and interesting sounds to popular music. Despite, perhaps not enjoying much wider success with his solo work, those who know music, know Eno and can see his fingerprints and influences on modern popular music
I really expected a lot more from this, I'll be honest. I guess being his debut it was unlikely to be as groundbreaking or experimental as his later works, so when you think about it like that it makes sense I was so underwhelmed. It's a humble start, I can certainly give it that, but after this Brian Eno would go on to be one of the most important and influential people in music, and this album just doesn't give that impression about him at all.
Better than some of the other Eno albums that I have had the pleasure of listening to.
Fun and different. Listened to it a few times through. The noise in Dead Finks Don't Talk almost made me drop it a star, but I think I have got to go with 5 on this one.
It took a few listens but really enjoyed the madness of it all.
Musical genius. Stayed strong throughout his career. Good music, including soundtracks.
Reading about Brian Eno makes it sound like he’s interesting and groundbreaking. Then you listen and it's this kind of nonsense.
Weird, noisy (in the right way), warm. All good with this one.
There are few songs where it all came together for me: Baby’s on Fire and Driving me Backwards, and maybe one or two more that I can’t recall off the top of my head right now. They didn’t strike me as genius, and like most of these songs here didn’t strike me as particularly or properly “weird,” but they were good. The songs I didn’t like had a hypnotically British vibe, almost Beatlesque. The rest were ok.
Wow what a cool sounding album! Hearing his name associated so much with ambient music I didn’t expect this album to sound like this. It essentially has a classic rock sound but done with a good helping of experimentation on top. This makes it sound quite unique and makes for a very interesting listen. I definitely need to hear more from his discography as I’m sure there will be a lot of interesting and different sounding albums to dig into.
Loved Brian Eno with U2, but god this stuff is AWFUL
Better than I perhaps expected. Bits of Bowie-like idiosyncrasies mixed with early Roxy sensibilities.
One of my favourite albums. It gets an extra star for the title track. Perfect.
Surprisingly listenable.
Kind of trippy. Kind of weird. Kind of fun. I don’t know if I liked it or not honestly. Truly may or may not listen again but for not knowing who this artist was to begin with, I don’t think that’s a bad spot to land.
Umm...yeah. It kinda grew on me as I listened, but overall sounds like a bunch of Bowie's rejected b-sides. It is one of those time-warp albums, 42 minutes that felt like 2 or 3 hours.
Okay this is... A bit out there. Although not unpleasant. It's a weird artistic kind of glam/pop/rock-ish sound that blends together in an interesting way. I don't know if I'd seek it out but I'd say it's a good listen for what it is.
still sounds like an amature musician to me. . no talent wasted here
3.5 - pretty good
Ultra experimental, me encantó el solo de guitarra del violero de King Crimson.
JFC, I just literally begged for no more new wave/prog/art rock/experimental British shyte! I'm a completionist by nature, but the editors' obsession with this drivel is seriously testing my will. Oh, as for the album, don't waste your time. Listen to the first two songs to say you did; the rest is the same crap. Influence 2. Quality 3. Hits 1. Intangibles (I can't believe I'm giving Brian stupid Eno a bump; Devo did all the same things better) 2. God I hate this 1.
Favorite songs: Needles in the Camel’s Eye, Baby’s on Fire, Dead Finks Don’t Tell Tales, Here Come the Warm Jets Almost rates 4
Wouldve loved this album in the 2000s
Did you know that eno spelled backwards is one? And that’s one weird debut from Brian, who musta been on quite the acid trip back there in ‘73. Got lots of variation and lots of different moods, got some psychedelia, some strange lyrics, some decent music, and some noise. Dead Finks Don’t Talk (top track) sums it up in one song, if that’s possible, just all over the place. Liked the album, couldn’t figure out the title. (3.3*s) Haven’t heard a lot of Brian’s music, but he may have peaked with the debut…
Eno is a weird guy and for the early 70s this must have been new and out there or something. Doesn't really land today though. His debut solo album has some semblance of a well crafted work with a bunch of muppetry thrown in for good measure. Background squeaks, squawks, and robots make the record sound a bit juvenile but I can't say I didn't like that aspect. It's just a strange compilation and I'm neither enthralled nor disheartened by this one. Wonder what wild creations Eno and Zappa could have created if they teamed up on a project. Watch out because Here Come the Warm Jets at 1.94 stars.
Not what I expected in a good way. Here Come The Warm Jets is a lot more eclectic than the other prior Eno entries for the most part. I know he has a reputation as a producer to be experimental and all over the place but he also has churned out some smooth, melodic and ambient albums that have shown up on this list. I figured his solo stuff would be more down the middle so I was glad I got some weirder crazy stuff on this album. A couple songs stuck out for the inclusion of some random weird vocals which I kinda appreciated. Eno's fingerprints are all over music so many major acts and albums in music history so I guess I should have expected him to show up with so much regularity on this list. 2.58 stars
It’s impossible to sit still while this beauty is playing. The creativity and playfulness had me in full on dance party mode.
Brian Eno: Soundtrack For Suicide This stuff is awful.
The Good: Who doesn’t like a warm jet? The Bad: Unless the we aren’t sitting in a jacuzzi… The Ugly: We’re not in Kansas anymore… I don’t know if the algorithm that spits forth the daily album takes into consideration what your state of mind is, or how you’ve been rating albums, however, in the past 5 days I have been graced with three albums, this being the third, which include Mr Eno as an artist… As I don’t want to do any spoiler alerts for those who’ve not yet had the Ambient Sounds ep presented, I shall refrain from commentary, nor if you’ve not had the Roxy Music freshman attempt at music… So what can I tell you about this album that you might not know? Well, nothing in particular… it is eclectic, it probably serves a real good purpose in many homes, mine excluded, yet, it is intriguing enough to need to listen to at least once, maybe several times in a lifetime. I will shoot down the middle on this effort… it was okay, but not great… 3*
A couple of tracks are out there but this is a mostly good debut album. Baby's On Fire is one of my all time favorites.
Abysmal
Not my favorite thing ever, but it's got some good music, and it's very influential to other bands I love. 3.5/5
Another visionary experimental 70s rock. I wonder what this will sound like. I'm sure like nothing I've ever heard before. I'm hating for nothing I know I'll like it but why oh why are there so many white 70s rock albums on this godforsaken list they can't all be groundbreaking they sound the same. Christ alive. Ok rant over I like this is chill and groovy. A little beachy, especially with the layered guitars. Fun. Ambivalence. Right luh calm racist song very white 70s rock then. Well now I can't really enjoy this. It's good just so nothingburger. Like yeah I guess. I can hear the rumoured influence on Bowie but still like it's not breaking any ceilings, at least for me. Some of these are actually just not that good as well to be honest. Ok I'm not finishing this I'm sorry it's not for me. Favourite: Baby's On Fire Least favourite: you know which one
Got to be the only album on here named after pissing on people for kicks. Though Eno had left Roxy Music, it still sounds like them a fair bit (as expected), so glam rock-art pop is the flavour throughout. As it's Eno, there's always some interesting production choices and that keeps it interesting as some of the melodies tend to be fairly similar (but this may be the point). Best Tracks: Needles in the Camel's Eye; Baby's on Fire; Here Come The Warm Jets
I’m sure some the production tricks and sounds achieved on this record were very cool and groundbreaking in 1973, but most of this just sounds like weirdness to be weird instead of weirdness to contribute to the music. Lacks any true musical direction or structure. Some cool moments, but they are mostly short lived. Really makes me appreciate the bands that are able to blend experimental ideas into great songs, because this did not. Overall, I didn’t hate that lots of risks were taken, but it just did not land. 2/5.
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Not as fascinating as his stuff with Roxy Music, but still much fun with art/glam rock with a lot of cool landscapes and funny sounds.
2026.01.21.
Strange listen, though not entirely bad. Quite weird in many spots and many odd guitar effects to unsettle the mood. Not my cup of tea, but I'm sure I could find interesting things if I made a concerted effort to dive into it, but at this time I don't really feel the urge. Also, a song called "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" is a choice. 2/5 stars.
yeah fun i guess, not super memorable. one song had cool drums
going free association with this one, dear reader (i am several beers deep) babys on fire - the fuckin guitar midway through driving me backwards is good i think needles and paw paw maybe didnt set me up right, baby maybe introduced some weirdness driving is great on some faraway beach is great, lots of noise blank frank opener is exciting dead finks - what a wonderful opening musical line fuckin ruined by the most british "oh cheeky cheeky", give it a couple of minutes and it does be evoking though some of them - "it will follow you" vocal effects are beaut and guitar/string solo/stings are fantastic, ensuing weirdness is BIG here come the warm jets - what a closer, is this early shoegaze? i love it lots going on here, idk if enos doing art for arts sake with the lyricism, for most of the tracks I'm like what the fuck is this then there's periods where I think he's a genuis. i think this album encapsulates "never let them know your next move". maybe this was too early in my journey to "get", maybe i wont ever, maybe that's the point i dont feel right giving this a rating because it really needs to be revisited when i'm not in this state of mind, a 4 for now
Hugely influential artist... 2 Stars
The supposed genius of this album eludes me.
Oof. This was rough on the ears.
I'm a pleb what can I say but yuck.
Ničím ma to nezaujalo. To čo vydal neskôr, bolo pre mňa oveľa zaujímavejšie.
ehhhhhhhh Best Song: Needles in the Camels Eye Rating: 4.5/10 Stars: 2
A lot going on, very interesting and mostly enjoyable Standout songs: Babys on fire Dead finks dont talk Here come the warm jets
Very Gary Numan. Or I guess Gary Numan is very Brian Eno
Way better than I was expecting.
Some infrequent harmonic magic. As with most of the Eno output
Good stuff. Listened about 8 times yesterday on a loop
Cool album, with enough variety and quirkiness mixed in with the fantastic musicianship to keep it interesting.
This was so bad. I couldn’t wait to finish
I don’t like it
Quite liked it
Tough to get through tbh.
I completely understand why this might be a tough listen for some. This is actually quite accessible compared to some of his other albums! I love him as a producer and collaborator. Not so much as a solo artist. But it’s still pretty awesome stuff!!
This is our 583 album, but the first time we've had the same artist randomly generated twice in a row. I still don't warm to Eno, even with the warm jets (Warm jets of what I wonder?)
I love, love, LOVE glam. I'd never really given Brian Eno a proper chance before. This was excellent! Glammy, weird, fun, smart without being snooty, art without pretention, just an all-around good time. A new favorite for sure.
Another album that makes this website all worthwhile. Obviously I'd heard of Brian Eno, but only in ambient terms. This was in no way what I was expecting, and it's incredible. Super interesting instrumentation, great production, experimental without being inaccessible. In summary, one of the best finds on this list to date. Superb. Favourite tracks: Baby's On Fire, Driving Me Backwards (the menacing piano drone and Eno's vocals are so reminiscent of The Paper Chase to me), Dead Finks Don't Talk (gorgeous piano riff), Here Come The Warm Jets.
es gracioso cuando en las canciones se escucha mas cerca los golpes de la batería que la voz del cantante y la letra (el mensaje de la canción). es metafórico? capaz. es intencional? capaz. no se.
Sets a cool vibe, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
One of those albums I think that comes into the category of “genius but I won’t listen that often”. I don’t really have a context for it. But I appreciate that it’s good.
Wow, I didn't know that Brian Eno was originally a rocker. This is certainly above average for the genre, but clearly not as name-building as his later experimental albums.
I'm honestly pretty surprised that i enjoyed Here Come The Warm Jets as much as i did. In this album, i really could see a lot of the experimentation that Brian Eno is particularly known for but this time with a much more glam rock style in same vein as someone like David Bowie which makes sense since the band that Brian Eno was in (Roxy Music) was also a glam rock band. I did expect that some of the experimental elements would fall flat on their face and while i was correct with some parts, there were other parts that worked shockingly well and didn't get annoying at all. I think that overall, this album is definitely one of the more solid experimental albums on this list. Best Song: Driving Me Backwards Worst Song: Here Come The Warm Jets
This is, for all practical purposes, an early Roxy Music album, but without Brian Ferry. And what an album! Eno comes with really interesting songs and the band delivers. A classic of the early 70s.
Very interesting and different instrumental choice!
I don't think I've ever actually listened to any of Brian Eno's solo work before, even though he's influenced and partnered with other artists that I really like. Sadly, I thought this album was just ok - a few good songs, some just fine songs, and a few really grating ones. - Heard before? Nope. - Will I listen again? Definitely not in it's entirety. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? Given that he's such a legend, I'll probably try one more album (although not at random - I'll do some research first). Notable songs: Needles in the Camel's Eye, On Some Faraway Beach.
Prolific musical weirdo Eno kicks off his imaginative experimental solo career with an album of proggy, sometimes psychedelic but also poppy 70s frolics. This guy has worked with so many prominent artists of the last 50 years (including U2 and David Bowie), and influenced tons more - in this early outing he's concocting and collaborating with Robert Fripp (a frequent collaborator and an avant-garde artist himself) and a small army of other musicians recognizable from the prog rock environs of the time. The music is both compelling and fun. It subverts expectations of pop music by using typical pop structure and introducing a few unconventional elements like detuned piano, bizarre vocals, oddly miked and mixed instruments, and weird studio effects. By harnessing a familiar base and layering the weird and unexpected on top, it keeps the entertaining and makes it a vehicle for the fascinating. It's delightfully wacky, like if Mary Poppins, Pink Floyd, Alice in Wonderland, and the 1971 Willy Wonka movie had a baby. One other thought: this reminds me of Ween in a big way - Deaner and Gener must have listened to this record a lot. A lot of their stuff sounds very similar. I'm only 30 records in and I'm a little surprised that I'm giving my first 5-star rating to a record full of music I've never heard before, but I'm also a little excited.
Not bad, not great.
Unfortunately found it a bit boring
Forgettable, its a one and done record ill likely never play again Standout - on some faraway beach
Baby's on fire baby
Really liked it. Feared it would be too long, but the opposite was welcome. Can hear artists from the period in there, King Crimson, Bowie etc the good stuff from Roxy Music condensed. More i listened to it, more i appreciated it Suffered from the Poor sound quality at times. But if shouldnt be getting pissing 2's
That was a hard album to listen to
First song was alright, 2 and 3 made me feel a bit ill. Cindy Tells Me had a nice bit of Bowie going on. Then Driving Me Backwards upset me again. Enjoyed the title track.
This is such a vibe. The production is like They Might Be Giants mixed with the Beatles. Also feels kinda like XTC but a little poppier? I dig it.
2/5
I can't deny that it's pretty creative, but it's not for me. I didn't really like it.
weird and ok, but not great
I have listened to this about 7 or 8 times now and just cannot make my mind up. Vocals are generally terrible. However the opening and closing tracks are awesome - throbbing with a powerful driving energy. What comes inbetween is not quite so good - certainly not bad - but not hitting me in balls to make me pay attention to it.
Here Come the Warm Jets This doesn’t feel a million miles away from Pere Ubu, it’s less obtuse, and experiments with a greater range of styles, but it shares a similar feel of putting pop and rock through a filter and coming up with something non conformist, off balance and rather brilliant. It may be more immediate than some of his subsequent albums, but it's no less dense, and similarly rewards repeat listens as little lines, melodies and production touches reveal themselves; a song like Driving Me Backwards becomes a fantastic slow burning build, reminiscent of Radiohead in some ways, and Needles in the Camel’s Eye and Baby’s on Fire start to feel like pop classics. Some songs do feel like a continuation of Roxy Music, which makes sense with members of the band appearing, and some elements feel like nods to music of the past, Cindy Tells Me has an 50s, do-wop quality to itwhereas some feel way ahead of their time, laying the groundwork for Berlin-era Bowie and lots of New Wave and post punk bands, as well as coining some innovative approaches to production and arrangements. On Some Faraway Beach is a lovely song, hinting at the atmospheric and ambient sounds to come and The Paw Paw Blowtorch and Blank Frank have the scratchy energy of Talking Heads (or Pere Ubu), but 4 or 5 years before they emerged. Dead Finks Don’t Talk feels very akin to what Bowie was doing. The Title Track is a brilliantly odd track, mixed strangely and giving a hazed dislocated end to the album I may prefer some of his later albums, but this is rightly a classic, a slow burn in places, more immediate in others, and indicating how fascinating and influential Eno is, particularly in regards to the artists I love that were inspired by him. ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️ Playlist submission: Dead Finks Don’t Talk
A ways away from his ambient works, and much more comparable to the melodic leftfield pop of Roxy Music. Not a revolutionary one (which is testament to Eno that I'd expect it to be). However, it's a great piece of early new-wave, not too different from Roxy, even if missing the impactful genius of his later stuff. It skirts with a 5 it really does. I can't make up my mind if it is. It's better than 'Another New World'. I give it the highest four I can. But now 'Some of Them Are Old' is back on and it feels dreamy. It's confusing, but in a good way. I'll do it...
4 stars for needles in the camels eye and on some faraway beach. not a very coherent project for brian compared to his other stuff but that is sometimes a good thing
Some really good stuff and some really bad stuff. I honestly don’t know how to feel about this album. There were a couple songs I really did enjoy, but then there’s god awful crap like ‘Dead Finks Don’t Talk’. Very mixed feelings. Standout Songs: Baby’s On Fire Cindy Tells Me On Some Faraway Beach
The Beatles with a head injury
Warm…. Mmm…..
i mean what could i say everyone knows how i feel about this
Mich hat das Album nicht mitgenommen. Der Sound an sich ist ok, manches experimentell. Aber nichts, was ich regelmäßig hören möchte. 2/5
A fine listen. I enjoyed the sounds but it was not caltivating. 3.5.
disliked it at first but it grew on me. a fat 3.
Interesting. The album felt like melodic chaos. Like a happier, more sober version of Tom Waits. It's very good. No hooks, though. It's music as art, which we need more of, and very approachable. Nothing abrasive, like audio silk with a few wrinkles to grab onto for texture. M y Rating: 5/5
The debut by Brian Eno borrows heavily from the art-pop stylings of Roxy Music, but layers on additional electronic soundscapes creating an intensely interesting pop record that rewards repeated listenings. But despite the artistry and sonic explorations, this is at core still a pop album, and a fairly accessible one at that. An impressive introduction to the wonderful world of Enzo.
Mostly OK, but I didn't really find it interesting, although Dead Finks Don't Talk was irritating beyond description. Very glad he got into ambient music instead of this shit. I can sort-of hear the beginning of this direction in the final, title track.
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Really interesting, I feel like he just had so many musical ideas, because this is only a year before another green world which doesn't sound anything like this. I really like his singing voice, quite strange wailing or posh British. I do like the more guitar heavy stuff, which I feel like he definitely moved out of, some really interesting guitar tones on here. I think the absurd and surreal lyrics are also one of the best bits, not sure how he came up with stuff like Blank Frank. The title song at the end I feel is more reminiscent of his later stuff, but with a much more energetic drum beat. Some songs are a bit too strange with the random noises. Favourite songs: needles in the camel's eye, the paw paw negro blowtorch, baby's on fire, Cindy tells me, Blank Frank, some of them are old, here come the warm jets. Overall around 8/10
Weird but catchy
3eme album proposé après 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' (noté 2/5) et 'Before And After Science' (noté 3/5). Ce nouvel album commence mal. Les premiers morceaux présentent des parties ratées : - 'Batterie' terriblement monotone dans le premier - Bruitages/chorus de synthé très désagréable dans le second morceau Heureusement le chorus de Robert Fripp sauve le 3eme morceau ('Baby's on Fire'), et plus généralement ses interventions dans 3 morceaux sauvent l'album de la note minimale. =>2/5
Thoughts before listening: I enjoyed one of the Eno albums on here and found an all great time song in "Third Uncle". I've also been underwhelmed by the ambient albums as that just isn't a sound I care for. I know this is pretty early in his solo career and is very highly regarded, but my opinion will likely be based on whether this album is avant-garde rock Eno or ambient soundscapes Eno. Review: Yeah so this is avant-garde rock Eno, and a pretty good album as well. It starts off with "Needles in the Camels Eye" which is a recognizable song and has a cool little guitar riff in the middle that always grabs my attention. "Baby's on Fire" continues the strong guitar work with an extended, messy overly distorted solo that had to have been an influence on a band like Sonic Youth. In general, this album sounds like the bands in the late 70s/early 80s that were transitioning the punk rock sound into what would become new wave and alternative. Only this album was released in 1973. This definitely seems before its time and its overall an enjoyable listen. 4-stars
80/100.
These sounds in the 2nd song.....i hate that and these "oh nos"on track 8 stop it! i was glad when this was over experimental you say? mental maybe yeah but the experiment failed on me
There's a lot to learn about in these 1,001 albums, whether it's about different styles of music you might not have listened intently to before, how certain albums came about, etc. One new thing I have learned in this musical journey: I think Brian Eno is massively overrated. Is it neat that he was experimental? Sure. But to me, it either came at the expense of, or was the byproduct of his inability to, constructing/construct actual good songs and music. Nothing on here is really any good. And just like his album with David Byrne that I listened to earlier, this was substandard.
Odd. Weird. Interesting. 7/10
"Here Come the Warm Jets" is the best album I've had in a while. It's also Brian Eno's greatest work. I love "Needles In the Camel's Eye", it's way ahead of its time. Sometimes, I wonder why Eno became an ambient artist a few years later. By the way, I have nothing against his ambient albums. 4 stars for "Here Come the Warm Jets".
Enjoyed the first song. The rest gave me a headache
Weird art pop/rock. Felt too esoteric and different for the sake of being different.
This was the second Brian eno album I’ve reviewed. very different from the first one being airport ambience. This was cool. I don’t think I’d be begging to listen to it again. But I also still enjoyed it.
Love a bit of Eno. Fripp's guitar solo in "Baby's On Fire" is incredible.
Big Eno fan, but this isn't my style - still a bit too much glam. Still fascinating to listen and see how he progresses but I don't love much on this.
Didn't do all that much for me admittedly. Its for sure the type of early eno im much more into than the ambient electronic stuff he did later. Just nothing that jumped out to me in any big way. Everything was good but just not that memorable.im just a sucker for the structure and it exists here. Eno is still just cool though. And he makes interesting stuff. Good start to the old career
Man what an obnoxious, overly pompous album. In a weird way this might be my least favorite album in the list, though it's by no means the worst musically.
Un disco raro. Con canciones melódicamente buenas pero que están retocadas para darle una vuelta de tuerca distinta y experimental. A veces logra convencerme, la mayoría no. 3/10
A lot of cool moments throughout - loved Dead Finks Don't Talk. The man is a soundsmith. He makes very cool sounds that don't necessarily translate to good songs or records. Really like the album cover too.
No more eno please. It’s fine. I like it. It’s enough though.
You gotta love seeing this kind of album actualizing into something that isnt a pile of garbage. I felt so many different vibes: the psychedelia of Dark Side Of The Moon, the surf sounds and harmonies of Beach Boys Today, the flat out wackiness of the White Album. Songs like On Some Faraway Beach sound like they could be from Tame Impala today. Super original and way before its time As this process continues to 1000, my respect for King Crimson is steadily building. Fripp, Wetton and Simon are excellent on the tracks they contribute to. Maybe Eno and King Crimson should’ve both been credited here as the artist: King Eno?
I think Sean nailed the review - incredible musician but feel like I just want him to land the plane a little more often, and yeah Dead Finks is really fun. Gave this a few more spins after Chad told me he was digging it. Definitely grew on me but still a challenging one. I’d be interested to hear a little more Eno!
Wasn’t into this
4/5
I get this is like David Bowie or Talking Heads but it's also not fun to listen to
Heard songs from it before, can't believe I haven't heard the full album before. You can still hear the more glam Roxy Music vibe on this album 3/5
Liked it! I mean amazing and interesting obvs. It’s brian eno. Nothing super crazy tho. FO
Bah franchement on a l'habitude de pire avec Brian Eno. Franchement j'ai bien aimé, expérimental sans être inaccessible, c'était plutôt une bonne écoute !
Rien à voir avec le premier album de Brian Eno qu’on a écouté Ça fait penser aux stones et aux doors par moment
J'ai bien aimé ! Assez original et entraînant 4/5
Iconic
A very pioneering collage of jams, love the endless ideas that come out of Eno
Pocos músicos pueden considerarse tan influyentes en la historia del rock como Brian Eno. Tanto en su faceta de música de banda (Roxy Music) como en su carrera en solitario o como productor, Eno se ha caracterizado por su vertiente experimental, casi siempre alejado del mainstream pero creando escuela. Este álbum es buen ejemplo del eclecticismo en el que tan bien se desenvuelve, aquí viniendo de una etapa glam que todavía explota en él. Gran ovación para el maestro.
Here’s where I reveal myself as a bit of a (solo) Eno skeptic. I love about 2 songs on here, but so much of this and his subsequent, beloved solo albums, share a common challenge for me: his voice. Add to that a particular disinterest in melody or even anything interesting at all and I have to wonder if people enjoying this is a received wisdom, peer pressure kinda deal. Of course, it and his influence can’t be denied, and I won’t, but that’s further evidence to me that his true worth as a musician is as a collaborator and shaper of other, better melodic ideas. It’s even there that his vocal talent soars (the layering/stacking technique), creating something simultaneously alienating and affecting. Or it’s simply that Bowie doing Eno is better than Eno doing Eno.
Probably not something I’d revisit often, but definitely enjoyable and experimental. The guitar work is a big standout, as well as the production (though the textured and sudden volume shifts do trigger my misophonia somewhat)
“On Some Faraway Beach” is the best song I’ve heard in a while. As for the album as a whole, I didn’t love it but there are some great moments. This is the first I’ve been convinced of Brian Eno’s genius.
Whaaaat! I am surprised that Brian Eno has an album that people can listen to! Nice!
While I appreciate his influence over the years I didn’t find this album particularly noteworthy.
This was good Eno, best we've had since Science, though not quite up to the same standard it was his debut solo album so very impressive. Strange and interesting, with almost all of the odd turns improving the songs and still being casually catchy. A bit less varied than Science but still preferable to the other albums we've had. Good stuff.
Dead Finks Dont Talk is punctuated by the comedy chickens you squeeze and they cluck, but probably my favourite track. Driving Me Backwards is fun too. It is an odd album, on par with Before and After Science. Years ahead of its time, it sounds recorded a couple of years back, and not 1972. Enjoyed it - pre-Electronica.
Less out there then the other Eno albums we've had. I thought it was ok, but I've preferred his other albums to this. The eponymous track was my favourite. 3, ok but probably won't be back
If you have not heard any music from this artist, you have probably heard him producing bands you have heard of. Or seen other art. I ended up finding about him more after this album popped up on the list.
Not my favorite sound but different.
Baby's on fire grabbed my attention - sprawling, moody, fantastic guitar solo. I may give this album another listen.
He’s like the David Lynch of music
I see why this album deserves 5 stars. 3 stars
Various noises that I didn’t feel much towards
Perfect album. Needles In The Camel's Eye is super!
This is one of a few albums that have something new to offer each time I come back to it. It just keeps on giving. Every time a slightly new experience. Every experience a good one.
Not another Eno album 😭 it's better than the last one but that's not saying much
Meh.
Good
While I do think there's probably 3 too many Brian Eno albums on this list, this album isn't one of them. Not to say it's my favorite thing, actually pretty far from it, but this album has its spot here. It's pretty experimental for the time period. There are some neat ideas that get brought out. Cool to listen to. Not one I'd want to come back to.
Kinda funky and experimental in a way but still rocks hard with guitar licks and such
This doesn’t deserve to be a 2, but it’s a hard round up. I get the appeal of Eno, and I’m not totally averse to his thing. But he can be way too cute or something, and this is one of those ones.
Eno assumes his final form in the Eno Expanded Universe. Weird in a good way. Has a strangely Beatlesque flavor in places. A fun oddball piece. Eno is in a much better mood here than on "Before and After Science." It's less polished and all the better for that. Just this side of crazy.
Some good stuff here. On Some Faraway Beach and the title track wee the standouts. Interesting but not too out there. Seems like it influenced GBV.
Based on the first song I thought this might be a more traditional sounding rock album, but as it went on, while some of that remained, it also became more artsy/experimental. Maybe more mainstream than other Brian Eno music, but still not completely. The musicians are great, but overall not a record I would pull out and listen to
Lots of crazy sounds on here. Given that it's Brian Eno, I almost wonder if this album was more an excersie in musical production that an attempt at a traditional album, though maybe I'm overanalyzing. Before the vocals come in "On Some Faraway Beach" sounds alot like "Best of My Love" by the Eagles which is pretty funny given that the two artists are kind of thought to be on opposite ends of the rock and roll spectrum. This was a decent listen overall, but not something I feel like I need to return to. Low 4.
Second listen brought this up to a 4, didn’t love it the first listen through, but was able to pick out so many more impressive aspects of the album after the second listen through.
Not a fan per se but I do enjoy his work from time to time
Musically experimental glam rock and a proto-Bowie sound. Started a bit better than it finished for me (Needles in the Camels Eye and Baby’s on Fire are highlights for me, not that the other songs are too far behind). I find it a pity that the lyrics are such nonsense and free-associative, although they do have a sense of humour which I appreciate.
Album 967 of 1089 Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) Rating : 3.75 / 5 I really enjoyed this one. Eno always seems to bring something a little off-center, a little quirky, and a whole lot interesting - and this album is no exception. It’s experimental without being off-putting, playful without losing its edge, and packed with those oddball textures and ideas he’s known for. What I appreciate most is that none of it feels weird just for the sake of weird. Even at its most unconventional, the songs still feel like songs - they have structure, personality, and a sense of direction. There’s a creative spark running through the whole album that makes you lean in rather than back away. It isn’t the kind of album where one or two tracks jump out as “hits,” but the whole thing works as a unique little world of sound. Definitely one to hang on to and revisit when I’m in the mood for something inventive that doesn’t go too far off the rails. Eno earns his reputation here.
Not one of the Eno albums I know best, so it was mostly very enjoyable to listen to this as it's one of the most groundbreaking modern influential records there is. Had me at least humming along to some of the progressions and tunes, and contemplating how even genres like shoegaze / mbv would be born from here.
4/10 - hmm disappointing, when I saw Brian Eno pop up I got excited but this is such a non-Brian Eno album... but have to give credit to him for evolving
Probably the most straightforward thing I’ve listened to from him. This is really good. The songs are catchy and go interesting places while retaining accessible lengths. Favorites were Needles In The Camel’s Eye, Baby’s On Fire, Some Of Them Are Old, and Here Come The Warm Jets.
There are some songs on this that stand out immediately as great (if a little weird, especially lyrically), and some that don’t catch your attention on a first listen. But there is so much layering, and so many things going on sonically, that I pick up new details every time I listen. Great album.
This music may be amazing for loads of people, it just isn't for me. It might be my fault, but I just hear a lot of noise that doesn't make any sense. 1/5
There are a couple really good songs on here (like the title track which is amazing IMO). But overall it’s not that strong and has a lot of tedious parts
Injury Reserve thinks it's good enough to sample so it's good enough for me. It's out there without being difficult to listen to, it's catchy. 8/10
*1973. British dude. *This sounds like a bunch of B-side Beatles tracks... some okay stuff, but mostly not. RATING - 5/10
reminds me of david bowie. and who doesn't like david bowie?
Totally subscribe a rfeview that I read after listening to it. I identify so much with this line that I'm pasting it here as is: "I don’t feel as though I can give this album a fair rating at this time. I did not immediately dislike it, didn’t love it either." So, in order to not be unfair, I'll try to listen to it one more time and see how it goes :-)
I approached Eno's discography in a somewhat backwards way. I heard about him as a renowned producer first, then checked out his Ambient 1 album and loved it. I think I listened to this around the same time and didn't get it at all. Much later on, when I had a better understanding of Art Rock in general, I went back and listened to Another Green World and Taking Tiger Mountain, and loved them too. I think I still dismissed this one as too glam or too messy or something though. Coming back to it again now though, I appreciate the wild experimentation and can see where he was going with a lot of it. The first and last tracks are fantastic, and the ones with Robert Fripp on guitar too. 8/10
70s rock. Debut. Departure from Roxy Music, blends glam and pop stylings with avant-garde approaches. Flamboyant and glam. Quirky sounds. Funny. Experimental. Every song has an underlying weirdness.
Not what I expected from Brian Eno.
I love this album so much.
Très sympa ! Jolie découverte !
There's some cool stuff here, but I'm one of those idiots who thinks Roxy Music was better after he left.
It was ok, but not anything great. Unexpected more given his producer career
I started off not liking this very much, but by the time Driving me Backwards landed I started to enjoy it a bit
Being told an album is an eccentric artist's 'most accessible' is usually a red flag, and Here Come the Warm Jets proves it. Eno’s unconventional methods might inspire greatness in bands like U2, but left entirely to his own devices, his music is just weird
Not what I was expecting but thoroughly enjoyed.
Toch een aantal verrassingen
- Uhm, speciaal. - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM - 0 nummer al toegevoegd aan MMMM 2*
Greatly unique 5/5
I liked about half of it
A couple songs I liked a lot (like the opener) and others too experimental for me
7 - GOOD
All the ambient and electronic music I love exists because Brian Eno is weird and I will love him forever for that.
Bubbling with ideas. Lots of interesting songs but the vocals are awful. File with the velvet underground as the critics choice but does anybody listen to this 51 years on. It is certainly a level above the mush that is portrayed as music now but that is the equivalent boast of beating your cat at darts.
The Eno-Sphere is vast and contains multitudes of great works. But at its center is a black hole of albums that I can't seem to enjoy. King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Eno's solo stuff just leave me flat. The "kitchen sink" approach has earned him "genius" status, but a bit more focus and restraint might go a long way towards earning my attention.
3.5
Interesting instrumentals, vocals “insist upon themselves” a little. Nothing too much or too little End of “Dead Finks Don’t Talk” (~30s) becomes the oddest shit ever
I don’t like the voice the musics cool tho
Boring sorry, just some bullshitting around, felt like a mix of psychedelic rock and like musak that plays at a massage place or something, at times I see why it's here because it sounds like shoegaze done 15 years early and that's cool but I don't really like this album much; this really didn't resonate with me at all
i liked this
After 3 or 4 Eno albums I’ve come to several conclusions. 1.I don’t get it.
++: Needles in the Camel's Eye, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, Cindy Tells Me, Driving Me Backwards, Blank Frank, Dead Finks Don't Talk, Some of Them Are Old, Here Come the Warm Jets +: Baby's on Fire, On Some Faraway Beach 9,7/10
I am not familiar with his work at all but it's not bad. Has kind of a nice early 70's vibe with what I would call 'wacky' but I'm sure at the time it was just experimental sounds. It's not overdone though, it just adds some flavor. So I guess it's not bad but not something that I think I would listen to often. It is pretty chilled out though so I could see myself adding a song or two to a chilled out play list.
Not my jam. Too noisy, aimless guitar solos
Outside of his work with Roxy Music and his ambient stuff I’m not really familiar with much of Eno’s work. This was a wild ride! I recognised some of the tracks here, but it felt all over the place in an exciting way. I could have guessed that Robert Fripp lent a hand with the guitar on this album, it rips.
Not my thing.
Boring
Interesting is one way to put it. Great soundscapes
I am still strugling to understand why Eno is considered such a force in the music world. First off, Here Come the Warm Jets 'sounds' terrible; thin, tinny, with endless strange mixing and recording decisions that were clearly deliberate, but inscrutible. I also get a very 'weird for the sake of being weird' vibe, rather than being convinced that the music was made in response to some true avant-garde or psychedelic impulse. Folks like Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, and countless other 'weird' artists had been around for years at this point; it's tricky to figure out what new is being brought to the table. Not the sort of thing I'll return to any time soon.
What a bizarre album. Completely unexpected given that I've only heard Eno's quieter ambient (Note - that's Eno as a solo artist. Obviously his work with Roxy Music wasn't ambient) work prior to this. Equal parts experimentally forward thinking and juvenile. Enjoyed quite a lot of it, but sometimes the more childish bits got annoying. May have to give it another listen to see if it grows on me.
Ah 1974, when Glam was at its highest peak! I would prefer some Roxy Music, but Eno will do!
Might as well put a 2 year old on the keys
Always intriguing. Not his best, but very, very good.