Here Come The Warm Jets

one of the surprises of this challenge has been learning that i am apparently a brian eno fan

Great album with shades of all the influences of mid 70s NYC music: John Cale / VU, Bowie, and John Lennon — and shades of nascent Talking Heads. A few of the experiments didn’t land, but many were excellent. 4.5/5

Giving a 4 just because of on some faraway beach

I’m a big ambient Eno fan, so I can the the genesis of it sort of a bit here. It’s pretty raw and out there considering the time frame. I remember way back when I first discovered this I had no idea he was in Roxy Music…but then that sort of twisted cabaret feel makes sense. To me it’s a classic even if some of it doesn’t wear as well at this point.

Personal favorite from Eno

Fantastic

Very Bowie-esque at times, but I love it. Still sounds pretty fresh today, can’t imagine how it must have sounded when it was released.

First listen ever to Brian Eno. Really loved track 3 onward. Track 4 was sounding very "beatles"-esque. Pretty fun album, lots of noise, hard to listen to without thinking somethings going wrong with my AC unit or like someone might be knocking on my door. Track 5 is fun, very halloween-vibes. Track 6 is really nice - literally feels like a walk on the beach when listening. Enjoyed the quick 42 min album. Easy to breeze right through it.

Fav songs: Baby's on Fire; Driving Me Backwards; Blank Frank Been on a bit of a dry spell with the List lately with genres and artists I'll never get into. Today I feel renewed. Know of Brian Eno through his collabs with other artists I love. He always sounded like someone I would like but never explored. This debut is weird, catchy, sleazy. It sounds like cheap lipstick smells. Love it.

Много прилича на стилът на Запа и ми хареса

Interesting to hear non experimental/electronic/ambient music from Brian eno. This was kind of like hunky dory David Bowie mixed with the talking heads

I'm familiar with a decent amount of Brian Eno's work, but mostly as a producer with Talking Heads, Bowie, U2 and Coldplay among others (did you know he produced the song "Laid" by James?), and his more ambient work. This is my first time hearing "Here Come The Warm Jets" and I honestly dig it. It's quirky, and immersive with a fun mix of pop and prog elements.

4.5

Somehow never heard it before and thought it was one of his ambient ones. Second half is much stronger - On Some Faraway Beach is absolutely beautiful and Dead Finks Don't Talk is brilliant, love the drums on it

Sounds kind of weird but I like it

C’étais vraiment bon ! Un style qui par contre, à force de l’écouter me tanne un p’tit peu. Les chansons sont bonnes et longues !

I really enjoyed this. I’ve not listened to a lot of ENO so I was expecting this early album to be a lot more glam but it’s already moving on from it. Grouse stuff

Like this a lot more than the other album of his we've listened to. Managed to feel experimentalin a way that was more "interesting" than "self indulgent." One to come back to, after I'm done with my never ending catch-up session here.

Shades of Bowie in somehow being both timeless and ahead of its time. Gave me shades of Radiohead, Pavement, and I'm sure other bands I have no idea about in its mix of electronic noises with more straightforward instrumentation. Enjoyed this and want to give it more listens to really sink my teeth into it. A nice surprise.

Very nice - 4 stars

I really liked this one. It’s weird and quirky but it works for the most part. His methods of working are certainly interesting. Each sound sounds like it could be from a different album but it all comes together somehow. Method in his madness

This is my first album from this book. Let's see if I can really go through all 1001 albums. Let's get started. July 31, 2025

This album was fun and quite a bit different from what I expected as I guess I'm mostly familiar with Eno's later work. Fun blend of glam, pop, and early electronica going on here. 3.5/5

Liked this album quite a bit. Reminds me of Bowie but a bit more off the rails, and the singing isn't quite as good. Still, I liked the energy. I guess I tend to like Eno when he's not doing ambient stuff. 3.5/5

odd but interesting listen

I'm familiar with this album because Brian Eno was one of the original members of Roxy Music. It's been a long time since I've listened to it. I still like it but I think I like the songs on the last part of the album more than the first. Except I absolutely love the first song and has been one of my all time favorites since forever. Those who know They don't let it show They just give you one long glance And you go, oh oh, oh oh Goes to show How winds blow The weather's fine And I feel so so-so, so Birds of prey With too much to say Oh what could be my destiny Another rainy day Why ask why? For by the by and by All mysteries are just more Needles in the camel's eye

For sure his most accessible work. Mush better than "Ambient Noise for windows and siding warehouse bathrooms"

Great album. Well produced, danceable, some sort of experimental.

This is the missing piece of Roxy Music - the bit that was taken out between Virginia Plain and Slave To Love. The good bit.

Interesting album. An eclectic mix of glam rock and instrumentals and some other random stuff mixed in and Brian finds a way to make it work pretty well. 7/10

Good album that’s it

Really good

I really enjoy this album. Mad but in a lovely way

What a quirky album. Eno was definitely ahead of his time. I was familiar with who he was, but had never listened to a complete album of his before now. This was a pleasant surprise for sure and a perfect example of why I decided to take on this 1001 Albums challenge. 4.3/5 108/1001

It's Sly Bry, with another lovely offering. A weird thing is that I think Eno isn't very immediate, and as a consequence (brace yourself for a look behind the Project curtain here) I score him quite lowly, as that's done straight away, and then review him much more kindly a few hours or a day or so later. Isn't that interesting? Come back! I'll tell you what I think of this record! I really like it to be honest - it's pre-ambient Eno, when he's still rock tinged. It's basically an album that Roxy Music could make if they weren't all completely hateful.

Am I on drugs? Is everyone else on drugs except me? To get the obvious out the way: this is weird. But I can vibe with weird! When you're shooting at this many targets, you are not going to get a bullseye every time, but I respect the audacity to try. Thanks for doing something different Eno!

Didn’t think I’d heard of Brain Eno but when looking at his discography he features on Fred Agains album Secret life which I’ve listen to a lot. I am going to listen to Brain Eno’s 2025 release off the back of listening to this album as enjoyed it

Not my favourite but it's all right. Kind of like The Beach Boys ran through an LSD powered punk fever dream

Imagine David Bowie and Talking Heads decided to make a record. Ah, and young Sonic Youth were also there. :) Fav: Baby‘s on fire

baby's on fire is an absolute banger

Exploratory, fresh, arty, playful

Didn't know Brian Eno, cool songs

Nice of him to invite the clangers for a feature

Strange, but good

Needles in the Camel's Eye Baby's on Fire Cindy Tells Me On Some Faraway Beach

Yeah

It's taking me a while to get Brian Eno because a lot of the first stuff I heard was this ambient music albums, and ambient music and me don't really get along that well. It tends to bore me. I do like his work and Roxy Music and I absolutely love the Byrne & Eno we will have coming up on this list. Of course I know his production work with other bands, which generally been seem to be some of my favorite albums by those artists. This may be the first pop oriented album I've heard by him on his on his own and I honestly wish I had time to listen to this a second time before my review because it is a very good album but I think it's one that I want to really digest its intricacies. First thing almost anytime I hear Fripp and Eno together, it's almost instant magic. "Baby's On Fire" I can listen to on a loop. Some of the songs feel like they want to be a little off-center from what I like, but as they went along it would hit my warm spot good. I'm giving this a mid 4½ stars for now but I can see this growing further for me. 9.4 ★★★★½

I didn't mind this. It wasn't really my thing. Specific parts sounded distinctly Beatles-esque.

A few months ago, I felt like I’d fallen into a musical rut so decided to listen to a supposedly classic/influential album I’d never heard before, picked Here Come the Warm Jets, and enjoyed it. Then I discovered there was a website that would generate the classic albums for you… So, Brian Eno is essentially the patron saint of my project and I should probably build a shrine to him similar to the one on this album cover. He’s still only getting four stars though.

way different than what I associate with Eno, pretty good!

Lots of unique sounds and totally original styles. The vocals border on goofy at times, which kinda takes away from the experience, but the sheer novelty of this record earns it high marks.

4/5, pretty good

4 maybe 5

Good album but i felt like it was missing some of that magic that makes an album worth "listening to before you die"

The good parts outweighed the bad parts. Weird but tied together enough to be enjoyable. A poor man's David Bowie if you will.

I generally prefer Eno’s ambient work, but I really like this as an example of a bridge between his different musical explorations

A work of genius. So much music, of so many different styles. A wonderful version of prog rock. 4.5/5

This album is revealing to me how much I like and respect the work of Brian Eno. I listened to this while laying out in the sun and enjoyed every minute. It's strange, textured, rocky, spacey, and I don't know what to really compare it to. I think this is my 3rd album of his, and I'm consistently surprised by how stylisticly different they all are. Truly an innovator.

Overall: 8/10 I've enjoyed most of Brian Eno's work as a producer in the past so I've been excited and anxious for one of his albums to pop up and the day has finally come. What a strange, fun, experimental and cool album! There are so many moments that reminded me of all the groups he wound up producing for in the future and I had to keep reminding myself that this came first! I hope it's not too much to suggest that the new wave blueprint came from Eno himself. This is an essential work with intentionally disjointed and fun instrumental work (those guitars blow me away). Not all of the songs hit hard but the ones that do are masterpieces. This won't be for everyone but if you keep an open mind then you're bound to find something you enjoy here. Fav Song: Dead Finks Don't Talk Least Fav Song: Driving Me Backwards

Great tunes, reminds me of the Talking Heads, except Eno sometimes added extra layers which I imagine were trying to be experimental, but sometimes obscured the best part of the music instead of added to it.

The solo path of the industry's most questionable yet influential figure, Brian Eno is both mad and a genius. The album is exciting and weird and definitely feels a lot closer in time to MGMT than some of the greatest albums in rock history. Ultimately inheriting Andy Warhol's position in music, Eno began to break the walls of possibility in a new direction. Taking directly from some of the Beatles weirdest, he combined musicians knowing there would be conflict and put that conflict right in the forefront of his musical journey. It's weird, it's out there, but I'm really coming around to his importance in music as a musician

This is so weird and I like it. Also the last song is amazing.

Driving Me Backwards // On Some Faraway Beach // Dead Finks Don’t Talk // Some Of Them Are Old // Here Come The Warm Jets

This is delightfully weird even if it lacks any really stellar moments.

I really wanted to like this as it seems super cool, and Eno is a really decent guy who has spent his life pushing the envelope and being truly one of the great music innovators. It's certainly not TOO experimental for my taste and loads of interesting things going on, but I just didn't quite find it as repeat-listenable as I'd hoped. I can't see myself needing to own a copy or listen to it regularly more than out of pure intrigue. I have to give him credit for artistic courage and clearly having a lot of fun with it, so I feel the need to round up on what probably would've been a 3.5.

This is some weird shit. I am into it. I have been getting hit with Roxy Music recommendations for a long time and they were all misses. I am so glad he left and did his own thing.

I really wasn’t sure what was going at first but at some point I had to accept that whatever it was, I was enjoying it.

Not the ambient Eno I was expecting - this is rock (albeit slightly avant garde). I like it.

Heard of Brian Eno but never heard much of his music. The more I listened to it the more I liked it. High 3s so rounding up

I think it’s a nice album. It matches the artist’s personality very well so it doesn't sound contrived. Musically, I like the melodies - they don’t sound old. There are some light hearted elements that can still be appreciated today. But I do notice that they sampled some weird sound.. For example, in the beginning of <Here Come the Warm Jets>, I could be wrong but I feel it unnecessary to put some extra dingdong chimes. It’s barely noticeable but once you know it’s there it just becomes a bit annoying…

not my kind of music

Huge fan of Eno - maybe my 3rd favorite overall.

Wie chammer de Brian Eno nüd känne? Mitbegründer vo Roxy Music. Sehr experimentel, mängisch än Touch vo Pink Floyd oder sogar de Beatles. Mega.

mal luege wies bim brian emo usgseht needles in the camel's eye isch na cool? chli komisch produziert aber wa wotsch mache paw paw erinneret mi chli ah talking heads, u.a. sicher wills so quirky isch baby's on fire isch scho so vool gsi aber das abstruse und chaotische gitarre solo isch riichtig geil hahaha WAS SEIT D CINDY DIER BRIAN okeee "glammed up" art pop macht iwie sinn!! driving me backwards findi no spannend aber gad gnüsse tunis nöd ohh han bim faraway beach gar kei gsang meh erwartet, aber wenn er chunnt find ich en seeehr schön, v.a. mitem gsang im hindergrund wowiiiii sehr geili drums bi dead finks uuuhh de rest passiert echli...no cool aber nöd meh hahaha some of them are old tönt am schluss wie es chille-lied here come the warm jets isch coools outro!! hans vill meh gnosse alsi denkt han. hii und daa typischi quirky sache woni nöd alles guet gfunde han aber solids 4i han ich de brian emo lieber als de jimi???? 😓

Yes Brian Eno! He doesn't disappoint. I've loved Brian Eno for a long time now and while I didn't love every song he always comes out with some bangers that are so warm and moving. The final song is excellent. Glad this has fallen in our final few albums!

It's glam rock Jim, but not as we know it. This is Eno at a fascinating crossover point, applying deliberate avant-garde challenges to a musical language that begins familiarly enough but soon unravels and takes off elsewhere. There's a playful edge to the invention, so the whole experiment manages not to come across as stiff and po-faced - it's as fun as it is weird and clever. It's also much darker and heavier than o expected! Pre-post-punk? Favourite tracks: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, Baby's On Fire, Driving Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Blank Frank, Here Come the Warm Jets

(Rubs temple again) Well, another Brian Eno album less than a week after the last one I was able to hear. I was hoping to space these albums out just a little bit more because Eno's genius can sometimes be a bit exhausting when you are "blah" on it (especially the instrumentals). I really liked this album. Had this been my first exposure to Brian Eno then I may not be as "blah" about some of his work. I'm not sure there is a bad track on this album and I like that it actually has vocals. The best songs on here are: Needles in the Camel's Eye Baby's on Fire On Some Faraway Beach (really liked this one) Here Comes the Warm Jets Really pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this album. It had a lot of weirdness that was present on the Roxy Music albums, while also had some of the pop sensibilities that I know are hiding somewhere in Eno's soul.

This was a weird but great album. It only got better as it went on. Highlights: On Some Far Away Beach Some Of Them Are Old Here Come The Warm Jets

I used to listen to this all the time. What a strange thing to somehow forget.

An excellent album that will be easily accessible to many people! It’s not what you expect off Emo, especially considering his more ambient leanings but this is excellent!

Maybe 5 stars but needs another listen. Certainly an artist who has the skills and inspiration to match. I’m not sure how deep the artistry goes on just one listen.

Innovative and fresh.

You know, Brian Eno is a very interesting figure to me. He's a very influential figure that I feel goes a bit under the radar to many people, myself included for a long while. I mean, you have stuff like his ambient albums, Roxy Music, his production credits for artists like David Bowie and Talking Heads, and even some pretty cool political activism. So it's pretty cool to see where Eno's solo career got its start with Here Come the Warm Jets. This is a very different album from the first of his that I listened to, Ambient 1: Music for Airports. That album is exactly what the name implies. It's ambience. It's some pretty good ambience though. However, I actually prefer this album over it. There's things to like here. The style is very interesting, but good! It's artsy and a bit eccentric, but not to the point of being obnoxious. The writing is also quite unique. The instrumentation is great. There's a lot of variety in each song's vibes. He even got some other important figures to work on this album, including some of his bandmates from Roxy Music. He even got Robert Fripp on this thing! That automatically makes this album worth listening to. You can definitely feel some of the energy from Roxy Music in here, but there's a few moments on the album that kind of make me think of his production and ambient stuff. The songs are good, and the pacing is solid. This is a strong debut. Light 4/5.

4.0 Impressive. Very nice. Can see and hear the Bowie influence/collaboration here. Flicking between genres but not widely swinging such that it still remains pretty cohesive and very tight. Nice to hear an Eno album that is different to his ambient stuff.

Another great Eno album that sounds more traditional as an album if you will and not too ambient. It still makes Eno sounds like an amateur who just created something great by being interested in music for the sake of it.

Probably Brian Enos most accessible music. Good stuff

Really liked this. I hear the influences of it in Wilco, Talking Heads..

Avant-glam. I was familiar with Roxy Music and ambient, I hadn't heard Eno's solo work. Its a pretty cool stepping stone on his career from synth operator to eminence grise by the end of the century. Needles in the Camel's Eye cold-opens the album with a shoegaze queasiness. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch demonstrates a really virtuosic talent for studio work with multiple guitar voices fading in and out, subject to some beautiful effect treatments. A synth line with a fine understanding of key velocity punctuates it. Baby's on Fire starts as a classic glam track although loses some punch when it descends into prog-noodling in the middle. Cindy Tells Me almost goes back to early Bowie in format before a phasing guitar washes over the top of the song. Driving Me Backwards includes disconcerting changes to phrasing and (I think) some reverse reverb and cool guitar squelches. On Some Faraway Beach is mixed really weird with Andy Mackay's keyboard work out in front despite not being very good. On the one hand Eno is kind of beating My Bloody Valentine to the punch by 20 years but it doesn't quite hit with the clear melody on the keys sitting on top. Blank Frank is a sleeper hit with a psychedelic take on Sabbath with blues bassline, soaring guitars, synths and studio in full effect. Eno can be really hit and miss but when he hits he knocks it out of the park. Dead Finks Don't Talk is fine I guess. Its a plodding number with a 60s pop structure (albeit with screaming in the background of the chorus!?). The last 20 seconds is ace and may be the inspiration for Kouhei Matsunaga. Some of Them are Old is a pleasant exploration of tape effects punctuated by Brian Wilson style acapellas. Its interesting that Smile had been my last album as there are a lot of similarities in what they are doing trying to marry pop sensibilities with boundary pushing. Eno did significantly better thanks to his technical skills and his better mental health. Here Come the Warm Jets closes the album with another proto-shoegaze album. I want to like this more as I love Eno and the influences this album had on later musicians which I love. There's part of me that would have preferred this to be just the experimental parts as the glam/pop stuff is a bit generic. I suppose it adds a nice contrast though.

More rocky and less ambient than I expected it to be being Brian Eno. Very good album if a bit dated at points.

I liked this lots

Glad I listened to this because “Eno” is a popular crossword clue. Reminds me of the artists he’s worked with like David Bowie and Talking Heads, so kind of weird but still good.

Honestly I don't even know. Parts sucked ass and were hard to get through, and parts - the first few songs, the last song - were really enjoyable and clearly very influential on a lot of the stuff I like. Pretty entertaining album even though it isn't the easiest listen at times

Truly an avant-garde artist. I wonder if Eno was wondering about the impact he would have in the years and decades to come.

Great title. This album kicks off a prolific career that has never stopped evolving. Songs on this album hint at what’s to come in his solo and collaborative future.

Buen disco experimental

Brian Emo. Favorite track: On Some Faraway Beach 3.5/5

This was weird but solid. I could have done without 'The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch', but most of the rest was pretty different than what I normally hear from experimental artists, and in a good way. There was a lot of variation between the songs, which held my interest, and I would not mind listening to this again.

Not his finest work. Mainly as he is singing

Lovely album. Very odd sound but very good.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this when I first turned it on. It felt like it was going to be an experimental album from someone who sounds like a store-brand David Bowie. And there were parts of the album that were kind of annoying, particularly Driving Me Backwards. But for the most part, it was actually entertaining. The various elements in each track add up to a weird but fun experience. It never goes full experimental nor over my head. It stays fairly accessible while breaking some conventions. I’m aware Brian Eno was a pivotal force in producing some very successful musical acts, such as Talking Heads (which this album absolutely influenced). It’s east to hear through this album that he knows what he is doing. Favorite track: On Some Faraway Beach (probably a weird pick, but I loved the slow synth ambience of it Other hits: Baby’s On Fire, Cindy Tell Me, Some Of Them Are Old, Needles in The Camel’s Eye, Dead Finks Don’t Talk

Something different, I liked it

Very cool and good

"Here Come The Warm Jets," Brian Eno's debut solo album, stands out as his most accessible work, blending art rock with catchy melodies and intriguing soundscapes. Released in 1974, the album showcases Eno's innovative use of textures and production techniques while maintaining a captivating pop sensibility. Tracks like "Needle in the Camel's Eye" and "Baby's on Fire" feature both experimental elements and engaging hooks, making the album approachable for listeners new to Eno's avant-garde style. As a result, it serves as an excellent entry point for those looking to explore Eno's unique musical universe.

Great

A really interesting and genuinely different listen — I enjoyed this a lot, and I’ll definitely come back to it. Musically, the sound shifts constantly throughout the album. It’s inventive, unpredictable and very clever. There’s art-rock chaos, glam swagger, and moments that feel both loose and tightly controlled at the same time. You can hear how influential this record became. That said, it does lose a bit of momentum for me around the midpoint. From “Dead Finks Don’t Talk” onwards, it dips slightly before picking itself back up. The first half, though, is electric. Favourite tracks: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch and Baby’s on Fire. You can hear clear hints of both Talking Heads’ angularity and Bowie’s glam theatrics in these — forward-thinking and full of attitude. Least favourite: Tracks 8–10 drag a little for me. Album artwork: A cool, abstract cover that perfectly reflects the album’s experimental edge.

Here Come the Warm Jets is Brian Eno's debut solo album. Eno had already found considerable fame for his time in Roxy Music; this album sounds close to Roxy Music's glam rock. In his solo work, Eno continued his experimentation with synthesizers, and explored a range of song formats and styles. This is an interesting collection of pop songs that are hard to date; this album doesn't the trends of early 70s pop - or any other decade. Eno created songs with the grandeur of Roxy Music's glam rock, and incorporating enough of Eno's synthesizer and production techniques to give the work a distinct sound.

I think that listening to all of Brian Eno's albums on the 1001 lists could be a much better experience if they are heard in order. This album is good, but it is not as challenging (challenging does not necessarily mean good) as some others that I received before. This is indeed the best of his solo albums to me, but I would have viewed his more experimental works with much more sympathetic eyes if I had the correct historical context.

I cannot believe this was 1973. What the fuck was Brian Eno on to think of something like this? It's weird as hell, but masterfully produced and my god the guitar is just insane. Some songs are just too much weird and I can't get into them at all, but then a few songs later Eno will pull out this intricate yet beautiful song that pulls you right back into the album. Gonna be a middle tier 4, wish it were a 5 but I will probably have to have a couple more listens til I get to that point

Very interesting album with a good balance between some pop elements and experimental arrangements.

When glam rock meets art punk and experimental music. That record is so wild, while remaining catchy and very pop to the core. Brian Eno is a magician.

What a great album, I've never listened to Brian Eno before, I shall now. I really loved the experimental nature which Eno instilled in his collaborators. It sounds way ahead of it's time. Who said the early 70's was a barren wasteland for British musical talent? Err me. I've been proved wrong on this occasion.

I feel like this is almost too normal for Brian Eno - it's his first album so I guess he didn't have as much artistic freedom as he would have wanted to. For any other album that would be a downside but in this case it's actually good

Weird in the best possible way

I'm generally a big fan, particularly of his work with Roxy Music, and his ambient records. For the more traditional records, I like "Another Green World" the best, though this record is good, that one is better.

This was a little different but I liked it. Kinda rock and techno kinda weird thing

not as good as roxy but still better than you’d expect

Eno did some really nice, and definitely interesting, albums after leaving Roxy. There's nothing ground-breaking here but I like it.

Really cool protolectronica. We've come a long way, but that was intereting and fun

The tone?? The guitar tone??? The fucking synth layered on the guitar??? It sounds crunchy in a way that I think a lot of rock should have gotten inspired by but isn't because they are silly Anyway the album's good though I'm not huge on the glammier parts of this

Brian Eno is a legend. This album does not disappoint.

May be that it was too sunny out for me to listen to this but I wasnt vibing. Love Enos vocals but it was a bit too downtempo for me.

I can only compare it to Piper at the Gates of dawn, in the best way. Experimental, at times whimsical, but the sound design is very cleverly put together. Will probably grow to be a favourite if I let it.

Fun comfy album listening 4/5

Definitely have heard of Brian Eno, really never listened to his music. Very interesting sound. Very avant-garde.

Dave Bowy. If you like David Bowie you’ll probably like this. Super surprised to see this is one of the members of Roxy Music as I have not liked any of the Roxy Music I have listened to. This was pretty good except for a song or two where I either just didn’t enjoy it or thought it went on too long. Still would rather listen to Bowie from this era but this is still good. 7/10

How can you not love the camp sensibility found in the line "Babies on Fire, Better throw them in the Water." This was a popular underground tune during my early college years. The levity in that tune permeates the entire effort. But even today you can feel the experimentality that, despite the lightness, gives the album weight. It seems like a transitional album between glam, and the punk and new wave yet to come. Definitely a fun listen and certainly a worthy choice to this list. 4

Eno and the consistency of ambient pleasure.

I need to spend more time on this with headphones. Cool, out of left field album but it is all eno. The embryonic sound he would help develop for himself and so many other bands. This is the crux, the art-rock-big-bang. Throw on the headphones and rock.

I already knew and liked the title track. And I still do. The rest is fine.

Dybt underlig plade som bare lyder pissefedt. Elsker de her hektiske sangstrukturer som bare bliver ved med at bygge op.

Avant gard, tuneful, experimental. Really interesting piece of work. I might listen to this a few times.

4.25

I expected this album to be more experimental based on descriptions - it mostly just sounds like slightly chaotic glam rock. But that style works well - you get the same kind of effect but without being restricted to the rigid structure of a standard radio-friendly song. The best tracks are "Baby's On Fire", "Blank Frank" and "Dead Finks Don't Talk" with a couple of honorable mentions, so that alone brings it to 4 stars. I am skeptical of the idea that bringing in more people automatically leads to better results. As a casual listener, I didn't really see any positive effects of that, and it was probably a logistical nightmare.

Very interesting album, reminds me a lot of David Bowie. The singing here isn't the best at times and there are some weird moments, but over I enjoyed this album enough. low 4

I was pretty sure that I was going to love this album before listening to it end-to-end. I already knew several songs from it: Baby's On Fire, On Some Faraway Beach. Some of them: I don't love at all - that's for sure. Indeed, the lyrics are not catchy - it's the sounds that count.

I've never heard of this album before. I expected ambient music that I would mostly ignore, but this was delightfully weird, a little dark, a little trippy. Favorite songs: Baby's on Fire, Driving me Backwards and Dead Finks Don't Talk. Each song was unique but there was an undercurrent of a melody that seemed to tie the whole album together. "Left the Hotpoints to rust in the kitchenettes and they're saving their labour for insane reading"

Adelantado y muy bueno. Innovador, cantado sentido y excelentemente tocado

Creative and challenging musically. Nonsense lyrically, but who cares. Highly enjoyable and will keep it in the rotation.

C’est fou à quelle point on entend du Bowie et du Talking Head sur cette album. J’avais jamais pensé à l’impact qu’avait eu Eno en tant que producteur sur le développement de ces artistes. Même si ça se ressemble, ça arrive pas au même niveau; voix cassée, guitare tonitruante et direction musicale en zig zag me fait hésiter sur le score final, puisqu’il y a réellement quelque chose de bon en dessous. Au diable! 4 étoiles pour Brian!

Very good

In a parallel universe, there would have been a Time magazine cover about the future of rock and roll being Brian Eno and this record. One hears so much of what was to come, new wave (as is well known) but also indie and alt in all its variations (is the title cut / closer the first great shoegazing track?), plus hints of ambient and intimations of the future direction of club music, house, EDM. The guy’s a prophet, for sure. That said, not everything works equally well. Top cuts are the opener, “Cindy Tells Me,” “On Some Faraway Beach,” and the excellent closer. But much in between is too aesthetically edgy (and tries too hard to be so) and lands as mostly annoyance (see “Baby’s On Fire” and, most egregiously, “Blank Frank.”) Still, it’s prescient and quite cool.

7.5/10

My two favourite trax on this, by several furlongs, are Baby’s On Fire & Driving Me Backwards. Long before I heard Here Come The Warm Jets, I knew these two songs from an album Island Records released in 1974 called June 1, 1974 - a live album recorded at London’s Rainbow Theatre on that date. It featured Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno & Nico & it opened with those two Eno songs. And the live versions were as good, if not better than the originals, which are still great. Eno’s vocals are terrific. I also really like the opener, Needles In The Camel’s Eye, co-written with ex-Roxy bandmate, Manzanera & the Diddleyesque Blank Frank. A lot of the remainder is arty & avant-garde, but as throughout Eno’s career, always interesting. Most Roxy members lend a hand, except, of course, for Ferry.

Wow! I was expecting ambient noodling and instead I got rhis weird and wonderful pop album full of layers. A very pleasant surprise and an album I will be returning to.

Brian Eno's debut solo album sees him moving from the world of glam rock into the avant garde art rock that he would become famous for. Here are the early experiments that would one day come into the studio with the likes of Talking Heads and David Bowie, among many others. It's surprisingly poppy for an album with so many dadaist techniques involved. Lyrics are largely non-sensical sounds later turned into words. The performers are brought in with the intention for them to clash and make some mistakes as they go. Eno would try to instruct them via non-verbal communication. It's certainly an odd album, but also oddly engaging. The most notable of the guest musicians is King Crimson's Robert Fripp, who adds an impressive guitar performance to 'Baby's on Fire'. 'Here Come the Warm Jets' certainly isn't for everyone. But if you want to understand how later art rock artists developed, it's essential listening.

I get that campy glam rock might not be everyone’s thing, but this is such a straightforward and easy listen, that I’m surprised this album is sitting at a meager 3.05 on this site. Some of the higher-rated albums on this site are more inaccessible than this one! I’d say this record sits at a 4/5 because, while bolder than most accessible music, it sounds like Eno was attempting to appeal to an audience that doesn’t appreciate him. Bring on the experimental!

Very interesting album.

You can clearly hear all the zany production ideas that would go on to inform his work on Bowie's 'Heroes'. It's quite fascinating hearing the individual details and clearly picking up where they fit in the Bowie mix.

Innovative, exciting, dissonant. Eno was always pushing boundaries. The idea of bringing together musicians that are incompatible, mixing out of tune instruments with nasally snotty singing, it was punk before punk. Baby’s on Fire is such a fucking good song. I don't think I’d rank this album as a classic, but it’s definitely an underrated gem.

Brian Eno, the glam rocker, is such a weird but welcome acquaintance. Probably only him and Bowie that could pull off something like 'On Some Faraway Beach'.

I’m not sure what I expected, but it certainly wasn’t this. I know Eno as an ambient musician, so this definitely subverted my expectations. I quite enjoyed the weirdness and I will probably need a couple more listens to cement my opinions on this, but overall, I liked it.

This is pretty cool. Nice and weird music, nice and weird lyrics - I've tried to get into roxy music before, but this hit better than they ever did. Not gonna be a regular play, but I'm glad I heard it.

Here come the warm jets es el debut de Eno como solista después de haber abandonado Roxy music. Es un disco con fuerte carácter experimental aunque tiene melodías interesantes. presenta elementos vanguardistas tanto en su música como en las letras, con tendencias dadaístas e incoherencias Abre con Needles in the camel´s eye, compuesto junto a Phil Manzanera, con una pulsión que luego usarían los Radio Dept. para su Why won´t you talk about it. Glam Rock del bueno para empezar el disco. The Paw Paw negro blowtorch (la única con letra "real" pero basada en la historia de un sujeto con supuestos poderes pirocinéticos) suena a los Roxy Music pero más distorsionados con cachibaches electrónicos (hola David Bowie). Baby´s on fire ya es otra cosa seria, una guitarra punzante (Robert Fripp nos regala un solo de guitarra exquisito) y un ritmo inquietante. Roxy Music deberían estar tirándose de los pelos de envidia aunque no estaban precisamente sumidos en una crisis de inspiración. La mayoría de grupos de la movida ochentera española suenan a esto, o al menos así lo pretendían. Cindy tells me a partir de unos coros que parecen sacados de My boyfriend´s back construye una radiante canción que podría estar en cualquier disco de la Velvet Underground (ese piano juguetón suena mucho al de Tell me what de los Fine Young Cannibals). Para cerrrar la cara A, Driving me backwards resulta un Krautrock que hasta incómoda con ese piano y voces desafinadas... el inicio de Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me de The Smiths genera una sensación similar, On some faraway beach, es un instrumental dream pop que emociona como Heroes lo hará más adelante con Bowie. Blank Frank es el último tema en el que toca Robert Fripp, un ritmo claramente influido por Bo Didley (Who do yo love?) y esa voz anticipa el punk (con un timbre muy similar al de Ian Curtis por ejemplo) aunque también suena a Black Betty de Ram Jam o al I Want Candy de Bow Wow Wow (versión del original de the Strangeloves, escrita por los mismos autores del My boyfriend´s back...) Dead finks don´t talk es una bonita canción que parace fusionar a Bowie Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry e Ian Curtis aunque la referencia más evidente es la de David Byrne que tuvo una buena inspiración en este disco. Los coros suenan muy influenciados por I am the walrus de The Beatles hasta que rompe con unas punzadas de eléctricidad distorsionada. Some of them are old, parece nuevamente una canción entre el Bowie de Space Oddity y The Beatles (o algún trabajo posterior de Lennon) e incluso aparecen elementos que suenan a lo que luego KLF publicarían con Chill Out. La canción que da título al disco es la que lo cierra es una maravilla noise que podría estar en cualquier disco de los años 90. Un disco, tremendamente influyente y vigente, lleno de un sentido del humor irónico y rebuscado (Eno se comunicaba con los músicos bailando o haciendo gestos, las letras surgen por libre asociación o sonoridad y carecen de sentido original) que hay que tomarse muy en serio precisamente en contra de lo que sotiene su propio autor. Por cierto el título hace referencia a la orina y no a otros conceptos más rebuscados (misiles, sexo, drogas...) ¿Es uno de los 1001 que escuchar antes de morir? Por supuesto, y además se disfruta muchísimo. Otros grandes discos de 1974 fueron (atención a la variada paleta sonora) los de Stevie Wonder, Gram Parsons, Kraftwerk, Gene Clark, Supertramp, Genesis, Bob Marley, Big Star, Neil Young, Tangerine Dream o los imprescindibes directos de Van Morrison y Bob Dylan. También los de New York Dolls, Tom Waits, Mike Olfield, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Minnie Riperton, Neil Young, ELO y King Crimson.

Almost an outlier in his catalogue - a conventional 12-track rock album with plenty of singing. Plenty of Roxy vibes, along with the Velvets and a dose of his new chums Iggy and David. It's a fun listen all the way through, and the monster guitar riff on the title track comes out of nowhere. Four stars.

I find it strange that every time I see Brian Eno, I have a negative reaction, yet every time I listen to one of his albums, I thoroughly enjoy it. There seems to be a disconnect in my head between my automatic dislike of Eno and my actual enjoyment of his music based on my memory. Now listening to the Warm Jets. On Side A of this album, you can really hear his roots in Roxy Music and the glammy arty poprock with a touch of avant-garde. On Side B, there are hints of where Eno would be heading in his career, with more ambient parts and increased strangeness and nonsensical lyrics. At the time of its release, the album broke musical boundaries. Although it's not revolutionary now, it still retains its freshness and charm.

shits funky fresh

What a great, crazy record! A whirlwind of emotional landscapes on that one, which was surprising to me because emotion is not something I think about a whole lot when I think about Eno. But this really surprised me: it's a bit manic, often fun turns to yearning (on some faraway beach), to sinister (blank frank), to joyful, to sorrow, etc. The experimentation is there, of course, the playfulness. It's like seeing in his head, and it's messy! Promises of things to come: you can sense the smell of what he would do with a band like the talking heads only a few years after. Everything is there, though he was just getting started.

This was great. I’d heard of him but assumed his sound to be completely different

Invention everywhere

First time listening to Eno solo. Pretty cool glam art / progressive

I had listened to this before and was underwhelmed despite being a pretty big Eno fan, but decided to give it multiple spins this time around and it’s an excellent grower. No surprise here, but Eno implements unique sounds throughout the record. It’s pretty accessible though, and much of it previews his work a few years later with Talking Heads (some of the greatest albums ever made in my opinion). Very solid, perhaps a masterpiece that I need to continue exploring over time.

Second Brian Zeno. Second 4 stars. Close to a 5. Really fun listen. Normally not a fan of experimental stuff

I was surprised by the Roxy Music album because I liked the weird aspects of the album. That makes me think I'll probably enjoy this one. Right off the bat I'm loving the guitars on the first track. The vocals are fun too. Brian sure knows how to make weird psychedelic music haha. I dig it.

Dead Finks Don’t Talk hits all the right notes

Altogether, some of the musical choices on this album weren’t for me. However, the album did have some moments and those moments were very strong moments. Baby on Fire, Cindy Tells Me & On Some Faraway Beach were enough for me to rate this album like a 3.9 but I’ll round up for the sake of it!

Absolute classic :) eno for the win

Wasn't sure what to expect with this but it has just the right mix of "normal" mixed with Enos weirdness. Really liked it and will listen to his next album as recommended by Iain C

Uncanny pop nightmare-scape, but not in a bad way. In a really, really good way.

I enjoyed a lot of this! The songs that I did not enjoy, I found myself thinking "this sounds like The Beatles" and/or "this sounds like The Beatles being played backwards or something".

This album was weird but I did like it However I do wish some of the songs were just a little shorter

I love this album, it's a classic for me and one I listen to a lot.

Ein Experimentierfreudiges Album mit Ecken und Kanten war die Premiere von Brian Eno. Ein Album, das neugierig macht. Soviel Kreativität und Spielfreude erfreuen meine Ohren. Driving my Backwards, some of them are old, on some faraway beach, Babys on fire: unterschiedlich, aber alles vom Feinsten, auch der Gesang. Top!

Their music is quite interesting as there's lots of sound and notes I have heard before in other songs. An example is some of the sounds in The Paw Paw song. Sounds like they were definitely experimenting a bit with their music. I liked the songs, Needle's In The Camel's Eye and Cindy Tells Me.

Two days of Eno in a row through this site. The only thing I wish I could do now is revise yesterday's review. As it stands, this is one of my other favorite non-ambient Eno records so I'm stoked for the day.

Way better than I expected - nice, straightforward poppy melodies with some pretty interesting production choices and sounds. Enjoyed this.

One digs this more than much other pop/rock Eno, likely down to the sense of humor. Gets maybe a litlte too glam for one's taste at times, but the influence is clear, especialy when 1974 seemed light years from 1982 (say). "ON Some Faraway Beach" is very strong, among the best songs he ever did.

Eno was just in silly goofy mood 🤪😜🤣 Nothing on here takes itself too seriously, and that is very apparent right away, so it makes all the weirdness and experimentation very easy to swallow. Plus, even when he’s being a weirdo gremlin who doesn’t want to appeal to the masses, Eno is really good at writing a pop hook. I fully walked into this expecting to roll my eyes for 42 minutes, but this is exactly what I want out of experimental music. No matter how weird it gets, it’s fun!!

Eno=genius. Look it up. Go ahead... 4/5

Pretty easy to see from The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch why Eno and Byrne got along so well. There is a huge bleedover in terms of style at play here. Baby's On Fire is an early standout jam. Takes its time and doesn't try to go too far, but love the layered atmosphere, fuzzy guitar noodling, and ruminant drum+bass pairing. If Spotify didn't inform me otherwise, I could easily be convinced that this came out last year from the garage rock revival scene (a la Ty Seagall). Driving Me Backwards is an interestingly off-balance sounding track. I don't have the best ear for these sorts of things, but it feels as if something in the mix is inverted (calling to the song title). Certainly, the backing samples/effects add to a disgruntling psychedelic experience. Sounds like a distorted Beatles song in a way. Coming out of the last track, On Some Faraway Beach is a complete breath of fresh air. Drums and harmonized vocals are mixed weirdly distant, as if at the end of a fade-out, with the piano right out in front playing melody. Makes for a weird effect and makes me feel a bit like floating. Blank Frank casts all that aside for something a bit more punk-rock(?) meets pop. Dead Finks Don't Talk had me from the intro drum/keys. Just so pretty in the way they interplay and how the mixing brings everything together. Only gets better as things go on. A lovely kooky adventure that devolves at its conclusion into something I would never have anticipated. Some Of Them Are Old has a certain choral element to it that wraps around you as the climax builds to the end. Feels like an even more drugged out Beach Boys in some senses, especially as everything strips away to the hollow bells at the end and things bleed into Here Come The Warm Jets. Oddly "warm jets" is a great way to describe the tone of the fuzzed out guitar in this one. Discordant bells ripple in the background at the opening as if this is some indie horror movie. As things move towards the close it becomes less unsettling with the vocals, and then the whole ride is over... Love so much about this album. Clearly a lot of experimentation at work from Eno, and so much of it connects in a positive way. I can hear traces of other influences throughout, but he turns it into something that stands alone. I'll definitely be back through this one before long. Strong 4 / 5.

I am glad that these is the 3rd or 4th Eno album, so I know that I need to be in the right mindset to when I listen to his albums. This is another strong album by him that hits me in all of the right places. It is just weird enough to be unique but not so weird that it is un-listenable. My favorite aspect is the unexpected sounds that come out of no where that are embedded in a great sounding song that just throw you off. Example being in Baby's on Fire which was probably my favorite song. This whole album flowed so well together too that I didn't even realize that it had been 42 minutes and was ending.

What a weird album. The noises the guitar makes is a bit unsettling (in a good way for me). On Some Faraway Beach is magical. Also Bob Seger totally stole that sound. Couldn't put my finger on it at first. This album is wild. Brian Eno is a madman. I hear Bowie, Pink Floyd, and Talking Heads all rolled up into one on this. I was close to giving this a 5 but couldn't pull the trigger. I'm definitely coming back to this though. I knew of Eno before this project but he has consistently been awesome.

What a weird guy.

It is a testament to the vision of the man getting a collection of fine musicians with little connection to produce such a varied selection of songs. At times thrilling and others a little discordant. But it works. Almost steeped in its time but given the variety and production standards it works today.

baby's on fire

Great

When I was a kid I thought Bono was short for Brian Eno just because of letters. Obviously the voices are very different. This album was a pleasant surprise considering what I was expecting. It has a playfulness about it that was also unexpected. I was driving while listening so didn't take normal notes. Favorite track "Needles in the camel's eye" 3.5/5

I have to admit I liked this more than I thought I would. Some of these experiments and accidents worked just fine.

Hmmm...well, I guess like this one...

Since I am still feeling under the weather today this album required several breaks for me to complete the listen. If I had felt better I’d be more into this. Still, I liked the improvisational wacky feel of it. Definitely unique!

Very enjoyable. I'm not sure it entirely works, but it was worth a listen.

So many interesting ideas I had to listen to it a few times. Some albums on this list I wouldn't even want to complete once.

Art pop melódico. No está mal. Un 4.

Art rock, art pop, glam rock.

This album felt like entering a new dimension. I was uncomfortable at first, but I really enjoyed the creative directions that the production took throughout the album. There are still several things in here that come across as weird, but overall it was great and something I'll revisit when I'm feeling some weird music. 9/10. Favorite Songs: Baby's On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach Least Favorite Song: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch

It was really cool to hear Brian Eno's rock music. I think of electronic ambient music when I hear his name. I also didn't know he was part of Roxy Music - interesting!

Enjoyed. Very eclectic

4.3 My initial reaction, 15 seconds in, was that the music was grossly over-produced but as you start to get through a song or two it feels like each layer and overdub added seems to kinda make sense and fits it with everything else. I really enjoyed this entry, having no background with Eno before. Sometimes with this exercise in reviewing albums, I will get halfway through a song and figure, well, there probably wont be anything that changes or I will find more interesting, so I skip. That was definitely not the case here

A foreword-thinking debut from a sheer musical legend. 7.5-8/10

Bowie meets Zappa and the Talking Heads really something to behold where unique defines and limits it. Underground sensation and truly a music man’s muse. Eno lacks contemporaries for myriad reasons, all can be heard here. There are snippets of so many musicians to follow that it’s impossible to imagine the impact this has had on the whole.

Quirky, weird but in a good way. My kind of weird.

This is something unique, really like it

Another artist that I would like to become more familiar with. This album is pretty good, but nothing that really is blowing me away on first listen. Some interesting, experimental stuff. The droning and swelling in 'Driving Me Backwards' is pretty cool. Lots of really interesting choices on this, actually. The more I listen the more it grows on me. Interesting stuff throughout 'Dead Finks Don't Talk' from the weird 'OH NO' shouting to the crazy electronic outro. This is one I'd love to revisit. 4/5

Brian Eno. Never heard of him before this list. Where have I been? This is great stuff. Standouts: Baby's on Fire, Needles in the Camel's Eye, Dead Finks Don't Talk, Some of Them Are Old, Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come the Warm Jets. 4/5

Wow Wow Wow. You know when people talk about how "The Godfather" is THE movie and has inspired all future movies. I think Here Come The Warm Jets has a lineage that has effected modern and contemporary music. I am astounded by the production, recording of the mics, the innovation of cutouts during a song. This album sound like it could have been produced in 2024 and it could fit in this era's style of music. My issues with this album is the slower pacing song have a weak lyrical component to it but when the instrumentals take over, they are center stage and killing it!!!

There is quite a bit of Eno on this list, which I guess makes sense. I definitely prefer this version of Eno to the more ambient Eno. There is some really interesting music here and it's still fairly accessible and enjoyable to listen to. 4 stars.

Fripp's solos are amazing

I can hear the history and influence in this one. Don't know that I'd ever listen to this again as a whole, but bits of it have already gone onto some playlists.

3.5/5

Sounds like Roxy Music but a little bit weirder. I like it. There are some really beautiful moments on the record.

"Needles in the Camel's Eye" is seriously such a perfect song, and although I liked the rest of the album fine enough on previous listens, the weirdness of it all began to really jive with me on this relisten. 4/5

right off the bat feels like a 90’s coming of age movie. I feel like I should be listening to this driving down the beach side in california w my buddies. KAZOO! Guitar solo on the third track? fire. has slight Beatles vibes.

I liked it! I did however listen to most of it out of my phone speakers while white knuckling it in my mom’s tiny car on the highway. So idk if it was the fear or the music but I had fun, it scratched an itch in my brain.

Needles in the Camel's Eye - I love the wall of sound, and the running guitar riffs. The breaks in the song even have a very singular quality to them. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - first signs of Brian trying to be Bowie. I like where the song goes in the stomping final act. Baby's On Fire - the ringing tone in the background reminds me of Silver Apples "Lovefingers". Eno's voice has a fairytale goblin character to it. Cindy Tells Me - nothing particular to say about this one Driving Me Backwards - seems to be a great example of how Eno values experimentation over song structure and musicality. On Some Faraway Beach - feels even more Eno-y now. Weird ending to this one. Blank Frank - this is bizarre, every musical choice here feels strange. Dead Finks Don't Talk - oh naughty sneaky. This one is weird in a fun way. Then it gets next level weird in the last 20 seconds. Some of them are Old - nothing particular to say about this one Here Come the Warm Jets - is this sampled by Injury Reserve? It surely is. That's a crazy sample. Ah I love this one, this is awesome. I prefer the tracks without goofy goblin singing. Its quite interesting to hear this album which is quite quirky in many ways, but also way more conventional to rock standards compared to much of what Eno would go on to do. Pretty fun album though. Fave Tracks: Needles in the Camels Eye, Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come The Warm Jets 4.1/5

Brilliantly detailed and crazy - almost a little too much so, relying on weirdness and "wow here's another fun bit/bob to keep your interest for the next 30 seconds" to the point where it stands more as camp than as creativity. However, there's literally nothing else bad to say about this album. The songs are so darn fun to just quietly observe, all the while thinking, "How the heck did this guy manage to make that sound good?". It's reminiscent of an early-70s Bowie record - think Aladdin Sane, but with less of David's distinctive drawl and slightly more tea and crumpets. The transitions are goofy and work really well - On Some Faraway Beach leading into Blank Frank, in particular, had me wide-eyed. Highlights: Needles In The Camel's Eye, Baby's On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach

I wish I had known this album a long time ago. It's so creative - weird for sure - but also creative. The wiki bit that best describes this says that he is able  "to coax unexpected results from the various musicians." I decided to give it a 4 and then, for fun, thought I'd listen to the last Roxy Music LP Eno was on. That album was slick and made Eno's rating harder to justify. Anyway, I had already decided on a four so am sticking with it.

This is Eno’s debut solo effort after leaving Roxy, so he still has a lot of rock roots here. Glad to see that he brought some crack musicians along for the ride eg Phil Manzanera, and Robert Fripp, and they both shred their guitars quite ably. I prefer Eno’s more experimental and ambient music, but this one has some gems such as Baby’s on fire, Here come the warm jets and the absolutely gorgeous On some faraway beach. This is a 3.5 but rounded up

I liked this, kind of a funky little album.

The first song started off good, but by the third I was kinda losing interest. Too much noodly guitar wanking. But I kept at it and On Some Faraway Beach, something clicked. The second half of HCTWJ is brilliant. So I went back and relistened to the tirst half, and that had clicked for me as well. I’ll be coming back to this one

Before Brian Eno was 'The Godfather of Ambient', Brian Eno was a glam rocker. Even still, you could (if maybe bad faithy) say in both eras he was a pretentious, self-described 'non-musician'. For example, in the very gay atmosphere of glam rock, Eno's bragging during an interview by Chrissie Hynde about his hentai collection and Japanese style of downstairs shaving reads as tryhard. Still, his flourishing works very well musically with glam rock;. In another universe, 'Needles in the Camel Eye' could be a smash glam anthem, but Eno uses harsh drums, an eternally ringing guitar and carnivallike cheesy keyboard to spice it up. 'Baby's on Fire' creates a comically dark mood, before introducing a slicing guitar. 'Driving Me Backwards' is a sleazy, Broadway-esque song, complemented with an intense wah wah guitar at the end. And 'On Some Faraway Beach' starts out as a nice instrumental, but gradually builds up in grandiosity. It's his already sharp focus on interesting sonics that makes this album worth a listen, even if 'Eno is leading the album out with a pissing metaphor' is not the type of Eno he's most famous for nowadays.

This was a fun one. Quirky but, man, does Eno know how to combine sounds, instruments, notes, voices, yelps, squeals, and squeaks into something that just works. It was like a mixed media art exhibit pumped through my car speakers.

Oh lord not another Brian Eno album… that’s why I thought - expecting 2 hours of sparse synthesisers. But no - this is an awesome album - funny witty, banging and rocking. Just the right length and it kept me wanting more. Bravo Mr. Eno.

Girl is on fire. Enjoyable enough. Out there. Discordant in places.

This album sounds unique today even, not even considering how long ago it was released. Brian Eno was at least 30 years ahead of his time

Original, exciting, challenging...the superlatives go on and on. And his best album was yet to come.

7/10

This album is like a mad glam scientist messing around in the synth lab and emerging with a bizarre mixture of sweet pop (Faraway Beach, Some of them are Old, Cindy), haunted saloon player piano (Driving me Backwards), goopy ectoplasm midway to becoming new-wave (Needles, Dead Finks, Warm Jets, Paw Paw), and freaky avant-punk (Black Frank). Baby's on Fire is somehow all of that and more with an anthemic melodic hook, spooky harmonies and synth work, and a Robert Fripp going demented on guitar for a while section - extremely good. The album is restlessly inventive, alternatingly beautiful and bizarre.

Solid and interesting.

Vreemd, maar goede nummers.

This was never on my radar but I ended liking it a lot. Always thought he was just the ambient noise guy.

I am more familiar with Eno's ambient work so this was a pleasant surprise. Understandably reminisent of Roxy music at times and yet different enough that it stands on its own. Favourite track Baby's on Fire

Definitely experimental. Some hits, some misses but I enjoyed it overall.

Fun record, took a few listens to get into it. It’s very different and interesting.

The best songs on this are amazing, but i dont think all the deep cuts live up to those amazing tracks. Still a great album.

Less singular than his later albums

Simultaneously very poppy, riff laden and accessible, as well as kitsch, bizarre and headache inducingly weird. Never boring, and one I'd revisit in the future. The cover is oddly creepy, and I'm absolutely unable to be transported anywhere by this album besides maybe a madhouse. I'm still more of a Bowie and Byrne fan though. 08/10/23

avant guard! Bowie like

Eno

For how old it is this reminds me of LCD sound system and for that makes it very enjoyable-would come back to his work 8/10

An album released in the middle of art rock's golden era, largely ushered in by David Bowie, this album is a unique blend of art rock, avant-garde and psychedelia. A lot of unique sounds coupled with a driving guitar and entrancing synth leave you wondering what each subsequent track will bring. I believe this album would reward future listens to really be able to absorb everything Brian Eno is trying to do, overall a good album.

This album is appropriate, following Remain in Light. Great album, wish I could write more. Still sounds fresh. Playful, sonically adventurous. Absurdist lyrics, warm embracing production. Guitars are beyond inspiring

A fantastic mix of glam and Eno’s more experimental work. The whole thing is a great listen, and On Some Faraway Beach is particularly beautiful

I have listened to Brain Eno's 'Music for...' series in the past out of curiosity and enjoyed it very much so. Unique takes on multiple different styles of genre and perhaps also accidentally coining the term, 'ambient'. This was nothing like those albums, this is a more typcial rock affair but yet still it was fantastic. Well made songs, great lyrics, some subvert the old expectations even. Worth a listen Stand out songs: - Needles In the Camel's Eye - Dead Finks Don't Talk

replacement = calico

Fantastic! One of my favorites.

Baby's On Fire alone would be enough to earn this album a 4 star rating but throw in the fact that all the songs are at minimum interesting and some are brilliant and I am tempted to rate this at 5 but I will hold the 5 star rating for Another Green World when it appears. Here Come the Warm Jets = 4.5 stars

This had a few of my favorites thanks to the movie Velvet Goldmine. It stars a very young Christian Bale along with Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Eddie Izzard. It's a great intro to Eno, glam rock, and Queer cinema. Not every song was a favorite, but I enjoyed the album overall. It's a bit glam, ambient, experimental, and prog rock. I'm into that kind of weirdo music. 4 stars.

Wild sounds and synths galore keep your attention, but even beyond that, the songs are just fascinating. This feels like the only album needed to be the influence on every synth record to come after it. There’s so much happening. I know I have to go back myself just to pick up on every detail.

Hey I like this! Feels like it's been awhile since I've said that. "Needles in the Camel's Eye," "Baby's on Fire," "On Some Faraway Beach," - all right up my little ol' alley today. Not everything hits the mark for me and I have so many questions about the song title "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch," but I was definitely expecting something more experimental than what I got. Or rather, something with less obvious melody than what I got. And maybe that just reveals how little I know about Brian Eno's music, but regardless I would listen to this again. A lot of moments in here that feel like they'd be good (or already are?) movie soundtrack songs.

Solid record. Not a huge Brian Eno fan.

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It’s a good album, absolutely dripping in Glam rock hallmarks And unsurprisingly we’ll executed.

More of a 3.5. On Some Faraway Beach is beautiful.

Interesting album, and one I'd not listened to before. Hard to believe it was released in 1973, could have been yesterday. There is a lot of depth here, though lyrics and vocals can occasionally grate.

Art rock, art pop, glam rock.

This was so weird I loved it

I’m always impressed when I hear music that sounds fresh and new and strange. And when that music was actually released in 1974? Even more impressive. This album has that restless feel of a genius trying to amuse himself with experimental compositions and production techniques. But I felt like I was invited along for the ride. I had fun with it. This is a pop album at heart and you can feel that through all the more out-there creative decisions.

I had to listen to this a couple of times for the avant-gard weirdness to come out. On the second listen the layered and textured sound and odd and interesting elements came more to the fore. However, my main impression remains that it is a beefy, accessible, enjoyable and modern sounding album. It's quite a trick to pull off an instantly enjoyable album which is also a bit weird and rewards sunsequent listens. I really like this. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Needles in the Camel's Eye Date listened: 20/04/23

I expected Eno’s production fingerprints would be all over the 1001 albums list but I didn’t expect so many of his solo records to be here (two so far, and it seems like more to come). They’re holding their own though - I like his spirit of creativity and the interesting sounds that usually result. He wasn’t so much ahead of his time as in a parallel timeline; some of this stuff still sounds pretty unique 50 years on. I don’t love every track but some of them are right up my street. Just the right amount of weird, yet with seductive melodies too.

Interesting record by Brian Eno. You can hear a lot of the influence he’d eventually have on bowie’s Berlin trilogy. Some amazing sounds, and nice compositions. 8 out of 10

Chaotic and wild! Even when Eno chilled things out on Driving me Backwards and Some of Them Are Old, the music still had an anxious energy to it. Baby’s on Fire is fantastic and Blank Frank was a ton of fun, I really enjoyed this, Eno seemed to have the energy of an untethered toddler, just making noises and going with it. 4.5 stars

Cool little album that had me surprised to hear the n word at work.

4.0

Haven't listened to it enough but it's a great one!

Solid 4.5/5

What a weird album. I feel like I write that a lot. The vocals are kind of insane throughout but not in a bad way. The instrumentals sound pretty normal for 1973, some heavy fuzz in places, but the song structures/songwriting are so wonky. I feel like Brian must have been a big Velvet Underground/Lou Reed fan. Favorite track was the title track. I would have been completely okay with it being a few minutes longer.

Love Eno. This album is so fun and weird. You can really tell it's him just letting loose and seeing what happens. That playfulness translates into some absolute bops.

I love this album, it's different and it just makes you feel joyful

Groundbreaking album that would form the foundations of Brian Eno’s solo career and inspire countless other musicians

é como se o david bowie fosse fizesse uma banda com o frank zappa and the mothers. adorei. o solo de Baby's on Fire é de chorar de dor no ouvido e de emoção. vocais divertidos e muito bem harmonizados em paralelo com as melodias e ritmos.

Needles in the Camel's Eye = pump this into my veins The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - The title and start of the song take a huge nose dive from track one, but once the weird gets dialed up this gets great musically, and then he starts singing again and I want it to stop. Baby's On Fire - Annoying vocals, but eventually rewarded with great guitar. Cindy Tells Me - Vocals aren't bad on this one. Sounds like a swarm of bugs floats in and warps the traditional sounding pop song. I like this. Driving Me Backwards - A mellower track, sounds like ducks with one of the effects. Not bad. On Some Far Away Beach - As the title suggests this one is trying to transport you to a scenic landscape. It's very cinematic sounding. Blank Frank - The album takes a turn here and it's less sonically interesting to me on this and... Dead Finks Don't Talk - ...this. Some of Them Are Old - The bending warbling strings are good on this one, but the vocals underwhelm. Here Come the Warm Jets - The beginning of this has a very familiar sound that would fit on a lot of contemporary albums. A good end to the album. More that I like on this than that I don't like. I've never really been pulled into Eno's solo stuff, but liked this one better than others that I've listened to. 3.5/5 But bumping to a 4 for this ranking because I do really like a couple tracks and see it's influence even if I have complaints.

According to wikipedia it has 42 minutes and 1 second and I cant live with this (this review was just as random as the album is)

Very very good as expected with Brian Eno. This one sounds very much like David Byrne and The Talking Heads. I dont have much to say about this, was just an enjoyable experience. Overall 7/10

I listened to this while biking under a storm being followed by a large group of stray dogs. I found it very pleasant and enjoyable, 10/10 would do again

It kinda had to grow on me for the first few songs, but after that I really enjoyed it. Would definitely listen again.

Phenomenal record from Eno which bridges a gap between ambient droning sounds with the rising popularity of Glam Rock. No particularly bad song on this album, however I particularly enjoyed Needles In The Camel’s Eye. Robert Fripp of King Crimson plays guitar on this record which adds to the cool factor for me as well considering that King Crimson is a great band. 4/5

This is pretty insane. Eno somehow surprises me with every album he's worked on, even his solo debut. I can name a million artists that sound similar to this record. The humorous lyrics and vocal style remind me of Ween. The haunting distortion has elements of early industrial music and noise rock. The synths can get pretty grating and show their age, but it grabs your attention and works well with the pieces at hand. Most of these are pop pieces, with memorable hooks to sing along to, but there's a good mix of cheery and eery tracks, reminiscent of his work with Roxy Music. Both the synths and chamber vocals add to the ambiance. Sounds like Ambrosia stole "On Some Faraway Beach" for their hit "Biggest Part of Me." A lot of tracks like "Cindy Tells Me", "Blank Frank", and "Dead Finks" are Beatlesesque, certainly inspired by the White Album. "Needles in the Camel's Eye" actually sounds like their glam rock contemporaries, resembling VU's "I'm Waiting for the Man". The next track "Paw Paw" embodies Roxy Music spirit. "Here Come the Warm Jets" it totally an mbv song. Some tracks might drag on, but there's something cool I enjoy out of every track. There's plenty of revisit here, and nothing I would consider non-essential. Favorites: Needles in the Camel's Eye, Baby's on Fire, Cindy Tells Me, Dead Finks

Pretty enjoyable tbh

Pretty compelling. It has an experimental rock-punk vibe, that seems a cross of Bowie-Roxy Music-Talking Heads with a inventive Pink Floyd at times. This a bit more eccentric, the tracks really seem to work. I didn't like Blank Frank, but essentially everything else was enjoyable. Really good.

Ah - Ol' Sourpuss, Brian Eno! This was fun. It sounded like Billy Joel, but with the progressiveness of David Bowie and then some. I'm writing this while listening to the last song, which sounds like bees buzzing into my headphones. Interestingly, that's what most of the record feels like. There's nothing too loud or out there, even with its uniqueness it still sounds quite muted, as if Eno was just trying things out before fully committing to a sound. You can hear alt, glam, pop, rock, and more that I probably missed on a first listen. I liked it! Favorite tracks are Needles in the Camel's Eye, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach and Dead Finks Don't Talk.

Witness the creation of post-glam.

Brian eno - here come the warm jets (1973)
 Notes - Legendary producer & musician - Worked with David bowie, u2, talking heads, Devo - he definitely had a hand in a lot of the albums on this list - This album is sort of a jangly art-rock album with elements of bowie and talking heads - Debut solo album after his time with Roxy music - This album is all over the place in a cool way Fav - Some of them are old - Really cool harmonization in the opening and interesting guitar effects Least fav - Blank frank - I like the pieces of this song individually but all together it was a bit much 4/5

What a fascinating album. Creative, original… sometimes, it sounds like what the Beatles would have been up to has they continued. Definitely worth another listen.

A very interesting album recorded by Brian Eno, British multi instrumentalist, and and judging by "Here Come the Warm Jets", an experimentalist in music. The album could be described as a simple rock/pop mix, but thanks to the various electronic sounds, unique guitar distortion and of course not-so-straightforward vocal by Brian, it creates an another layer on which you can enjoy this album. One thing, that can be written about this album - it won't make you bored at any point, surprises lie everywhere. "...Warm Jets" start rather slow and don't show the full potential of the album with first couple of uninteresting songs. But from "Baby's on Fire", we dwell deep into the elaborated mind of Brian Eno and his experimental noises and sounds, that surprisingly always seem to fall into a right place and time, something unusual for slightly avant-garde music. The record is at its best from "Blank Frank" onwards. Four closing songs are really unique, different but very entertaining. I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of this album, and for sure I will come back to this album again and again.

First time listening to a Brian Eno solo album, this is one of those weird and wonderful albums, really feeling the Velvet Underground influence. First 4 songs are brilliant but A couple of the songs, Driving me backwards & Dead finks don’t talk are just too weird for me and stops this getting full marks.

Brian Eno likes to experiment with sounds, melodies, and lyrics. Of course, there is a significant element of risk to write and produce an album this way. I do think the risk was worth the effort, and I really like this album. One of my favorites is "On Some Faraway Beach." The song begins with very simplistic piano notes. In the background, however, a soft instrumental and vocal collaboration grows into a vast production that reminds me of Phil Spector's work in the 1960's. The lead vocals don't appear until very late in the track, which is very unusual. Very artistic album worth a listen.

Pretty unique without being annoying which is hard to do. It's a 4 star album that I probably wouldn't listen to on purpose again.

Decent. 4/5

A new album for me but an instant classic

I love the early Eno albums. This, the first, is massively diverse and doesn't contain the ambient bits that appear in later ones. On Some Faraway Beach is epic. I'm not a massive fan of a couple of the harsher ones (esp Blank Frank) It's still amazing. 4

Vocals grate at times. Otherwise excellent. Unique sounds throughout.

Early punk, some songs go on a little long, but enjoyable and fun none the less.

More Rm Than I expected, never done this before.

Weird experimental mess for people that love getting messy.

Crazy debut with a lot of Experimental shit going on. A fun time, if maybe a hair sloppy.

Huh. From the first track or two I fully expected to hate this one, but it grew on me with each new track. I confidently label this as one of those albums that is significantly stronger on the back half. It's a good thing I'm doing this completionist project or I'd definitely not go to the effort of listening after the first track or two. A warm, inventive, and sweetly odd little album here. I am overall slightly charmed but not overwhelmed by this album. Fave track: "Some of Them Are Old," closely followed by the title track.

Funnily enough Brian Eno is one of my top played artists at the moment due to the inclusion of 1/1 in a sleep playlist I listen to every night. I didn't really know much about his early days so this was a great discovery. Lots to like, Baby's On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, Dead Finks Don't Talk, and the way Here Come The Warm Jets leaves you feeling.

Jaime vraiment ce quil se fait brian eno chauqe album est different et tees eclate. 4.5

Brian Eno is absolutely incredible. The music he creates is just so unique and memorable. Even more unbelievable is that he was creating this stuff almost 50 years ago. BE is an underlying influence in a lot of contemporary music. I was obsessed with Lotus Plaza's Spooky Action album for a good year or so and he's all over that. Of Montreal also takes a lot from Eno. Every time I listen to BE, I realize that I've barely even scratched the surface of his work. It's not all sunshine and unicorn rainbows tho. While listening to Negro Blowtorch, I kept thinking Tim Curry was going to pop out of Spotify and start singing to me in drag. That would've been scary. The more I listened to this the more I liked it. Top tracks are Needles in the Camel's Eyes, Baby's On Fire, Here Come the Warm Jets.

After having the Ambient 1: Music for Airports album, I have ragged on Brian Eno several times. And now I regret it. After hearing this album, which is completely different, I’m starting to think maybe Brian Eno is a genius. Let that sink in. This album is full of intrigue. It’s weird in a good way. And I want to hear more. Considering that Ambient 1 came out only 4 years after this, I am stunned at Eno’s range. While Ambient 1 wasn’t really my cup of tea, I have new found respect for the ability to produce both of theses albums. I retract my quip about being thankful for Television not letting Brian Eno ruin Marquee Moon. What a foolish notion.

Needles in the Camels Eye is a great tune. And much of this record is at the very least interesting. I get why this record is on the list.