Here Come The Warm Jets

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.

Yes, yes, YES!!! Brilliant stuff!

Very busy, all over the place, lots of fun!

Is it possible to control, chaotically? Perhaps. Your use of electricity, or possibly raising children! But is it possible to control chaos itself? And if you were to order disorder would not the disorder cease to exist altogether? Controlling chaos is like Christian Black Metal- two things that cannot occupy the same space without one of them losing their existence. In physics, however, chaos is defined not as ‘complete disorder and confusion,’ but used to indicate ‘behavior so unpredictable as to appear random…’ 'Here Comes The Warm Jets' has been critiqued by music journalists in a wide variety of ways, but I think Cynthia Dagnal of Rolling Stone probably said it best when she called this LP ‘a very compelling experiment in controlled chaos.’ Which is what I believe Brian Eno is up to here- music so unpredictable as to appear random- utilizing avant garde techniques like free word association including nonsense syllables (apparently he dissuaded fans from reading too much into the lyrics, claiming they were ‘written in less time than it takes to sing’), different vocal stylings, purposefully inviting sixteen guest musicians to play on the basis of their musical incompatibility with each other ‘just to see what happens…’ Well, here’s what happens on 'Here Comes The Warm Jets': Eno’s vocals, while not technically good, are not bad either. In fact, I find them rather interesting. What he lacks in pitch, for example, he makes up for in a variety of style. And it mostly works for me, even the yelping dog background vocalise on ‘Dead Finks Don’t Talk,’ not to mention the aural cadence of soldiers on the march. The backing musicians (Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp, as two examples) are, of course, fantastic. Adventurous, noodling guitar solos exploring the fret for notes off the beaten path with the fervor of Lewis & Clark and including lots of effects (the final and title track got its name from Eno’s description of the distorted guitar sound), solid bass and drums, complimentary synthesizer bits. The lyrics, as expected, given Eno’s experiments, are odd, that’s for sure. And sometimes I had no earthly idea what he was talking about: ‘Curl me up, a flag in an icecap (‘Driving Me Backwards’).’ But in spite of the apparent nonsense, they seemed to work. The second track, for example, concerns an actual 19th century African American gentleman in Paw, Paw Michigan, who claimed pyrotechnic abilities. In Eno’s song he’s competing for Eno’s lover, and Eno warns her/him to be careful and not get burned. Weird, but kinda clever. Speaking of weird and clever, the longer I played 'Here Comes The Warm Jets' the more it began to take on a very Syd Barrett vibe, both lyrically and musically. Syd was the founding member and leader of the Pink Floyd that some of you might not even know- the Floyd before the excellent David Gilmore years, and way before the later mediocre David Gilmore years. There’s no mention of Barret’s influence in anything I read about Eno. A lot of David Bowie influence, obviously. But for me, this LP is much more of an homage to Syd. My only critique is that some of the songs (intro, middle, or outro) could have benefited from a little editing. That said, even a couple of the so-sos (‘Baby’s On Fire,’ a bizarre 1950’s redux?, or ‘On Some Faraway Beach’) weren’t so bad as to make me want to skip ahead to the next track. And if your tastes run to strange shit like the inclusion of echoed Grandfather clocks and Hawaiian(?) slide guitars (and, at the end of ‘Dead Finks Don’t Talk’ a sound similar to the one a corrupted computer driver makes when a song is playing), then you’ll dig this LP. The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In fact, the monkey could conceivably type every possible finite text an infinite number of times. The probability of that occurring, however, while technically, not zero, is extremely small. Well, I think the monkey might have finally gotten real damn close to a pretty damn good LP! Good thing, too, given that neither you nor I have infinity to wait. At think, least I not.

Art pop melódico. No está mal. Un 4.

After hearing Roxy Music and loving everything they did, I must admit I was quite upset when Eno left. Then I listened to this album and you could tell how far apart Ferry and Eno were regarding their musical output. If people thought that this would be Roxy Part 2 they would have been sorely disappointed. This was Eno Part 1 and he never looked back. A great album which deserves listening to over and over.

loved it, very Bowie esq at times

It's weird, it's surreal, it's touching, it's wonderful. Brian Eno is a thoroughly talented artist and those talents are on full display here.

One of the best records of the 70s.

Classic. One of the best and most important 70s glam/art rock albums.

Way cooler than I expected, gets pretty far out in places but all very interesting.

Brian Eno’s David Bowie cosplay 7/10

8/10. Kinda low 8. Nothing really jumped out at me as spectacular, but it avoided sameyness and didn't overstay its welcome.

Really interesting production techniques and composition, but a weak middle and some mixing issues keeps it from being astounding. 8/10

Interesting

Ganz geil eigentlich, bissl weird, bissl lustig, steckt viel drinnen

Experimental, loved it. Baby's on fire was my faves

My kind of 70s! Love the “glam-rock art pop” (thanks Wikipedia!) sound. Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Some of Them Are Old, and the title track were all highlights. There were a few misses (Blank Frank was bad bad), but I really enjoyed listening this. I could definitely see owning this on vinyl.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but I found myself really liking this album. Great guitar solo on "Baby's On Fire" and while there is some experimental stuff on here, I think most of it works pretty well.

Didn't listen to the whole thing. Reminded me of other songs I listened to with this and went down a rabbit hole with old music I used to listen to. Good times.

mad mad album, yet really liked it!

Not listened to this before, a real pity. This is a pretty wonderful album, perhaps a few tracks of their time, but many are still fresh sounding. End to end, joyful. Top tracks: Baby’s on fire, On some faraway beach, here come the warm jets

First time of listening to this, can hear Enos's Influence on Bowie and Iggy on this album. Love "Needles In The Camels Eye" and "Baby's On Fire" "Cindy Tells Me" is reminiscent of early Velvet Underground.

blah

Really cool, unusual too and I just enjoyed it overall.

This grew on me as the album went on, and by the end I was completely sucked in. Then I saw the list of people Brian Eno has worked with... Makes a lot of sense. Pretty genius stuff

I feel like Eno has been overhyped over the years and some of this sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me... but there really are some really innovative and delightful moments here.

quirky, I liked it!

very cool

Very unique album, like David Bowie but with more genres mixed in. I can see how it might have inspired many other flavors of pop music.

I really liked that. Worth a re listen.

Fanade

Ño me enloqueció

Quizá este disco no fue mucho para mí, pero encontré varios momentos emocionantes y como soy poco versado en Brian Eno, de pronto no era lo que esperaba. Aun así, aunque muy anclado a un sonido de su momento (entre psicodélico, grandilocuente, luego tipo beatlesco), me gustó "Driving Me Backwards", ese final de "Dead Finks Don't Talk" y "Here Come The Warm Jets". Agradable, agradable. Le doy 7.5/10

neat!

Fantastic, art rock, theatrical majesty

Good stuff.

pretty great

solid album

A really neat album, definitely got some tracks I’ll listen to again. Interested to hear Brian Eno’s other albums

well made, hes a great producer but i wasnt a huge fan of it

Very experimental but more enjoyable than I had been expecting

Verrassend, ik had me schrap gezet voor veel experimentele geluiden en gedoe maar dat viel mee. Er staan en paar mooie nummers op en het deed me zelfs soms denken aan Ween. Deze ga ik nog wel eens luisteren

Some great songs I already knew.

Always great votes for Eno!

Eno rejects a memo whether he needs to conform, making a pretty chilled out album. Needed a headphone listen, perfect after a mad day at work

Oh no! Master level trolling. Most of it I wouldn't really call music, but it has great entertainment value. And the instrumental tracks are spot on. I read that in his next albums he focused more on ambience music and I'm thrilled to hear more from him. Four stars, suck it Lou Reed!

Pretty enjoyable another trippy Brian eno experience

I’d heard of Briann Eno and only knew one song. I really like his Brit pop style and he reminds me of Mark Bolan from T Rex’s voice and David Bowie lyrically and slightly in style. I really enjoyed the album and will seek out more of Eno’s work in the future

Great to hear an album by Brian Eno as an artist, as I have heard plenty that he has worked on or had a hand in making or influencing! Lots of weird and great stuff on this album. Highlights: -Needles In the Camel's Eye -On Some Faraway Beach -Here Come the Warm Jets

What an interesting album. So filled with noise, but purposeful at the same time. There's a clear influence of the later Beatles, but without sounding like he's trying to be the Beatles. 4/5

Some great songs here

Unique and innovative

Lots of stuff that seemed like it would have been new and different at the time... But not all that much that was fun to listen to.

"Needles" makes for a huge opener- melodious, ahead-of-its-time, properly epic! I wasn't feeling "Baby's on Fire" until Robert Fripp performs this insane Buckethead-esque solo that lasts like 2.5 minutes. The rest of the album is not bad but pales in comparison to Bowie's Low and Heroes, which were clearly the next stages in the evolution.

Knowing what Brian Eno becomes later, it was interesting hearing his first album. This definitely had that 1970s experimentation feel mixing in American Pop and European avant guard. You can see the early signs of the ambient sounds but definitely are faced with the strong emotional draw throughout. Key songs for me where Cindy Tells Me because I liked the way he started feeling that raw—okay, somewhat raw—musicality in the bridge section. I also liked Blank Frank because it felt very New Wave before New Wave even began. Was Brian Eno the Father of New Wave? Actually, Blank Frank has some punk feel, so was he also the Father of Punk? And the techno influence was heavy too. Was he also the Father of EDM? Was Brian Eno the BBKing of musical genres? Get Jerry Springer… NOW!

Random thoughts: * I'm just not quite sure what to make of this one. This is the third Brian Eno album I have encountered on this 1001 journey. * I liked the last track (Warm Jets) as it just repeated the same few bars of melody over and over. * There was some campiness to the sound on other tracks that made me want to dismiss this. * I know it was groundbreaking for the time but I kind of find it just meh now.

He left Roxy Music to make his own Roxy Music album, but the last song shows he would move onto something entirely new

This is pretty fun and full of interesting texture.

Excellent sound effects, questionable song titles

Needles in the camel's eye immediately added to the rotation. It sounds like a prepared piano used, or one out of tune janky toy plonky piano which was nice about half-way through. Concept album fine for a one-time listen but not much worthy to repeat. Dead Finks Don't Talk redeems with a hook and catchy beat. Then the voice of Zordon chimes in and the craziness ensues. Nice and tidy, great concept, nice bookends to the start and end. Maybe in another time or place.

I do like Brian Eno and a lot of what he does but it's experimental enough that a lot of it doesn't really come together into something I'd want to play often. For a debut album it's great but it's one of those cases of him already having so much experience that it's an * next to debut. Tons of the best bands owe a lot to him.

Brian Eno’s art-pop debut Here Come the Warm Jets proves to be a mixed bag where undeniable moments of psychedelic genius are unfortunately bogged down by an overly flat, compressed mix. Standout tracks like "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" and the infectious, driving "Blank Frank" bring an irresistible groove, while the ominous atmosphere of "Driving Me" and the hypnotically tribal, Kanye-esque closing seconds of "Dead Finks Don't Talk" showcase Eno's innovative vision. However, the record is hindered by a lack of dynamic drum punch—rendering openers like "Needles in the Candle's Eyes" sounding muffled and suppressor-heavy—alongside forgettable filler like "Cindy Tells Me" and "On Some Faraway Beach." While obscure lyricism and uneven mastering hold several tracks back from truly soaring, the captivating guitar work on "Baby's On Fire" and the satisfying resolution of the title track save it, landing the album at a solid 3/5.

Weird af

It was interesting! The last track was really good... but the middle was a little forgettable and sounded like a lot of stuff I had already listened to.

What a visionary. Did I love it all? No - found driving me backwards very grating and there was one other track that took me out of things (can’t remember which). But, on the whole, you gotta love the experimentalism. Would be a 3.5 if I could.

- Some interesting instrumentation, throughout. - I don't find that any of the music actually moves me, though - I find it all on the cluttered side, and I dislike the background vocals when they come in. Also dislike the dissonant/out of tune vocals (e.g., see Driving Me Backwards). - I think this album is a 3.5 because it's interesting and there are enjoyable melodic moments, as well. That one racist song title contributes to rounding down, but I probably would have anyway - this definitely doesn't reach a 4 for me because although it's interesting, I'm not enamoured enough with it to rate it that high, and I don't remember any of the songs after listening to it.

Gotta love Eno. When he was young he was too fucking weird for pretty much everyone so when he left Roxy he said I’ll just make the Roxy Music album I want to make - and he did. Basically a hodgepodge of glam and oddball art pop with a smidge of what-the-fuck with songs that feature pretty much everyone he knew from Hawkwind, Pink Fairies, King Crimson and even from Roxy Music to produce a wide variety of interesting sounds including vocals mimicking Bryan Ferry. Don’t read too much into the lyrics which Eno admits were basically free association. Best track for me is Needle In A Camel’s Eye which is super catchy with just weird ass lyrics. Baby’s On Fire is also quite excellent but all I could think of was the Die Antwoord track with the same title. No relationship. Some of this is quite challenging such as The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch and Blank Frank. All in all, an interesting record with some terrific performances. 3/5

Ok wow. What a strange one. Definitely more on the experimental side. Some interesting compositions here for sure along with some very unique guitar work. I do think that it leans a bit too much into the weird side of things at times, but overall I did enjoy this one. 3/5

Decent listen. Great artist.

thought it was gonna be some ambient space shit damn brian

original and disruptive

This was pretty good! I didn't know what Brian Eno would be like but was pleasantly surprised. It's a lot less electronic than I thought and had a great amount of unique sounds and lyrics.

Interesting sounds, but lyrically not my style.

I sort of know who Brian Eno is, but never knew he was in Roxy Music and he made solo records in 1974. I was sceptical before I started listening. I was expecting more ambient/electronic soundscapes than rock guitars. Guess 1974 was too early for that. It is an interesting album and a lot to discover which probably needs multiple listens before it all is reaching my ears/brains It is not your daily wallpaper music, it needs attention. It sounds like an discovered unreleased album of David Bowie that was hidden on the shelves. Also you hear Talking Heads vibes avant la lettre. It is a kind of glam rock but than not the straight forward stuff (like The Sweet). It's more Art/AvantGarde (as far as I have an understanding what AvantGarde actually means or refers to) and more experimentation. Not for the easy listener. For now I give 3 stars as it is not something I will revisit long term I am afraid. Altohugh I read it is one of his more easy albums which makes me anxious for his other works which I am also not really familiar with but expect to be more ambient/electronic.

I don't mind it.

5/10

Some of the songs were weird, those kept it interesting, but the rest was just ok.

Is there something I'm missing?

This is not the style of music when I think of this artist so was intrigued to hear how his music has evolved from this.

Not bad, not great, feels like this was just something to add bc dude really likes Brian Eno

Probably, hopefully the last Eno album on this list. I adore the guy but I don’t think he needs THAT many records on this list. Music For Airports and Another Green World are probably enough, none of his Roxy Music stuff is necessary. Still, he’s as forward-thinking and quirky as ever. It shows as early as the first song, with those sudden stops in all sounds in “Needles In The Camels Eye”. He’s absolutely running the door down to pave the way for the art rockers of this time, many of whom he’d work with after this. I wouldn’t blame you for skipping so many songs on rock records of this time once you get bored, but boredom isn’t to be found on Here Come The Warm Jets. Eno’s mind is far too active, his penchant for exaggerated deliveries and seemingly random instrumental switch-ups is ever-present. “Driving Me Backwards” is so intentionally macabre and I loved its placement on the record. Such a fun way to mix things up. “On Some Far Away Beach” I can hear you in there, Another Green World. A little bit with “Some Of Them Are Old” too. That peculiar fusion of electronic guitars, wistful lyrics and a whimsical delivery. You can’t fool me, I hear future Eno in there. I could only be lulled into bliss for so long though, that beginning of “Blank Frank” sure is startling. The title track as a closer is just a cherry on top. Melancholy, crunchy guitar melody filtered through a very interesting song structure. I’d expect nothing less. Not necessary or even great, but I can’t possibly be mad listening to an Eno album. 3/5

I know he makes cool music but ive never heard any or his album so far. Why does the second song has the n word in the title. The singing is weird, the music use weird instruement, yeah its prety experimental but I dont think it sound very good. Its kinda fun but its not my style. hopefully he canged style or something cause I have 4 more album of his to listen to. Hopefully it only gets better/5

Some really good stuff mixed in with some bullshit, historically my Brian Eno experience. Favorite Tracks: On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno two days in a row is a kick in the nuts, but this wasn't too bad. I actually enjoyed this one, intersting and unique.

More 70s white uncle music

This is good. I like this. I was fearing another snoozefest ambient affair, but this had some interesting ideas in it, it reminds me of Bowie or even Talking Heads at points. It's nice to see where this Brian Eno fellow started off.

First track did not do it for me, and with the name of the second one I was a bit apprehensive at first but both the 2nd and 3rd track surprised me! Overall a very unique sound for an album and I wouldn't have been surprised if this was from an indie band from today. Blank Frank is goated.

Shockingly tolerable. That first track is a rager.

GIVE ME A BREAK 1. Needles in The Camels eyes sounds both like the opening and ending song of a 70s movie 2. THE PAW PEW IS SENDING MEEEEEEE. Such a fun song 3. BABY'S ON FIiiiIiiREEEE 4. Cindy tells me: FIREEEE 5. Driving me backwards: spooky 6. On some faraway beach: LOVED ITTT VERY WHIMSICAL (also, the transition from this one to Blank Frank? 😭) 7. Blank Frank: interesting 8. Dead Finks Don't Talk: I genuinely liked it bit THE ENDING??? literally I thought it was a different song lmao 9. Some of them are old: REMEMBER ME REMEMBER ME (a minute in and I already like it) 10. Here come the warm jets: good soup MMMMMMM I'd say solid 3 too

Not a bad album, expected much worse. Some good stuff on here, but some absolute shite noises added in for no reason.

I like a weird album, don't get me wrong, but I really don't enjoy the sound of the vocals in this. Eno becoming a producer is for the better, in my opinion. But this album is certainly trying something.

Definitely experimental

This album doesn’t do much for me. It has its moments but it is also quite self indulgent.

Sounds like a movie soundtrack it's kinda interesting

An unmemorable album for me. Down-the-middle rock music.

A good rock album that isn’t too straightforward or strange. More accessible than the other Eno albums I’ve gotten, but I also liked most of those more. Obviously, massively influential. I could see myself revisiting and liking it more as I spend more time with it. I prefer the more idiosyncratic second half to the solid-but-safe first half.

Light 3. Some tracks annoyed me, others were a bit ok.

3/5

This is a good record, and maybe a 4, but I can’t help but compare it to his later ‘classic’ stuff (Another Green World, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Ambient 1-4 etc etc), all of which I would much rather listen to. The title track is easily the highlight, post-rock 20 years before it had a name.

Couple of tracks on here I really liked. A few I wasn’t fussed on whatsoever. Not one that’s gonna live long in the memory

Крайне странный альбом. Начинается как скучненький типичный такой попсовенький рок, но уже со второй и третьей песни скатывается в лютый авангард, намешивается нойз, какие-то безумно сложные многослойные аранжировки и текстуры, при этом поп-рок тоже никуда не девается. Я, конечно, люблю все странное, но смог его осилить только с 3 попытки. Брайан Ино, конечно, интересный человек, талантливый, тут ничего не скажешь. Но я не понял.

The album was fine, nice to have on, didn't dislike it, but nothing caught my ear and wouldn't come back for more, but it was definitely interesting.

Weird album but bits of this slap

Brian Eno is a mad bastard, but I'm here for it. I respect his artistry. My favourite aspect of this album was the mad, MAD synths on the second track. They're so over the top and ridiculous, but that's why they're so compelling. Other tracks are a bit weird and drag-on, but overall I give it a thumbs up. 3.5 rounded down.

Good-ish Eno, hits the spot ambient new ideas. Ahead of the game.

Really really weird (in a good way?) Couldn't make sense of most of it, but it was at least interesting. Being familiar with Eno's ambient work, as well as his work as a producer I expected something eclectic and experimental. And that's what I got. It's a bold and wonky experience, and while I won't say everything is exactly pleasant it's still something I'm happy I've heard once. A fun historical piece, though not something I'd add to my regular rotation. 3/5

It was interesting, but I like his ambient stuff a lot more. It would probably grow on my over more listening, but nothing really hooked me.

TBD if I enjoyed it, will need to listen to it more, but I bet a lot of bands I love would cite this as an inspirational album for them.

OK...for Brian Eno.

It was a little too weird for me at times. But I sort of like it too.

Hätte ich mir doch unhörbarer erwartet, gar nicht mal so schlecht. Vor allem die letzten beiden Lieder.

It's ok, some cool sounds on here similar to what he did with Roxy Music, but also quite a bit of the usual Eno nonsense.

Hay dos canciones medias infumables, el resto está bien. No está mal la experiencia en general No queda guardado

Pretty good album. I just found the ending of Dead Finks Don't Talk atrocious. My favourites were the title track and On Some Faraway Beach.

Not my favorite Eno. And I do have some 5-star faves.

I had never heard this. A little strange.

I mean sure Brian Eno is a big name, and there were parts of this album that were interesting and enjoyable, but there was a lot I was able to just kind of tune out, so I was disappointed

A little frenetic but a fun listen.

Nothing wrong with this, but it’s not very exciting

This energy is not what I was expecting when I read "Brian Eno" on the generator today. My experience with Eno's projects is a lot more ambience, a lot of texture, and composition that benefits itself as a whole. This is his debut though, so it makes sense that this would be an early step in a very commercial direction. It was shocking, it was abrupt pop rock, but it was a very enjoyable experience in the early hours of the morning. It reminds me a lot of similar acts that maybe executed their projects in a more coherent way. I'm talking influences like Bowie, Queen, or even the experimental Beatles efforts where even though there's experimentation going on, there's also a firm stance on what they want done. I feel like Eno's philosophy here was more like trolling his musicians into experimentation, and due to the date and the influences of the era, something seems similar to things we've already heard. It's a well produced piece of work, though, the mixing is nice and the attention to detail exists. It's just not that special outside of historic context. The first Brian Eno album, OoooOOOOoooo. 3.1/5

Eno's solo debut is an all-over-the-place album that, while uneven in tone (and poorly sequenced to boot), has a decent number of fairly solid quirk rock tracks along with two absolute barnburners in "Needle In The Camel's Eye" and "Baby's On Fire". The less whimsical songs on this record are actually the most engaging ones here; the jokier tracks approach throwaway status, though. As a whole, it's a *fairly* good album but I find myself skipping over parts of it in a way that I would never do with *Another Green World* or *Before And After Science*.

What a fucking bizarre acid trip of an album. Not really my style but 3 because it’s at least interesting

Quite enjoyed it. Way better than the Ambient sounds album. I

A couple of good tracks, but nothing memorable imo

Some of the members of the space rock band Hawkwind played on some tracks on this Brian Eno album; Lemmy from Motorhead was the bassist of Hawkwind for 4 years in the early 70s, so there’s your connection! As far as this album goes, it was pretty hit and miss. Some very interesting instrumental work, and the arrangements on about half the songs were awesome and made me take notice. The other half of the record was weird experimental avant-garde acid music that was pretty unpleasant. All that balances out to a 3/5; there’s some cool stuff here if you’re willing to sit through a few clunkers to get to them.

I could get into this with a few more listens

His electronic work was more enjoyable to me

Meh

I think I like Brian Eno when his music is less like music and more like a vibe.

I guess?

A really strange album at times but overall pleasant.

carino, bella la prima. alcune cacofoniche

I'm aware of Brian Eno - mostly for his production of / collaboration with others (U2 and Bowie in particular) - but I'm not familiar with his own albums. I am familiar with some Roxy Music stuff and I guess I never connected that he was in that band. It was interesting. Some of it reminded me of Roxy Music for sure - but I'm not super well versed in Roxy Music so I'm not sure about all of it I did end up liking 4 songs - "Needles in the Camels Eye", "On Some Faraway Beach", "Some of The Are Old" and "Here Come the Warm Jets". I think I generally like the music more than the voice or lyrics. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/10 Rating: 3/5

Brian Eno is hot and cold for me. I am well aware he is like a father of the electronic techno movement and his place in my most beloved genre. Nevertheless, I don't always love his music. Some of it I place on the alter of the music gods, some, like this, I just think... "yeah, I don't know..." It could be even that within his own catalog I feel this. I don't have to outsource or look at other bands in similar styles. I think with Brian Eno it is like, if you want to understand why I am a fan you can't just grab any album and go, you may well need a bit of an explainer and some targeted works.

The album has a unique sound. It reminded me of when Ross from the show Friends would do his sound poems. Except a little better.

3/5

One of the more interesting albums I have listened to lately. I can’t tell what was happening for each song but I enjoyed it, even if it was rather experimental in nature.

I could see why this may be considered a classic album. It has a very late Beatles and early David Bowie sound. Lots of non-musical sounds that worked pretty well.

3.25 - I liked this way more than the ambient music.

You know, I didn’t know what to think. I really only know this guy‘s name because he is almost always in crossword puzzles, but I actually liked its quirkiness.

Ugh, točno en teden nazaj sm dobila drug album od Brian Ena. Ok. (Očitno je to debut album.) Tadrug komad je insane? ("The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch"). U, se pa prelije v naslednjega. "Blank Frank" je unhinged. "Some of Them Are Old" melodija me mal na solo Harrison zadeve spomni. Ok, izgleda kle še ni bil v svojem ambientalnem obdobju, ampak bolj v eksperimentalnem. Mah, ka pa vem. Ne potegne mi tok solo Eno.

I was surprised at how poppy and accessible this was after getting a few of Eno's other albums. There were a handful of really catchy songs on here. I didn't enjoy the cacophony of noises on most of them, which is his thing I think? Sounds mechanical to me. But overall, a pleasant surprise.

I'm all over the place on this one. I loved some of it, could barely listen to other parts. My favorite track was the mostly instrumental title track that ended the album. I know he went off in more Electronic directions, I hope to hear some of that as this project goes on.

Zaczęło się dobrze, ale z każdym kolejnym utworem robi się coraz gorzej i ciężej. Bardziej eksperymentalnie i to na plus, ale też jakoś dziwniej i trudniej. Po prostu męcząco. Więc doceniam zabawę, ten bałagan, duszność, przesyt. Ale z tego rollercoastera wolę wysiąść w połowie drogi. 6/10

Pretty crazy album. I liked the wonkiness of it. Driving Me Backwards was good, and Some Of Them Are Old and Here Come The Warm Jets had some beautiful sequences. 5.8/10.

Decent album. Nothing super special, but not bad to listen to once. 3/5

There were some really good songs and some that had too many weird parts.

Not bad.

ya des chansons un peu trop expérimentales for my taste, mais c’est quand meme un bon album globalement; whimsy, énergique et weird

Eno is obviously talented as a producer, so why doesn’t it translate as much when he’s a songwriter?

Weird weird album. Really liked some of it, especially On Some Faraway Beach (half expected the “chorus” from Flying on magical mystery tour to come ripping in at any point). But there are far too many instances of grating noise (looking at you paw paw, driving me backwards, blank Frank). But I’m glad I listened and probably will again. I just wish songwriters avoided choices that are just so clearly unpleasant to listen to

Overall, it's a good quirky listen, but there are some artistic decisions where a noise comes from the speakers that straight pisses me off. To an extent, I appreciate the artistic intention of experimentation, but sometimes it's good to have an outside party come in and just say "nah". It sucks for this album to come right after Sgt. Pepper's, because the contrast in results of a similar process can not be more stark. Sgt. Pepper's expertly weaves disparate ideas into a cohesive whole, both within songs and across the album. Here comes the warm jets hits this mark sometimes, but at others wildly misses the mark and it grates the ears.

Dieses Album ist enorm kreativ. Es mixt viele Stile in ein Song. Dadurch entsteht etwas komplett neues. Ich empfinde es so, dass ich entweder ein Song mag oder wenig, dazwischen ist nichts. Die Enden der Songs sind alle sehr ausgefallen. Ich würde mir das Album definitiv nochmal anhören, da es so ein Album ist wo man seine Meinung bestimmt öfters ändert. Dennoch empfinde ich's als leicht komisch. 3,5/5≈4/5, da x,5 nicht möglich ist. Ist der Name eine Anspielung auf in ein Pool zu urinieren? Lowk tuffes Album. Bestes Lied: On some faraway beach

Fancy with hints of Bowie and crazy

I think this album is one I'll have to listen to multiple times before I love it. On first listen, it's very well done but all over the place. Everything is clean and polished but has a distinctive sound and feel. Definitely one I can see growing on me over time.

An interesting album that combines mostly regular rock songs with some unique, surreal guitars. Definitely a fun listen, but outside of some parts, not that impressive, and its mostly calm atmosphere is not really for me. 7/10

Ahead of its time.

Eno's debut is more like a mix of glam, pop and avantgarde than his later, more experimental albums. At first listen of this I liked it but I would need more relistens to get into it. I somehow prefer his less accessible albums from the late 70s. Now I will stick with 3 stars.

Had no strong opinion on this either way. 5 Brian Eno albums though???

nice enough

This was far out. Brian Eno continues to 60 percent mistify me 40 percent bor me.

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.

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

Sin más, bastante bien para la epoca

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.

Not a big fan of the sound but its cool.

I appreciate the experimentation, but sometimes it just sounded silly.

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.

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.

Bit funky, bit rocky, bit fun

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.”

I had the LP way back when

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.

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

Meh. 3.1

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.

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.

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.

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

avantgarde - und so tönt es noch heute. manchmal schwierig, manchmal eintönig.

Como me costo terminar este album!!! 3,5

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.

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.

Musical genius. Stayed strong throughout his career. Good music, including soundtracks.

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.

Better than I perhaps expected. Bits of Bowie-like idiosyncrasies mixed with early Roxy sensibilities.

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.

3.5 - pretty good

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

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…

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

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

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

A lot going on, very interesting and mostly enjoyable Standout songs: Babys on fire Dead finks dont talk Here come the warm jets

Some infrequent harmonic magic. As with most of the Eno output

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.

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

Very interesting and different instrumental choice!

Not bad, not great.

Baby's on fire baby

weird and ok, but not great

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Rien à voir avec le premier album de Brian Eno qu’on a écouté Ça fait penser aux stones et aux doors par moment

A very pioneering collage of jams, love the endless ideas that come out of Eno

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.

While I appreciate his influence over the years I didn’t find this album particularly noteworthy.

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

I see why this album deserves 5 stars. 3 stars

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.

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

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

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 :-)

Not what I expected from Brian Eno.

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.

Toch een aantal verrassingen

I liked about half of it

A couple songs I liked a lot (like the opener) and others too experimental for me