Here Come The Warm Jets

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.

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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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

i liked this

I am not familiar with his work at all but it's not bad. Has kind of a nice early 70's vibe with what I would call 'wacky' but I'm sure at the time it was just experimental sounds. It's not overdone though, it just adds some flavor. So I guess it's not bad but not something that I think I would listen to often. It is pretty chilled out though so I could see myself adding a song or two to a chilled out play list.

Interesting is one way to put it. Great soundscapes

I don’t know much about Brian Eno except he gets name checked by MGMT and he’s spoken up about Palestine. Very 70ies, psychedelic, ladadaday. Here come the warm jets sounds so familiar, definitely inspiration for others.

Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach, and the title track on this album are all excellent. Outside of that, though, this is like the most annoying version of a Bowie album. High highs, but too annoying for me to be an enormous fan.

Mäßiges bis experimentelles Songwriter Album ohne wirklichen Geniestreich.

The instrumentation and, well, the experimentation really appeal to me. The sound, if undoubtedly grounded in 1970s-appropriate glam, is nevertheless fresh and futuristic 50 years later. Still, I guess I have to confess I find some (not all!) of Eno’s vocals to be jarringly uninteresting in comparison to the cool music.

Honestly remembered this as better than I found it?

Meh it was fine I guess.

It's like a pop album got run though the experiment filter. With Eno it could have been super weird but this fun and accessable, well as accessable as Eno gets anyway. I found it to be a fun album. Musically it's extremely well done. I'm not sure who all he grabbed to make this but I will say they are very good. Lyrics can be a stretch, this isn't your normal mid 70's pop album.

Eno's first solo album does not have any indication of the groundbreaking artist he would become just a few short years later. This is a glam rock album through and through. Granted, it is a bit on the artsier side of glam rock, and I supposed it is what Roxy Music would have sounded like if Eno had wond the creative battle against Bryan Ferry. Key tracks: Needles in the Camel's Eye

"Needles in the Camel's Eye" felt all futuristic and forward-thinking when I first heard it, and that had me briefly thinking this was a great album. Unfortunately, it doesn't hold up on relistens. Good enough that I got a copy when I saw a reasonably-priced original pressing in the record store, not good enough that I'm going to go around shouting Eno's praises.

It's clearly inferior to Eno's "Another Green World" album, but the ambience is still there. I was hoping for a little more "flow" to each song, instead of just noise pollution with a desperate singing voice in the background. It was alright. Favorite Track: "Here Come The Warm Jets".

Solid if inconsistent. I love the last track. In fact the other than the first song - the tracks without lyrics are the best. Solid 3

Solo album in Roxy Music era. Experimental and works well on many tracks.

Some yeahs, and some mehs

Good to work to

Have heard a lot of music on this project that Brian Eno had his hand in as a producer or musician. This is my favorite so far. Elements of Bowie & the Beatles and Talking Heads. This guy influenced a lot of music.

If I took psychedelics and someone handed me a Moog synthesizer, I could probably produce something similar to this. Brian Eno clearly knew what he was doing, but this album feels more like controlled chaos than anything structured. It’s weird, messy, and kind of fascinating all at once. There are definitely moments where it clicks and the experiment pays off, but there are just as many that sound like random noise stitched together. It’s creative, sure, but not always enjoyable. You have to be in the right mood—or maybe the right state of mind—to really get into it.

I admire this more than enjoy it, which I'm discovering is more or less how I receive everything Eno did prior to his ambient works.

This album was very fun and nostalgic. I liked

When it comes to Brian Eno, I was only familiar with his ambient projects and some of the works he produced, but never ever I have heard anything from his rock era. And for a man with such a legendary status and how much I love the things that I already heard from him, I expected to like this way more than I actually did. My big problem with the album are the vocals. They sound very forced to my ears. Thankfully, the wide diversity of ideas displayed on the album make up for the singing and even turns the album into an interesting experience. It feels like there are not two equals or even similar songs, something that I very much appreciate even though I didn't love everything it offers, like the song 'Driving Me Backwards' with its daunting melodies which, believe it or not, it was driving me a bit crazy; but I still really like some of the tracks like 'Blank Frank', which sounds like a Primus song and 'Here Comes the Warm Jets', being an incredible beautiful track and the best one by far. In conclusion, what makes this record so intriguing is how packed with a ton of ideas it is, in spite of me not liking the singing.

Not the type of work i would reference when calling someone a genius. But it does have a tendency of melodic pop highs and tragic avant garde lows. Can be accessible to those who crave that type of destabilization in music. But I'll use metal for that in my life. I think its fun to try and listen to and enjoy on paper but it is a tough listen in action. Worthy of multiple that I wont give it. Have fun with your brian eno ya nerds.

O álbum é interessante. Momentos experimentais e algumas músicas realmente boas. Mas no geral é um álbum ok. Celest Phoenixcall.

Eno really paved the way for Brian Ferry huh. Eno is legendary for pretty much inventing ambient music with "Music for airports". I've never heard any of his lyrical stuff, and it's pretty odd. Without "Here come the warm jets" there would be no "By storm". Have to respect that song at the very least. Experimental and weird, which the world of music needs now and again.

"Baby's On Fire" has one of the best solos Robert Fripp has ever done. That's what people kept telling me, and I didn't think that that was possible until I heard it. It probably ranks up there in the top 5 of his work. I don't totally get where Eno is going on this first album. It feels he is trying too hard to be glam but then there are moments where it's unclear what the song is. Songs like "On Some Faraway Beach" would have worked with a better bridge. And then that it leads into "Blank Frank", which again... what was that about? I have always admired Eno and his contributions to OTHER artists (like Talking Heads, for example). But as a solo artist, this album just doesn't quite gel for me. I will give it pluses for "Baby's On Fire", though. Top tracks: "Baby's On Fire," title track, "Some Of Them Are Old," "Needle In The Camel's Eye"

The king of weird strikes again, although that's just because of the order I got Brian Eno albums on this list. This is in fact his first album. No doubt it deserves a place on this list because of how unique it is and how uniquely it came together. But this whole experimental approach of happy accidents is a dog's breakfast. The opener Needles in the Camel's Eye is electric. But by the second song (The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch) he ruins a cool base sound with weird add-ins. Baby's On Fire has some awesome guitar work but Eno's vocals are odd. I gave the album a few listens but I couldn't really come around to it. Too much weird (the "oh no's" in Dead Finks Don't Talk, the circus sounding Some of Them Are Old) to really love it.

1974 I'd never heard a Brian Eno album, in fact I'm not sure I've ever experienced any of his music ever before. So I had no preconceptions about what this was about. To be frank, I still don't know what I've just heard, and it probably demands further listening, which isn't going to happen. I will put this down as a 6/10 , I didn't dislike it, but there were moments of WTF is this? Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ There's something here ★★★☆☆ (6/10)

Weird yet typical sounds of the 70s. Not bad, but nothing magical.

Didn't love it, didn't hate it

I liked more of this than I expected to

Solid 3. Nothing much to say.

Well curated but hard to listen to

Never actually listened to this one and have only really delved into enos older stuff. Enjoyable enough but found myself drifting in parts. Finished on a high with the final 2

Been a long week, found this "app" on reddit comments. For a better life.

Not the Eno I was looking for. It's certainly not bad, just not my taste.

kinda liked it

This wasn't at all what I was expecting considering the other music by Brian Eno I've listened to. It was alright, but I don't think I'd rush back to it.

fine, i wouldn't revisit.

Kiinnostava! Kyllä mä itseasiassa tykkäsin. Vaatii toisen kuuntelun kyllä. 3/5

keskimääräistä parempi brittisetti. 3.5/5

Gran uso de la guitarra, en momentos la música llega a dar un sentimiento de fantasía, aunque tiene momentos de reflexión como en On some faraway beach o en Here come the warm Jets

nice

A mix of good with some tedium…I hear all of the influences!

Interesting listen but too experimental for me. The opening track was my favourite.

Enjoyed the majority of this, but there are a couple duds.

Experimental

Brian Eno's first solo album that starts to combine his avant-garde composing style with elements of his future ambient and atmospheric compositions.

I associate Brian Eno with the Talking Heads, and I'm not a huge fan of theirs. So, with those expectations, this album is better than I expected. I liked Needles In The Camel's Eye and Driving Me Backwards. The sound reminds me of David Bowie. The tail end of the album starts to get kind of experimental (e.g. Some Of Them Are Old) but even those tracks are listenable. Overall this is a high 3 for me.

I didn’t hate it. It was weird in parts and a little bit like Bowie on steroids. It was fun and the opening track was really enjoyable. Sometimes got too weird for my tastes but often found its way back too.

Moments were good (Cindy Tells Me), lots of moments were weird. It wasn't bad or unlistenable, just kind of scattered and a little more off kilter then I typically like. The Paw Paw song also sort of stuck with me (not in a good way)...I read about it but still just maybe another reference would have been better.

This was really interesting and artsy. Each song felt like its own little journey and had a lot of layers to peel back. Lots of diversity in sound! My favorite was On Some Faraway Beach. Not sure I'd return to this because it was a little too avant garde for me, but it was neat to hear his debut solo creation.

I honestly kind of hated this but it is also a Friday, I am at work, and my allergies are giving me a migraine so it might be a me thing ://

I appreciate the complex instrumentals throughout the album it was just not my cup of tea. There were a few tracks I enjoyed but the rest were just not my taste

Interesting, but I'm not sure that is anything I would choose to listen to

Music is good

I thought this was ok, but still not sure why it’s own this list.

There’s certainly better music out there…

Not really about that prog/experimental rock. Just kinda repeats itself over and over. I don’t see the vision.

Good I guess, the vocals are unique

I like elements of many of the songs, but not all songs work as a whole for me. Still, it was a kick to hear sounds and styles that would carry into his production work.

Certainly avantgarde, a lot of really bizarre choices that just don't work on first listen at all, but when it goes on for a little longer i appreciate it a bit. Still not my favorite, but a fun album to listen to once, definitely deserving of this list

Hadn't heard of Brian Eno before. Coming in at the tail end of the British Invasion, his song's lack the punch that came from that era. What results is forgettable tunes that are just OK and not all that special. Nothing too grating on the album though so I think I'll rank it 2.6 stars. It's a shame too, because a lot of songs had the potential to be better than they are, but Brian messed them up. I put "Baby's on fire" into the playlist.

Feels like an album that could grow on me with more listens, but didn't do a whole lot for me on initial listen. Felt like it's weird for the sake of being weird vs. going anywhere interesting.

So far on this project, I really haven't been one for Brian Eno's take on avant/experimental pop. This album, however, did manage to catch my interest a little bit. It's interesting, atmospheric, and quirky, all without tripping into unlistenable territory. I was definitely pleasantly surprised with this one!

Better than I remember it to be fair! Still has a bit of Roxy Music about it. Obviously before he went all ambient!

Wow. He WAS the creator of the sound of the 80’s

What an experience it could have been for the music performers in the studio with “director” Brian Eno. He’s standing there in his outfit, the producers start rolling tape and he starts dancing and waving around while the band plays. How is that directing? Then he clearly admits the lyrics don’t mean shit and this is just word salad. Honestly, this wasn’t a bad listen, it’s just really weird it has his name on it.

Bit weird and arty for me. Some of it OK, some of it just a mess...

Some fun stuff being tried!

I liked this album a lot better when the Talking Heads did it

I'm digging Brian Eno. 3.75

It's OK

There are times when this sounds a little too twee but there is a lot of interesting stuff as well

Another Brian Eno project?! I’ve lost count of how many albums we’ve had by him. I mostly only remember the album art to the Roxy Music albums. This album was not really different and I wonder if I will remember anything from it again. The opening “Needles in The Camel’s Eye” felt very pop-rock and not what I was expecting. The rest was more of just a weird mix of styles. Middle passed me by and then I came back to it for the tail end starting with “Dead Finks Don’t Talk” to the end. It sounded like some twisted version of Pink Floyd. I have a really hard time saying anything meaningful about this record. It was quite forgettable and odd at the same time. Maybe something is there if you listen to it multiple times. Weak 3 for now.

I like Brian Eno. He is a very intelligent man having a brain as big as a Galaxy. So he is interesting to listen to when interviewed even though his views don’t always sit well with me. I’m more a fan of his ambient work rather than albums like this released in the period after he had left Roxy Music. I often stick on his ambient albums as background or when I turn off my lights at bedtime but I don’t think I would ever include this one. That said this album got better after each listen so is very much a slow burner. 3/5 3/6/25

all over the place, but never boring. sounds like a mix of david bowie, pink floyd and the beatles.

the site ate my review, so i cbfed retyping the whole thing. basically i dont like glam rock but its hard to deny the instrumentation on this album, especially the drums. and i love me some bangin drums lad.

Stick to producing mate

Not bad but not my thing.

Interesting. Didn't hate.

Meh. Not my brand of sound. There was one banger on there but that's it. Can see where the Talking Heads come from.

Brian Eno is an anagram of One Brain. This could mean that Eno is all intellect and no feeling, although we all know he is really a sensualist. It could mean that he has a singular focus, which is why he has to devise new ways to distract himself. On this, his first solo album, it could mean that he is without a collaborator, one brain and one Brian after the symbiosis with Gerry, then the co-headline with Fripp from 1973, before Bowie and Byrne and Bono and Chris Martin who refuses to fit the alliteration. Of course, as a self-professed 'non-musician,' Eno can't do it by himself. Fripp is all over the record, feeling wild and unfettered in the way he often sounds in collaboration, but never on his own records (when God or something similar is speaking through him). Still, it is interesting to consider this debut as a demarcation of Eno's personal limits. He sings poorly, but not so poorly as you'd imagine. His lyrics are sometimes leaden, but not because they are coldly intellectual, but because they are too silly - 'funny,' but not humourous. The songs in themselves sit in a weird position, not so rudimentary as one might expect from a non-musician, but neither are they very experimental in structure. They have their detours and deviations from expectation, but there is nothing here more extreme than what he did on The Bogus Man or In Every Dream Home A Heartache or The Bob. It is all more conventional than on No Pussyfooting. It is a pop record - there was always meant to be a rock'n'roll singled called Baby's On Fire. But Eno isn't a pop star. Still, there is no pop star (or glam rocker) that could sing these dada tunes. They wouldn't suit any persona - not sophisticated enough for Ferry, not focussed enough for Byrne, not so vaguely uplifting that Chris Martin could inhabit them. And perhaps that is why Eno is such a successful collaborator and why his artistic endpoint was ambient and generative music, why he needs aleatoric stratagems to produce. These are answers to his natural limits and to the limits of pop music. I really enjoy all four of the four solo pop records, where he gradually pushes past those limits. I like this reedy voice. I like his dumb evasive lyrics, where he is obviously afraid to write or tackle anything substantive. They are a glimpse past the intellectual façade, the image of him as fixer, professor, as organiser. We accept that he is a thinker, an ideas man, but the pop records capture what it is like to actually have ideas - chaotic, fragmented, a little irritating, a lot distracting. Most ideas are stupid. This is - more than anything - what it is like to be Brian Eno. For forty minutes, we are as one brain. Of course, an anagram is just an anagram. It tells us nothing. But it is a very Enoesque stratagem by which we find a way into something or a way out of it. Another anagram is 'nai boner' - meaning 'no erection.' We know that certainly was not the case for Eno in the early 70s. But, perhaps, 'bone rain' is a homophone for 'bone reign' - it was that sort of time. 3.5 Amid the bustle of funny noises and striking mixing decisions there is one very good melodic idea per track. Driving Me Backwards in particular is well worth the flogging it gets - even with Brian Eno singing. There is also the frequent sense, however, that Brian thinks he is funny, which he isn’t. In fact I believe the lyrics to Baby’s On Fire or Dead Finks Don’t Talk for example, are the work of a transparent square. I like Robert Fripp though; he’s cool. 3/5

3.

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Half-time: This is the 500th album in my project - although the list contains more than 1000. But still, a milestone. My relationship with Brain Eno's music is ambivalent. I really liked some of the pieces I heard from him. I also got to know and love the ambient genre through his music. Other pieces, on the other hand, got on my nerves or simply didn't matter to me. And it's the same with this album. It leaves me with a mixed impression. 3/5

It still confuses me how he went from this to ambient music. An interesting album nonetheless, but not one I will revisit

Some parts of this were actually pretty good to listen to. Some parts were veeeeeery experimental. I'd give a 5 star for the songs that sound like songs and a 1 star for the experiments that obviously didn't pan out.

I mean, fair play. I enjoy experimentation and being surprised or caught off guard by music. However, I just can’t necessarily find my seat in this. Respect for doing it and the individuality of it, but I also want to be able to find my place in the music and enjoy it, which I didn’t get from this.

3.5

Interesting electronic experimentation, although not very pleasant to the ear. Don't like it mixed with glam rock. 3 stars

"Needle in the Camels Eye" is awesome, the rest is pretty good. 3.5

Little too glam rock for me but there's a lot to love on this one

I did not really like it at first listen . After reading a bit about it and listening again I was more positive. Maybe it will further improve given more time but for now I will not join the group of reviews who act as if it is brilliant.

some nice tunes here

Was expecting ambient electronic, got some Roxy-esque art rock. Not bad at all, what a musical mind. 7/10, rounded down. Hate this 5-point scale at times. Too little room for nuances.

This was cool. Chill kinda sounds

Un álbum de rock experimental que no puedo decir me haya gustado mucho. Los temas instrumentales fueron los que más me agradaron, y algunos aspectos de la experimentación que se utilizó. Debo decir que en una primera instancia, cuando me enteré que era un álbum de Brian Eno pensé que se iba a tratar de música electrónica ambiental, porque es de la manera en que lo conozco. Me sorprendió encontrarme con este estilo art rock donde él es vocalista. Una estética inesperada para mí. Es interesante cómo la expectativa juega un papel relevante respecto de la apreciación artística. El efecto de una obra en las personas no nace del vacio, sino de todo un contexto y bagaje (en la obra en sí, y en la persona que la percibe) que afecta inmensamente su impacto. Hay algo similiar a David Bowie en este trabajo (de hecho Eno trabajó en la música de Bowie, lo cual cobra sentido escuchando este álbum). Prefiero su trabajo ambiental, pero aprecio su aproximacimación experimental en la música en general aunque el estilo de este álbum no sea de mí interés.

2 great songs with a whole bunch of weird songs in the middle

In a previous life, I could see myself jamming to this on like, a record player. Not this life though.