Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Great tunes, reminds me of the Talking Heads, except Eno sometimes added extra layers which I imagine were trying to be experimental, but sometimes obscured the best part of the music instead of added to it.
Through out history, homosapiens have experimented with sound. There were moments in time when a sound was created that they realised was not required from the evolution of man, and was lost to history. Unfortunately this album was recorded and not lost.
Favorite Track: Needles In The Camel's Eye
ok this one slightly resembles music
The solo path of the industry's most questionable yet influential figure, Brian Eno is both mad and a genius. The album is exciting and weird and definitely feels a lot closer in time to MGMT than some of the greatest albums in rock history. Ultimately inheriting Andy Warhol's position in music, Eno began to break the walls of possibility in a new direction. Taking directly from some of the Beatles weirdest, he combined musicians knowing there would be conflict and put that conflict right in the forefront of his musical journey. It's weird, it's out there, but I'm really coming around to his importance in music as a musician
Liked a couple of songs. The soundscape was often cool. But the singing mostly drove me nuts. 2/5
Roxy Music reloaded.
I'm not really familiar with Brian Eno outside of his work with the Talking Heads and David Bowie, which includes some of their best-ever albums. The only thing I had heard from this was QOTSA's cover of Needles in the Camel's Eye This is a pretty weird album. There were some points where I thought that I would never guess it was from the 70s. I said something previously about experimental and avant-garde tags being a bit of a red flag but I can't really fault it here. I found the last 30 seconds of Dead Finks Don't Talk actually kind of disturbing, capping off what was already a weird song with that weird yelping throughout The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch sounds like proto-Talking Heads, if that wasn't an influence on them, I'd be very surprised. Especially because Eno went on to work with them The album does feel like it trails off a bit after Dead Finks, the last 2 tracks are just okay but they felt meandering I'm not too sure about a rating, I respected the album more than I enjoyed listening to it. Maybe I would change my mind with repeated listens Highlights: Needles in the Camel's Eye
I'm really not a fan of this album. I don't think it's bad music, just not my style.
Previously rated: Before And After Science (3/5) Another Green World (3/5) ******************************** I liked this one a bit more than the other two. Didn't care for Driving Me Backwards. Some of Them Are Old sounded like a John Lennon Beatles song.
There are parts of this I liked. But every time I listen to Eno, I find myself thinking of the Dana Carvey “Chopping Broccoli,“ sketch because it sounds like he’s making things up as he goes. I know that’s not fair and I am sure he is a brilliant musician and producer. Maybe I would like him better in the context of when this was released rather than 50 years later.
I respect what he was doing, and a few songs remind me of Adam Ant, but I wouldn’t reach for this album when there’s an option.
Two Enos in one week is a lot of Enos. Really hoping there are no more Enos on this list. I don't hate it, but I've had enough.
3+ Stars (9/15)
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, I have listened to it hundreds of times, and I love every single second of it.
Clear influence on music that came after it. Probably not something I'll go back to though.
This is so weird and I like it. Also the last song is amazing.
Weird. I like
Driving Me Backwards // On Some Faraway Beach // Dead Finks Don’t Talk // Some Of Them Are Old // Here Come The Warm Jets
Going into this list, I had the idea that this record was going to be the only Brian Eno record I wasn’t going to give 5 stars. It’s one that I don’t listen to often, I prefer Another Green World and Before and After Science when it comes to his first four solo records. But I’m sitting here listening to “Baby’s On Fire” and the crazy doubled up guitars have left me with only one thought: ANOTHER CLASSIC BRIAN ENO RECORD.
The little exposure that I have had to Brian Eno has led me to believe that I didn’t like his music at all. But I didn’t mind this album so much…to use some other reviewers’ words, it seems to be more accessible. My favorite track was probably On Some Faraway Beach, which is for the most part an instrumental track, and has this dream-like ethereal quality to it. I could see playing this song if I really needed to relax. But in the end, I just didn’t like this album much…I can understand, however, how this may appeal to others. But for me, it’s a two star record.
Brian Eno is a genius, but I don't like this album as much as some of his other work. This album isn't really engaging like Roxy Music or Brian Eno's solo work that came after. The ideas are there but the songs don't really feel fleshed out yet. It's still enjoyable to listen to but I think it strays a little too far from conventional songs. Sure sounds way ahead of its time though.
Definitely interesting, don’t really understand the hate. Very experimental. Got to the second half and thought I was going crazy, now I somewhat understand the hate. 4/10
This is delightfully weird even if it lacks any really stellar moments.
I really wanted to like this as it seems super cool, and Eno is a really decent guy who has spent his life pushing the envelope and being truly one of the great music innovators. It's certainly not TOO experimental for my taste and loads of interesting things going on, but I just didn't quite find it as repeat-listenable as I'd hoped. I can't see myself needing to own a copy or listen to it regularly more than out of pure intrigue. I have to give him credit for artistic courage and clearly having a lot of fun with it, so I feel the need to round up on what probably would've been a 3.5.
This is some weird shit. I am into it. I have been getting hit with Roxy Music recommendations for a long time and they were all misses. I am so glad he left and did his own thing.
I really wasn’t sure what was going at first but at some point I had to accept that whatever it was, I was enjoying it.
Not the ambient Eno I was expecting - this is rock (albeit slightly avant garde). I like it.
Lik
Not quite as weird as I expected. Not bad
Heard of Brian Eno but never heard much of his music. The more I listened to it the more I liked it. High 3s so rounding up
Interessant
i like brian as a producer and songwriter, so i am pretty eager to check out his solo works. and well, it's ok. but not my type of thing. 3.5/5
I think it’s a nice album. It matches the artist’s personality very well so it doesn't sound contrived. Musically, I like the melodies - they don’t sound old. There are some light hearted elements that can still be appreciated today. But I do notice that they sampled some weird sound.. For example, in the beginning of <Here Come the Warm Jets>, I could be wrong but I feel it unnecessary to put some extra dingdong chimes. It’s barely noticeable but once you know it’s there it just becomes a bit annoying…
Mixed bag. After reading the bio of Brian Eno it sounds like he’s great at producing so some of these songs were really cool or had parts I really liked but for his own artistic expression there were parts I hated that I think I can only contribute to his choices. The way he sings on Driving me Backwards drove me insane. I really disliked the first half of Dead Finks Don’t Talk but really enjoyed the second half. Enough to get over the first half even, but not enough to get over Driving me Backwards. I could see someone liking that song for the same reasons I dislike it so I think it’s a taste thing but I can’t get over it. Would’ve been a 3 otherwise.
this album had me at first being like, "aight this is fun" and then the album continued and I was like, "this is less fun" and then the last two songs, i really just hoped it was over. not the worst thing ive heard... so a two stars it is
I like the overall style and really appreciate the simple guitar solos. This is easy listening with a decent amount of variety. “Driving Me Backward” was painful, which sort of soured the rest of the album for me. Still it was interesting and mostly enjoyable.
Noise.
Can’t tell if this list has me burnt out on 70s British rock, or if this just isn’t a good album. There are definitely moments here and there where it shows some promise, but the majority feels like it drags on with monotonous rhythms and randomly placed noises. A couple decent tracks but other than that, nothing that stood out or that makes me want to come back.
I really liked the first song, but what happened to the rest of the album?
I'm really very grateful that music and artists like this exist, as they really pushed the envelope and showed that what was possible, musically, could be so much more interesting and different than what came before. I'm also very happy that the music created afterwards means we don't have to pretend that this is good anymore.
Meh
Different. I didn’t like or dislike it. I’ll give it another listen down the road. 1001 album worthy: yes 56/105
Interesting. Not bad, not necessarily memorable. Definitely sounds and feels like 1974.
I love many things Eno was part of, but The Warm Jets is not one of those things. It's pretentious babbly art pop that can't finish. It's four in the morning, you had too much whiskey, and you don't have any Isaac Hayes to make it over the finish line. Here and there, you get it right, while elsewhere, things just go a little dry. In no way does the music on this record relate to me or evoke an emotion; it's one night in Paris for me. Sure, I will return here and there as I have over the years but not sure it will ever click, then again sometimes I just prefer to cum on and feel the noize.
Favorite Track: Dead Finks Don’t Talk
not my kind of music
More punk than ambient.
Huge fan of Eno - maybe my 3rd favorite overall.
this is not what i expected. the first song is good. this has robert fripp on it which is pretty cool. the 2nd and 3rd songs are like david bowie. so i dont really like those ones. Driving me backwards is an absolutely beautiful semi-ambient song, i absolutely adore it. I HATE Blank Frank. the background vocals on Dead Finks are awful. the weird machine ending was kinda cool though. as much as i loved the more ambient songs, the rest of the album was kinda awful.
Wie chammer de Brian Eno nüd känne? Mitbegründer vo Roxy Music. Sehr experimentel, mängisch än Touch vo Pink Floyd oder sogar de Beatles. Mega.
nodle i sim aug??? find s tönt seeehr geil schräg. super. seeehr british aberega sinere ziit vorus. sehr post punk. the paw naiseginöd blowtorch dings au sehr talking heads jo die passed zeme. singt er? au seeehr 70er bowie. funny gitarre sounds höhö. beber brennt! beber brent! cooli gitarre mega unordentlich alles aber s het au überall platz. lustig. sehr hypnotisch au. er singt no cool findi. weiss waner chan und was nöd. komischs grüsch bi cindy tell me okay aber de song isch cool aber was isch de insektodings? ha no freud vorallem ade verschidne sounds und so. fahret mich rückwärths öhm oke das easy dunkel und denn so höhle gitarre dings und klatscher creepy aber cool? nöd en mega song oder so. find alles bis etz interessant aber nöd sache woni nomol wür wölle ghöre. blankus frankus funny. tote finken reden nicht au wieder sochli funny aber etz nöd meega geil. er redt schön. alte de schluss afoch so moderne kanye stuff? mega hard? höööö. ich gseh wiso dases do isch da salbum. so sound manipulation scho crazy. some of them are old mega en bruch, bewusst nimi ah. oke seeehr cool wie d gitarre komisch töned. ich will e danelectro, het nüt mit dem ztue aber ich will eini. title track cute, aber da album wirdi sicher nöd nomol lose. mega innovativ nöd sehr iprägsam.
mal luege wies bim brian emo usgseht needles in the camel's eye isch na cool? chli komisch produziert aber wa wotsch mache paw paw erinneret mi chli ah talking heads, u.a. sicher wills so quirky isch baby's on fire isch scho so vool gsi aber das abstruse und chaotische gitarre solo isch riichtig geil hahaha WAS SEIT D CINDY DIER BRIAN okeee "glammed up" art pop macht iwie sinn!! driving me backwards findi no spannend aber gad gnüsse tunis nöd ohh han bim faraway beach gar kei gsang meh erwartet, aber wenn er chunnt find ich en seeehr schön, v.a. mitem gsang im hindergrund wowiiiii sehr geili drums bi dead finks uuuhh de rest passiert echli...no cool aber nöd meh hahaha some of them are old tönt am schluss wie es chille-lied here come the warm jets isch coools outro!! hans vill meh gnosse alsi denkt han. hii und daa typischi quirky sache woni nöd alles guet gfunde han aber solids 4i han ich de brian emo lieber als de jimi???? 😓
Yes Brian Eno! He doesn't disappoint. I've loved Brian Eno for a long time now and while I didn't love every song he always comes out with some bangers that are so warm and moving. The final song is excellent. Glad this has fallen in our final few albums!
Bloody brilliant. I wasn't sure what to expect with this, some of Eno's stuff can be a bit much. This was great. I knew Baby's On Fire and that's a right banger for sure. I always loved Driving Me Backwards.
Definitely weird, but that’s Eno for you
It's glam rock Jim, but not as we know it. This is Eno at a fascinating crossover point, applying deliberate avant-garde challenges to a musical language that begins familiarly enough but soon unravels and takes off elsewhere. There's a playful edge to the invention, so the whole experiment manages not to come across as stiff and po-faced - it's as fun as it is weird and clever. It's also much darker and heavier than o expected! Pre-post-punk? Favourite tracks: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, Baby's On Fire, Driving Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Blank Frank, Here Come the Warm Jets
Remarkably gay album by a remarkably straight man
Just can't really get into this one. art pop with an experimental bent. feels deliberately subversive to traditional pop sounds while maintaining the structure and melody, but ultimately I don't find it enjoyable to listen to, outside of a couple tunes (Dead Finks don't talk, Baby's on Fire) but ultimately, I'll skip this one for his ambient stuff.
(Rubs temple again) Well, another Brian Eno album less than a week after the last one I was able to hear. I was hoping to space these albums out just a little bit more because Eno's genius can sometimes be a bit exhausting when you are "blah" on it (especially the instrumentals). I really liked this album. Had this been my first exposure to Brian Eno then I may not be as "blah" about some of his work. I'm not sure there is a bad track on this album and I like that it actually has vocals. The best songs on here are: Needles in the Camel's Eye Baby's on Fire On Some Faraway Beach (really liked this one) Here Comes the Warm Jets Really pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this album. It had a lot of weirdness that was present on the Roxy Music albums, while also had some of the pop sensibilities that I know are hiding somewhere in Eno's soul.
This was a weird but great album. It only got better as it went on. Highlights: On Some Far Away Beach Some Of Them Are Old Here Come The Warm Jets
I used to listen to this all the time. What a strange thing to somehow forget.
Cool enough experience.
An excellent album that will be easily accessible to many people! It’s not what you expect off Emo, especially considering his more ambient leanings but this is excellent!
Wow, holy trebble on the intro there, Batman. Certainly not a fast way to my heart. Second song is just goofy--the computer buzz solo sounds like a discount knock-off of Daft Punk. Baby's On Fire, slightly less dumb, but still dumb. Driving Me Backwards.... skipped halfway through. On Some Faraway beach is the first tolerable song. Then a bunch more skips basically. This was the first album I was struggling to even finish. And the first 1-star I've given out.
Many songs sound like a bad David Bowie cosplay, despite being before a lot of Bowie's work which is kinda weird. It gets better listening with full headphones instead of IEMs
Maybe 5 stars but needs another listen. Certainly an artist who has the skills and inspiration to match. I’m not sure how deep the artistry goes on just one listen.
This is the album I didn’t know I needed.
Ainda bem que todo esse experimentalismo não se seguiu para as bandas que ele produziu.
I was only aware of Brian Eno's more atmospheric stuff, which is better than this. I guess he had to start somewhere, but it doesn't mean this album should have been included here. 2*
Oh cheeky cheeky. Oh naughty sneaky. First listened about 20 years ago, after being more vaguely aware of 90s short lived indie actually The Warm Jets than of how unbelievably brilliant Brian Eno was on almost everything, except All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2. However we'll let him off that one because of how good he was at Achtung Baby by U2. And Zooropa to be fair. Anyway. This isn't quite as good as Another Green World, but it's close, and that's possibly the greatest record ever made so. Pop bangers. Weird stuff. Fripp shredding, Manzanero scratching. Gorgeous stuff, Faraway Beach could be played at my funeral. Endless inventiveness that still sounds fresh after 50 years. I mean what an achievement. They really don't make them like that anymore. If you don't get it but consider yourself into interesting music, go back and listen again.
This site has shown me I definitely prefer Brian Eno's soundscapes more than his straightforward weird rock tendencies in his early solo work/work with Roxy Music. That being said, it's well produced and interesting stuff usually. I don't think there is a "stand out" on this record in terms of a specific song but it's always nice to have on.
Innovative and fresh.
You know, Brian Eno is a very interesting figure to me. He's a very influential figure that I feel goes a bit under the radar to many people, myself included for a long while. I mean, you have stuff like his ambient albums, Roxy Music, his production credits for artists like David Bowie and Talking Heads, and even some pretty cool political activism. So it's pretty cool to see where Eno's solo career got its start with Here Come the Warm Jets. This is a very different album from the first of his that I listened to, Ambient 1: Music for Airports. That album is exactly what the name implies. It's ambience. It's some pretty good ambience though. However, I actually prefer this album over it. There's things to like here. The style is very interesting, but good! It's artsy and a bit eccentric, but not to the point of being obnoxious. The writing is also quite unique. The instrumentation is great. There's a lot of variety in each song's vibes. He even got some other important figures to work on this album, including some of his bandmates from Roxy Music. He even got Robert Fripp on this thing! That automatically makes this album worth listening to. You can definitely feel some of the energy from Roxy Music in here, but there's a few moments on the album that kind of make me think of his production and ambient stuff. The songs are good, and the pacing is solid. This is a strong debut. Light 4/5.
Noisy
really enjoyed 3.5 stars
Happy to never listen to this again.
The first track kind of felt like a tease. It felt like 80s gothy pop synth (which is one of my favorites). Then the rest of the album felt REALLY 70s glam rock (which is one of my least favorites) and I just wasn't into it. Highlights: Needles in the Camel's Eye
4.0 Impressive. Very nice. Can see and hear the Bowie influence/collaboration here. Flicking between genres but not widely swinging such that it still remains pretty cohesive and very tight. Nice to hear an Eno album that is different to his ambient stuff.
2025-02-11
Another great Eno album that sounds more traditional as an album if you will and not too ambient. It still makes Eno sounds like an amateur who just created something great by being interested in music for the sake of it.
Probably Brian Enos most accessible music. Good stuff
Brian Eno is such a weird dude
Really liked this. I hear the influences of it in Wilco, Talking Heads..
Avant-glam. I was familiar with Roxy Music and ambient, I hadn't heard Eno's solo work. Its a pretty cool stepping stone on his career from synth operator to eminence grise by the end of the century. Needles in the Camel's Eye cold-opens the album with a shoegaze queasiness. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch demonstrates a really virtuosic talent for studio work with multiple guitar voices fading in and out, subject to some beautiful effect treatments. A synth line with a fine understanding of key velocity punctuates it. Baby's on Fire starts as a classic glam track although loses some punch when it descends into prog-noodling in the middle. Cindy Tells Me almost goes back to early Bowie in format before a phasing guitar washes over the top of the song. Driving Me Backwards includes disconcerting changes to phrasing and (I think) some reverse reverb and cool guitar squelches. On Some Faraway Beach is mixed really weird with Andy Mackay's keyboard work out in front despite not being very good. On the one hand Eno is kind of beating My Bloody Valentine to the punch by 20 years but it doesn't quite hit with the clear melody on the keys sitting on top. Blank Frank is a sleeper hit with a psychedelic take on Sabbath with blues bassline, soaring guitars, synths and studio in full effect. Eno can be really hit and miss but when he hits he knocks it out of the park. Dead Finks Don't Talk is fine I guess. Its a plodding number with a 60s pop structure (albeit with screaming in the background of the chorus!?). The last 20 seconds is ace and may be the inspiration for Kouhei Matsunaga. Some of Them are Old is a pleasant exploration of tape effects punctuated by Brian Wilson style acapellas. Its interesting that Smile had been my last album as there are a lot of similarities in what they are doing trying to marry pop sensibilities with boundary pushing. Eno did significantly better thanks to his technical skills and his better mental health. Here Come the Warm Jets closes the album with another proto-shoegaze album. I want to like this more as I love Eno and the influences this album had on later musicians which I love. There's part of me that would have preferred this to be just the experimental parts as the glam/pop stuff is a bit generic. I suppose it adds a nice contrast though.
More rocky and less ambient than I expected it to be being Brian Eno. Very good album if a bit dated at points.
I liked this lots
Glad I listened to this because “Eno” is a popular crossword clue. Reminds me of the artists he’s worked with like David Bowie and Talking Heads, so kind of weird but still good.
I liked like 2 of the songs, other than that not really my thing
3/10 - So many of these songs are not enjoyable to listen to. I enjoyed On Some Faraway Beach a lot but Blank Frank and Driving me Backwards were not good at all.
Honestly I don't even know. Parts sucked ass and were hard to get through, and parts - the first few songs, the last song - were really enjoyable and clearly very influential on a lot of the stuff I like. Pretty entertaining album even though it isn't the easiest listen at times
Explores the edges of music, not usually in a way that I enjoy. I found it more irritating.
Truly an avant-garde artist. I wonder if Eno was wondering about the impact he would have in the years and decades to come.
There’s an idea in there somewhere but it is not executed in a way that makes it listenable
Great title. This album kicks off a prolific career that has never stopped evolving. Songs on this album hint at what’s to come in his solo and collaborative future.
Lightweight, all over the place with thin vocals. "Needles in the Camel's Eye" is an okay pop song, the rest is an uneven mix of bouncy and spacy.
It sounds a bit like Roxy Music, which is nice. A moderately pleasant listen, made slightly uneven because it’s a pop album with experimental elements jammed in. ‘Baby’s On Fire’ is good, and the title track at the end.
After the first song, I was like "Ohoho I'm going to love this." But ultimately, I think I just *liked* it - some neat pop music with weird flourishes, but not quite as many bangers as I hoped.
Buen disco experimental
Interesting at some parts, most of it was crap, next
I'm surprised to not really enjoy this as I've really loved a lot of his production, especially when he leans into the "weirder" stuff. Im not so into 50s or glam rock and that comes through a lot here and tbh his voice is just kind of annoying to me.
It was ok
bah blah blah
ugh
Weird interesting boh
Mostly noises
A bit too mild for me...
Jeg fik lidt Takling Heads vibes over et par af numrene. Men albummet er ret nem at glemme igen.
Jeg er stadig ikke fan. Der er ind imellem spændende elementer. Men alt for lagt imellem dem.
Brian Emo. Favorite track: On Some Faraway Beach 3.5/5
Never really got this
I have only noticed Eno as a producer yet and appreciated his work a lot. But I got quite disappointed by this one. His vocals are often annoying and even the music sucks here and then. ("Driving Me Backwards", "Dead Finks Don't Talk"...) 1,5
This is absolutely incredible. I’ve listened to Brian Eno before (ambient works like Music for Airports), but this album really opened my eyes to how much of a genius he is. I loved every track on this album. It left me wanting more. Catchy, quirky, amazing timbres. Might be a top 10 album for me.
Weird vibes, not really my thing
This was weird but solid. I could have done without 'The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch', but most of the rest was pretty different than what I normally hear from experimental artists, and in a good way. There was a lot of variation between the songs, which held my interest, and I would not mind listening to this again.
Not for me at all, did not really enjoy this much to be honest.
Not his finest work. Mainly as he is singing
I understand how important Brian Eno is, I just don’t like his music that much.
I was looking forward to this after listening to another green world, but this album didn’t hit as hard. On some far away beach is a lovely tune, but other than that I found it not so enjoyable. He’s clearly musically very adept and want to take nothing away from the experimentation. He kind of reminds me of Jacob collier with the notes he tries to incorporate at times. It’s not bad at all, just wasn’t as favorable for me
Lovely album. Very odd sound but very good.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this when I first turned it on. It felt like it was going to be an experimental album from someone who sounds like a store-brand David Bowie. And there were parts of the album that were kind of annoying, particularly Driving Me Backwards. But for the most part, it was actually entertaining. The various elements in each track add up to a weird but fun experience. It never goes full experimental nor over my head. It stays fairly accessible while breaking some conventions. I’m aware Brian Eno was a pivotal force in producing some very successful musical acts, such as Talking Heads (which this album absolutely influenced). It’s east to hear through this album that he knows what he is doing. Favorite track: On Some Faraway Beach (probably a weird pick, but I loved the slow synth ambience of it Other hits: Baby’s On Fire, Cindy Tell Me, Some Of Them Are Old, Needles in The Camel’s Eye, Dead Finks Don’t Talk
What is it with this guy and air travel? Man’s obsessed. This was interesting enough to not be boring, but not enough to be remembered.
‘Here come the warm jets’ what I say when I’ve had a few and you’re sleeping in the same room as me. I liked this, almost gave it a 4. But decided not to for some reason. I’m not sure what that reason is. Simpsons: No
Found this one ok but quite boring. He should stick to the meditation tunes.
In every song, there was a weird noise in it at some point, which resulted in me having a headache by the end of this. But it still isn't his worst effort on here.
Something different, I liked it
This was one bit of this that sounded like a goose
Very cool and good
J'adore ces pièces déjantées, originales, imprévisibles, à la fois douces et insoumises
"Here Come The Warm Jets," Brian Eno's debut solo album, stands out as his most accessible work, blending art rock with catchy melodies and intriguing soundscapes. Released in 1974, the album showcases Eno's innovative use of textures and production techniques while maintaining a captivating pop sensibility. Tracks like "Needle in the Camel's Eye" and "Baby's on Fire" feature both experimental elements and engaging hooks, making the album approachable for listeners new to Eno's avant-garde style. As a result, it serves as an excellent entry point for those looking to explore Eno's unique musical universe.
pretty impressive what kinda range this bro had in his discography with his album run. Interesting and some parts i really liked! But it didn't feel complete to me.
boring
Great
oh fuck yeah
Good Fine Nothing particularly notable but enjoyable 3so
Is this before Brian Eno invented his own genre?
A really interesting and genuinely different listen — I enjoyed this a lot, and I’ll definitely come back to it. Musically, the sound shifts constantly throughout the album. It’s inventive, unpredictable and very clever. There’s art-rock chaos, glam swagger, and moments that feel both loose and tightly controlled at the same time. You can hear how influential this record became. That said, it does lose a bit of momentum for me around the midpoint. From “Dead Finks Don’t Talk” onwards, it dips slightly before picking itself back up. The first half, though, is electric. Favourite tracks: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch and Baby’s on Fire. You can hear clear hints of both Talking Heads’ angularity and Bowie’s glam theatrics in these — forward-thinking and full of attitude. Least favourite: Tracks 8–10 drag a little for me. Album artwork: A cool, abstract cover that perfectly reflects the album’s experimental edge.
Not really sure where I come down on this album, even after listening to it twice. Really respect the musical talent on display and the challenging nature of the music overall. I liked some songs better than others, and there are a couple where Eno's vocals annoyed me. It's clearly his artistic vision, and it's interesting to listen to. I don't think I enjoy it very much though, in the end. At least, I didn't connect with it on a personal level and it didn't leave me wanting to listen to it over and over. That's not to say it's bad by any stretch, just that it's not quite my taste.
Here Come the Warm Jets is Brian Eno's debut solo album. Eno had already found considerable fame for his time in Roxy Music; this album sounds close to Roxy Music's glam rock. In his solo work, Eno continued his experimentation with synthesizers, and explored a range of song formats and styles. This is an interesting collection of pop songs that are hard to date; this album doesn't the trends of early 70s pop - or any other decade. Eno created songs with the grandeur of Roxy Music's glam rock, and incorporating enough of Eno's synthesizer and production techniques to give the work a distinct sound.
It was interesting, sometimes a bit hard to listen to
Not really my vibe
Some interesting and surprising songs and sounds. Not what I was expecting.
Strong first half but faded in the second half. Definitely influenced Bowie, Roxy Music and Peter Gabriel amongst others. Felt that the tracks with Robert Fripp on guitar were the best. Good but not quite great.
I think that listening to all of Brian Eno's albums on the 1001 lists could be a much better experience if they are heard in order. This album is good, but it is not as challenging (challenging does not necessarily mean good) as some others that I received before. This is indeed the best of his solo albums to me, but I would have viewed his more experimental works with much more sympathetic eyes if I had the correct historical context.
It was alright. There weren’t really any songs that stood out, but it wasn’t a bad album. 3/5 Probably won’t listen again
I cannot believe this was 1973. What the fuck was Brian Eno on to think of something like this? It's weird as hell, but masterfully produced and my god the guitar is just insane. Some songs are just too much weird and I can't get into them at all, but then a few songs later Eno will pull out this intricate yet beautiful song that pulls you right back into the album. Gonna be a middle tier 4, wish it were a 5 but I will probably have to have a couple more listens til I get to that point
This is so so good, this guy just invented art glam or something like that and I'm thankful for it. Thank you Brian. Maybe my favourite of his "rock" albums.
Very interesting album with a good balance between some pop elements and experimental arrangements.
When glam rock meets art punk and experimental music. That record is so wild, while remaining catchy and very pop to the core. Brian Eno is a magician.
Did not click for me. He’s very innovative.
You can certainly hear the Roxy Music influence in the first few tracks. This is the sort of album that I'm doing this for, as I've been aware of Mr Eno for some time but never actually listened to. Was it worth it? Yes definitely. Would I listen again? Would I buy it? There's something about it that makes me say yes I will listen again, but no for now I wouldn't buy it. What I need to do now is score it. Hmmm, 2.8 is what I want to give it. It so close to a 3... Oh sod it.
As diverse and creative as I expected. But that didn’t make it any good.
What a great album, I've never listened to Brian Eno before, I shall now. I really loved the experimental nature which Eno instilled in his collaborators. It sounds way ahead of it's time. Who said the early 70's was a barren wasteland for British musical talent? Err me. I've been proved wrong on this occasion.
I feel like this is almost too normal for Brian Eno - it's his first album so I guess he didn't have as much artistic freedom as he would have wanted to. For any other album that would be a downside but in this case it's actually good
Weird in the best possible way
I did not like this album. 2 stars
weird, ok, didnt finish
Not everyone who did acid made good music
Pretty interesting; never knew what genre was gonna be next.
The worst I've heard from Eno. He should've stuck to instrumentals.
Didn't leave much of an impression.
Strange but very cool for its time
Muy experimental, me ha recordado a la epoca glam de Bowie. A pesar de ser un disco muy interesante, que definitivamente merece formar parte de esta lista, se me ha hecho algo repetitivo. Muy buen album, pero 3/5 para mi.
I'm generally a big fan, particularly of his work with Roxy Music, and his ambient records. For the more traditional records, I like "Another Green World" the best, though this record is good, that one is better.
Not special
2.5 Respect Eno plenty but it mostly wasn’t for me
Un album un peu en dents de scie, à l'équilibre entre expérimentation et pop catchy. L’ouverture “Needles in the camel’s eye” est excellente et euphorisante, et des très bons morceaux “My Baby’s on fire”, “Some of them are omd”, “Here comes the warm jets”. Des moments un peu plus compliqué mais globalement c’est assez unique, très inventif et bourré d’idées, ça vaut bien son 5 parce que je suis sûr que j’y reviendrais très volontiers.
Ok. Better than I thought. Bit groundbreaking. Not rubbish. Amongst the best? No, not really. Kinda experimental which is a theme here. High 2 stars? Maybe?
The older Eno is so much better.
There are a few points that remind you that this was capable of being good, but the rest was too avant-garde to be enjoyable
Not terrible. I kind of even enjoyed some of the songs
This brian eno guy sucks
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Experimental, nonsensical, glam rock don't usually work for me but here it's not too bad.
The name Brian Eno should sound familiar to anyone who has spent a considerable amount of time with this list. Or anyone who has explored various spaces of experimental rock through the 70s and 80s. The amount of absolutely iconic music that has sprung from his countless contributions and collaborations is innumerable. And this doesn’t even factor in his solo work, which is just as essential. He basically created the namesake for ambient music, which I think says a lot. The man has had nothing short of a storied career, and I love seeing so much of his work represented on this list. This is his second solo release. And there is a rather star-studded list of people who were working behind the scenes, including members of his former band Roxy Music, and even Robert Fripp. All of the background info surrounding this and the way it was made is incredibly interesting. Eno specifically chose people he thought would not work well together, and deserved to them what he wanted them to play using body language and dancing. He essentially made the creative process be based on interpretation and emotion rather than critical thinking. He then took everything they made and mixed, or altered, the recordings heavily, which resulted in the final product. Mind you, this was all recorded in less than two weeks as well. So from the beginning, Eno was already showing his prowess and ability to push the musicianship in a different direction. This is probably the best place to start for his catalog, but it also sets the precedent that his music is the least bit ordinary. This feels like a really well packaged experimental rock album that draws from a variety of different places. It challenges the listener, but in a very palatable way. And you can hear how bringing together musicians from such different places can lead to wildly unique results. Crazy that he hadn’t even really become acquainted with Bowie yet. Pandora’s box had yet to be opened. This isn’t my first experience with the work of Brian Eno, but it does work as a great view into his mindset and creative talents. Rating: 7/10
I've always loved it. I'll continue to love it
Musicians stop being annoying challenge.
Some of this is really good, but some not so much.
yes
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. But I found it really interesting, and some parts were definitely enjoyable. There was so much going on within this album that I feel compelled to revisit it soon. Either to see what I may have missed, or to see if anything really sticks the second time around.
This was a little different but I liked it. Kinda rock and techno kinda weird thing
Doesn't push the envelope quite as far as it could and gets caught in a musical no mans land as a result. Maybe it's because I had a King Crimson album yesterday, but this feels like it just doesn't do enough. Gets stronger as it goes through.
Liked it.
Unbelievably good. So ahead of its time, so clever and catchy and just weird enough without being totally repellent. Love love loved it.
3.5
Eno at his very best. One of my favorites EVER!
not as good as roxy but still better than you’d expect
I could pick out some cool moments, like the outros or the shoegaze song, but the core of it is not very interesting
left my head just as quick as it had entered
Eno did some really nice, and definitely interesting, albums after leaving Roxy. There's nothing ground-breaking here but I like it.
good synths. Dead finks don’t talk stood out
Really cool protolectronica. We've come a long way, but that was intereting and fun
The tone?? The guitar tone??? The fucking synth layered on the guitar??? It sounds crunchy in a way that I think a lot of rock should have gotten inspired by but isn't because they are silly Anyway the album's good though I'm not huge on the glammier parts of this
Started out very promising. I really enjoyed the opening tracks, and then it started to get a bit odd I could have put up with a bit of quirkiness and still rated it well, but unfortunately it got boring towards the end - and I lost interest 3 ⭐️
Love everything Eno does.
Eno is odd but I did quite like this album.
I think (but I'm not sure)
Just a cool album front to back.
I'll give this another listen sometime. Maybe it was just me being distracted but I didn't really connect with it. Appreciate the talent, but unlikely to proactively select.
So great when you find an album you’ve never listen to that aligns so well with what you find to be interesting in music. Definitely hear his influences across so many other artists over the years.
Incredible. Needle in the Camel's Eye and Baby's on Fire are great songs. On Some Faraway Beach may be the ideal song for rolling movie credits.
3.5
You can hear how he had his hand in so many other bands’ work in this album. It’s just those sounds but…more.
Brian Eno is a legend. This album does not disappoint.
This album made me mad. As I listened to it, I kept thinking that this could be great, but Brian Eno puts shit in there to piss me off. I didn’t recognize his name at first, and as I listened it reminded me of the Another Green World album. Then it all made sense. I liked the contrast he had between the songs on the second half of the album. While the “bad” songs didn’t sound the greatest or had something to piss me off, they were followed by tracks that were rather beautiful. Driving Me Backwards was a song I really liked but Brian Eno almost ruined it by putting in a distorted guitar riff that sounded like the loudest summer cicada I’ve ever heard. Other times he uses yelps to draw me out of the music. Standouts: Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Dead Finks Don’t Talk, and Here Come The Warm Jets.
If there were only 1,002 albums in existence I’m not sure this would be in the top 1,001 must listen to albums.
I am horribly sad and maybe my sadness is worse than this album because I kinda liked it.
- This album sometimes embodies the phrase 'critics can't make art' - It feels like he's throwing all the right ingredients into the pot but the end product is less than the sum of its parts and just comes out being weird for weird's sake - The talking heads influence is palpable, but it comes off as more of a bad imitation - The tracks don't do a great job of blending instruments at times, they feel disjointed like his Garageband looping track got away from him"
May be that it was too sunny out for me to listen to this but I wasnt vibing. Love Enos vocals but it was a bit too downtempo for me.
I can only compare it to Piper at the Gates of dawn, in the best way. Experimental, at times whimsical, but the sound design is very cleverly put together. Will probably grow to be a favourite if I let it.
Really not for me
As someone who typically views themself as an Eno fan, this album is an interesting time capsule of early electronic experimentation, blending a little on the 50s, 60s, 70s, and a hint at the future. However, I don't think it'll get another listen by me. Well, maybe Blank Frank because it's wacko fun, Cindy Tells Me because it's such a nostalgic 50s dinner feel that suddenly transforms right into the 60s in the chorus, while clearly not being from either decade withe the distorted electric guitar layered in, On Some Faraway Beach sound like it could have been a Beach Boys track in an alternate universe, and probably the titular track Here Comes the Warm Jets because there's something curious there. Hum... maybe I will listen to the whole album again.
The best I can say about this album is: it was creative. Maybe a little too creative. Points for sounding weird, but not much of it sounded good to these ears. 1.8
I will need to listen to this one a few more times before I know what it deserves.
This is that very rare thing, a 5 star album that I'd never heard before that clicked on the first listen. I despise glam rock, but the lush and quirky production here ascends to the point where the music defies genre. If I wasn't already going to give this 5 stars, I would have added an extra star for having most of King Crimson, Simon House, and other diverse artists making guest appearances. I can't believe this album was made over 50 years ago, as it sounds so fresh that it could have come out last year.
Still fresh af 50 years later, which is something! Some absolutely amazing guitar work on this album IMHO, and... Well, I really just like off-beat and/or "out there" pop music. This fits the bill. Hadn't heard it in years, but I definitely feel like this one has aged like wine. Love it.
not horrible
i'm just curious why i haven't heard any of these songs in a coming of age movie
It often feels like I repeat myself with these reviews; and it’s hard not to. I could list off how the amount of variety in Brian Eno’s ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ is absolutely astounding. And it is, and I have certainly said it about enough albums so far. But that doesn’t really sell this particular LP or do it justice. This album is the absolute definition of an artist who is simply putting whatever comes into his head to tape via a collaborative effort and simply does not give a flying fuck if you like it or not. The action packed opener ‘Needles In The Camel’s Eye’. The extremely catchy and weird-as-hell ‘The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch’. The mid-tempo and and almost urgent atmosphere of ‘Cindy Tells Me’. ‘Blank Frank’, which walks a fine line between psychedelic and prog rock. The gospel-esque and haunting ‘Some Of Them Are Old’. And the noisy, chaotic finisher title track ‘Here Come The Warm Jets’. All legitimate highlights that keep the album’s momentum going strong. If you’re familiar with Brian Eno for the works he was involved with as a producer, then you would be happy to know that this is where the album shines the most. Having listened to this masterpiece twice now, it almost felt like a totally different project both times; as there are layers upon layers of different noises and sounds that you can pick up on. It adds so much replayability to the tracklist. Brian Eno has always found a way to make what I like to call ‘accessible avant-garde’ music. He finds ways to take melodies that are easy on the ears, yet fill them with artistic elements; playing around with time signatures and creating sounds that make the listener wonder what equipment he is using and how exactly is he using it. If you can’t tell, I absolutely loved this album. This is something Eno went into with an artistic vision in mind and followed through with it on every second presented on the tracklist. It’s punk in spirit, yet almost pretentiously artistic in execution. But for me, personally, it’s an LP with almost endless layers of discovery just waiting to be found. 5/5
Fun comfy album listening 4/5
Loved ‘On Some Far Away Beach’. The rest was also good. 3.5 stars.
Incomplete noise
Definitely have heard of Brian Eno, really never listened to his music. Very interesting sound. Very avant-garde.
Some amazing tracks, a fantastic sound. Overall, this is an incredible album.
Dave Bowy. If you like David Bowie you’ll probably like this. Super surprised to see this is one of the members of Roxy Music as I have not liked any of the Roxy Music I have listened to. This was pretty good except for a song or two where I either just didn’t enjoy it or thought it went on too long. Still would rather listen to Bowie from this era but this is still good. 7/10
Almost one time out of three, everytime I want to write "Brian Eno" in reviews for this app, I go a little too fast on my keyboard and write "BRAIN Eno" instead. I always have to double-check. And the funny thing is that I've seen that uncorrected typo at least a couple of times in this review section. 😉 In a sense, this tells you a lot of what you need to know about the guy's mad genius. Apart from that, well, the review about this solo debut currently topping this section is pretty informative as well if you want to understand why his early discography is so important for quite a few music fans. Sad that I don't have the time today (and am probably unable) to write anything half as good. There are some people who are definitely talented to shine at what they do. That reviewer and Brian share that, in a way. Before I go, check out French band Marvin's cover version of the immense title-track. It proves -- once again -- that the original was decades ahead in the game. Number of albums left to review: 47 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 410 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 239 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 305
I love Baby's on Fire. This album is very campy. It was hard to stay focused on it while I was listening to it. I would rate this as 2.5. Rounding up to 3
How can you not love the camp sensibility found in the line "Babies on Fire, Better throw them in the Water." This was a popular underground tune during my early college years. The levity in that tune permeates the entire effort. But even today you can feel the experimentality that, despite the lightness, gives the album weight. It seems like a transitional album between glam, and the punk and new wave yet to come. Definitely a fun listen and certainly a worthy choice to this list. 4
Eno and the consistency of ambient pleasure.
I need to spend more time on this with headphones. Cool, out of left field album but it is all eno. The embryonic sound he would help develop for himself and so many other bands. This is the crux, the art-rock-big-bang. Throw on the headphones and rock.
This is a typical mid-70s album experience. I mean that not in a complimentary way.
Listened to the first few tracks and they were just noise, don’t like Eno anyway so just listened to Hail To The Thief instead
I've gotten Brian Eno three times and I dread the day when I inevitably get him again
never heard of Brian Eno, and I have zero desire to hear more. its okay, but a little grating here and there (Blank Frank in particular).
Brian Eno would go on to create and produce some amazing albums after this… but this ain’t one of them brother.
70s rock, interesting but I will not listen to it again
I already knew and liked the title track. And I still do. The rest is fine.
You know after nearly 200 albums at least this one is refreshing. I've heard a lot of albums that try to be mainstream and are boring. I've heard a lot of albums that try to be edgy and weird and are flat out terrible. This album doesn't fall into either of those traps. It's not my favorite but I can really respect what it's doing and that it made unconventional music actually sound good. I also thought this album got stronger at the end when he really started to let it rip.
Listened to this while playing Isofarian Guard. I am more familiar with Eno's ambient catalog than I am his more pop based stuff. The final track honestly made this album for me. It reminded me of shoegaze in all the best ways. Not all of the album was as great.
2 out of 5. I could see (hear) what Brian Eno was trying to do with this album but it still droned on a bit too much, but there is a little fun to be had here.
By far much better than the album I previously heard from Brian Eno, because its actually music ya know hahahaha. No jokes, Music for Airports was a disaster, but this one was cool. It still hasn't won me over sonically speaking. But there are some very good songs here. I'll leave 3 stars!
Weird and unique. I like it.
Highlight: Needles In The Camel's Eye In a nutshell: an intro to avant pop It's weird, it's random and it's dizzying, but it works. Listen closely - some elements reappear in Bowie and Talking Heads albums (and not just the albums Eno co-produced with aforementioned). Overall: 5/10
That’s definitely fascinating but too weird for me to enjoy it very much. Brian Eno has a lot of interesting ideas, but he is not a good singer and only a couple of these songs really grab me. Still, I come away curious to hear his other albums. Best song: On Some Faraway Beach
i recently watched this movie “High Fidelity” about a record shop owner, not the point but, these teens in the movie stuffed Brian Eno records up their shirts and ran away with them and at that time and to this day, I just always wonder: who the fuck is stealing a Brian Eno record. not surprising in the least. It was terrible. Got a little sad knowing I went from Lauryn Hill & Bruce Springsteen to Brian Eno but for every good, there’s 5 bad on this site. Good luck to whoever gets this next
Eno’s first solo record and he’s already surpassing most of Roxy Music’s output. It’s enigmatic, it’s exciting, it’s catchy, unusual, unpredictable, fun. Challenging but accessible, arty but not pretentious, weird but cool. Eno proves he quite possibly could’ve been the next Bowie if he hadn’t chosen another path, to build upon the genre of ambient music and produce some of the finest albums of the past 40 odd years.
Not in the mood.
No.
I can’t stand his voice and it seems like he took all of the least pleasant aspects of experimental rock at the time and smushed them together.
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Dybt underlig plade som bare lyder pissefedt. Elsker de her hektiske sangstrukturer som bare bliver ved med at bygge op.
Annoying.. I liked the outro, but maybe just because I knew it would soon be over...
3 - I did not find this enjoyable to listen to. But, it was surprisingly interesting, each track completely different—from crazy guitar solos to an almost cathartic piano section, definitely shows the highs and lows of experimental music
Favs: Needles in the Camel’s Eye, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come the Warm Jets Least Fav: Driving me Backwards
This might be the most influential Eno project I've heard so far. Unfortunately, I like just about everything it influenced more than itself. Thanks for the Talking Heads though, Brian.
Mid
Avant gard, tuneful, experimental. Really interesting piece of work. I might listen to this a few times.
2 out of 5 just because this fool legit has a song called "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" gtfo ok this album as actually kinda a bop but Im still not gonna add anything 3/5
It’s fine.
Very influential. Not such a joy to listen to.
Wasn't expecting such a good album from someone looking like a combination of every character from The Rocky Horror picture show.
I had Brian Eno's Another Green World come up a little while ago and while to took me a few goes to listen to the whole thing it was okay. This being his debut as a solo artist isn't such a hard listen. Stand out tracks: - Needles in the camels eye - The paw paw negro blowtorch - Baby's on fire - Cindy Tells Me - Blank Frank
A few songs were tolerable, but not enough.
I don’t really “get” this one and found it bland. The final two songs sunk in better and I could understand the hype around Eno in music spheres. 2.5
4.25
Certainly better than his ambient music album that I got earlier, but still, I’ll always have problems with the choices Brian takes. His experimentation lent itself to being annoying. The whole thing was rather a bore. 2/5
I expected this album to be more experimental based on descriptions - it mostly just sounds like slightly chaotic glam rock. But that style works well - you get the same kind of effect but without being restricted to the rigid structure of a standard radio-friendly song. The best tracks are "Baby's On Fire", "Blank Frank" and "Dead Finks Don't Talk" with a couple of honorable mentions, so that alone brings it to 4 stars. I am skeptical of the idea that bringing in more people automatically leads to better results. As a casual listener, I didn't really see any positive effects of that, and it was probably a logistical nightmare.
Started off promising but didn’t gel with the back half
Very interesting album, reminds me a lot of David Bowie. The singing here isn't the best at times and there are some weird moments, but over I enjoyed this album enough. low 4
Never heard this before. An example of why this just is great. Might have otherwise never heard this great album. Some of it sounds like Bowie Plays the Velvet Underground, but there is so much other variety in other songs it's hard to summarize. Rarely do albums strike the balance between inventive/dissonant and hooky so well.
I was pretty sure that I was going to love this album before listening to it end-to-end. I already knew several songs from it: Baby's On Fire, On Some Faraway Beach. Some of them: I don't love at all - that's for sure. Indeed, the lyrics are not catchy - it's the sounds that count.
I've never heard of this album before. I expected ambient music that I would mostly ignore, but this was delightfully weird, a little dark, a little trippy. Favorite songs: Baby's on Fire, Driving me Backwards and Dead Finks Don't Talk. Each song was unique but there was an undercurrent of a melody that seemed to tie the whole album together. "Left the Hotpoints to rust in the kitchenettes and they're saving their labour for insane reading"
Interesting and weird, but I enjoyed this.
Had never listened to this before and had high hopes, but thought it was just OK.
Every time I started to like something on this album, something was going on that made me want to turn it off. Weird sounds, crazy nasally vocals, just weird.
Adelantado y muy bueno. Innovador, cantado sentido y excelentemente tocado
Music was nothing special, but it vibed.
It was ok
I prefer Eno's more ambient work but this is still great
Creative and challenging musically. Nonsense lyrically, but who cares. Highly enjoyable and will keep it in the rotation.
The lovely insanity of Brian Eno. I remember coming across this album probably 15 years ago and was pretty taken by it. The years haven't held it together as much for me. Sure, it's weird and solid and fun in places -- but I've been exposed to so much tune-age since then that there are better albums in more specific genres for me. Just the same -- nice to revisit. Unexpected bangers: On Some Faraway Beach, Needles in the Camel's Eye
I wonder if this is just a random sequencing, but dang SO MUCH 70's brit punk and post-punk. I feel like I may rate them higher if there wasn't so much of it. This is just amateur guitar (twang twang twang twang) banging on a couple of chords with Bowie-wannabe vocals.
C’est fou à quelle point on entend du Bowie et du Talking Head sur cette album. J’avais jamais pensé à l’impact qu’avait eu Eno en tant que producteur sur le développement de ces artistes. Même si ça se ressemble, ça arrive pas au même niveau; voix cassée, guitare tonitruante et direction musicale en zig zag me fait hésiter sur le score final, puisqu’il y a réellement quelque chose de bon en dessous. Au diable! 4 étoiles pour Brian!
Brian Eno on the snake guitar and electric larynx. lets see what this weirdo was cooking with back in the day. Dead Finks Don't Talk is like from another planet.
Very good
Turns out I like Eno when it’s not just clicks, whistles and random synth beats
After never hearing Brian Eno before I have now had back to back albums. I didn't like this one as much as the more experimental offering Another Green World. Still solid though.
2.5/5
Not sure why but not my thing.
Guess I'm not the Brian Eno market
It was fine
I was expecting to enjoy this more than I did. I recognised the name Brian Eno so did some Googling and found him to be from Roxy Music. I’ve enjoyed the Roxy Music albums I’ve heard, so I went into this with some optimism. It’s just to wacky without enough wonder for me to me. I can see objectively that the music is interesting, but it just didn’t make for a pleasant listening experience. I like that going solo allowed him to work on quite different things, but I think I’ll stick with Roxy.
In a parallel universe, there would have been a Time magazine cover about the future of rock and roll being Brian Eno and this record. One hears so much of what was to come, new wave (as is well known) but also indie and alt in all its variations (is the title cut / closer the first great shoegazing track?), plus hints of ambient and intimations of the future direction of club music, house, EDM. The guy’s a prophet, for sure. That said, not everything works equally well. Top cuts are the opener, “Cindy Tells Me,” “On Some Faraway Beach,” and the excellent closer. But much in between is too aesthetically edgy (and tries too hard to be so) and lands as mostly annoyance (see “Baby’s On Fire” and, most egregiously, “Blank Frank.”) Still, it’s prescient and quite cool.
7.5/10
Just think I need more time with this
Me sorprendió este álbum. No lo conocía y ha sido todo un descubrimiento. Algunas canciones me encantaron, como Needles In The Camel's Eye, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch y mi favorita que fue On Some Faraway Beach.
#291. This whole album is a bit "is this over yet?" This is the kind of shit you find for less than a dollar at used record stores in a desperate attempt to get rid of it. 2/5: yawn Song added to playlist: Baby's On Fire I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Eno is either genius or fraud. 2.5 while I work it out.
Do I like it, is it any good, should it be here? I find Brian Enos ambient work to be some of the purest and most satisfying music and beyond compare. It's the best I know. He captures a core or ambience like no other. Back to this. This is clearly a seminal album and sound from a time where this was significant. I don't however connect with it but admire it has quality production.... There are bits that are very good. Like the 2nd half of Some Faraway Beach .... How did he do that? A champion of originality. Or. There are some people who convey otherworldly things as music. He has that talent. Rounding it up as a 4 due to its ability to work as an album if you let it okay in the background .... Or maybe a 5 as I do want to hear it again. Hmmmm ....
My two favourite trax on this, by several furlongs, are Baby’s On Fire & Driving Me Backwards. Long before I heard Here Come The Warm Jets, I knew these two songs from an album Island Records released in 1974 called June 1, 1974 - a live album recorded at London’s Rainbow Theatre on that date. It featured Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno & Nico & it opened with those two Eno songs. And the live versions were as good, if not better than the originals, which are still great. Eno’s vocals are terrific. I also really like the opener, Needles In The Camel’s Eye, co-written with ex-Roxy bandmate, Manzanera & the Diddleyesque Blank Frank. A lot of the remainder is arty & avant-garde, but as throughout Eno’s career, always interesting. Most Roxy members lend a hand, except, of course, for Ferry.