Reviews (page 6 of 8)
When I was a teenager, it was hard to expand your musical horizons. I couldn't afford many records, and in any case, my shopping was largely restricted to the Kmart or the Hercules Street Record Bar in Ashfield and mail order from the World Record Club. I hadn't discovered the world of alternative record shops, record fairs or second hand yet. So, while I would read about whatever I could, the best ways to try and hear more music was constant radio listening (especially late night Triple J), taping albums from friends or borrowing cassettes from the local library at Campsie. When I was 14 or 15, I borrowed 'More Frank Than Blank', a compilation drawn from Eno's 73-77 song-oriented albums. I had some awareness of his name, but didn't know his music. I confess, I did not get it at the time, but in the 40- years since I have learned to love his tangential approach to song-writing and production. Truth be told, I prefer these, his early more-rock albums (see also Before and After Science. That is a banger). There is a murderer's row of interesting musicians playing on this album, all doing really interesting things. And the (sometimes tenuous) connection to rock gives it a framework I can understand and enjoy. There is still a desire to write (and sing) actual songs, even if they are weird and chaotic and unnerving, which is pretty rock and roll. He was too curious to make many more records like this himself, but he left the doors of possibility open, and many followed through after him. I still listen to this pretty regularly. When I spin albums on vinyl, I usually spin a single side, and this album gets a spin on the deck from time to time, usually side 1. It was fun to listen to the whole thing through today. I also have a really long spotify playlist (>24 hours) that my son Hal and I curated together for long car drives, and it has a few tracks from this album; Needles in the Camel's Eye and Baby's On Fire. I'm pretty sure I added them, but now Hal likes them too. That's top class parenting, there.
hmm, tough one. Need to have a few listens more. Love the artwork though.
Wow! I was expecting ambient noodling and instead I got rhis weird and wonderful pop album full of layers. A very pleasant surprise and an album I will be returning to.
Some okay songs and guitar riffs
little disappointed? I love some of the tracks (the title track especially) but a lot of this is boring and annoying.
1. needlez - 1.5 2. pauu pauu - 0 3. fire - 1.5 4 cindy - 1 5. drving me - 1 6. beach - 1 7. frank - 0 8. dead - 1 9. old - 1.5 10. jetz - 1.5
barina tärkein muusikko hitoriassa, jeesus ylösnoussut. jeesus kristus.. welcome back jesus... ah ha ah ha ah ha ah.. uskomaton ääni..Tiedän, että tämä albumi on hieman haastava tai outo joillekin kuuntelijoille, mutta itse asiassa se on yksi Brian Enon helpoimmista albumeista. Hän työskentelee pop- ja rock-paletin parissa, mutta käyttää avantgardisempaa herkkyyttään työntääkseen saumoja siihen, mitä olemme tottuneet kuulemaan. HEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. LIIAN POPPIPASKAA BRYANILTA HEHHHHHHHHHH bazby n fire
Brian Eno's debut solo album sees him moving from the world of glam rock into the avant garde art rock that he would become famous for. Here are the early experiments that would one day come into the studio with the likes of Talking Heads and David Bowie, among many others. It's surprisingly poppy for an album with so many dadaist techniques involved. Lyrics are largely non-sensical sounds later turned into words. The performers are brought in with the intention for them to clash and make some mistakes as they go. Eno would try to instruct them via non-verbal communication. It's certainly an odd album, but also oddly engaging. The most notable of the guest musicians is King Crimson's Robert Fripp, who adds an impressive guitar performance to 'Baby's on Fire'. 'Here Come the Warm Jets' certainly isn't for everyone. But if you want to understand how later art rock artists developed, it's essential listening.
The Pawpaw negro Blowtorch, wtf is deze muziek? Hoe experimenteel wil je het hebben?? Buiten dat is dit denk ik een van de meest vergeetachtige albums die ik ooit heb gehoord. Ik heb het geprobeerd, echt waar, maar buiten The PawPaw Negro Blowtorch(bizaarrre titel trouwens) is echt niets blijven hangen. Dat nummer ook niet, ik weet alleen dat ik het raar vond. Na een eerder Brian Eno album en een Roxy Music album kom ik tott de conclusie dat de beste man grotendeels liftmuziek maakt. De paar stukken of nummers die bleven hangen vond ik meteen ook vrij matig: 2/5
I get that campy glam rock might not be everyone’s thing, but this is such a straightforward and easy listen, that I’m surprised this album is sitting at a meager 3.05 on this site. Some of the higher-rated albums on this site are more inaccessible than this one! I’d say this record sits at a 4/5 because, while bolder than most accessible music, it sounds like Eno was attempting to appeal to an audience that doesn’t appreciate him. Bring on the experimental!
I have always heard that Eno was a genius, but this album just wasn't for me.
Filled to the brim with wildly imaginative and flailing rock and roll. It hits a great balance between the avant garde and familiar rock practice of the 70s. Every song has a really unique character to it, and the frequently absurd lyrics on top of it all really seals the deal. The production process for this album is super neat too.
Interesting
this is, undeniably, so real for 1974
Je comprends l'importance musicalement mais non.
Very interesting album.
Too off-kilter and experimental for me.
weird semi-experimental 70s pop w/ farty-sounding synths over beds of guitar harmonics & out-of-tune pianos. maybe notable for a "let's see how many different sounds we can coax out of guitars & synths" but I'll take Eno's work w/ Bowie over his solo stuff. Particularly the annoyingly grating "Oh no"s on Dead Finks. Ugh.
You can clearly hear all the zany production ideas that would go on to inform his work on Bowie's 'Heroes'. It's quite fascinating hearing the individual details and clearly picking up where they fit in the Bowie mix.
Well, Eno is now a controversial artist. I usually like him but this one was a "did not finish". The cicada sounding guitar (?) on Cindy Tells Me did me in. I'll listen to his later ambient stuff.
I'm sure I would appreciate this more in the early 70's, but I'm not feeling it. Although I can see that it may have influenced Bowie?
I think what plagues a lot of these art-rock/pop records from yesteryear is that they'll occasionally just DRAG on aimlessly without an end in sight, whether it's instrumentally or via repetition in lyrics. I totally get that this genre is setting out to be unconventional and experimental (this project has exposed me to plenty of its kind already), but it doesn't make it any more pleasant to listen to. That being said, I think this has been the most digestible of the artsy albums I've listened to from this list thus far. Something about this one didn't really irk me as much as the others. Reading on the creation of this particular album was interesting too, as Eno himself purposely sought out musically incompatible musicians to perform together, seemingly out of curiosity. I guess when you're as eccentric as Eno, you can get away with something like that. Although this album came early in Eno's career, making that kind of artistic choice even bolder.
Not as good as his later ambient projects.
I couldn't stop thinking about how annoying it must have been to live with this guy when he was working on all the weird noises he liked to make. Great album though.
Innovative, exciting, dissonant. Eno was always pushing boundaries. The idea of bringing together musicians that are incompatible, mixing out of tune instruments with nasally snotty singing, it was punk before punk. Baby’s on Fire is such a fucking good song. I don't think I’d rank this album as a classic, but it’s definitely an underrated gem.
Not Brian's best
I am a bit torn on this I do like 2 songs and I like the craziness of the album more than how it really sounds... I don't see myself digging back into it much...
Brian Eno, the glam rocker, is such a weird but welcome acquaintance. Probably only him and Bowie that could pull off something like 'On Some Faraway Beach'.
A fine rock effort from Eno. It just doesn’t do the same for me as his legacy in Roxy Music and ambient records do.
I’m not sure what I expected, but it certainly wasn’t this. I know Eno as an ambient musician, so this definitely subverted my expectations. I quite enjoyed the weirdness and I will probably need a couple more listens to cement my opinions on this, but overall, I liked it.
This is pretty cool. Nice and weird music, nice and weird lyrics - I've tried to get into roxy music before, but this hit better than they ever did. Not gonna be a regular play, but I'm glad I heard it.
Here come the warm jets es el debut de Eno como solista después de haber abandonado Roxy music. Es un disco con fuerte carácter experimental aunque tiene melodías interesantes. presenta elementos vanguardistas tanto en su música como en las letras, con tendencias dadaístas e incoherencias Abre con Needles in the camel´s eye, compuesto junto a Phil Manzanera, con una pulsión que luego usarían los Radio Dept. para su Why won´t you talk about it. Glam Rock del bueno para empezar el disco. The Paw Paw negro blowtorch (la única con letra "real" pero basada en la historia de un sujeto con supuestos poderes pirocinéticos) suena a los Roxy Music pero más distorsionados con cachibaches electrónicos (hola David Bowie). Baby´s on fire ya es otra cosa seria, una guitarra punzante (Robert Fripp nos regala un solo de guitarra exquisito) y un ritmo inquietante. Roxy Music deberían estar tirándose de los pelos de envidia aunque no estaban precisamente sumidos en una crisis de inspiración. La mayoría de grupos de la movida ochentera española suenan a esto, o al menos así lo pretendían. Cindy tells me a partir de unos coros que parecen sacados de My boyfriend´s back construye una radiante canción que podría estar en cualquier disco de la Velvet Underground (ese piano juguetón suena mucho al de Tell me what de los Fine Young Cannibals). Para cerrrar la cara A, Driving me backwards resulta un Krautrock que hasta incómoda con ese piano y voces desafinadas... el inicio de Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me de The Smiths genera una sensación similar, On some faraway beach, es un instrumental dream pop que emociona como Heroes lo hará más adelante con Bowie. Blank Frank es el último tema en el que toca Robert Fripp, un ritmo claramente influido por Bo Didley (Who do yo love?) y esa voz anticipa el punk (con un timbre muy similar al de Ian Curtis por ejemplo) aunque también suena a Black Betty de Ram Jam o al I Want Candy de Bow Wow Wow (versión del original de the Strangeloves, escrita por los mismos autores del My boyfriend´s back...) Dead finks don´t talk es una bonita canción que parace fusionar a Bowie Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry e Ian Curtis aunque la referencia más evidente es la de David Byrne que tuvo una buena inspiración en este disco. Los coros suenan muy influenciados por I am the walrus de The Beatles hasta que rompe con unas punzadas de eléctricidad distorsionada. Some of them are old, parece nuevamente una canción entre el Bowie de Space Oddity y The Beatles (o algún trabajo posterior de Lennon) e incluso aparecen elementos que suenan a lo que luego KLF publicarían con Chill Out. La canción que da título al disco es la que lo cierra es una maravilla noise que podría estar en cualquier disco de los años 90. Un disco, tremendamente influyente y vigente, lleno de un sentido del humor irónico y rebuscado (Eno se comunicaba con los músicos bailando o haciendo gestos, las letras surgen por libre asociación o sonoridad y carecen de sentido original) que hay que tomarse muy en serio precisamente en contra de lo que sotiene su propio autor. Por cierto el título hace referencia a la orina y no a otros conceptos más rebuscados (misiles, sexo, drogas...) ¿Es uno de los 1001 que escuchar antes de morir? Por supuesto, y además se disfruta muchísimo. Otros grandes discos de 1974 fueron (atención a la variada paleta sonora) los de Stevie Wonder, Gram Parsons, Kraftwerk, Gene Clark, Supertramp, Genesis, Bob Marley, Big Star, Neil Young, Tangerine Dream o los imprescindibes directos de Van Morrison y Bob Dylan. También los de New York Dolls, Tom Waits, Mike Olfield, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Minnie Riperton, Neil Young, ELO y King Crimson.
Weird
On Some Faraway Beach was nice. The album was mostly annoying, though.
Some songs were good, but I cannot rate something with a beep beep boop boop song higher than a 3
Some maybe good, some maybe shit
bissl weird
Quirky and experimental in all the right ways
Here Come the Warm Jets is the debut solo album by Brian Eno, originally released in 1974. This record was recorded and released after Eno left Roxy Music, on the grounds that he couldn't fully explore his musical ideas in the band. He tries to keep that same glam feel on this record, but adds some avant-garde flares like primitive electronics. The songs on here range from pop to straight up weird. You could tell Eno was starting to experiment more with electronics on some of the tracks. I'm not the biggest fan of Eno's voice and some of the weird vocal things he does are kinda annoying. This record is weird, but not my kind of weird. Never was a fan of the whole glam thing anyway. Eno's later work is much cooler imo.
Brian Eno is one of those artists I can't help but love due to his hand in the work of so many artists I enjoy as well as his influence on countless others. Of his solo work, I am more familiar with Before and After Science and always find myself listening to that. So it was nice to be made to listen to an album I can't recall having played in full. It was near perfect. The only downside is it felt over too soon.
Art rock, glam rock, experimental rock. With what little I know of Brian Eno, I was expecting something electronic. Definitely not anything as crazy as this. I really enjoyed it, just very bizarre rock, but not weird just to be weird. There's a science to it. Would love to revisit. Strong 4.5/5
Seems rather hollow to me. I think Roxy Music demonstrate the power of collaboration as a unit which Eno lacks even though some of the collaborators are common.
Almost an outlier in his catalogue - a conventional 12-track rock album with plenty of singing. Plenty of Roxy vibes, along with the Velvets and a dose of his new chums Iggy and David. It's a fun listen all the way through, and the monster guitar riff on the title track comes out of nowhere. Four stars.
well another weird album by Eno. 2 stars
Eno is very good as filling the record with random sounds and yet it still making sense, being accessible and generally have a pleasing sound. It’s obviously well produced, has a lot going on 6.2/10
Brian Eno has been one of my favourite discoveries from doing this challenge. I was looking forward to this one, but I'm not really into glam so it kinda lost me there. Fine overall but not something I'd return to. No real highlights for me, either. Sad.
I find it strange that every time I see Brian Eno, I have a negative reaction, yet every time I listen to one of his albums, I thoroughly enjoy it. There seems to be a disconnect in my head between my automatic dislike of Eno and my actual enjoyment of his music based on my memory. Now listening to the Warm Jets. On Side A of this album, you can really hear his roots in Roxy Music and the glammy arty poprock with a touch of avant-garde. On Side B, there are hints of where Eno would be heading in his career, with more ambient parts and increased strangeness and nonsensical lyrics. At the time of its release, the album broke musical boundaries. Although it's not revolutionary now, it still retains its freshness and charm.
Nah, not for me. I can't get into Brian Eno. I preferred the airports album over this one.
Aptly titled, this album was coming in “Luke Warm” vs coming in hot for sure. I didn’t necessarily hate this but it didn’t grab me much either. I tried to find something here, but the most interesting part is probably the album cover art.
I get it. Let’s throw some musicians together who might not normally gel, only to see what transpires. Art for art’s sake. But oof this was tough listen. There were some sounds here and there that I did like, but this exercise is not about 1001 Sounds You Must Hear Before You Die. Eno should’ve stuck it out a bit longer with Roxy Music.
I respect the creativity and some interesting sounds here, but I’ll never come back to this. Didn’t really enjoy it
It sounded like some cicadas popped up in the middle of Cindy tells me. I didn’t love that. Much of this was unpleasant noises. 1.75
I expected to roll my eyes through much of this album. And while eyes did roll, there were parts I enjoyed…and also parts that pushed the wrong buttons (call me a traditionalist but I generally don’t enjoy loud annoying sounds in the middle of songs…looking at you Cindy Tells Me and Dead Finks Don’t Talk). There’s enough here to be above average, but just barely. 2.75/5
Bored
alright nothing to write home about - 2.5/5 - in dead finks don't talk, it sounds like louis theroux is rapping at the 2:25 minute mark
Trash
Cool production and textures. Cool experimental 70’s rock instrumentals but didn’t really care for his voice, lyrics or songs. Last 15 seconds of dead fink are wild Here comes the warm jets was fav. 2.5
Maybe this is important somehow but I did not enjoy it
I HATED driving me backwards. Favorite was here come the warm jets
J'aimerais plus aimer Brian Eno, mais cet album n'est pas tellement pour moi. Ça reste intéressant, mais il y a aussi un côté plus "expérimental" qui ne m'attire pas. Ça sonne vraiment en avance sur son temps par contre donc mes respects pour ça. Le genre d'album qui ne m'a pas séduit mais que je pense que ça vaudrait la peine de donner une 2e chance. 5/10
shits funky fresh
01) Needles in the Camel's Eye - 7,0 02) The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - 6,5 03) Baby's on Fire - 6,5 04) Cindy Tells Me - 6,5 05) Driving Me Backwards - 5,5 06) On Some Faraway Beach - 6,5 07) Blank Frank - 6,0 08) Dead Finks Don't Talk - 6,0 09) Some of Them Are Old - 6,5 10) Here Come the Warm Jets - 6,5 TOTAL: 6,35 (64/100) Current ranking: 159/199 It reminds me of Talking Heads. I later read that he was their producer, so that makes sense. I think I'm too simple, I don't get this whole concept of art rock and experimentation. It's relatively listenable, but honestly, I can't wait to get it over with.
Easy on the ears and playful. Not what I’d usually listen to, but Eno is alright.
The unusual/experimental stuff is cute, but I really don't think it adds anything worthwhile to the album. There's some moments that are okay, but otherwise it's pretty bad.
I don't know what to think of this. Glad I heard it, don't like it very much. Kind of proto-punk, but in a completely different way than the Stooges and the New York Dolls, etc. The Americans were more about playing hard and fast, this more about not giving a shit and just doing whatever. Very sloppy and off-key at times. Favorite song: here come the warm jets.
I enjoyed this chaotic romp!
What a great, crazy record! A whirlwind of emotional landscapes on that one, which was surprising to me because emotion is not something I think about a whole lot when I think about Eno. But this really surprised me: it's a bit manic, often fun turns to yearning (on some faraway beach), to sinister (blank frank), to joyful, to sorrow, etc. The experimentation is there, of course, the playfulness. It's like seeing in his head, and it's messy! Promises of things to come: you can sense the smell of what he would do with a band like the talking heads only a few years after. Everything is there, though he was just getting started.
I can't find a song off this album I want to hear again. But it did get me thinking about a few things. Paw Paw song; I lived in Paw Paw for a year with my girlfriend, now wife. What the hell was that weird sound I kept hearing in this song? A Kazoo? We lived in Kalamazoo for a bit too. Baby on Fire was a trip. This would be fun listen while on shrooms. Dead Finks. Haven't heard the term finks since I was a young kid. Whenever me and my sisters would tell on our older brothers, they called us finks. I'm guessing finks = snitch in today's terminology? This was a little too far out there to be an enjoyable listen. But I'll give a 2 for Paw Paw, kazoo, Kalamazoo, Finks and writing a song about burning a chick alive while she laughs about it. 2
Had a headache and thought this might be nice. It was not what I expected and now everything hurts. I feel betrayed by my expectations. I thought warm jets meant like on a hot tub. Fuck. I'm the opposite of relaxed now. 2
3 As someone now familiar with Brian Eno as an instrumental, ambient artist and producer, this album caught me very off-guard - in a good way, at least at first. Needles in the Camel’s Eye turned out to be a surprisingly enjoyable glam rock opener and gave me hope for the rest of my listen ahead, but as I probably should have guessed, this quickly turns into a bunch of annoying, avant garde BS, starting with the questionably-named second track that I’m not going to write out here (though shoutout to its mention of Paw Paw, Michigan). Like, my biggest takeaway from this album was how much the Talking Heads owe to this dude - I know he produced a lot of their work, but it seems like David Byrne was copying his notes (and vocal performance) long before he entered the studio with the group… and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Fortunately, unlike most Talking Heads albums, there’s actually some decent stuff here, with Baby’s On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, and On Some Faraway Beach all being tracks I considered pretty solid. I mean, on the other hand, tracks like Driving Me Backwards, Blank Frank, and Some of Them Are Old made me want to pull my hair out, but I think the good generally outweighs the bad here. My actual favorite song from this album though ended up being the titular closer, Here Come the Warm Jets. While I hate the title (it doesn’t exactly bring pleasant thoughts to mind), musically, I thought it had a really cool, lo-fi vibe to it. Yes, you heard that correctly, the one instrumental track on an otherwise non-instrumental Eno album ended up being my favorite of the bunch - how the turn tables. While this didn’t really give me a ton of newfound appreciation for Eno, it certainly provided enough to where I can at least admit he might be a bit better of an artist than I previously thought (he did produce some of David Bowie’s best albums after all, I suppose). As much as I’d love to dock this album for inspiring Talking Heads, I’ll choose to ignore that fact - just this once.
This was great. I’d heard of him but assumed his sound to be completely different
Invention everywhere
No demasiado de mi agrado. Raro.
last song on this album is sick, it’s the sample for Bye Storm by Injury Reserve which is an amazing song in my eyes
First time listening to Eno solo. Pretty cool glam art / progressive
I had listened to this before and was underwhelmed despite being a pretty big Eno fan, but decided to give it multiple spins this time around and it’s an excellent grower. No surprise here, but Eno implements unique sounds throughout the record. It’s pretty accessible though, and much of it previews his work a few years later with Talking Heads (some of the greatest albums ever made in my opinion). Very solid, perhaps a masterpiece that I need to continue exploring over time.
Rating: 6/10 Good album overall. The experimental nature of this album is simultaneously good and bad; it was definitely an interesting listen but not always the most enjoyable. It is commendable how Brian Eno combined rock, pop, and experimental into this album.
Second Brian Zeno. Second 4 stars. Close to a 5. Really fun listen. Normally not a fan of experimental stuff
Wonderfully weird. I continue to be impressed by the breadth of Eno’s work.
I was surprised by the Roxy Music album because I liked the weird aspects of the album. That makes me think I'll probably enjoy this one. Right off the bat I'm loving the guitars on the first track. The vocals are fun too. Brian sure knows how to make weird psychedelic music haha. I dig it.
This was fun! I didn't know how I'd feel about this one, but then it started and like so many albums on this project, it was another 80s British post-punk indie album. I enjoyed it! Cool distortion, fun lyrics, cool vocal melodies. Good shit.
Dead Finks Don’t Talk hits all the right notes
Brian Eno is one of those artists that you need to tip your cap to. His music is so creative and out-there. It's never stuff that gets into my regular rotation (aside from the Ambient series) but I appreciate that it has been made.
I was immediately struck by the great, punkish opener. And then it got weird. Still, The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, in spite of its title and outlier noises, managed to stir something in me. And then it got weirder. Baby's on Fire is one minute of monotone, not very nice singing and a 4 minute long noisy guitar solo. Annoying. Cindy Tells Me is boring, Driving Me Backwards is outright awful, and then On Some Faraway Beach Comes to save the day, being by far the strongest song on the album. A real gem! Of course happiness never lasts, and Blank Frank is maybe the worst song on the album. The three last tracks are really nothing to write home about. Or, Some of Them are Old could have been a great Beatles-esque track, if not for more than half of the song being weird instumentation.
Boring.
There were moments when this was good, very good - I enjoyed the titular track, but then other times when it just was a little boring. I guess in the 70s it would have been pretty cutting edge, but not so much now.
Couldn't quite get into it, COVID brain can't pinpoint why 2.5/5
Was listening to this in the office alone and when Blank Frank started I involuntarily said 'shut the fuck up'. Anyway the compositions are loose and sometimes interesting but the songs themselves I largely couldn't get into, at times they felt like parodic deconstructions of Beatles songs and... I don't think I like that. But go for it! The more hazy instrumental passages I could get into, particularly the closer - great to hear where the Injury Reserve sample comes from! Two and a half. Fave track: Here Come the Warm Jets
Altogether, some of the musical choices on this album weren’t for me. However, the album did have some moments and those moments were very strong moments. Baby on Fire, Cindy Tells Me & On Some Faraway Beach were enough for me to rate this album like a 3.9 but I’ll round up for the sake of it!
Have Like Eno quite a bit in the past and he is definitely a boundary pusher, this one pushed a bit too far for me.
Best song: Cindy tells me Vibe: experimental British drug house Themes:
No.
Absolute classic :) eno for the win
Eccentric brilliant. Music from a genius
Wasn't sure what to expect with this but it has just the right mix of "normal" mixed with Enos weirdness. Really liked it and will listen to his next album as recommended by Iain C
Innovative, delightful, eclectic, and marvellous. Listening to this album is like have musical honey dripped into your ears by a mischievous forest nymph. How I've not heard this before is criminal, but now that I have, it won't be the last time, that's for sure. You can clearly hear where many artists over the years have been influenced by this legend of a geezer. And rightly so.
I wondered what I was getting with a solo Brian Eno album but this a surprising classic that seems to have eluded me until now.
Uncanny pop nightmare-scape, but not in a bad way. In a really, really good way.
there were some moments, but i don't think i'd like to hear the vast majority of this again. i'm just not sure how you could pick this as what you need to hear from brian eno given his entire repertoire
This was a weird album, but I kind of enjoyed it? I couldn't really tell. I went back and forth between loving it, hating it, and feeling indifferent toward it. I appreciate Brian Eno for being unique though.
I enjoyed a lot of this! The songs that I did not enjoy, I found myself thinking "this sounds like The Beatles" and/or "this sounds like The Beatles being played backwards or something".
This album was weird but I did like it However I do wish some of the songs were just a little shorter
beter dan verwacht... beetje postpunk vibes... mooi
The first half of the this album felt slightly generic but like a solid rock album of its time. Then Driving Me Backwards came on and ruined the album. Just a bad song that ushered in an over usage of distortion on the second half of the album. Blank Frank was another bad song. The majority of this album was forgettable with the remainder being bad.
Meh I think it kind of got in it's own ass about being avant garde or whatever you want to call it.
I love this album, it's a classic for me and one I listen to a lot.
Well... that was mildly irritating.
Electronica, prolific songwriter with a deep catalog
Ein Experimentierfreudiges Album mit Ecken und Kanten war die Premiere von Brian Eno. Ein Album, das neugierig macht. Soviel Kreativität und Spielfreude erfreuen meine Ohren. Driving my Backwards, some of them are old, on some faraway beach, Babys on fire: unterschiedlich, aber alles vom Feinsten, auch der Gesang. Top!
Typical Eno. Some brilliant songwriting and interesting hooks mixed with super weird and annoying tracks.
Not my favorite.
Interesting, not wonderful, interesting 3.5 stars
Their music is quite interesting as there's lots of sound and notes I have heard before in other songs. An example is some of the sounds in The Paw Paw song. Sounds like they were definitely experimenting a bit with their music. I liked the songs, Needle's In The Camel's Eye and Cindy Tells Me.
Two days of Eno in a row through this site. The only thing I wish I could do now is revise yesterday's review. As it stands, this is one of my other favorite non-ambient Eno records so I'm stoked for the day.
Yea,not bad
That was something different. Sounded a lot like a precursor to Beck
So bad; couldn't finish it. 1/5
This guy is pretty strange, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But this album is boring.
This is... an interesting album, it is just stuff happening but not necessarily in a good way most of the time. I understand that this is quite an old album, but it is not something that I would choose to have in the background. It's not too great, but some work has been put into it, yes.
4.5/10
Way better than I expected - nice, straightforward poppy melodies with some pretty interesting production choices and sounds. Enjoyed this.
This is probably a 2 but On Some Faraway Beach and Here Come the Warm Jets push it up a grade.
Weird synth punk. Not my bag.
One digs this more than much other pop/rock Eno, likely down to the sense of humor. Gets maybe a litlte too glam for one's taste at times, but the influence is clear, especialy when 1974 seemed light years from 1982 (say). "ON Some Faraway Beach" is very strong, among the best songs he ever did.
Eno was just in silly goofy mood 🤪😜🤣 Nothing on here takes itself too seriously, and that is very apparent right away, so it makes all the weirdness and experimentation very easy to swallow. Plus, even when he’s being a weirdo gremlin who doesn’t want to appeal to the masses, Eno is really good at writing a pop hook. I fully walked into this expecting to roll my eyes for 42 minutes, but this is exactly what I want out of experimental music. No matter how weird it gets, it’s fun!!
Beautiful
This album kind of felt unsettling to me. It was uncomfortable listening to some of the songs
Eno=genius. Look it up. Go ahead... 4/5
Felt far more modern than expected. You could tell he was playing around with sounds
There were some cool chill jams on here that I could get into every now and then. Not really still something I can listen to everyday.
This was just fine. Some songs were interesting, some were not.
I'm not going to be able to be impartial when it comes to Brian Eno. His debut is filled with so many diverse sounds and textures, especially the final few tracks. 4.5/5
At least this one is listenable.
Pretty easy to see from The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch why Eno and Byrne got along so well. There is a huge bleedover in terms of style at play here. Baby's On Fire is an early standout jam. Takes its time and doesn't try to go too far, but love the layered atmosphere, fuzzy guitar noodling, and ruminant drum+bass pairing. If Spotify didn't inform me otherwise, I could easily be convinced that this came out last year from the garage rock revival scene (a la Ty Seagall). Driving Me Backwards is an interestingly off-balance sounding track. I don't have the best ear for these sorts of things, but it feels as if something in the mix is inverted (calling to the song title). Certainly, the backing samples/effects add to a disgruntling psychedelic experience. Sounds like a distorted Beatles song in a way. Coming out of the last track, On Some Faraway Beach is a complete breath of fresh air. Drums and harmonized vocals are mixed weirdly distant, as if at the end of a fade-out, with the piano right out in front playing melody. Makes for a weird effect and makes me feel a bit like floating. Blank Frank casts all that aside for something a bit more punk-rock(?) meets pop. Dead Finks Don't Talk had me from the intro drum/keys. Just so pretty in the way they interplay and how the mixing brings everything together. Only gets better as things go on. A lovely kooky adventure that devolves at its conclusion into something I would never have anticipated. Some Of Them Are Old has a certain choral element to it that wraps around you as the climax builds to the end. Feels like an even more drugged out Beach Boys in some senses, especially as everything strips away to the hollow bells at the end and things bleed into Here Come The Warm Jets. Oddly "warm jets" is a great way to describe the tone of the fuzzed out guitar in this one. Discordant bells ripple in the background at the opening as if this is some indie horror movie. As things move towards the close it becomes less unsettling with the vocals, and then the whole ride is over... Love so much about this album. Clearly a lot of experimentation at work from Eno, and so much of it connects in a positive way. I can hear traces of other influences throughout, but he turns it into something that stands alone. I'll definitely be back through this one before long. Strong 4 / 5.
Oh boy another Eno album, time to buckle in because I have no clue how weird this'll get. Took two songs to get into some Teletubbies sounding BS with a nice racially charged song title to boot. Definitely some weird songs, but honestly I was vibing with it a bit more today. The end of Dead Finks Don't Talk made me consider giving this a 2, but it was short lived. Warm Jets was a great close out song.
I am glad that these is the 3rd or 4th Eno album, so I know that I need to be in the right mindset to when I listen to his albums. This is another strong album by him that hits me in all of the right places. It is just weird enough to be unique but not so weird that it is un-listenable. My favorite aspect is the unexpected sounds that come out of no where that are embedded in a great sounding song that just throw you off. Example being in Baby's on Fire which was probably my favorite song. This whole album flowed so well together too that I didn't even realize that it had been 42 minutes and was ending.
What a weird album. The noises the guitar makes is a bit unsettling (in a good way for me). On Some Faraway Beach is magical. Also Bob Seger totally stole that sound. Couldn't put my finger on it at first. This album is wild. Brian Eno is a madman. I hear Bowie, Pink Floyd, and Talking Heads all rolled up into one on this. I was close to giving this a 5 but couldn't pull the trigger. I'm definitely coming back to this though. I knew of Eno before this project but he has consistently been awesome.
geðveik
His songs are good when there is a little to no singing. Unfortunately, this had a lot of singing.
Girl I only liked the instrumentals.
He was just fine tbh
There is a type of musician who shows they know how to make music. Their instrumentation is amazing and their singing voice is great. But for some reason instead of making great music they try to drown it in weird song titles, "I'm so clever look at me I made my voice sound like a seal just because its cReAtIvE", and add out of place sound effects for some reason. Look I get why people like this stuff but it really would have been much more enjoyable to me if the lyrical work had been cut out all together. 4/5 for instrumentation 0/5 vocal choices (the vocal work itself? It was aight)
What a weird guy.
I don't know who Brian Eno is or what he's trying to achieve here. I don't know what he's talking about when he says "Here Come the Warm Jets" but it scares me.
Pretty good, some of the other Eno stuff on the list I haven't taken to. This was better
It is a testament to the vision of the man getting a collection of fine musicians with little connection to produce such a varied selection of songs. At times thrilling and others a little discordant. But it works. Almost steeped in its time but given the variety and production standards it works today.
Liked Roxy Music. Do not care much for this album.
Bit too much for me. Enjoyed it more than expected though. 2.6
Brian is a great composer. Unfortunately, he's a garbage songwriter and an even more garbage vocalist. It was terrible from start to end.
Так, тут у меня есть надежды. Я много слышал про Брайана Ино, но практически совсем с ним не знаком. Настал момент Чем-то напоминает дикую смесь дэвида боуи, битлов и... и кучу эксперементальщины. Я понимаю, что это было прорывом в своё время, но сейчас слушать это сомнительно. Думаю, Брайан Ино потом сделал что-нибудь поинтереснее, но это мне не зашло )
Never heard it but pretty good.
baby's on fire
I knew only one song by this artist prior to listening to this album. It's his first album and he's got a very long discography. It's cool to really see how his sound has changed with the times. This was a good album, didn't really wow me. Dead Finks Don't Talk is my favorite off this album
Great
Good enough for what it was, but he's still fumbling, looking for his own identity. The Roxy sound was never something I fully embraced. Too twee compared to other glam bands of the era. So there's that.
When I was a kid I thought Bono was short for Brian Eno just because of letters. Obviously the voices are very different. This album was a pleasant surprise considering what I was expecting. It has a playfulness about it that was also unexpected. I was driving while listening so didn't take normal notes. Favorite track "Needles in the camel's eye" 3.5/5
mmh, naja
When I first listened to this, I absolutely hated it. After giving it a second listen, I kinda liked it.
Influential to music I like but not something I’ll listen to often
I enjoy Brian's later ambient output and I can see the beginnings of the Talking Heads style sound here, but it feels like this isn't a fully formed sound yet. I didn't dislike it and can see the merit in places, but it's an easy three for me.
Brian Eno's tribute to The Beatles
I continue to find myself drawn deeper into the musical world of Brian Eno. Great album!
I have to admit I liked this more than I thought I would. Some of these experiments and accidents worked just fine.
Hmmm...well, I guess like this one...
First time through, I thought, well, there are some hits and some big misses here. Second time through, I thought, where did the misses go??? An interesting and entertaining listen. Eno takes me by surprise again.
Since I am still feeling under the weather today this album required several breaks for me to complete the listen. If I had felt better I’d be more into this. Still, I liked the improvisational wacky feel of it. Definitely unique!
Why the fuck is this guy a thing?
Lots of interesting and fun bits and some fab guitars but dragged down a bit by the random experimentation that just sounded forced.
Very enjoyable. I'm not sure it entirely works, but it was worth a listen.
Interesting album, some parts good, other parts descending into chaos.
Loved it, creative funky and warm
I like concept albums but this idea didn’t pay off.
So many interesting ideas I had to listen to it a few times. Some albums on this list I wouldn't even want to complete once.
Art pop melódico. No está mal. Un 4.
Art rock, art pop, glam rock.
the horror
This album felt like entering a new dimension. I was uncomfortable at first, but I really enjoyed the creative directions that the production took throughout the album. There are still several things in here that come across as weird, but overall it was great and something I'll revisit when I'm feeling some weird music. 9/10. Favorite Songs: Baby's On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach Least Favorite Song: The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
My dad has spoken about Brian Eno before so I had high expectations. I'm not sure what I expected, but probably something a lot more electronic and techno. I liked the surf elements in the opening track, though! He has a cool style of music.
It was really cool to hear Brian Eno's rock music. I think of electronic ambient music when I hear his name. I also didn't know he was part of Roxy Music - interesting!
Enjoyed. Very eclectic
Nein danke 1 stern
A view of things to come for Brian Eno on his solo debut. the craziest thing is purposfully getting 16 guest musicians to play on the album in the hopes of inspiring some creative genius, not only by telling them what he was after, but through dancing and body language as well to help him convey what he felt the album needed. I would say he was onto something that's for sure. Best: Needles In The Camel's Eye Worst: Dead Finks Don't Talk 3.5 stars
dimenticabile direi
I enjoyed the album but didn’t really think it was anything special.
If you aren’t paying close attention a lot of it just sounds like noise.. I couldn’t get down with most of it.
Sounds like the soundtrack to a Kubrick movie. I’m not sure if this is weird/brilliant or just weird/dumb. I few like if I listened to it 4 or 5 times through I might end up loving it or thinking it sucks so I’ll split the difference for now. 2.4
4.3 My initial reaction, 15 seconds in, was that the music was grossly over-produced but as you start to get through a song or two it feels like each layer and overdub added seems to kinda make sense and fits it with everything else. I really enjoyed this entry, having no background with Eno before. Sometimes with this exercise in reviewing albums, I will get halfway through a song and figure, well, there probably wont be anything that changes or I will find more interesting, so I skip. That was definitely not the case here
What starts off as a raw proto punk hammer breaking your balls like a hangover headache develops towards the end Eno‘s later interest in soundscapes and interesting arrangements.
A little too quirky and eccentric for me, but there are some hidden gems on this record. Aside from that, there’s nothing else here of value.
Didn't really connect with this one at all. Two plus stars for me for this.
Not my favorite
What a weird album. Totally not my vibe. I guess it's novel but I honestly didn't enjoy this one .
Album #19 The screeching of the electric guitar on some of the tracks really were annoying and some of the songs sounded like Ziggy Stardust. The album really did not appeal to me.
I remember buying this album because I was a Roxy Music fan, but this album was unlike anything else that I'd ever heard. Eno was "out there". A great album. A bit controversial back in the day because of the cover.
A foreword-thinking debut from a sheer musical legend. 7.5-8/10
sorprendido xq no sabía que brian eno tenía un disco de glam muy a lo bowie, no es precisamente lo mío pero bastante divertido
Un poco fuera de lo que suelo escuchar pero ta bien
Bowie meets Zappa and the Talking Heads really something to behold where unique defines and limits it. Underground sensation and truly a music man’s muse. Eno lacks contemporaries for myriad reasons, all can be heard here. There are snippets of so many musicians to follow that it’s impossible to imagine the impact this has had on the whole.
I suppose it's worth listening to the debut album by someone as influential as Brian Eno, though it's not like he hadn't released music before (as part of Roxy Music.) As an album, independent of any historical value, it's good but not great. I would give it 5 out of 10, so 2.5 stars, and I'm going to round down. Sorry, Brian. 2 stars
Quirky, weird but in a good way. My kind of weird.
Weird and challenging. Not sure I am on board with this.. maybe with some more listens but I feel like it'd need a lot of listens. Note to self to give it another go but for now I don't like it that much
от нейтрального мелодичного до странного вопения, хм
Ok
This is something unique, really like it
Can’t say I ever heard any of the songs on this album. Seems Brian Evo’s name popped up at some point but not a fan of his music.
It’s not as important as the critics think it is, but it’s still a good time. 4-2-2
That was awesome
One or two songs I'd listen to again but some just sound like someone is pressing random keys on a keyboard.
Another artist that I would like to become more familiar with. This album is pretty good, but nothing that really is blowing me away on first listen. Some interesting, experimental stuff. The droning and swelling in 'Driving Me Backwards' is pretty cool. Lots of really interesting choices on this, actually. The more I listen the more it grows on me. Interesting stuff throughout 'Dead Finks Don't Talk' from the weird 'OH NO' shouting to the crazy electronic outro. This is one I'd love to revisit. 4/5
A bit weird
Brian Eno. Never heard of him before this list. Where have I been? This is great stuff. Standouts: Baby's on Fire, Needles in the Camel's Eye, Dead Finks Don't Talk, Some of Them Are Old, Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come the Warm Jets. 4/5
Wow Wow Wow. You know when people talk about how "The Godfather" is THE movie and has inspired all future movies. I think Here Come The Warm Jets has a lineage that has effected modern and contemporary music. I am astounded by the production, recording of the mics, the innovation of cutouts during a song. This album sound like it could have been produced in 2024 and it could fit in this era's style of music. My issues with this album is the slower pacing song have a weak lyrical component to it but when the instrumentals take over, they are center stage and killing it!!!
It's fine. I get it.
The BPM identifies as rock, some tunes remind me of the Beatles' Revolution 9 of the 68' White Album, some other tunes shows psychodelic experiments with effect devices or funny substances (or both). No idea, why in the 1001 list
Well this is very Brian Eno, he has his own deal going
Weird
Esperava mais, apareceu-me apenas um pop bem produzido.
There is quite a bit of Eno on this list, which I guess makes sense. I definitely prefer this version of Eno to the more ambient Eno. There is some really interesting music here and it's still fairly accessible and enjoyable to listen to. 4 stars.
Fripp's solos are amazing
I can hear the history and influence in this one. Don't know that I'd ever listen to this again as a whole, but bits of it have already gone onto some playlists.
Didn't get much from this other than finding it mildly irritating. I prefer the ambient Eno.
I could use some warm jets during these cursed ice cold grey nothing months. Anyway this is niiiiice
Being a fan of prog and art rock as well as anything punk adjacent, I'm surprised I've never heard this album with the exception of maybe 'Cindy Tells Me'. In all it's oddness, and perhaps harsh elements, I found this album pleasing and even calming. This really blends the experimental, pop, and ambient together very nicely to the point that even if I didn't like some songs as much as others, it's all very unique and worth digging into.
Not sure I'd say I really enjoyed this album but listening to it I feel like I understood why it's on this list.
weird psychadelic and electronic music.
Not for me.
Weird.
3.5/5
Album was okay overall. Not a big fan of some of the later tracks.
Sounds like Roxy Music but a little bit weirder. I like it. There are some really beautiful moments on the record.
"Needles in the Camel's Eye" is seriously such a perfect song, and although I liked the rest of the album fine enough on previous listens, the weirdness of it all began to really jive with me on this relisten. 4/5
- No standouts
You can hear the sounds that would make it over the crevasse into his collaborations with Bowie in Berlin, the drum sound on "Needles In The Camel's Eye" for instance. It's a real hodgepodge, but ahead of its time.
2.5/5
Liked the album, have to feel like the impact of it wasn't really there for me.
What an odd and inspiring album. It mixes a lot of the sounds of the 1960s with the modern, for its time, 1970s experimentation. If his voice were stronger this album probably propels into the stratosphere. As it stands it does a great job of connecting musically.
right off the bat feels like a 90’s coming of age movie. I feel like I should be listening to this driving down the beach side in california w my buddies. KAZOO! Guitar solo on the third track? fire. has slight Beatles vibes.
I liked it! I did however listen to most of it out of my phone speakers while white knuckling it in my mom’s tiny car on the highway. So idk if it was the fear or the music but I had fun, it scratched an itch in my brain.
weird.
Nothing standout for me
I hope I'm not crazy in saying that this didn't feel like a typical Eno album with all the lyrics involved. And maybe it's because we have had a bunch of Eno albums but I think we could have done without this one. I'm reading also that this was his debut? So that's pretty cool that he got better over time.
Not sure where people put this one in the Eno rankings, but for me it's probably the least interesting of his albums that I've heard so far. It's a rock album, so lacks the experimental edge of a lot of his electronic work, but there's still some great instrumental work on here. That said, I'm writing this review a couple days after listening, and all I can remember are a few quirky guitar riffs. Not a single lyric or melody that stuck with me. Still, it was a good listen, but definitely not touching some of the other Eno projects we've had. Favorite tracks: Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (wtf is that title), On Some Faraway Beach, Some of Them Are Old, Here Come the Warm Jets. Album art: An interesting collection of kitchsy stuff, in what seems to be a dressing room or something. Lots to look at, but it's giving me a "name one thing in this image" vibe, I can't seem to stare for too long without getting an aneurysm. 3.5/5
Meh.
I love Brian's later work but this seems like leftovers from his Roxy music days. Quite Glam-influenced and quite 'Rocky' in places. I'm not keen
3.2 - parts are good and was creative, but just didn’t land for me
Needles in the Camel's Eye - I love the wall of sound, and the running guitar riffs. The breaks in the song even have a very singular quality to them. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - first signs of Brian trying to be Bowie. I like where the song goes in the stomping final act. Baby's On Fire - the ringing tone in the background reminds me of Silver Apples "Lovefingers". Eno's voice has a fairytale goblin character to it. Cindy Tells Me - nothing particular to say about this one Driving Me Backwards - seems to be a great example of how Eno values experimentation over song structure and musicality. On Some Faraway Beach - feels even more Eno-y now. Weird ending to this one. Blank Frank - this is bizarre, every musical choice here feels strange. Dead Finks Don't Talk - oh naughty sneaky. This one is weird in a fun way. Then it gets next level weird in the last 20 seconds. Some of them are Old - nothing particular to say about this one Here Come the Warm Jets - is this sampled by Injury Reserve? It surely is. That's a crazy sample. Ah I love this one, this is awesome. I prefer the tracks without goofy goblin singing. Its quite interesting to hear this album which is quite quirky in many ways, but also way more conventional to rock standards compared to much of what Eno would go on to do. Pretty fun album though. Fave Tracks: Needles in the Camels Eye, Driving Me Backwards, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come The Warm Jets 4.1/5
I prefer earlier and later Eno, but I still liked parts of this.
I have not listen to an Eno record in years and I loved it this is a re-mastered version so its sounds fresher then the original from the 1970's
I wasn't able to pick a good song on this album. It has a vibe and I know it certainly has its fans, but not for me.
Genius
Warm Jets is a nice little root for the Eno-verse. Straight-through, it struggles a little as any given weird stuff-piece is here then gone in three to four minutes. However, that means that in ten songs you get a taste of just about everything, from glammy pop (from the cover to the final track) to plain noise. Ultimately, it's not clear whether something's still coming or arrived or what; But titles claim fire and there is certainly the smell of electric char about.
That was ass
Brilliantly detailed and crazy - almost a little too much so, relying on weirdness and "wow here's another fun bit/bob to keep your interest for the next 30 seconds" to the point where it stands more as camp than as creativity. However, there's literally nothing else bad to say about this album. The songs are so darn fun to just quietly observe, all the while thinking, "How the heck did this guy manage to make that sound good?". It's reminiscent of an early-70s Bowie record - think Aladdin Sane, but with less of David's distinctive drawl and slightly more tea and crumpets. The transitions are goofy and work really well - On Some Faraway Beach leading into Blank Frank, in particular, had me wide-eyed. Highlights: Needles In The Camel's Eye, Baby's On Fire, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach
3-
Eclectic pop, layered vocals and a splash of discordance
Ikke min type musikk. Men artig å ha hørt. Kanskje.
Très expérimental encore une fois. Les beats sont meilleurs que l'autres, mais je reste pas le plus grand fan.
Listened to this on a run… didn’t think I was familiar with it but I actually knew a few songs. I enjoyed listening to this as a piece of art rock/pop, especially bei by familiar with eno’s later ambient work and role as a producer. I could hear some glimmers of those sounds and tendencies even in this album. Very interesting and I might actually give it another listen!
average
It felt a little too, Midling.
Not my cuppa tea
This was an interesting listen. Sort of a transition between straightforward rock and the fully ambient stuff he would soon make. That said, this album is good not great.
I quite liked some of the earlier tracks but overall, it was too out there for me. Couldn't tell if I would appreciate it more after more listens. Not sure I'm willing to give it the chance.
It was good, but not as good as My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
appreciate the experimental nature but its just tough to listen to a whole album
I wish I had known this album a long time ago. It's so creative - weird for sure - but also creative. The wiki bit that best describes this says that he is able "to coax unexpected results from the various musicians." I decided to give it a 4 and then, for fun, thought I'd listen to the last Roxy Music LP Eno was on. That album was slick and made Eno's rating harder to justify. Anyway, I had already decided on a four so am sticking with it.
The initial tracks sound a bit like Roxy Music throw-aways, but it settles in after that. I like the guitar work on Baby's on Fire and the album finishes strong with the moody "Some of Them are Old" and the title track. Some of the tracks sound like they were inspirations of side 1 of DB's "Low". I deduct a point for Eno's voice, which is the weak link. But lots of singers have sketchy voices (Robert Wyatt is a good example), and they work around it. Eno every so often feels the need to really belt it out.
This is Eno’s debut solo effort after leaving Roxy, so he still has a lot of rock roots here. Glad to see that he brought some crack musicians along for the ride eg Phil Manzanera, and Robert Fripp, and they both shred their guitars quite ably. I prefer Eno’s more experimental and ambient music, but this one has some gems such as Baby’s on fire, Here come the warm jets and the absolutely gorgeous On some faraway beach. This is a 3.5 but rounded up
I liked this, kind of a funky little album.
It’s kinda weird but fun
Bad
There more Eno I listen to, the more I like him. This is such an interesting album. I love the vocal doubling on the guitars on the eponymous track. You're trying to evoke an experience "On Some Faraway Beach"? Then record your instrumentation like it's 20 miles away. These compositions featuring rock instrumentation have a lot you can dig into, if you're willing to give it a chance.
Yes, Brian Eno is a legendary producer, but this album was incredibly boring.
mah
Listened Before? N Weird stuff. The "magic" of the 70s I guess. Anyway, I remember him but I don't remember the music. Meh. On Some Faraway Beach has a beautiful melody, not sure what else to say. Added to Library: N Songs added to playlist: On Some Faraway Beach
This whole album seems to be at the same frequency as my tinnitus. Seemed to get better after a few listens. Cool solos with weird sounds.
Cool moments but not for me. 2/5
For any musician, Brian Eno is amazing brain food. Pick any period of Eno and you’re gonna come away with something. This is him at his far more deranged, far more “Bowie’s-gone-wild.” It’s stimulating! But I don’t know what to make of it! Through even his most disturbed experiments, there’s a sense of two things: rhythm and pulse, and instrumental glue— this man knows what he’s doing. But it’s almost like seeing a master painter, well-versed in all forms from the traditional to the abstract, suddenly splattering paint all over his canvas at random. It’s going to come out a little masterful, even if unintentional, because of the master who’s doing the splattering. But it is a head scratcher nonetheless! And the deranged, abstract surreal humor can catch you off guard! I do not know what to make of this at all! It’s beguiling! An extremely ambivalent 3/5. I may come to regret this rating, once I get a sense of what he’s on about.
The first song started off good, but by the third I was kinda losing interest. Too much noodly guitar wanking. But I kept at it and On Some Faraway Beach, something clicked. The second half of HCTWJ is brilliant. So I went back and relistened to the tirst half, and that had clicked for me as well. I’ll be coming back to this one
Before Brian Eno was 'The Godfather of Ambient', Brian Eno was a glam rocker. Even still, you could (if maybe bad faithy) say in both eras he was a pretentious, self-described 'non-musician'. For example, in the very gay atmosphere of glam rock, Eno's bragging during an interview by Chrissie Hynde about his hentai collection and Japanese style of downstairs shaving reads as tryhard. Still, his flourishing works very well musically with glam rock;. In another universe, 'Needles in the Camel Eye' could be a smash glam anthem, but Eno uses harsh drums, an eternally ringing guitar and carnivallike cheesy keyboard to spice it up. 'Baby's on Fire' creates a comically dark mood, before introducing a slicing guitar. 'Driving Me Backwards' is a sleazy, Broadway-esque song, complemented with an intense wah wah guitar at the end. And 'On Some Faraway Beach' starts out as a nice instrumental, but gradually builds up in grandiosity. It's his already sharp focus on interesting sonics that makes this album worth a listen, even if 'Eno is leading the album out with a pissing metaphor' is not the type of Eno he's most famous for nowadays.
This was a fun one. Quirky but, man, does Eno know how to combine sounds, instruments, notes, voices, yelps, squeals, and squeaks into something that just works. It was like a mixed media art exhibit pumped through my car speakers.
Oh lord not another Brian Eno album… that’s why I thought - expecting 2 hours of sparse synthesisers. But no - this is an awesome album - funny witty, banging and rocking. Just the right length and it kept me wanting more. Bravo Mr. Eno.
Girl is on fire. Enjoyable enough. Out there. Discordant in places.
This album sounds unique today even, not even considering how long ago it was released. Brian Eno was at least 30 years ahead of his time
I feel like this name comes up a lot in music head circles. I have one song liked by him and have no clue when I did that. Excited for this one. driving me backwards is kinda cheeks. back half of this album is getting a bit out there for me. I respect how the album takes that dark destructive turn towards the end. descent into madness type beat. However, the music becomes less good with it sooooo
5 albums for this guy is a little too much
Original, exciting, challenging...the superlatives go on and on. And his best album was yet to come.
7/10
This album is like a mad glam scientist messing around in the synth lab and emerging with a bizarre mixture of sweet pop (Faraway Beach, Some of them are Old, Cindy), haunted saloon player piano (Driving me Backwards), goopy ectoplasm midway to becoming new-wave (Needles, Dead Finks, Warm Jets, Paw Paw), and freaky avant-punk (Black Frank). Baby's on Fire is somehow all of that and more with an anthemic melodic hook, spooky harmonies and synth work, and a Robert Fripp going demented on guitar for a while section - extremely good. The album is restlessly inventive, alternatingly beautiful and bizarre.
Solid and interesting.
Vreemd, maar goede nummers.
Eh. Not great
This was never on my radar but I ended liking it a lot. Always thought he was just the ambient noise guy.
This feels like the Beatles and The Beach Boys had a baby who’s into alternative and borderline punk. I like it a lot and the instrumentation is exquisite.
Nice album. I only knew Eno by name and wasn't expecting to listen to a full psychedelic/alt album. I liked it
One of the greatest solo debuts of all time.
Why does the ending to 'On Some Faraway Beach' sound like an annoying kid playing a keyboard they found in the other kid's room at the party their parents took them to?
It was decent. I enjoyed the weird sections but also didn't find it that exciting either.
Was an ok listen, didn’t really think much of it. Songs were definitely different from usual, but I really don’t like the “silly male British singer” vibe. For example “driving me backwards”, it’s almost deliberately shit singing Best was “here come the jets”
Bit weird - kinda enjoyable