Here Come The Warm Jets

Can see why he is influential but I just thought a lot of it sounded weird (not in a good way)

Started off very strong and I could see why Brian Eno is so influential, some of the songs sounded quite Animal Collective-y, then it got quite weird and not that cohesive. Still a solid album.

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

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

There is a reason this man is a legend. Amazing debut solo album. This man gets avante-garde.

Absolutely strange sound, especially vocals! Baby's on Fire. A few tracks in here I would return to, but probably not joining my rotation

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

Meh

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

Less singular than his later albums

Great Album

5/5. A pretty wild album with such unique songs and ideas that I have to give it a 5. Each song is awesome and also so silly, I just love the energy. I was never bored throughout the album, and I went back and listened to individual ones for the fun of it. Good stuff.

mais ou menos, tem algumas boas porém outras sofríveis

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

avant guard! Bowie like

Kind of interesting prog stuff but not my bag

Very cool! This album feels super interesting, because it has the over the top ostentatiousness of a hair metal rock opera, but is edgy and forward looking like an art-house album. I find the way he plays with sounds and voices to be quite intersting. For example in, "Baby's On Fire", Brian takes on this weird nasally voice which slides between notes before abruptly stopping on sharp words. Similarly, Driving Me Backwards sounds like a drunk parlor son with the detuned pianos, yowling echoed vocals, and distorted guitars. The tonal range is quite incredible. I think what I love most about the album is the hints of sounds-to-come in every song. Here Come the Warm Jets reminds me of the feel good nostalgic trip 00's alt-rock, while Dead Finks Don't Talk sounds like Yeasayer decades before they even came on the scene. This is so cool as an album, and I love how every song is an evolutionary journey. Nice!

Brian Eno goes fucking insane and slams his head into a keyboard, accidentally discovering the elusive "Brown Note" (frequency that causes you to shit uncontrollably). This sounds like a David Bowie album that somebody put in a washing machine with the wrong settings. Super weird. Very impressive for 1974, but not something I'd listen to in my free time.

Eno is Eno. Weird for the sake of weird, occasionally alright but mostly something to skip over quickly. Baby's On Fire has some cool guitar noodling but nothing that hasn't been done before or since.

Think this is our second Eno solo effort? Not as interesting as the previous one imo, no real stand out catchy tracks, but a lot of the same irritations in that it seems to be trying to be too clever without much depth to it. 2/5.

Lost me on the second song tmwith the bleeps and bloops. Zero stars, fuck off Brian Eno.

Music.

Eno

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

Weird

Bit boring. Trying too hard to be edgy. Can’t really sing. Not my vibe.

Not sure about this one.

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

Enjoyed this one.

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

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

This was interesting and overall pretty enjoyable, but weird.

The people that made this list really enjoy Brian Eno. I think this is his 5th album on here. I’m 50/50 with his work. This is one of the albums that I enjoyed. Very hit or miss.

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

replacement = calico

Here Come the Warm Jets is a different kind of music than I've heard from Brian Eno before. Most of my experience with Eno as an artist are more ambient albums. This album reminded me of some of the roots of alternative rock, similar to Elvis Costello, but also reaching back to influences from the Beach Boys (appropriately in "On Some Faraway Beach"). I have liked Eno's work as a producer. I'm generally good with previous albums from Eno. This album settles in to "okay". I was a little disappointed to not find a track that I would specifically want to re-listen to later.

Another 70s sounding band. Less rock and a bit more techno/funk. Overall the vocals and unique sounds were intriguing.

interesting sound some decent songs. i kind of liked it.

Some Brian Eno I like, an some I can't get my head to love. This one is tough for me. It never kept my attention.

Better than his ambient shit. Very artsy and glamy. Ez 3.5

better than his ambient shit. on some faraway beach

Good parts mixed with some nonsense

I much prefer Eno's ambient works. 2 stars for creativity but I did not find it that much of an enjoyable listen.

Fantastic! One of my favorites.

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

Not the Brian eno that I was expecting from the last one. Not bad, but not great.

It's Brian Eno, this time with attitude!

The last track is decent but I was also probably excited for this to be over. A lot of crap inserted into the tracks - Eno does what he does.

His stuff is weird but this was not as bad as some of the other more boring stuff.

I'm starting to think that Eno outside of his Roxy Music days isn't really my thing.

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

It's becoming abundantly clear that I'm not a fan of Brian Eno.

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

Few musicians fascinate me more than Brian Eno; I’m forever in his corner, and shit like this is why.

Fun eclectic "pop" music, sounds ahead of its time but fails to wow me.

one of the coolest albums I’ve heard all year too good to rate I’ll definitely be revisiting this several more times

Quite psychedelic, for some songs a bit too alienated. Cindy Tells Me is a great hit!

More foreground than normal for Brian Eno. I dig a lot of this though it still travels beyond my patience barrier. I mean, it's Eno. What are you gonna do?

Eno's voice will always grate a little on me but overall this is a very enjoyable rock album with all kinds of strange and delightful sounds strewn about the mix. Perhaps not quite as outre as I had anticipated, though there's nothing too wrong with a bit of accessible weirdness.

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

Solid record. Not a huge Brian Eno fan.

You can kinda tell who reviewed this after only listening to the first track. I like it for what it is, but I hope some of his later work is featured here too.

Primer treball en solitari d'Eno, encara deutor del so de Roxy Music, tot i que el seu gust per l'experimentació ja és protagonista en molts moments. Malgrat l'aclamació crítica, aquí ja present, és la primera mostra que sempre seria molt millor com a productor que com a protagonista

My first thought was "Another Brian Eno??" But this one feels more lively than some of the other ones, at least. There are stretches that feel weird for weird's sake but in others, it feels like masterclass in how to integrate unusual instruments and bizarre lyrics into music that still seems cohesive and enjoyable. Very creative and fun.

ba ba ba ba bada baaaaa

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

What the actual fuck is this garbage. No song structure, no tone awareness to the vocals. Just a fucking moron beating on a keyboard and guitars and calling it music. Eno was a hugely experimental fella, but some things just shouldn't be experimented with; such as musical talent (which there is none of on this dumpster fire of a record). Making odd screeching noises isn't making music, it's fucking annoying. Eno couldn't sing himself out of a plastic bag. Lyrics are complete nonsense. The chorus of Cindy Tells Me sounds like cicadas flying past my head ffs. Most of the tones and notes that Eno gravitates to on this album may be "new notes and tones that haven't been played before", but they're new for a reason. Because hearing those notes is like hearing nails on a fucking chalkboard. Overall, a fucking horrible album. Absolutely no redeeming qualities. When I saw that it was an Eno album, I knew it would suck, and boy was I right. What the fuck did this influence? Nothing. More horrible music that hipsters, and critics can't bring themselves to say is terrible, so they continue to pretend that it's this amazingly deep album, but it's not. It's shit. Favourite songs: Cindy Tells Me (I guess...the closest thing to an actual fucking song on this piece of shit album) Least favourite songs: Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, Needles in the Camel's Eye, Baby's On Fire, Driving Me Backwards (sounds like it's played backwards...), Blank Frank, Dead Finks Don't Talk (looped Oh No's..... Just.... Why?!?), Some of Them Are Old (sounds like a 2 year old loose in a room with a keyboard), Here Come the Warm Jets (only good thing about this song, is that after you suffer through it, the album is done, thank Christ) 1/5.... Fuck this heap of shit. This brought me physical pain to listen to.

Brian, oh Brian. Not your best work. Diversity plus, but some dross amongst it.

An OK listen. Jaunty in parts, but mostly just a soundtrack to my morning.

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

Not the Brian Eno I’ve heard before, some of the vocals were a little annoying to me but overall liked it

Not the ambient music I expected. Kinda sounded like the Talking Heads. Pretty good

Not as ambient as his other albums, which in a sense I appreciated, gets a little screechy for me though

I think I'm starting to warm up to this Brian Eno character. Though most of the music here is the polar opposite of what most would consider "cool", there is still something there. Something just unique and quirky enough, something that warrants an equally quirky drink. Three Moscow Mules served in a boot. 👢👢👢

Very... eccentric sounding...

This was strange in a way that didn’t really connect with me. I respect the artistry but I don’t think I’d choose to listen to it again.

Interesting but not my favorite of Eno's art rock.

I've listened to plenty of albums that Brian Eno has worked on (The Joshua Tree, Heroes, More Songs About Buildings and Food) and even a song about Brian Eno (MGMT's "Brian Eno"), but I've never listened to an album that he recorded as a musician. Heading into this, I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. I figured I'd really like this album, and as soon as "Needles In The Camel's Eye" started, I really expected that I was going to love this album. Unfortunately, after the lead track, this album didn't live up to my expectations. The guitar parts were really good, and so were some of the more 'avant garde' sound elements (like on "Baby's On Fire" and "Some Of Them Are Old"), but the lyrics as a whole, and a few of the songs were just a little too 'out there' for my tastes. But the songs that worked, really worked well ("Needles In The Camel's Eye," "Baby's On Fire," "Some Of Them Are Old," and "Here Come The Warm Jets"). I still think Brian Eno is an influential genius, but I think I'll stick to his production work.

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

lot of respect for this album, lot of intriguing sequences, but it seemed like most songs had one or two parts that were grating or were too inconsistent. overall did not click but certainly some great ideas here

Art rock, art pop, glam rock.

It is here that you can find the origins of the sound of Talking Heads.

Interesting, some nice parts to it

Meh

What a classic! It influenced so many artist that you can’t name them all

4th Brian Eno album I’m getting here. To Eno’s credit, he doesn’t seem to make the same album twice. That said, although there’s some nice music here, I cannot claim to have been knocked off my seat.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Blank frank

Eno’s best for me, probably due to the relatively standard song structures here, closer to his Roxy work than most of his solo output. It holds the oddness together. The sounds here are also some of his more interesting sonic experiments. The guitars particularly, but the loops sneak around a lot if these tracks, both holding them together and taking them to other places.

This was a little bonkers. The production is all over the place, as you'd expect. There wasn't much in the way of songs to anchor it all down though. More of an experiment for what was possible than a body of work.

very bowie-esque. instrumentals hella fun. can't get a grasp of the lyrics but generally giving me a good vibe.

Keri lang!

Bit of a journey, abrupt switches, great sound though.

the one thing worse than an album that is not fun to listen to, is one that is so utterly unremarkable. i can say a lot about "here comes the warm jets", but i do not believe that i could call it unremarkable. strange, eyebrow raising, and bemusing certainly. not fit for easy listening, absolutely! but not unremarkable. never unremarkable.

Sounds a bit weird sometimes, instrumental definitely better than vocal

I would never have guessed this was Brian Eno. I think he was better when he went instrumental.

This was so weird I loved it

Wasn't much to my liking

Parece que lo he invocado tras comentar ayer que NEU! 75 me recordaba a Brian Eno. Mucho mejor de lo que me esperaba, hay temas como "Baby's on fire" o "Blank Frank" que no me imaginaba en 1974.

After standing on the sidelines being in one of the more important glam rock groups of the day, Brian Eno decided that the wheels of his ever curious mind needed to start spinning. He'd grown too big and too much for Roxy Music and there was much more vast and wider terrains for him to roam. Thus, Here Come the Warm Jets. This album belongs on the lists of greatest debut solo albums of all time and the forty-two minutes given to this record and the unique creativities of the participants involved is a testament to the fact. Nearly fifty years on, this album remains stimulating, exciting, a world-building feat, monumental and inventive as all hell. This is experimental pop at its epochal finest and it's utterly insane to think that it was only the beginning for Ol' Sourpuss. Love this album. Love, love, love this album!

Not one of his good ones. Very Drone-y

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

I know that Brian Eno is one of the most influential artists in electronic music but I always found his records to just be OK. Almost like I "wasn't there" and it doesn't really stand the test of time unless you WERE there. Totally my opinion though. It's jam packed with interesting ideas but the music underneath the ideas doesn't really get me going. "On Some Faraway Beach" is super cool though. It's very fever dreamy and washed out. The rest of the album was pretty ok but also pretty forgetful for me. I hope he has a record come up again on this list.

I didn't think this album was going to be so bad after listening to "Needles in the Camel's Eye", and then it got too experimental for my tastes.

I found it a bit of a trial. It’s Eno, so I wanted to enjoy it, but it was mostly too experimental and psychedelic.

It was fine. More guitar than I’m familiar with for Eno

I've always thought that his efforts in Roxy Music and other art rocks acts are nice. But as a solo artist, Bian Eno have always been the "ambient guy".

This was interesting. Don’t think I feel the need to listen to it ever agin though

It was pleasant enough. Definitely heard an influence on Neil Hannover in there

One of my favourite albums of all time!!! Could listen to it over and over again. I'd give it more than 5 stars if I could..

Interesting experimental sounding rock. Really enjoyed parts of songs but the would start to get annoyed with something

I wish these songs had more than one idea in them. I think only twice did anything change in a song. Kind of a let down.

...Brian Eno...again...

It wasn't as bad as previous Brian Eno but I still don't do enough drugs to enjoy this.

Once you’ve heard one Brian Eno album you’ve heard them all. It’s bland and weird, not pleasing. I’d be better off on shrooms listening to this (and maybe that’s the point?).

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

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

Weird album, but production from him is flawless and better than what was around the time. An innovator and genius but no song got me excited. So it stays a 3.

Pre-Ambience sound, Brian created a artistically really interesting album that ultimately when listening to it is interesting but fails to leave a lasting impression

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

This is just garbage noises

What a load of tripe.

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

Usually like the Eno albums on this list, but this one didn't hit for me. Might've been as I was expecting another ambient album.

decent music, goofy enough to be funny 3.5/5

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

Brian Eno est totalement dévergondé sur cet album qui n'a rien à voir avec celui sur les avions.

Brian a réussi l'exploit de proposer un album digeste, après de nombreuses tentatives infructueuses. Cet homme est la preuve que la persévérance finit toujours par payer. Petit bémol: l'ombre de son grand rival Jean Michel Jarre plannant au dessus de l'album empêche de bien profiter de toutes les différentes pistes.

An exercise in cacophony, I listen to music to enjoy my time, this just made me feel anger for the most part, overly indulgent to the artsy whims of the Riff Raff look-a-like competition champion 1974. The pulsating throbbing of my near aneurism is what I'll remember and I'll be pre warned if I'm unfortunate enough to listen to another of his albums I can only imagine he gets erect at the sound of the droning tones of a vuvuzela.

4.0

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

Avantgarde pop rock, spændende nok, lidt skørt

Pretty out there. Sounds ahead of it's time

Solid 4.5/5

Yes 5/5

Fraquíssimo, não revisitar.

Didnt know a big lot of Brian Eno, thought he was just a producer, never knew he was a founder member of Roxy Music, let alone know he had solo albums. I really.dont like his personal singing or vocal narrative, a real switch off for me, obviously why Bryan Ferry did lead vocals for Roxy. Some of the tracks were OK, albeit very bland, with a bit of earlier Roxy Music feel. I guess I'm just not into his solo stuff and defo won't listen to this album again, but I've heard worse.

Not what I was expecting at all! I prefer his ambient, electronic productions. Some of the tracks on this album are ok and remind me of very early Pink Floyd, but alot of this album I wouldn't listen to again.

Not really a fan. Prefer his work with Genesis or his later albums.

Ahhh, some more Brian Eno. Let me get my best 2/5 ready. Ok it's different to the airport music album. But still really experimental and annoying. I was gonna give it a 3 after the first two songs, but it really dialled up the dog shit from that point on. 2/5 after all!

khhhhhh

Not huge fan but I can see how it has its place on this list and helped nurture newer genres.

This is the same Eno I reviewed before with the ambient album? I didn't like this much, but it's a whole other thing and very rock/pop oriented.

Man those vocals... some interesting things but overall did not work for me.

ok

Really good. Tons of variety, skill, passion.

An Eno album that isn't the aural equivalent of a folding bicycle? (i.e. only for total smug wankers). Seems to be - but Robert Fripp provides the clear highlight - that track was tagged for repeat listening. The rest of it is mad as a lorry, but also quite entertaining

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

I'm a fan of Eno's ambient albums and some of his work producing for bands. This album has some pretty cool /unique ideas and sounds. But i'm not really a fan of his voice. It ends up sounding a bit like a disjointed Roxy Music

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

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

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

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

So here's one I've never listened to before despite being a big Roxy Music fan and liking a lot of his ambient and production work. This is a definitely an out there listen, but it is never short of interesting. Eno will never be mistaken for an ideal rock vocalist, but I do think his vocals mix well with the bizarre but musical pop tunes. I love the collage of sounds and how one minute we have a freak out, then a pretty melody and then a mix of strange and exciting sounds. Influence-wise, I can hear how a heck of a lot of alternative/rock music of the late 70s, 80s, and 90s was influenced by this work. This is quite in my wheelhouse and I'm here for it.

Did not kick off like I expected, I dig the first song (Needles in the Camel's Eye) Uh, the second one (PawPaw Negro Blowtorch) gets weird but I like the instrumental breakdown and pretty much all the parts where he isn't singing. Baby's On Fire - Wow, this gets dark quick. Driving Me Backwards - Again, like all the parts where he isn't singing. Like the droning background and guitar effects. On Some Faraway Beach - The piano chord progression reminds me of Bob Seeger - Still The Same Black Frank - Not gonna lie, thought this was They Might Be Giants at first. Dead Finks Don't Talk - Oh no. Some of Them Are Old - Sounds like we are hitting a Pink Floyd end of album crescendo. Here Come The Warm Jets - nice close out. 2/5 on my "Will I listen to it again" scale. I can definitely see it's influence though.

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

Yeah... I am not connecting to this at all. I usually like weird voices but this was grating. I liked the beep boop part of the second song and most of "On Some Faraway Beach" but was not a fan of the rest.

Crazy glam rock. I don’t hate it.

Hmm, I'm not sure to make of it so far! Funny noises, sure, why not. There are no vocals on \"On Some Faraway Beach\" and it's the best song so far. Oh wait, there are, oh well. The piano playing is nice, though. Not really blown away by this one. I liked the quiet ambient parts and I like the noisy loud freak out parts, the bits in between were alright. 2 / 5 stars.

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

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

Kinda funky and cool. Not funky, like funk music, but funky like a clown. Not that I enjoy clowns, but I did enjoy this.

1973 welcome to glam rock. Respect but not for me.

Try-hard-with-a-vengeance-glam-rock. It's bland and fails to engage me in any way. However, it's not horrible, but that is all the positivity I can muster for this album. Try harder. 2/5

Interesting beat. Vocals were weird at a point or two but overall a nice listen

I had a little experience with this album, as my partner got it and really liked a few songs off of it, so I was pretty sure I was gonna like it. Even so, it blew me away. It's saying something to make an album that still sounds like nothing you've heard despite being fifty years old. This was awesome. My favourite songs were The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch, Cindy Tells Me, and Some Of Them Are Old.

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

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

I tried twice and i just couldn't get into it.

Love it. 50% out there rock and 50% just a man writing the most savage break up letter of all time to Brian Ferry. The whole album is great, but the home stretch of Dead Fink's, Some of Us are Old and Here Come the Warm Jets is as good as any album can hope for.

Need to be in the mood for it

An a-ok listen

Moram ga detaljnije poslušati, mislim da to neće biti problem jer je meni Brian Eno dosta dobar artista.

I am most familiar with Brian Eno from his frequent appearances as a crossword answer. His musical endeavors are certainly... sonic. I think every single track gave me a migraine. I can acknowledge that there is some skill here and I know that he is a respected producer, but I will never willingly listen to this again. Standout tracks: Baby's On Fire, On Some Faraway Beach

5th January 2023 Listened while working from home. Gym and finished slow horses in the evening. Good to have on in the background, like how he experiments and no song is similar

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

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

HL: “On Some Faraway Beach”, the title track, “Some of Them Are Old” Don’t know if side 2 is better or if I was late warming to the overall sound & vibe, but there’s some instrumental passages I really enjoyed. The first 5 tracks I was unsure about, surprisingly rockin’ but nothing that grabbed me (at least on this 1st listen) Didn’t know Brian Eno sang December 30, 2022

Ikke verst!

Door het beluisteren van al deze albums krijg je een zekere ervaring. Dan heb je bij het opzetten van de plaat al een indruk van wat je kunt gaan verwachten. En hierbij dacht ik meteen: 'O nee, daar gaan we weer...' Wederom jaren-70/80-nauwelijks-luisterbare-jengeltroep. Het zoveelste bewijs dat 'progressief', 'avant-garde' en 'vernieuwend' meestal betekent: 'doodlopende weg'.

In één woord: schel. Dat kreeg de 2004 remaster-master blijkbaar ook niet meer gerepareerd. Niet te luisteren op je pods zonder gehoorbeschadiging op te lopen. Verder veel muzikale grapjes, die ik zelf vooral irritant vind. Bijvoorbeeld dat bijgeluid bij Dead Finks don't talk. Dat er eens zo'n amuzikaal grapjesalbum tussen staat. Prima. Maar ben er nu wel klaar mee. Kunnen we weer naar kwaliteit in deze lijst?

Wazige mix van Bowie, Beach Boys en Joy Division. Het voelt allemaal vrij experimenteel aan en experimenten mislukken vaker dan dat ze lukken. Net als de nummers op dit album. Een enkele uitschieter daargelaten (de nummers met de dikste gitaren) mag dit album in de prullenbak.

Damn, there is so much Eno on this list. He is a multifaceted and prolific artist, there’s no denying that. I hate to say it but I’m just not big on his solo stuff. Roxy Music is cool, and I love his work producing for the Smiths and Morrissey. Warm jets? More like tepid jets at best.

Jesus, no. On Christmas Eve no less.

3.5

Pretty enjoyable tbh

An adventurous album. A bit before my time.

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

I'm totally biased, but I love Eno, and I think I even prefer this arty pop rock to his ambient works.

This was not that good. It is certainly more art than it is music. There were some songs that I liked, but others were just too out there for me.

A classic not to overlook..

washed over me bland wont listen to again

Too experimental. Did not enjoy this

Alright pop rock that gets experimental. I will probably not listen to this again.

Not exactly for me, but pretty impressive for '74.

I don’t get this. Hard to fall in love with such an experimental album overnight I guess. The parts giving off Bowie vibes I enjoyed (on some faraway beach, dead finks are both very pretty) but there were some parts that made me want to pull my hair out (blank Frank, driving me backwards). I don’t really have too much time to dive into this right now. 3/5 rated up due to some parts I enjoyed and the apparent significance based on what I’ve read so far

Some interesting tracks, but too experimental

This album keeps oscillating between mildly interesting and aggravatingly annoying.

alkoi hyvin, b-puolta kohti menee liikaa fiilistelyksi. ensin positiivinen yllätys, sitten kuitenkin vähän plaah - jotenkin sellainen olo, että puuttuu jokin mikä David Bowiella on

Kivat äänet eivät edelleenkään korvaa kappaleita. Eivätkä Bowie-tyyppiset äänet ole koskaan olleet suosikkejani.

I can see why a lot of people could really like this album, I enjoyed a couple of things but in the end I found it way too experimental for my taste, which is weird because I tend to like albums or songs where there is some amount of experimentation. Nevertheless I likes the raw sort of punky "raw" quality of is production, but nothing much

Bit repetitive

Fav songs: - Baby's on Fire - Some Of Them Are Old

Just a bit shit

Excelent, I really like it

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

The sound of this record is immediately unenjoyable. About halfway through "Cindy Loves Me" I was finally thinking to myself, for the first time (on the 4th track), that this was actually kind of a pleasant song. Then that swarm-of-cicadas sound came in and just completely took over. That proved to be the high point of the album. Being weird for the sake of being weird is at least interesting, but there's a very high bar to make it work. This falls well short. Most of it is unlistenable noise. That which is not is largely pretty by-the-numbers New Wave garage rock.

Not his greatest work, a lot of very interesting concepts but the way they’re all put together feels forced and not very cohesive.

Cool

Witness the creation of post-glam.

Some experimental sounds especially for the era

I don't dislike Eno's music but I just wish there was a bit more to it.

73/100: Another incredibly unique album from Brian Eno. The album generator gave me “Before and After Science” a week or so ago, my first time ever listening to Eno. I found “Here Come The Warm Jets” to be just as unique as that first album; however, it doesn’t sound as artfully crafted as “Before and After Science.” This album feels a bit closer to the “wall of sound” end of the musical spectrum, although much of it is still really beautiful. I love that this scratches an itch no other album can. With all of that being said, though, there are only a few songs on this album that I’d genuinely enjoy listening to again in the future.

The sound of this record is immediately unenjoyable. About halfway through "Cindy Loves Me" I was finally thinking to myself, for the first time (on the 4th track), that this was actually kind of a pleasant song. Then that swarm-of-cicadas sound came in and just completely took over. That proved to be the high point of the album. Being weird for the sake of being weird is at least interesting, but there's a very high bar to make it work. This falls well short. Most of it is unlistenable noise. That which is not is largely pretty by-the-numbers New Wave garage rock.

I enjoyed recognizing how Eno has influenced lots of other artists down the line. I'd been rewatching Sex Education, and it felt like some of Ezra Furman's stuff took inspiration. But I wasn't really hooked by most of the actual stuff on the album. Might need to relisten at some point.

Absolute garbage-tier electronic music. It makes my ears hurt

Thought this guy was supposed to be an iconic producer. This sounds awful. Some fun lyrics though

Weird production style

On some faraway beach Needles in the Camel’s eye Dead Finks Don’t Talk

Best Song: Blank Frank. Here Come The Warm Jets. Consistent, inundating groove. Why wasn't this the album? Worst Song: Driving Me Backwards. The effect placed on the vocal track makes it sound like a group of drunk friends is trying to sing a song together, but the knowledge of the lyrics is split evenly amongst the group so they all just try to sing what the others sing. Overall: Pretty obnoxious, apart from the title track. Some of the tracks (looking at you Blank Frank) seem designed to annoy.

This was better than I expected.

It's... fine? Not too interesting, quite frankly. I don't remember anything about it, and I listened to it maybe four hours ago? Strange how that works.

So gloriously weird

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

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

Kinda Prog. Kinda Glam. It's Pram.

baby's on fire

I didn't enjoy this

I admittedly knew very little to nothing about Brian Eno before listening to this album, but I was admittedly very worried judging from what kind of music comes up when you type his name in. Luckily, this album seems to be nothing like that, and in fact, was quite enjoyable. I can see why he was very much connected to both David Bowie and David Byrne. Looking forward to the other albums by him on this list.

Favourite track(s): Cindy Tells Me; Here Come The Warm Jets Why does the majority of the tracks try its best to sound so off-tune, off-rhythm, off-turning? It sounds like an album where the artist had too much creative control, at times going completely off whack. Don't like most tracks, few silver linings here and there but that is it.

it seems like Brian Eno was one of those people who in the right place at the right time, making an album that has a very experimental sound to it across the whole album. Reading the Wiki article and how Eno got people together who he thought wouldn’t be compatible, it explains why I find so much of the music here jarring and hard to really get into.

The album is eccentric and not memorable. No need to revisit. It is only 40 minutes long but it goes on too long. It doesn't accomplish anything. It is better than a one but not really a 2. I will round up.

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

Cohesive, sounds like what it's named.

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

Bunch of annoying songs. Dead finks don't think is somewhat nice, but then it ends in a bunch of noise

Liked it, didn't love it

very bowie but not as good.

I enjoyed some musical elements here and there, but overall this album just isn't for me. I get the impression this album - among many others in the genre - are simply trying to be weird for the sake of being weird. I assume fans would object to this, but the song titles, the artwork, the musical arrangements are just...strange. To each their own.

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

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

Decent. 4/5

A new album for me but an instant classic

Pop en ocasiones un tanto vanguardista y experimental. No aporta nada especialmente, aunque es fácil de escuchar

Art rock, 1974. This is the debut record by the musical genius Brian Eno. Despite the fact this album is a bit immature it contains brilliant ideas which Eno developes in his next projects. Some songs are really interesting, some others are more confused but the LP remains a good record, but quite normal for Eno's standards.

Eno's first solo album after leaving Roxy Music. A one of a kind artist, can do almost anything.

Love it.

I absolutely love Brian Eno's early solo albums. So many great songs on this album, and the sounds and experimentation work so well.

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

odd album, decent to listen to but its content is a bit weird, artsy almost. Sounds like it pulled alot of inspiration from talking heads

not too bad, but not super my kind of music.

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

Much better than the previous album I got from him, less ambient and mote fun

It starts and ends excellently. Admittedly had been worried. 2 Brian Eno produced records in a row doesn’t seem like the 1000 best albums. however by song two it descended into farce. It’s an ep at best. Did no one have an editor back then. Parts of ‘Here come the warm jets’ is so far ahead of its time. It could be to La Tengo.

Started well, but then got progressively weirder to the point of being turned off.

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

It isn't the kind of music I like.

Better than his other album, in that at least this one has actual songs. Not good songs, granted, but still a step up from the random nonsense of his previous effort. Some sounds like Radiohead, some like Franz Ferdinand, all of it sounds like someone being mightily indulged, with no-one to rein in his stranger creative impulses.

More Rm Than I expected, never done this before.

Some interesting sounds, I don't love the vocals and they kind of ruin some of the songs for me. It's hard to figure out what kind of music this is, which I imagine is part of the point.

Delightful balance of glam rock grooves and mad scientist experimentation. A mysterious concoction, where you're not exactly sure what the ingredients are, yet it still manages to go down fairly easily. There is definitely a sinister edge to many of the songs, but it comes across more as mischievous spine tingling than actually being menacing or disconcerting. All part of its charm. I like his ambient albums and all, but I wish he'd stuck with these more rock oriented albums throughout his career. He has a gift for wordplay that I feel he largely abandoned after '77. And I like his voice, even when he is openly mocking Bryan Ferry's affectations.

I respect Brian Eno and I like the style he's going for here, unfortunately it just isn't my jam, as much as I'd like it to be. Definitely prefer his instrumentals in general, but this was one of his first works so it's understandable coming off of Roxy.

Weird experimental mess for people that love getting messy.

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

I love shit like this! This album really surprised me because the last Brian Eno album I listened to I gave it 1 star. His sound is so diverse

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

I need to remember to listen to Eno's albums more often! "Here Come The Warm Jets" is Brian Eno's debut album after leaving Roxy Music and is described as blending glam and pop with avant garde approaches. I would agree with that and maybe have used experimental (same thing). Eno used 16 guest musicians from Roxy Music, Hawkwind, Matching Mole, Pink Fairies, Sharks, Sweetfield and King Crimson. He got together these musicians which he thought incompatible to see what may happen. Needless to say, he liked the results. The songs vary from fairly simple pop to very experimental and a lot going on musically. Instruments used/listed include a simplistic piano, snake guitar and electric larynx. For me, the guitar riffs and solos stand out. Interestingly, Eno would sing random vocals r during the writing enetually putting in lyrics at the end. This begins an incredible stretch of great albums in the 70's for him. There's a lot of great songs and moments to highlight. As I mentioned, I gravitated towards the unique guitar songs. "Needles in the Camel's Eye" starts the album off with a great driving guitar riff courtesy of Phil Manzanera. The music has a 60's pop feel and great vocals which are almost in the background. "Baby's on Fire" has "Shaft-like" constant top hat drumming with a absolute blazing guitar solo from Robert Fripp. Eno's nasally vocal delivery tells the fantasy/dream of a baby on fire at a photography session with unthinking/laughing observers. Or so I read. Another song inspired by a dream, "On Some Faraway Beach" romantisizes lying on a beach and is the pretty much a piano pop song. "Here Comes the Warm Jets" ends the albums with a surf or jet-like guitar throughout and is what the album is named for. The drumming and eventually lyrics slowly build toward the end. This album is near the top of Eno for me and is definitely worth its praise.

not what i was exoecting from Eno, but still good

Good Solo album. I see the importance of adding this to the list perhaps for the innovative sound for 1973. Not sure if it needs to be on the list though.

More experimental than I like

Not-ambient-sounding Eno was not something i have been expecting

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

strange

I've known the reputation of Brian Eno for making weird ambient music but this wasn't too bad. Definitely not a representation of what is to come.

Reminds me of Bowie in music and vocals. Was ok, not too mad about this genre.

discordant, jangly, whiny. This era of experimental/glam/art music has never really done it for me.

Probably one of my favorite albums of all time-no question. So much stuff that Brian Eno was WAY ahead on in the 70s that became staples for pop music in the decades to come

Quite liked it, not irritating and quite nice in the background.

I honestly not sure I ever listen to a full Eno album. Over pretty good.

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

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

This is NOT ambient music. But what are you getting with "Warm Jets?" Warm, not hot. We're not going full hot tub here. This is just a bathtub with jacuzzi nozzles. You get in, and turn the jets on, and they "Needle" you with their propulsive power. But then you shift a bit and now the jets are hitting you right in the "Paw Paws" and you can't stop giggling. You don't mean to giggle, but it's just so damn ridiculous sitting there in the warm jets. And then it just gets weirder from there. You start to think about this tub full of warm jets. Who else has been in this tub? What strange diseases have been passed around to make the unnatural sounds you are hearing gurgling up from below? For a moment there's hope. Cindy gets in the tub. "Oh, here's a cute, normal lady," you say. But then it turns out she's actually a cicada, I think? Well there's no place for that in the warm tub. Cicada Cindy gets out of the tub, but she must have broken something, because all of a sudden the jets have no juice and everything is sluggish and not-so-warm, as if the jets are firing backwards. You try to ignore it and relax and pretend you're on a faraway beach, but then some crazy loud plumber named Frank barges in and breaks the tub, possibly for good. Can't see it working after this. This is NOT ambient music. Though I almost kinda sorta wish it was.

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

Experimental pop/rock with electronic components. It was fine. I can see why it's listed as it probably sounded ahead of its time when it was released.

The album is more of a vocal tour de force, of wild psychedelic hymns in Indian rhythm. In any case, he is years ahead of his time. (6/10) FT: On Some Faraway Beach

Eh

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

It's on okay album, nothings really pulled my attention.

Yes, yes, YES!!! Brilliant stuff!

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

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

Sounds like a cross between David Bowie and Roxy Music, but without Bryan Ferry or Bowie singing on any of the songs.

Sheer brilliance from start to finish. It remains amazing to me how fresh the album sounds after 50 years (ask me again in another 50 years and I expect to say the same thing). Biting, humorous, and satirical, with a wondrous sense of experimentation in sound and composition. If this 1001 list were put in order, I'd easily put this record in the top 10.

Art pop melódico. No está mal. Un 4.

Raar, maar goed op een of andere manier, maar raar...

A artistic soft rock and roll. No recognized songs

Interesting, but not great

I wish I'd stop getting Brian Eno albums on this list. This is the third one now and I'm never going to rate them highly!

Interesting album and lyrics. Strange 70’s rock with some interesting lyrics

Oh, he’s playing the classics. (Some time in Poughkeepsie at 146)

Kind of weird and funky but also kind of boring. I can't say anything grabbed me.