Reviews (page 7 of 8)
I really liked the first song, but what happened to the rest of the album?
I'm really very grateful that music and artists like this exist, as they really pushed the envelope and showed that what was possible, musically, could be so much more interesting and different than what came before. I'm also very happy that the music created afterwards means we don't have to pretend that this is good anymore.
I love many things Eno was part of, but The Warm Jets is not one of those things. It's pretentious babbly art pop that can't finish. It's four in the morning, you had too much whiskey, and you don't have any Isaac Hayes to make it over the finish line. Here and there, you get it right, while elsewhere, things just go a little dry. In no way does the music on this record relate to me or evoke an emotion; it's one night in Paris for me. Sure, I will return here and there as I have over the years but not sure it will ever click, then again sometimes I just prefer to cum on and feel the noize.
Favorite Track: Dead Finks Don’t Talk
this is not what i expected. the first song is good. this has robert fripp on it which is pretty cool. the 2nd and 3rd songs are like david bowie. so i dont really like those ones. Driving me backwards is an absolutely beautiful semi-ambient song, i absolutely adore it. I HATE Blank Frank. the background vocals on Dead Finks are awful. the weird machine ending was kinda cool though. as much as i loved the more ambient songs, the rest of the album was kinda awful.
Just can't really get into this one. art pop with an experimental bent. feels deliberately subversive to traditional pop sounds while maintaining the structure and melody, but ultimately I don't find it enjoyable to listen to, outside of a couple tunes (Dead Finks don't talk, Baby's on Fire) but ultimately, I'll skip this one for his ambient stuff.
Many songs sound like a bad David Bowie cosplay, despite being before a lot of Bowie's work which is kinda weird. It gets better listening with full headphones instead of IEMs
I was only aware of Brian Eno's more atmospheric stuff, which is better than this. I guess he had to start somewhere, but it doesn't mean this album should have been included here. 2*
Happy to never listen to this again.
The first track kind of felt like a tease. It felt like 80s gothy pop synth (which is one of my favorites). Then the rest of the album felt REALLY 70s glam rock (which is one of my least favorites) and I just wasn't into it. Highlights: Needles in the Camel's Eye
Brian Eno is such a weird dude
3/10 - So many of these songs are not enjoyable to listen to. I enjoyed On Some Faraway Beach a lot but Blank Frank and Driving me Backwards were not good at all.
Explores the edges of music, not usually in a way that I enjoy. I found it more irritating.
There’s an idea in there somewhere but it is not executed in a way that makes it listenable
I'm surprised to not really enjoy this as I've really loved a lot of his production, especially when he leans into the "weirder" stuff. Im not so into 50s or glam rock and that comes through a lot here and tbh his voice is just kind of annoying to me.
It was ok
bah blah blah
Mostly noises
Jeg er stadig ikke fan. Der er ind imellem spændende elementer. Men alt for lagt imellem dem.
Never really got this
Weird vibes, not really my thing
Found this one ok but quite boring. He should stick to the meditation tunes.
In every song, there was a weird noise in it at some point, which resulted in me having a headache by the end of this. But it still isn't his worst effort on here.
boring
Is this before Brian Eno invented his own genre?
As diverse and creative as I expected. But that didn’t make it any good.
I did not like this album. 2 stars
weird, ok, didnt finish
Not everyone who did acid made good music
The worst I've heard from Eno. He should've stuck to instrumentals.
2.5 Respect Eno plenty but it mostly wasn’t for me
Ok. Better than I thought. Bit groundbreaking. Not rubbish. Amongst the best? No, not really. Kinda experimental which is a theme here. High 2 stars? Maybe?
The older Eno is so much better.
There are a few points that remind you that this was capable of being good, but the rest was too avant-garde to be enjoyable
This brian eno guy sucks
Musicians stop being annoying challenge.
Doesn't push the envelope quite as far as it could and gets caught in a musical no mans land as a result. Maybe it's because I had a King Crimson album yesterday, but this feels like it just doesn't do enough. Gets stronger as it goes through.
I could pick out some cool moments, like the outros or the shoegaze song, but the core of it is not very interesting
left my head just as quick as it had entered
I am horribly sad and maybe my sadness is worse than this album because I kinda liked it.
- This album sometimes embodies the phrase 'critics can't make art' - It feels like he's throwing all the right ingredients into the pot but the end product is less than the sum of its parts and just comes out being weird for weird's sake - The talking heads influence is palpable, but it comes off as more of a bad imitation - The tracks don't do a great job of blending instruments at times, they feel disjointed like his Garageband looping track got away from him"
Really not for me
The best I can say about this album is: it was creative. Maybe a little too creative. Points for sounding weird, but not much of it sounded good to these ears. 1.8
not horrible
This is a typical mid-70s album experience. I mean that not in a complimentary way.
70s rock, interesting but I will not listen to it again
2 out of 5. I could see (hear) what Brian Eno was trying to do with this album but it still droned on a bit too much, but there is a little fun to be had here.
That’s definitely fascinating but too weird for me to enjoy it very much. Brian Eno has a lot of interesting ideas, but he is not a good singer and only a couple of these songs really grab me. Still, I come away curious to hear his other albums. Best song: On Some Faraway Beach
Not in the mood.
I can’t stand his voice and it seems like he took all of the least pleasant aspects of experimental rock at the time and smushed them together.
Annoying.. I liked the outro, but maybe just because I knew it would soon be over...
A few songs were tolerable, but not enough.
Certainly better than his ambient music album that I got earlier, but still, I’ll always have problems with the choices Brian takes. His experimentation lent itself to being annoying. The whole thing was rather a bore. 2/5
Every time I started to like something on this album, something was going on that made me want to turn it off. Weird sounds, crazy nasally vocals, just weird.
Not sure why but not my thing.
Guess I'm not the Brian Eno market
I was expecting to enjoy this more than I did. I recognised the name Brian Eno so did some Googling and found him to be from Roxy Music. I’ve enjoyed the Roxy Music albums I’ve heard, so I went into this with some optimism. It’s just to wacky without enough wonder for me to me. I can see objectively that the music is interesting, but it just didn’t make for a pleasant listening experience. I like that going solo allowed him to work on quite different things, but I think I’ll stick with Roxy.
#291. This whole album is a bit "is this over yet?" This is the kind of shit you find for less than a dollar at used record stores in a desperate attempt to get rid of it. 2/5: yawn
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
Je comprends l'importance musicalement mais non.
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.
Not as good as his later ambient projects.
On Some Faraway Beach was nice. The album was mostly annoying, though.
bissl weird
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.
well another weird album by Eno. 2 stars
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
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
Maybe this is important somehow but I did not enjoy it
I HATED driving me backwards. Favorite was here come the warm jets
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
No demasiado de mi agrado. Raro.
Couldn't quite get into it, COVID brain can't pinpoint why 2.5/5
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.
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
Meh I think it kind of got in it's own ass about being avant garde or whatever you want to call it.
Well... that was mildly irritating.
Not my favorite.
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
Weird synth punk. Not my bag.
This album kind of felt unsettling to me. It was uncomfortable listening to some of the songs
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.
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.
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)
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.
Liked Roxy Music. Do not care much for this album.
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 )
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.
Brian Eno's tribute to The Beatles
I like concept albums but this idea didn’t pay off.
the horror
dimenticabile direi
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
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
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 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
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
Ok
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.
One or two songs I'd listen to again but some just sound like someone is pressing random keys on a keyboard.
A bit weird
Weird
Esperava mais, apareceu-me apenas um pop bem produzido.
Didn't get much from this other than finding it mildly irritating. I prefer the ambient Eno.
weird psychadelic and electronic music.
Not for me.
- No standouts
2.5/5
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.
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.
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.
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.
appreciate the experimental nature but its just tough to listen to a whole album
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
Cool moments but not for me. 2/5
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?
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”
Can see why he is influential but I just thought a lot of it sounded weird (not in a good way)
Meh
Great Album
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.
Weird
Bit boring. Trying too hard to be edgy. Can’t really sing. Not my vibe.
Another 70s sounding band. Less rock and a bit more techno/funk. Overall the vocals and unique sounds were intriguing.
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.
I much prefer Eno's ambient works. 2 stars for creativity but I did not find it that much of an enjoyable listen.
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.
It's becoming abundantly clear that I'm not a fan of Brian Eno.
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
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.
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
Meh
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.
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.
Not one of his good ones. Very Drone-y
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.
...Brian Eno...again...
It wasn't as bad as previous Brian Eno but I still don't do enough drugs to enjoy this.
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.
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.
Avantgarde pop rock, spændende nok, lidt skørt
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
I tried twice and i just couldn't get into it.
Need to be in the mood for it
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
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'.
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.
Too experimental. Did not enjoy this
Alright pop rock that gets experimental. I will probably not listen to this again.
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
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
Not his greatest work, a lot of very interesting concepts but the way they’re all put together feels forced and not very cohesive.
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.
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.
I didn't enjoy this
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.
Bunch of annoying songs. Dead finks don't think is somewhat nice, but then it ends in a bunch of noise
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.
Started well, but then got progressively weirder to the point of being turned off.
It isn't the kind of music I like.
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.
discordant, jangly, whiny. This era of experimental/glam/art music has never really done it for me.
It's on okay album, nothings really pulled my attention.
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
Kind of weird and funky but also kind of boring. I can't say anything grabbed me.
The odd interesting groove but on balance there’s more annoying nonsense on here than good music.
Not really a big fan. There might have been like one or two songs that I sort of liked. Before and After Science was a much better album.
The album started off okay, after that it got to weird for me. Favourite song: - Needles in the camel’s eye
Wacky ENO ! It was alright, mostly, but I’m not a fan so only 2* I think
This isn’t a genre I’m a huge fan of and listening to this album doesn’t really change that. It’s fine but washes over me a bit without being particularly memorable. I like some of the Bowie albums from this era (but not all) so again just not to my taste
This was fine. Vocals are horrific though.
Not my favorite of his. Lot of interesting ideas, but too chaotic for me.
I didn’t really know what to think about this one. It didn’t like it or dislike it really. I was rather indifferent to it. I feel like I’d here this if I was sitting in a hipster bar and as long as the volume wasn’t about like 4 and I could still converse with my friends (fully vaccinated of course), then it’d be cool. I wouldn’t seek it, but I wouldn’t hijack the jukebox to change it either. 🤷🏾♂️
Very interesting.. 3 Some are just pretty bad. 2
Didn’t know anything off this one either. It was alright
So - so
I can definitely hear the inspiration for the beetles’ later albums in this album. The music alright. Could’ve been better if it wasn’t so noisy some times.
Love the opener. Rest, not at all.
Glam but with a heavy dose of experimentation. A little up-its-own-butt throughout the majority of the record. When it focuses on writing a good pop tune, it nails it. It just doesn't focus that often. Favorite tracks: "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch", "Blank Frank"
Eno vocals are the worst.
It was okay, nothing all too exciting or memorable
Just couldn't get into it
Always a fan of alternative rock.
Extremely weird album. I liked the wonky Paw Paw Blowtorch song because it was just so whacky. There was another good track on it but the last one (or the one before that) was so egregiously awful that I had to give up. The last song definitely soured my opinion on that album. Won't ever listen to again, I'm afraid. Also, obligatory never heard of that guy.
super whiny. if it's not Apollo, I don't want it.
And here I am again, confessing my ignorance of yet another larger-than-life name in latter-half 20th-century popular music. Brian Eno's name has been present in my mind for probably 35 years, and yet I don't recall ever consciously listening to his work. I've heard some collaborations of his, vaguely, and know he's widely admired by all sorts of music folk like critics, fans, and fellow musicians. I do know his reputation for constantly reinventing himself, and even though this is the only album of his I've ever listened to, I can hear that even within the ten tracks on this work. I can also imagine that for its time (1974), it pushed some boundaries, which is always healthy for any artform, or society in general. I might give this another listen some time because there definitely are layers I'm sure I missed the first time through, but I don't much like it. It's not something I am psyched to listen to regularly, at least that's not how it feels to me right now. Might be suffering a bit from how I've heard a lot of other music from around that time (as well as before it and after it) that was fairly similar, and it's never quite grabbed me. Sometimes feels like it's being, I don't know, "avante garde" or odd for its own sake, or trying to be funny but it doesn't make me laugh, but that's a bit silly of me because I have no idea what Brian Eno or his fellow performers on this album were thinking or feeling.
A little too abstract for my taste.
One song I liked. I think a lot of this is too experimental for me so far but maybe I'll get used to it
Very different to the ambient stuff by Eno I've listened to previously. It had some ok moments but I struggled to get into it.
Not for me. Doesn't offend my ears but I'd definitely skip these if they came on
not bad
Really liked some tracks - others were more of a struggle. Very Bowie/Roxy Music sounding
Meh
Paw paw negro blowtorch?
Bij sommige nummers vroeg ik me af of de zanger naar dezelfde muziek luistert die ik hoor?
De meer Roxy Music-achtige nummers kan ik wel waarderen maar over het geheel veel te rommelig en arty voor mijn smaak.
Hier knapt toch geen mens van op?
Enon Brian yllätti tällä kertaa positiivisesti ja tällä lätyllä kolkuteltiin jo kolmosen porteilla, mutta kakkoseksi silti jää. Meininki levyllä oli popimpaa ja vähemmän kokeellista kuin Music for airportsilla tai My life in the bush of ghostsilla. Ei kuitenkaan mitään hittibiisejä tai muutenkaan sellaista yleistunnelmaa, mikä erityisesti kannustaisi kuuntelemaan levyä enempää.
Seems to get lost trying to cram in a many weird sounds as possible
Fine listen, but not essential for my taste.
not my jam
mais fraco q o outro do eno
Ensimmäisen biisin perusteella ajattelin jopa, että olisiko tässä vihdoin levy johon Brian Enon "kultainen kosketus" ei olisi vaikuttanut niin pahasti. Noh realiteetit löi päin kasvoja jo heti seuraavien biisien aikana. Tekotaiteellista outoilua ilman punaista lankaa on tämäkin. Kertakuuntelu riitti mielipiteen muodostamiseen.
eh, the middle was pretty good
Don’t really like this genre of music.
Jetzt bin ich gespannt! Mir bekannter Name für die „Ambient“ Reihe. Das Album ist mir jedoch unbekannt. Es ist auch grundverschieden. Die Musik ist okay, aber der Sänger macht es mal wieder kaputt. Oder die Sänger? Dabei zeigt er zu Beginn, dass er durchaus singen kann, jault und jammert dann jedoch in den meisten späteren Tracks wie ein läufiger Kater. Bewerte ich jetzt das Album oder den Künstler? Kann ich leider keine Pluspunkte für geben.
Muutama ihan ok biisi sekä muutama hirvitys...
Not a fan
Brian eno? More like Brian shit
expected a solo album from a self-proclaimed "non-musician" producer to perhaps include interesting collaborations and subdued vocals. Mostly, though, it's nonsense sung loudly and poorly over repetitive and uncreative instrumentation. There were three tracks that I (mostly) liked, and two of them had weird tags. On Some Faraway Beach ends abruptly with what sounds like somebody taking a piano lesson, and Some Of Them Are Old fades away into 30 full seconds of wind chimes. Less than the sum of its parts. Best track: Here Come The Warm Jets
Never been a fan of Enos
Vähän meni ohi eikä jäänyt mitään erikoisesti mieleen
Turns out I don’t like experimental music that much
Nope, not at all for me.
Another big no thank you.
This isn’t music. It’s sound effects with a band behind them. Hard pass. …and speaking of psychos, this dude is nuttier than squirrel shit. Writing songs like “Paw-Paw’s Negro Blowtorch” and “The Baby’s On Fire” is not something a normal person with all of their faculties does. Finalizing my sentiments regarding having to listen to a Brian Eno record two days in a row, just because your last album was dog shit, doesn’t mean you get a do-over.
Didn’t care for it. Weird shit. R2D2 and screeching
The songs reminds me of David Bowie and The Rocky Horror Picture Show songs but way worse. I like the ambient/instrumental music that Brian Eno made in Apollo for example.
zo anxiety inducing, ik wil die 42 minuten van mijn leven terug.
Wieder mal absoluter Dreck
Para mi completamente sobrevalorado.
Wenn ich Musik hören will, dann will ich das genießen, zur Ruhe kommen, motiviert werden oder feiern. Das alles geht mit dem furchtbaren Gejaule nicht.
Didn’t enjoy this at all. Some songs had the basics of good tracks but were ruined by weird lyrics or odd layers of syncopated drums. Couldn’t get into it
Couldn't finish it
Como si Rosa gellher hubiera sacado un álbum
No. No. Yucky.
too goofy and dont like the voice
An ok album
I enjoyed Needles in the Camel’s eye, but things quickly declined from there. Dead Finks Don’t Talk is possibly the lowest point (not cheeky cheeky just crap).
freaky ass album did not enjoy this at all
Pretty annoying songs. I don't know... I find this kind of music not good.
wtf. he has other good stuff
Full album was not on Spotify in 2026? The few songs I heard didn't make me want to investigate any further. Hard pass.
Meh, never heard of him, Meh
UK slop
All of these songs start off okay then devolve into complete nonsense.
Etwas zu experimentell für mich
Reading about Brian Eno makes it sound like he’s interesting and groundbreaking. Then you listen and it's this kind of nonsense.
Loved Brian Eno with U2, but god this stuff is AWFUL
2026.01.21.
Oof. This was rough on the ears.
I'm a pleb what can I say but yuck.
Ničím ma to nezaujalo. To čo vydal neskôr, bolo pre mňa oveľa zaujímavejšie.
This was so bad. I couldn’t wait to finish
I don’t like it
The Beatles with a head injury
These sounds in the 2nd song.....i hate that and these "oh nos"on track 8 stop it! i was glad when this was over experimental you say? mental maybe yeah but the experiment failed on me
I get this is like David Bowie or Talking Heads but it's also not fun to listen to
Not my favorite sound but different.
This music may be amazing for loads of people, it just isn't for me. It might be my fault, but I just hear a lot of noise that doesn't make any sense. 1/5
I don’t like the voice the musics cool tho
Not my thing.
I am still strugling to understand why Eno is considered such a force in the music world. First off, Here Come the Warm Jets 'sounds' terrible; thin, tinny, with endless strange mixing and recording decisions that were clearly deliberate, but inscrutible. I also get a very 'weird for the sake of being weird' vibe, rather than being convinced that the music was made in response to some true avant-garde or psychedelic impulse. Folks like Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, and countless other 'weird' artists had been around for years at this point; it's tricky to figure out what new is being brought to the table. Not the sort of thing I'll return to any time soon.