gafa42
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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
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.
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.
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.
Crazy glam rock. I don’t hate it.