Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:30 pm
I strongly encourage you to give Brian Eno another chance, matrixman. Before & After Science is a poor introduction as it's a pretty mediocre album. Most critics consider Eno one of the all time greats and I definitely agree. If you're interested in a better introduction to him my recommendations are:
Another Green World: which combines his great ear for instrumentals before he developed ambient theory, and a handful of vocal tracks. It's a visionary album, and in my estimation a real work of art.
Discreet Music: in my opinion more neoclassical than ambient, but nevertheless considered his first truly ambient album. I'm not sure what ambient stuff you've heard but this isn't like, say, Music for Airports which sort of fits the description you gave. This is much fuller stuff.
Here Come the Warm Jets: his first album with the infamous song "Baby's on Fire". Fun but dark and sophisticated pop.
Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics: his collaboration with Jon Hassell, the avant-garde trumpet player/composer. Very interesting music, and hard to describe. It pushes the world-music elements that Eno experimented with Talking Heads to much further extremes.
Anyway, I have loads of Eno's stuff if you ever want recommendations. Give an album or two of the above a chance and I think you might have a higher estimation of his solo stuff.
Another Green World: which combines his great ear for instrumentals before he developed ambient theory, and a handful of vocal tracks. It's a visionary album, and in my estimation a real work of art.
Discreet Music: in my opinion more neoclassical than ambient, but nevertheless considered his first truly ambient album. I'm not sure what ambient stuff you've heard but this isn't like, say, Music for Airports which sort of fits the description you gave. This is much fuller stuff.
Here Come the Warm Jets: his first album with the infamous song "Baby's on Fire". Fun but dark and sophisticated pop.
Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics: his collaboration with Jon Hassell, the avant-garde trumpet player/composer. Very interesting music, and hard to describe. It pushes the world-music elements that Eno experimented with Talking Heads to much further extremes.
Anyway, I have loads of Eno's stuff if you ever want recommendations. Give an album or two of the above a chance and I think you might have a higher estimation of his solo stuff.
