More Blank Than Frank (Desert Island Selection) - Brian Eno

Here Comes Brian Eno

Advantages: Eno's first musical high
Disadvantages: One bad track

is like being clouted after the subdued magnificence of On Some Faraway Beach. But of course this is the point. Eno is screaming ?Wake up and listen.? He is thrusting us back into the musical fray and once again we?re doing battle with the music (in an entirely good way, we?re being forced to interact with the song and the album as a whole). Regardless, Blank Frank is just a gorgeously tense piece of music that thought not quite on par with Baby?s on Fire (but what is?) it is truly desperate. Eno?s vocals by the end make some of Bowie?s hysterical shrieking on Heroes and Look Back in Anger seem like gentle melodic balladry. I probably forget this track more than I should and so here I say: Greatgreatgreatgreat. Once again we?re into witty territory for Dead Finks Don?t Talk. The lyrics and music are both refined and hilarious ...

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Thursday Afternoon - Brian Eno

Advantages: calming, gentle, ideal for chilling out
Disadvantages: none

One of the first albums to fully utilise the extended length of the cd, this 1985 offering from Brian Eno will delight fans of his ambient work and probably irritate those who find this side of Eno's work rather twee. 61 minutes in length this is one piece of gradually evolving music that occupies a space in the room, but doesn't dominate, drifting gently but insistently in the background. However, in keeping with most of Eno's ambient music, this not merely aural wallpaper and there is enough happening in the gently changing patterns of piano trills and synth custers to repay active listening too. I find it very beautiful, calming, relaxing and ideal for quiet reading or thinking. At times I've used Thursday Afternoon as music to fall asleep to. It 's a lovely album and can usually be found a fairly bargain prices. Well worth ...

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Music For Films - Brian Eno

Advantages: gorgeous little vignettes of music, all with their own character
Disadvantages: only that some of pieces are too short

This collection of Eno tracks was recorded between 1975 and 1978 and first issued in 1978. The pieces were intended for films - hence, obviously, the title - and many have been used as such over the years. There is something very appealing about nearly all of these pieces; most are very short, vignettes of sound, with evocative titles such as "Events In Dense Fog" or "Strange Light" or "Final Sunset". All are recorded on analogue machinery - not a digital sequencer in sight - and it is this that I believe imbues the music with a certain character that you just don't get these days. The sheer act of physically moving tape, altering guitar and piano sounds with analogue synths gives these pieces a vitality and immediacy that remains with the listener for ever. Despite being a collection of fairly random tracks there was a lot ...

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