RK 50: Brian Eno
8-18-08 RK 50: Brian Eno
Not even my favorite member of Roxy Music – that would be Phil Manzanera. And, unlike some people, I do not obsessively collect Mr. Eno’s works. I liked his “Obscure Records” label (notably Michael Nyman). I kept all of Eno’s pop music albums – and would probably get any of his ambient works – if they were $3 per CD. Last great thing he did was to sing back-up vocals for the Icehouse “Measure For Measure” LP, notably “Cross The Border”.
CD ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH
2005 11 TRKS
CD ANOTHER GREEN WORLD EG EU EGCD 21
1975 14 TRKS
LP ANOTHER GREEN WORLD ISLAND
1975 14 TRKS 3rd album
CD BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE EG EU EGCD 32
1977 10 TRKS
LP BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE ISLAND
1977 10 TRKS 5th album, Peter Schmidt prints
CD DISCREET MUSIC EG
1975 4 TRKS
LP DISCREET MUSIC OBSCURE
1975 4 TRKS 4th album, 2nd issue
CD HERE COME THE WARM JETS EG
1973 10 TRKS
LP HERE COME THE WARM JETS ISLAND
1973 10 TRKS 1st album
7" JEZEBEL SPIRIT, THE (with David Byrne) EG
1981 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
7" KING'S LEAD HAT / R.A.F. EG UK 2001 762
1977 2 TRKS no pic sleeve
7" LION SLEEPS TONIGHT ISLAND
1975 2 TRKS no pic sleeve
CD MORE MUSIC FOR FILMS VIRGIN
2005 21 TRKS
LP MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS (with David Byrne) EG
1981 11 TRKS
CD MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS (with David Byrne) re NONESUCH US 79894.2
1981 18 TRKS (7 x bonus tracks) ('06 issue)
LP
1974 10 TRKS 2nd album
CD
1974 10 TRKS ('04 issue) kami sleeve
CD WRONG WAY UP (with John Cale) OPAL US 26421.2
1990 10 TRKS
Labels: Eno
posted by Ron Kane @ 5:49 AM
6 Comments:
Ron:
So "Wrong Way Up" is not a "pop" album??!! I disagree strongly. Also, "Another Day On Earth" is a vocal album. Is it not "pop?" On an unconnected thread, is Barry Andrews the only person to have been a sideman to both Fripp (League Of Gentlemen) and Eno (Another Day On Earth)?
Good to have you back, Jim-san. I got both "Wrong Way Up" and "Another Day..." but do not consider them with the initial works by Mr. Eno. Slight, at best - I think.
I understand him not wanting to have too much product in the marketplace.
Didn't Phil Manzanera collaborate with both Eno and Mr. Fripp?
Manzanera & Fripp? Nothing I know of.
I see you've already addressed "Wrong Way Up," but having just bought the remaster I think it's due for reconsideration. While uneven, some of the songs on there are extremely winning stuff. "Another Day on Earth" was nice to hear and I enjoyed it, but it's definitely "slighter" than WWU.
I've just been listening to the NEW D.Byrne/B.Eno record (yes a new one, not the remaster of MLitBoG), where Byrne takes some unfinished Eno stuff and proceeds to ruin it. Not available as a real CD yet, but soon. You can listen to the whole thing (streaming) through their website, everythingthathappens.com.
Interestingly, it does kind of "follow on" from the "slighter" sound of ADoE. But that's about all I can say that's interesting about it to me. Byrne's voice, IMHO, hasn't aged well, and hearing him ALWAYS reminds me of what an IDIOT he was breaking up the Talking Heads. Let's just say I have issues with that and move on.
Follow-up to my previous post: apparently I hadn't heard ALL of "Everything That Happens" last time because I just stumbled over "I Feel My Stuff" and all I can say is that this is the first (only?) song on the album that WORKS as a Eno/Byrne collaboration.
If you've ever wondered what "The Red and Black" would have sounded like if Byrne had done vocals -- WONDER NO MORE.
I'm going to raise my grade on this record to a "C" because there are at least two tracks that "click" (the other being the title track) fairly well, but on the whole you'd think the two men would "blend" better than they do. Most of it really and truly sounds like anyone could have taken Eno's roughs and done as well.
I'm certainly not familiar with all of his material (I'm partial to his earlier stuff), but of the ones I know my favorite is clearly "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). Brilliant album!
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