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- Artist: Brian Eno
- Album: Another Green World
- Label: EG
- Year of Release: 1975
- ME Rating: Indie Classic
- Reviewed by: dscanland on 2006-02-02
RecommendIn my recent foray into the world of Brian Eno no album had been more lauded than Another Green World. And in fact, this album is probably the best album to be introduced to the facets of both his ambient work as well as his pop work. I find it hard to believe that music like this was being made in 1975 but this is clear evidence of the brilliance of Eno. The ambient side of this album isn't so ambient making it much easier for the uninitiated to get into. Take "In Dark Trees" for instance, it is an instrumental but it almost has a regular song structure to it. And all of the ambient songs have quite a defined beat to them as opposed to floating in space. And pop tracks fit in quite nicely like "St. Elmo's Fire" and "I'll Come Running" (with its goofy "I'll come running to tie your shoe" chorus). If you are going to try and make the dive into the world of Brian Eno then I recommend Another Green World. It brings all elements of what he has to offer together.
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on 2012-03-14 CharlesMartel Said:
After leaving Roxy Music, Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (I kid you not) embarked on a musical path which was to turn him into an icon. He became sought after as a producer and set out to explore a musical landscape which had largely been ignored by everyone until that date. Now I have never been an admirer of Eno's work as a producer, despite his reputation, and would cite the dreadful sound quality of U2's " The Unforgettable Fire " in support of my contention. As for his music, well, that is another story.
Actually, no it isn't. I am less than impressed. I like the quirky cleverness of "Backwater" off "Before and After Science" and I don't mind " St Elmo's Fire" on " Another Green World" but the rest of his work does little for me. And this album, widely regarded as one of his finest, exemplifies why. As you would expect, the production is exactly what Eno would have intended (like it or not) and the ideas and musicality are first rate. It just bores me to tears.
It is an album worthy of admiration for all sorts of reasons, but admiring it because it is inaccessible is not a good enough reason to rate this highly. But that is the extent of my admiration. Eno sets out to produce an effect on the listener through the employment of almost subliminal ambient sounds. And the effect he is trying to create is one of depression, misery and gloom. Now, as someone who loves bands like the Chameleons, Joy Division and others, I have no per se objection to this. But once you mix this with boring, it really does push the boundaries of my tolerance. It is one of those albums that really stretches my patience if I sit through and listen to the whole thing at one go, which is one reason why I don't anymore.
I expect a lot of people bought this because they though it would make them look cool, or make them appear inteliigent. Sure, at a time when music was dominated on the one hand by disco dross and on the other by stadium rockers and soporific proggers, the years immediately before punk, that reasoning may have seemed smart. But anyone who has bought this in the last twenty years for the same reasoning must surely have felt they made a mistake. Innovative, if not exactly mind-blowing for 1975, yes, but for after the eighties this is nothing to write home about.
Rating: 2/10
