Oh yeah, Eno’s back! This album gets often overshadowed by warm jets and another green world but it’s just as perfect as the other two. There are absolutely gems here like the next track ”Back in Judy’s Jungle” with its absurd and absolutely hilarious lyrics and ”Third Uncle” that sounds like post-punk years before punk was even a thing
"This album often gets overshadowed by warm jets and another green world but it's just as perfect as the other two" "Here Come The Warm Jets' is actually my *least* favorite of Eno's four 'rock' albums. I like it but I think this one is definitely a few steps up.
WOW! I literally listened to Taking Tiger Mountain today for the first time and now I see you're doing the same. I really enjoyed the album on first listen and will do more listening and will end up buying it. I discovered this when the song Mother Whale Eyeless was mentioned in another music ranking video. I listened to that song and that made me want to listen to the whole record. Anyway, looking forward to more of your reviews!
@@ijustneedmyself Interesting enough Taking Tiger is not my first Eno album. I purchased Ambient 1: Music for Airports a while back. Bought it to help me relax and sleep and I really enjoy it. I am probably going to check out Here Come the Warm Jets and Another Green World next. I have also heard about Before and After Science so that will be eventually listened to as well.
Oh Yesss!!! This album is mind-bendingly good from cover to cover! Truly one-of-a-kind, so glad you're diving it. I hope you "get it" - definitely requires repeat listening, if you're not attuned to the sensibilities of early Eno - maybe you could even update us on your further takes as you progress through the album. And don't get hung up on the lyrics, they're a surrealistic swirl of poetry that's more about the sound of the words and the startling imagery depicted than any coherent storylines or traditional song topics. And what a jackpot day!! Eno, Wyatt, Tull!! Now these are some real music. Many thanks, and enjoy.
So many hours of my youth listening to this, song along, playing air guitar! Can’t wait to watch your reactions to The True Wheel and The Great Pretender. 🤗
Eno often used lyrics simply as an added texture rather than for any specific meaning. And his harmonies are often an added bonus to his songs. PS, Regina is often (usually?) pronounced the way Brian does, even though it makes it sound uncomfortably similar to other words!
Fantastic album! My favourite of his. I remember it got terrible reviews at the time, which just reinforced my view that most critics have cloth ears 🙄
So glad you are doing the full album. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and Before And After Science are the two albums that introduced me to Eno back in the mid 80's and they are by far my favourites. I never dwell too much on lyrics as I always just considered Eno's choices were more about the sound of the lyrics than the meaning - maybe this is why so much of his music is ambient/instrumental. Please add After The Heat (Eno, Moebius & Roedelius) to your list of recommendations. Although largely instrumental, musically is is such a vibe and together with the two aforementioned albums forms the holy trinity of my Eno collection. Look forward to watching your journey through these.
@@LoganAlbright73 I actually think that of Eno's four 'rock' albums "Before And After Science' gets the least attention out of all of them not just AGW.
Ok so this is a weird one! I listened to this song early on in my musical development and was very impressionable. I was already a bit of a Bowie fan and was listening to the Berlin albums and wanted to learn more about this Brian Eno fellow. Safe to say it blew my mind and Burning Airlines has become a nostalgic lullaby to me
My favourite on his solo albums. All the humour, the summery vibe, "Mother Whale Eyeless" has a "Randy" (Blue Mink) feel about it. Lots of Syd Barrett-esque rhyming on Back In Judy's Jungle. The opening track is great music to take on holiday. Eno's synth to the fore on The Great Pretender. Third Uncle with the off sounding bass, which sounded great....totally out of kilter. The title track is a gem of ambient music. Great melody and tropical sound effects Eno does so well. It kind of anticipates the sound of "Another Green World." Oh, have a listen to "Quackers" by Blue Mink while you are at it!
Music critic and one time Heavy Metal editor Lou Stathis once said that everything positive about music in the 70s can be summed up in 3 letters...E,N,O.
Hi Justin. Glad you're going to listen to this album. It is certainly one of my favourites from the early/mid 70s. Don't take Eno's lyrics too seriously, they're streaks of candied lemon zest on top of a lemon cake! Eno doesn't want to do a documentary on an airline crash, he wants to use it as the springboard to something different. I know you Americans mispronounce everything (?!?!?!) but it has to be Reg-eye-na not Reg-eena to rhyme with China. We created the language, you guys just try and speak it somehow! Keep going, this album is fantastic. And for goodness sake, don't try and interpret Mother Whale Eyeless.
“I know you Americans mispronounce everything (?!?!?!) but it has to be Reg-eye-na not Reg-eena to rhyme with China. We created the language…” Yeah, except regina is Latin. 😂 Edited to add: Even so, I still pronounce it “correctly.” Learnt it whilst living in Canada. How’s that for a totally not American sentence?!
Here Come the Warm Jets is more original. Another Green World is more important. Before and After Science is more refined. Somehow this was always my favourite solo Eno rock record. The nonsense really hits the spot on this one. Don't look up the capital of Saskatchewan.
He should maybe listen to Another Green World and Phil Manzanera's solo album Diamond Head before 801 Live, since they contain the original versions of several tracks on 801 Live. Then again, 801 Live has Simon Phillips and we all know by now how much our host likes amazing drumming.
That information makes all the diference. You just can get a complete understanding what's about, looking the whole picture, or rather, the whole album.
@@lemming9984 took a few hundred listens for me, too. And discussions with others who were digging in. It’s pretty loose, but observes repeating elements. Eno was (is) a genius.
@@RobertERensch I agree, but I did get bored with all the samey ambient stuff he did. No Pussyfooting, Evening Star and Music For Films are great - but I don't listen to anything else ambient. The collaboration with Cale - Wrong Way Up was a fun diversion too?
@@lemming9984 my interest trailed off after Another Green World. I have one of the first ambient albums, but it’s a curiosity. I am a musician type. The application of instruments in song form attracts me. I’m certainly not in Eno’s wheelhouse, but I appreciate what I can relate to. 🤷♂️
Eno has to be in my top 3 list of influential artists. Of course I’m happy for you to listen to more Eno. The creativity on all his albums is amazing. I guess you are going chronologically. I personally would not have recommended that from watching what you like. I just think the first two he is still trying to make pop or rock songs. They are going through his blender so they are absolutely strange and wonderful. They are great albums. But on Another Green World and Before and After Science he is just making songs. I believe some that you would think are David Sylvian good. Bowie Low good. Beautiful good. Not as many quirky songs and voices. His voice has dropped down. And some poignant lyrics. I think you will actually like these first albums more after hearing the others.
Original title was "Turkish Airlines", inspired by the DC-10 that crashed near Paris in March 1974, killing all 346 on board. Occasionally, Eno chooses to focus on the phonetic value of words and the meaning becomes trivial. Otherwise, from narrative point of view, it makes a nice pair with another curious account of espionage, Slapp Happy's "Casablanca Moon", which was released in 1974 as well.
Regina refers to the Queen of England. Female Regent, in other words. And as I recall, some of the guitar parts are played by Robert Fripp. This may be one of the most accessible of songs that Eno sings on. Don't read too much into the lyrics. There probably isn't a deeper meaning, just Eno's poetry.
At this point, I still prefer the first album to this one, however I will give it another listen, even just to see your reaction to "Third Uncle", which is a good track.
The first Eno album I checked out (and fell in love with). Mother Whale Eyeless, The True Wheel and the title track being faves. Within the pop song structures, quite a bit of experimentation.
It's a mean joke, but if you have a dark sense of humor like mine, it's good. It's like after an airliner crashed into a bridge, and Howard Stern then phoned the airline to see if he could buy tickets to that destination, i.e. the crash site. In the present, fictional case, the sudden death of someone via plane wreck enhanced someone else's life by keeping bad news from getting to him. So, imagine an airline trying to turn that benefit into something they could advertise.
I do have most of his recordings, but Taking Tiger Mountain was never a fav of mine. The best song on this album is The Fat Lady of Limbourg. Eno was "playing" with "his" strategy cards and drove his musician collegues into madness. The cards told how everything should be done, good melodies were abbandonned and bad were developed. Unfortunatly you hear this on this album. Quirkiness is sometimes a funny thing, but too much is sometimes too much. The Green Album is way better! Try St. Elmo's Fire which feat. some beautiful Fripp solo guitar!
I had to chuckle reading sammelis's post. 'Yeah, Eno's back' has he even been away... Seems like only 5 mins since we finished his appaling debut album. His early stuff could be really dire. And i'm glad sammelis like the lyrics to Judy's Jungle, but I can't find anything in the music to like (sorry, spoiler alert), it borders on the downright puerile. Was this a freebie, is that why it was waggled about the screen. if so, this's why parents tell kids not to accept gifts from strangers.
I disagree as well. While I think 'Here Come The Warm Jets' is good I also think it is overrated,and it is my least favorite of Eno's four 'rock' albums from the seventies.
This is absolutely one of my top 5 favorite albums ever, so glad you're checking it out and I really hope you enjoy it too! It's so whimsical!
Omg, this is one of my favourites albums of all time!
Oh yeah, Eno’s back! This album gets often overshadowed by warm jets and another green world but it’s just as perfect as the other two. There are absolutely gems here like the next track ”Back in Judy’s Jungle” with its absurd and absolutely hilarious lyrics and ”Third Uncle” that sounds like post-punk years before punk was even a thing
@@mk-cx7ovofcourse not but let him listen to this album and Another Green World first
Indeed, and how about that closing title track?
The band 'A Certain Ratio' got their name from The True Wheel on this album.
"This album often gets overshadowed by warm jets and another green world but it's just as perfect as the other two" "Here Come The Warm Jets' is actually my *least* favorite of Eno's four 'rock' albums. I like it but I think this one is definitely a few steps up.
WOW! I literally listened to Taking Tiger Mountain today for the first time and now I see you're doing the same. I really enjoyed the album on first listen and will do more listening and will end up buying it. I discovered this when the song Mother Whale Eyeless was mentioned in another music ranking video. I listened to that song and that made me want to listen to the whole record. Anyway, looking forward to more of your reviews!
Awesome! Which Eno album is next for you?
@@ijustneedmyself Interesting enough Taking Tiger is not my first Eno album. I purchased Ambient 1: Music for Airports a while back. Bought it to help me relax and sleep and I really enjoy it. I am probably going to check out Here Come the Warm Jets and Another Green World next. I have also heard about Before and After Science so that will be eventually listened to as well.
"Regina" when pronounced the way he does, rhymes with China. There 'ya go. ;-)
I don't think he got that?
Oh Yesss!!! This album is mind-bendingly good from cover to cover! Truly one-of-a-kind, so glad you're diving it. I hope you "get it" - definitely requires repeat listening, if you're not attuned to the sensibilities of early Eno - maybe you could even update us on your further takes as you progress through the album. And don't get hung up on the lyrics, they're a surrealistic swirl of poetry that's more about the sound of the words and the startling imagery depicted than any coherent storylines or traditional song topics. And what a jackpot day!! Eno, Wyatt, Tull!! Now these are some real music. Many thanks, and enjoy.
So many hours of my youth listening to this, song along, playing air guitar! Can’t wait to watch your reactions to The True Wheel and The Great Pretender. 🤗
Hell yeah. Best album ever. Great reaction.
Eno often used lyrics simply as an added texture rather than for any specific meaning. And his harmonies are often an added bonus to his songs. PS, Regina is often (usually?) pronounced the way Brian does, even though it makes it sound uncomfortably similar to other words!
Fantastic album! My favourite of his. I remember it got terrible reviews at the time, which just reinforced my view that most critics have cloth ears 🙄
They do indeed have cloth ears.
So glad you are doing the full album. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and Before And After Science are the two albums that introduced me to Eno back in the mid 80's and they are by far my favourites. I never dwell too much on lyrics as I always just considered Eno's choices were more about the sound of the lyrics than the meaning - maybe this is why so much of his music is ambient/instrumental. Please add After The Heat (Eno, Moebius & Roedelius) to your list of recommendations. Although largely instrumental, musically is is such a vibe and together with the two aforementioned albums forms the holy trinity of my Eno collection. Look forward to watching your journey through these.
Before and After Science is so wonderful and gets so little attention compared to Another Green World. It’s one of my top five favorite albums.
@@LoganAlbright73 I actually think that of Eno's four 'rock' albums "Before And After Science' gets the least attention out of all of them not just AGW.
Love this album. First Eno LP I heard. The Fat Lady of Limbourg my favourite track.
Ok so this is a weird one! I listened to this song early on in my musical development and was very impressionable. I was already a bit of a Bowie fan and was listening to the Berlin albums and wanted to learn more about this Brian Eno fellow. Safe to say it blew my mind and Burning Airlines has become a nostalgic lullaby to me
Ooh, I’ve been waiting for you to tackle more early Eno. This is a fabulously fun album. 🙂
Justin, you are in for a treat. This album is awesome.
My favourite on his solo albums. All the humour, the summery vibe, "Mother Whale Eyeless" has a "Randy" (Blue Mink) feel about it. Lots of Syd Barrett-esque rhyming on Back In Judy's Jungle. The opening track is great music to take on holiday. Eno's synth to the fore on The Great Pretender. Third Uncle with the off sounding bass, which sounded great....totally out of kilter. The title track is a gem of ambient music. Great melody and tropical sound effects Eno does so well. It kind of anticipates the sound of "Another Green World." Oh, have a listen to "Quackers" by Blue Mink while you are at it!
This album is soooo unique and PERFECT
Music critic and one time Heavy Metal editor Lou Stathis once said that everything positive about music in the 70s can be summed up in 3 letters...E,N,O.
Hi Justin. Glad you're going to listen to this album. It is certainly one of my favourites from the early/mid 70s. Don't take Eno's lyrics too seriously, they're streaks of candied lemon zest on top of a lemon cake! Eno doesn't want to do a documentary on an airline crash, he wants to use it as the springboard to something different. I know you Americans mispronounce everything (?!?!?!) but it has to be Reg-eye-na not Reg-eena to rhyme with China. We created the language, you guys just try and speak it somehow! Keep going, this album is fantastic. And for goodness sake, don't try and interpret Mother Whale Eyeless.
“I know you Americans mispronounce everything (?!?!?!) but it has to be Reg-eye-na not Reg-eena to rhyme with China. We created the language…”
Yeah, except regina is Latin. 😂
Edited to add: Even so, I still pronounce it “correctly.” Learnt it whilst living in Canada. How’s that for a totally not American sentence?!
Early Eno is my favorite. This is a strange ride you are about to get on. I have a tee shirt with the album cover on front.
You are so close to the good stuff I can taste it.
Backwater and Here He Comes from Before and After Science shows the complete Eno magic.
Absolutely, my favourite Eno
Nostalgic teenage chemical memories!...
Here Come the Warm Jets is more original. Another Green World is more important. Before and After Science is more refined. Somehow this was always my favourite solo Eno rock record. The nonsense really hits the spot on this one.
Don't look up the capital of Saskatchewan.
Great comment.
I just did 🤣
I think one of the reasons he chose China is that it had not yet opened up to the western world and was seen as this very mysterious, magical place.
Check out 801 Live which features Eno, Phil Manzanera and a pair of bizarre covers plus loads of other stuff. you'll love it!
He should maybe listen to Another Green World and Phil Manzanera's solo album Diamond Head before 801 Live, since they contain the original versions of several tracks on 801 Live.
Then again, 801 Live has Simon Phillips and we all know by now how much our host likes amazing drumming.
Yep. 801 Live is a fantastic album. Their version of Tomorrow Never Knows is better than the Beatles' original!
@@lemming9984 Thanks in a large part to the above mentioned Simon Phillips, who was all of 18 at the time!
It’s a concept album.
That information makes all the diference. You just can get a complete understanding what's about, looking the whole picture, or rather, the whole album.
Really? I've had this album 48 years, and apart from a couple of refs to China I'd never realised!
@@lemming9984 took a few hundred listens for me, too. And discussions with others who were digging in.
It’s pretty loose, but observes repeating elements. Eno was (is) a genius.
@@RobertERensch I agree, but I did get bored with all the samey ambient stuff he did. No Pussyfooting, Evening Star and Music For Films are great - but I don't listen to anything else ambient. The collaboration with Cale - Wrong Way Up was a fun diversion too?
@@lemming9984 my interest trailed off after Another Green World.
I have one of the first ambient albums, but it’s a curiosity.
I am a musician type. The application of instruments in song form attracts me. I’m certainly not in Eno’s wheelhouse, but I appreciate what I can relate to. 🤷♂️
Eno has to be in my top 3 list of influential artists. Of course I’m happy for you to listen to more Eno. The creativity on all his albums is amazing. I guess you are going chronologically. I personally would not have recommended that from watching what you like. I just think the first two he is still trying to make pop or rock songs. They are going through his blender so they are absolutely strange and wonderful. They are great albums. But on Another Green World and Before and After Science he is just making songs. I believe some that you would think are David Sylvian good. Bowie Low good. Beautiful good. Not as many quirky songs and voices. His voice has dropped down. And some poignant lyrics. I think you will actually like these first albums more after hearing the others.
When you mention DS, I get excited
Love it, Love it, Love it. I can never decide whether I like this album or Warm Jets more!
I definitely prefer this one.
Original title was "Turkish Airlines", inspired by the DC-10 that crashed near Paris in March 1974, killing all 346 on board.
Occasionally, Eno chooses to focus on the phonetic value of words and the meaning becomes trivial. Otherwise, from narrative point of view, it makes a nice pair with another curious account of espionage, Slapp Happy's "Casablanca Moon", which was released in 1974 as well.
You can't beat early Eno. "Third Uncle" is my favourite from this album.
Regina refers to the Queen of England. Female Regent, in other words. And as I recall, some of the guitar parts are played by Robert Fripp. This may be one of the most accessible of songs that Eno sings on. Don't read too much into the lyrics. There probably isn't a deeper meaning, just Eno's poetry.
At this point, I still prefer the first album to this one, however I will give it another listen, even just to see your reaction to "Third Uncle", which is a good track.
The first ever punk song?
@@davidcopson5800 Certainly a contender!
As excellent as this album is, i can't wait until you get to "Another Green World". My favourite Eno album by a long chalk!
Love this record! This track, The Third Wheel and the title track being my faves. Eno’s On Fire!
The True Wheel, I'm sure you meant to say!
Yep. My bad.👍
The first Eno album I checked out (and fell in love with). Mother Whale Eyeless, The True Wheel and the title track being faves. Within the pop song structures, quite a bit of experimentation.
I really like this album.
That's the English pronunciation of Regina (by the older generations).
It's Eno's best album in my humble opinion
It's a mean joke, but if you have a dark sense of humor like mine, it's good. It's like after an airliner crashed into a bridge, and Howard Stern then phoned the airline to see if he could buy tickets to that destination, i.e. the crash site. In the present, fictional case, the sudden death of someone via plane wreck enhanced someone else's life by keeping bad news from getting to him. So, imagine an airline trying to turn that benefit into something they could advertise.
I do have most of his recordings, but Taking Tiger Mountain was never a fav of mine. The best song on this album is The Fat Lady of Limbourg. Eno was "playing" with "his" strategy cards and drove his musician collegues into madness. The cards told how everything should be done, good melodies were abbandonned and bad were developed. Unfortunatly you hear this on this album. Quirkiness is sometimes a funny thing, but too much is sometimes too much. The Green Album is way better! Try St. Elmo's Fire which feat. some beautiful Fripp solo guitar!
Hey JP, have you done Ali Click yet? Eno is genius!
I don't think he's encountered Nerve Net yet.
I'm hoping you'll do what you did with his first album and react to a different track from this album everyday. LOL
Won't be everyday like the last one, but still somewhat consistent lol
The song had an ok sound. I hit like for the review.
I had to chuckle reading sammelis's post. 'Yeah, Eno's back' has he even been away... Seems like only 5 mins since we finished his appaling debut album. His early stuff could be really dire. And i'm glad sammelis like the lyrics to Judy's Jungle, but I can't find anything in the music to like (sorry, spoiler alert), it borders on the downright puerile. Was this a freebie, is that why it was waggled about the screen. if so, this's why parents tell kids not to accept gifts from strangers.
I missed this. haha
Wonderful album, with one utterly stinky bad track. The rest is 5 star.
Not a very good album. Another Green World and Warm Jets are the good ones. Even 'Before and After Science' is better than this disappointing album.
I disagree. This is a brilliant album. So are the rest.
I disagree as well. While I think 'Here Come The Warm Jets' is good I also think it is overrated,and it is my least favorite of Eno's four 'rock' albums from the seventies.
Sorry , completely overrated in general imho ..
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