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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Emmitt Rhodes meets Brian Eno |
| Date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:47:50 -0400 |
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From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
>> I think he meant that this is the first solo album of pop songs
>> with vocals that Eno has released since BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE --
>> which it is, improbable as that seems. I still say it's not a
>> patch on the '70s albums, but it's not without its charms.
>
> Oh...I guess I lost touch with Eno there for awhile, but it seemed
> to
> me that some of those albums post-Before And After Science were
> "pop songs with vocals" no? Like that one with Cale, for instance...
There was that one, but to me, WRONG WAY UP sounds like a John Cale
album with Eno guesting more than a proper collaboration. I think
Eno himself has since characterized it similarly.
> Anyway, didn't mean any offense...and maybe I need to hear the
> album, cuz I loved that period of Brian Eno's musical career...
One you get past track one, "This" (which I genuinely think might be
absolutely the worst song Brian Eno has ever recorded), it improves
steadily. But for me, it's not until "Going Unconscious," four songs
into an 11-song album, that it actually gets...well, good. But
everything after that I like.
S
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