Eno: producer extraordinaire of everyone from Bowie to U2, member of Roxy Music, inventor of the ambient subgenre, but how much Eno have you ever actually listened to? If your answer is "none," start with this 1975 LP. Eno here hasn't totally abandoned traditional sounds and song structures, but his approach is much more towards creating mood than pop music. Studio virtuosity is his focus, not melody or rhythm (though there are some poppier pieces on here, "Sky Saw" is not one of them, pleasureable as it is). To pull an art reference out of my ass, Eno has moved from Roxy Music's Van Gogh to this album's Monet, and will later take on a Rothko vibe (damn, that was in fact a good one).
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