Troy
11-15-2004, 11:21 AM
Never heard this album before, go figure.
Bought the seedee used last week, spun it a lot over the weekend.
Strange songs filled with lyrical non sequiturs and disjointed subjects. There's a sense of unserious playfulness and fun that I really like. A lot of it is borderline ridiculous.
Strange production using a wild variety of instruments in combinations that in 1974 must have been shocking. Lots of subtle FX and fine detail. The album sounds really tinny and brittle by modern standards, but inspite of that, it's a real production tour de force. More *whomp* is needed- Imagine "The Great Pretender" with the weight of the similarly instrumented and percussive "Blue Man Group" discs. The 801 version of "3rd Uncle" is better too.
Really outre stuff considering where music was in 1974.
It's the best Eno album I've heard, bordering on being a "missing link" for me. It's a strange pop album instead of etherial soundscapes. Obviously, I've been buying the wrong albums . . . I think I better pick up "Warm Jets" too.
Bought the seedee used last week, spun it a lot over the weekend.
Strange songs filled with lyrical non sequiturs and disjointed subjects. There's a sense of unserious playfulness and fun that I really like. A lot of it is borderline ridiculous.
Strange production using a wild variety of instruments in combinations that in 1974 must have been shocking. Lots of subtle FX and fine detail. The album sounds really tinny and brittle by modern standards, but inspite of that, it's a real production tour de force. More *whomp* is needed- Imagine "The Great Pretender" with the weight of the similarly instrumented and percussive "Blue Man Group" discs. The 801 version of "3rd Uncle" is better too.
Really outre stuff considering where music was in 1974.
It's the best Eno album I've heard, bordering on being a "missing link" for me. It's a strange pop album instead of etherial soundscapes. Obviously, I've been buying the wrong albums . . . I think I better pick up "Warm Jets" too.