Number of Discs: 1
Label: Materiali Sonori

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: EG
Catalogue Number: EGCD65

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Personnel:
Brian Eno (vocals, guitar, acoustic & electric pianos, organ, synthesizer, bass, bells, percussion, various instruments)
Paul Rudolph (guitar, bass, snare drum)
Robert Fripp, Phil Manzanera (guitar)
Brian Turrington (piano, bass)
Robert Wyatt (piano, percussion)
Rod Melvin (piano)
Andy MacKay (keyboards)
Busta Cherry Jones (bass)
Percy Jones (fretless bass)
Rhett Davies (Stick, agong-gong)
Dave Mattacks, Phil Collins (drums)
Simon King (percussion)
The Simplistics (background vocals)

This compilation was released on vinyl and tape as More Blank Than Frank in 1986 and belatedly issued on CD in 1989 with a less enigmatic title more in keeping with Eno's stated intention: "Instead of trying to compile a representative sample, an historical archive, or a best-of, I just put together a record I'd like to listen to." Desert Island Selection favours Eno's later pop work. Seven songs--including the swirling St. Elmo's Fire and the kinetic, African-influenced King's Lead Hat--come from Another Green World and Before and After Science, with only two from the concept album Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy and one, the incandescent On Some Faraway Beach, from his solo debut Here Come the Warm Jets. While all four of Eno's '70s art-pop albums are essential listening, Desert Island Selection is a thoughtful condensation that's both an excellent introduction to Eno's pop work and a wonderfully listenable album itself

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Eg
Catalogue Number: EEGCD23

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Personnel:
Brian Eno (tape loop)
Gavin Bryars; The Cockpit Ensemble

Recorded at Brian Eno's studio, London, England on September 5, 1975 and Trident Studios, London, England on December 9, 1975

Includes liner notes by Brian Eno

Discreet Music is Brian Eno's first break with pop music in favor of a quieter, more meditative form, and it came about by accident. When Eno was confined to bed after an auto accident, a visitor brought him an album of classical music, which he mistakenly put on the stereo at a very low volume. Unable to get up to raise the volume, Eno heard the quiet music blend with the natural sounds of his environment, and conceived a music designed for that purpose. The several lengthy pieces on Discreet Music are named after quotes from the liner notes of a recording of Pachebel's Canon in D, which also provides the structure of the pieces themselves. Built on subtle tape loops, the pieces retain just enough of those structures to avoid the deliberate formlessness of Eno's later ambient experiments. The very beginnings of ambient music are on this disc

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Venture
Catalogue Number: CDVE954

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review:
Ambient pioneer Brian Eno has devoted much of his time to producing and making art than to his own music in recent years. Drawn From Life, his first album since 1997's The Drop is a collaboration with German percussionist and hip-hop DJ J. Peter Schwalm. The resultant sound is distinguished not by any move into the territory of urban beats but diverse, syncopated but determinedly downtempo, spatial rhythms. The 11 tracks all fall into the category of moody soundscapes--film scores for arthouse projects, but they're far from unapproachable--Like Pictures Part 2 recalls My Life in the Bush of Ghosts with minimal spoken word from Laurie Anderson over a sighing handclap rhythm, tinkling vibes and eastern strings, Rising Dust twinkles to a warm fuzz of electronica and vocodored piano. Meditative and absorbing, Drawn From Life is a counterpoint to silence.
--Mike Pattenden

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11-track promo picture CD, stunning gatefold card picture sleeve CDVEDJX954

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11-track promo CD-R acetate including From This Moment, Persis, Like Pictures Part 1 & 2, Night Traffic & Rising Dust, custom printed disc & title sleeve CDVE954

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10-track double-LP including Like Pictures Parts 1&2, numbered picture sleeve LPVE954

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Originally released: 1997

Number of Discs: 1
Label: All Saints
Catalogue Number: ASCD032

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Reviews:
Rolling Stone (9/4/97, p.70) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Angular melodies, bent guitar notes, piano drizzles and manipulated effects make up THE DROP's mixed bag of 17 minicompositions..."
Entertainment Weekly (7/25/97, p.73) - "...Like most of his ambient forays, this one takes time to shape....But once he locks into confident bass tones, the fluttering notes at the high end seem to find their compliment..." - Rating: B

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Touchwood Records

Including: Eno's Prophecy Theme

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Format: Color, NTSC
Label: Mystic Fire

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Number of Discs: 3
Label: Emi Int'l

From: Another Green World to Neroli [Edit] and all that lies in between

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Number of Discs: 3
Label: Emi Int'l

From: Needle in the Camel's Eye to Over and all that lies in between

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Venture
Catalogue Number: CDVE920

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: EG
Catalogue Number: EEGCD3

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Originally released: 1980

Number of Discs: 1
Label: EG

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Warner Brothers

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4-track CD including Zaire Mix, Naive Mix 1 and, picture sleeve

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Number of Discs: 1

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Originally released: 1973

Number of Discs: 1
Label: EG
Catalogue Number: EGCD11

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Polygram Records

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Number of Discs: 1
Book Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Alberico Cetti Serbelloni Editore

Description:
In Autumn 1998, the exhibition I Dormienti, at the Roundhouse in London, provided the first opportunity for the two artists to work together. This book unites drawings and photographs from the exhibition, with a dialogue between the artists, and a CD of the music Eno composed especially for the show. The result is a graphic project of such high quality that it more closely resembles a work of art than an art book. Characteristic is the attention to detail in every aspect: the meticulous, five-color "pentachrome" printing-process, the 250 gram card stock, the silk screen printed cloth cover, the protective sleeve and precious presentation box. With a limited edition of 2000 issues, being more exclusive than a promotional disc.

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Opal Music

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Reviews:

CD Baby
"this album changes the flow of personal time... A meditative, expansive world unfolds with no limits on the imagination."

The Wall Street Journal
"[Mr Eno] created 10 virtual bells in his synthesizer, taking some liberties with physics."

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Caroline

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Island
Catalogue Number: IMCD92

Originally released 1974

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Limited-edition print inserted in Brian Eno's Before And After Science release. Signed by Russell Mills in black pen. Measures approximately 16.5cm x 20.5cm.

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Number of Discs: 1
Label: Polygram Records

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Review:
Glass finds inspiration for his music in the strangest places. Here, he has taken his themes for the Low Symphony from the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno, specifically from their album entitled Low. You needn't be familiar with (or like) the work of Bowie or Eno to appreciate this piece, which is in three movements: Subterrraneans, Some Are, and Warszawa. Glass doesn't quote the borrowed themes directly, but lets them generate their own variations- -which he's very good at. This is an unexpected success and a grand delight.
--Paul Cook

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Label: Polygram Records

Eno : contribution:

Miss Sarajevo

Composed by Brian Eno
Performed by Turin Philharmonic Orchestra with Luciano Pavarotti
Conducted by Michael Kamen

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