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Never understood why Eno was known first and foremost as an ambient musician. His first four “rock” albums are as good a quartet as any 20th century artist rele
by webwielder2 5y ago
Never understood why Eno was known first and foremost as an ambient musician. His first four “rock” albums are as good a quartet as any 20th century artist released.
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- andybak 5y agoThey are also great pop albums. A ton of memorable tunes in a surprisingly accessible format.
- rubyskills 5y agoI think I discovered him when listening to the ambient station on di.fm (digitally imported). Perhaps he gained a following from that?
- piethesailorman 5y agoI discovered him through Coldplay. I can't remember which ones but he produced at least one of the early records.
- nkozyra 5y agoI'd suspect most people are aware of him as some tangential element to a band or bands that are far better known: Bowie, Talking Heads, Devo, U2 ... almost all of it getting some subtle Eno flavor. He never struck me as overbearing or obvious on his work, generally just adding a little bit of him on top of whoever he was producing/working with. Here I'll admit that I think Another Green World starts really strong and falls off. It's a beloved album but I'll happily take my downvotes in preferring HCTWJ.
- zwieback 5y agoI bought HCTWJ first but Another Green World is the one I really wore out the grooves on. And I think the ambient stuff after that is so-so.
- vanusa 5y agoI think it's because while he certainly wasn't the first to come up with spatial / furniture-y music - with Ambient 1 he officially coined "ambient" as a genre name (as a brand, as it were), by all accounts. That album was also probably the first introduction that kind of music for a great many people. It certainly was for me.
- leokennis 5y agoAlso, like the iPod or iPhone, they weren't the first but they did set the standard for the product category. Ambient 1 is the same for ambient music.
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