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A universally acknowledged masterpiece, Another Green World represents a departure from song structure and toward a more ethereal, minimalistic approach to sound. Despite the stripped-down arrangements, the album's sumptuous tone quality reflects Eno's growing virtuosity at handling the recording studio as an instrument in itself (à la Brian Wilson). There are a few pop songs scattered here and there ("St. Elmo's Fire," "I'll Come Running," "Golden Hours"), but most of the album consists of deliberately paced instrumentals that, while often closer to ambient music than pop, are both melodic and rhythmic; many, like "Sky Saw," "In Dark Trees," and "Little Fishes," are highly imagistic, like paintings done in sound that actually resemble their titles. Lyrics are infrequent, but when they do pop up, they follow the free-associative style of albums past; this time, though, the humor seems less bizarre than gently whimsical and addled, fitting perfectly into the dreamlike mood of the rest of the album. Most of Another Green World is like experiencing a soothing, dream-filled slumber while awake, and even if some of the pieces have dark or threatening qualities, the moments of unease are temporary, like a passing nightmare whose feeling lingers briefly upon waking but whose content is forgotten. Unlike some of his later, full-fledged ambient work, Eno's gift for melodicism and tight focus here keep the entirety of the album in the forefront of the listener's consciousness, making it the perfect introduction to his achievements even for those who find ambient music difficult to enjoy.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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John Cale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Collins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Percy Jones, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Rudolph, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rod Melvin, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Collins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Percy Jones, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Fripp, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Rhythm Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Rhythm Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Fripp, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Rudolph, Guitar, Snare Drum, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rod Melvin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Sound Effects, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Organ, Prepared Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Robert Fripp, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Cale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Organ, Piano, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Collins, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Percy Jones, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Rudolph, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rod Melvin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Turrington, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Heyworth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guy Bidmead, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Ash, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bari Sage, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2004 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
A universally acknowledged masterpiece, Another Green World represents a departure from song structure and toward a more ethereal, minimalistic approach to sound. Despite the stripped-down arrangements, the album's sumptuous tone quality reflects Eno's growing virtuosity at handling the recording studio as an instrument in itself (à la Brian Wilson). There are a few pop songs scattered here and there ("St. Elmo's Fire," "I'll Come Running," "Golden Hours"), but most of the album consists of deliberately paced instrumentals that, while often closer to ambient music than pop, are both melodic and rhythmic; many, like "Sky Saw," "In Dark Trees," and "Little Fishes," are highly imagistic, like paintings done in sound that actually resemble their titles. Lyrics are infrequent, but when they do pop up, they follow the free-associative style of albums past; this time, though, the humor seems less bizarre than gently whimsical and addled, fitting perfectly into the dreamlike mood of the rest of the album. Most of Another Green World is like experiencing a soothing, dream-filled slumber while awake, and even if some of the pieces have dark or threatening qualities, the moments of unease are temporary, like a passing nightmare whose feeling lingers briefly upon waking but whose content is forgotten. Unlike some of his later, full-fledged ambient work, Eno's gift for melodicism and tight focus here keep the entirety of the album in the forefront of the listener's consciousness, making it the perfect introduction to his achievements even for those who find ambient music difficult to enjoy.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:47
- Main artists: Brian Eno
- Composer: Brian Eno
- Label: EMI Marketing
- Genre: Electronic
© 2004 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 2004 Virgin Records Limited
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