Some of Them Are Polled (ILM Artist Poll #55 - Brian Eno - RESULTS)

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Poll is on fire!

Part 3, Contributions as Other Than Lead Artist

This was a bit of a hash, and I don't blame anyone who declined to vote in it, but after Tracks and Productions, I thought there needed to be a catch-all where Eno's involvement on instruments and/or treatments was enough to lift the work to "the next level," to be totally clichéd about it. In other words, a category where Bowie's Berlin Trilogy could mop up.

#15(Tie) - 81 Points - 3 votes
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" - U2 (from Zooropa, 1993)
"Miss Shapiro" - Phil Manzanera (from Diamond Head, 1985)

#14 - 82 Points - 3 votes
"Crosseyed and Painless" - Talking Heads (from Remain in Light, 1980)

Nuts, didn't vote

John cale's "gun" better make this 15

One other reason I didn't/couldn't vote is that there is very little with Eno's name on it that I do not like. I'd have to whittle down hundreds of tracks, including not just from solo albums which I like in their entirety, but things like Cale's Island albums or U2's albums or James albums or Bowie albums or Talking Heads albums that I like in their entirety, too. It was just impossible.

#12 (Tie) - 89 Points - 4 Votes
"African Night Flight" - David Bowie (from Lodger, 1979)
"Boys Keep Swinging" - David Bowie (from Lodger, 1979)

#11 - 93 Points - 4 Votes
"Always Crashing in the Same Car" - David Bowie (from Low, 1977)

#10 - 125 Points - 5 Votes
"Art Decade" - David Bowie (from Low, 1977)

Apropos African Night Flight, during a brief visit to Berlin last weekend I managed to attend the Bowie exhibition of Victoria and Albert Museum fame not once but twice and was especially delighted by the Berlin-section they tacked on at the end of the default stuff. Among the exhibits were Bowie's old flat key and several Die-Brücke-paintings but a really nice addition was the briefcase EMS Synthi AKS on display, though I doubt it was the original Eno one: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/959470/_2014-07-05-17.24.28.jpg

#9 - 126 Points - 4 Votes - one 1st place vote
"Born Under Punches" - Talking Heads (from Remain in Light, 1980)

Worth reminding, since they are on their way, that both "Heroes" and "Once in a Lifetime," arguably the best two songs from each respective act, are formal Eno co-writes. I recall a radio piece several years ago about the latter, and apparently the chorus was all Eno. The song as conceived by Byrne/the band was just basically the static A section, over and over.

Oh snap, here it is, I think! Typically fascinating Eno stuff pops up around the four-minute mark.

http://www.npr.org/2000/03/27/1072131/once-in-a-lifetime

Never knew the noisy distorted guitar at the end is really an organ!

#8 - 130 Points - 5 Votes
"The Great Curve" - Talking Heads (from Remain in Light, 1980)

Thanks for that NPR link!

#7 - 133 Points - 5 Votes
"I Zimbra" - Talking Heads (from Fear of Music, 1979)

#6 - 150 Points - 5 Votes - two #1 votes
"Heaps of Sheeps" - Robert Wyatt (from Shleep, 1997)

#5 - 155 Points - 5 Votes - one #1 vote
"Gun" - John Cale (from Fear, 1974)

#4 - 168 Points - 6 Votes
"Warszawa" - David Bowie (From Low, 1977)

"Gun" was my #1

I'm going to zip through the top 3 because I'm in dire need of some lunch.

when you've begun to
think you need lunch

#3 - 206 Points - 7 Votes - one #1 vote
"Lemon" - U2 (from Zooropa, 1993)

#2 - 208 Points - 7 Votes - one #1 vote
"Once in a Lifetime" - Talking Heads (from Remain in Light, 1980)

Only 2 points difference...I think it's safe to say "Lemon" beating "OIAL" would have been considered a big upset.

Thumbs up for Lemon, though.

and your no-surprise winner:

#1 - 363 Points - 12 Votes - three #1 votes
"Heroes" - David Bowie (from "Heroes," 1977)

Fuckin' U2, fuck 'em

Hmmm, nothing against this top 16 at all (voted for three of them) but slightly surprised at the absence of "Take Me To The River". As I recall, it was Brian's idea to slow the song right down and then use the extra space created to create that 'underwater' feel to the track using his bag of production tricks.

I didn't vote in that part of the poll so i can have no complaints tbh

I think it's safe to say "Lemon" beating "OIAL" would have been considered a big upset.

Ha, I think I would've smashed something.

The #1 vote for "Take Me To the River" was its only vote. Full results in a few minutes.

TITLE							PTS	VOTES	#1’s
Heroes - David Bowie					363	12	3
Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads			208	7	1
Lemon - U2						206	7	1
Warszawa - David Bowie					168	6	0
Gun - John Cale						155	5	1
Heaps of Sheeps - Robert Wyatt 				150	5	2
I Zimbra - Talking Heads				133	5	0
The Great Curve - Talking Heads 			130	5	0
Born Under Punches - Talking Heads			126	4	1
Art Decade - David Bowie				125	5	0
Always Crashing in the Same Car - Bowie			93	4	0
African Night Flight - David Bowie			89	4	0
Boys Keep Swinging - David Bowie			89	4	0
Crosseyed and Painless - Talking Heads			82	3	0
Miss Shapiro - Phil Manzanera				81	3	0
Stay (Faraway So Close) - U2				81	3	0
Stay Hungry - Talking Heads				80	3	1
Moss Garden - David Bowie				76	3	0
Some Are - David Bowie					76	2	1
The Unforgettable Fire - U2 				76	3	0
Look Back In Anger - David Bowie			75	3	0
Breaking Glass - David Bowie				69	2	0
Sound and Vision - David Bowie				67	3	0
Gloria Gloom - Matching Mole 				64	2	1
Houses in Motion - Talking Heads 			62	2	0
Sing - Slowdive						57	2	0
Big Day - Phil Manzanara				54	2	0
Blackout - David Bowie					54	2	0
Neukoln - David Bowie					53	2	0
V2 Schneider - David Bowie				53	2	0
Sons of the Silent Age - David Bowie			52	2	0
Zooropa - U2						50	2	0
The Fly - U2						48	2	0
A New Career in a New Town - David Bowie		47	2	0
Beauty and the Beast - David Bowie			47	2	0
Red Sails - David Bowie					47	2	0
Elvis Presley and America - U2				46	2	0
Viva la Vida - Coldplay					45	2	0
D.J. - David Bowie					44	2	0
Sometimes - James					43	2	0
Sense of Doubt - David Bowie				41	2	0
Reflections On I.K.B. - Roger Eno 			40	1	1
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads			40	1	1
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) - U2 			40	1	1
Jocko Homo - Devo 					38	2	0
Be My Wife - David Bowie				36	1	0
Fantastic Voyage - David Bowie				36	1	0
Listening Wind - Talking Heads				36	1	0
Here She Comes - Slowdive 				35	2	0
I'm Deranged - David Bowie				35	2	0
Meditation #2 - Laraaji					33	1	0
Out to Get Me - James 					33	1	0
Say Something - James					33	1	0
Tomorrow Never Knows - 801 				33	1	0
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music				30	1	0
Joe the Lion - David Bowie				30	1	0
Power Spot - Jon Hassell				30	1	0
I`m Not In Love - Talking Heads				28	1	0
Midday - Michael Brook 					28	1	0
Drugs - Talking Heads					26	1	0
Eno's Introducing the Band - Suede			26	1	0
Uncontrollable Urge - Devo				26	1	0
Zaragossa 						26	1	0
Cities - Talking Heads					25	1	0
Forest - Robert Wyatt 					25	1	0
Re-make/Re-model - Roxy Music				25	1	0
Seen And Not Seen - Talking Heads			25	1	0
You Know More Than I Know - John Cale			25	1	0
Artists Only - Talking Heads				24	1	0
In Conflict - Owen Pallett				24	1	0
Laid - James						24	1	0
Don't These Windows Open? - Fovea Hex 			23	1	0
I Thought - Bryan Ferry					23	1	0
Solaire - Jon Hassell					23	1	0
With Our Love - Talking Heads				23	1	0
Air - Jon Hassell					22	1	0
Exit - U2						22	1	0
It Has Not Taken Long - Nico 				22	1	0
Subterraneans - David Bowie				22	1	0
The Overload - Talking Heads 				22	1	0
The Secret Life of Arabia - David Bowie			22	1	0
Virginia Plain - Roxy Music				22	1	0
Mongoloid - Devo					21	1	0
Speed of Life - David Bowie				21	1	0
The Real Dream Of Sails - Harold Budd			21	1	0
The Riverbed - Owen Pallett				21	1	0
Weeping Wall - David Bowie				21	1	0
5 Black Notes and 1 White Note  - Robert Wyatt		20	1	0
Chor Moiré - Jon Hassell				20	1	0
Five-O - James						20	1	0
I Feel You (Life’s Too Short Mix) - Depeche Mode 	20	1	0
Mind - Talking Heads					20	1	0
With or Without You - U2				20	1	0
4th of July - U2					19	1	0
Barracuda - John Cale					19	1	0
Exposure - Robert Fripp					19	1	0
Memories Can’t Wait - Talking Heads 			19	1	0
Protection (The Eno Mix) - Massive Attack 		19	1	0
Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats - Genesis 			19	1	0
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls - Talking Heads	19	1	0
Hurricane - Grace Jones 				18	1	0
Paper - Talking Heads					18	1	0
Grey Promenade - Roger Eno 				17	1	0
I Know What I'm Here For - James			17	1	0
Innocent And Vain - Nico				17	1	0
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis		17	1	0

Cool list!

I geeked out looking at credits to see which tracks were the most Enoised, hence my high placings for Lemon (keyboards and backing vocals) and Low side two. Can't argue with the top two.

I've been long fascinated by the making-of method behind both James' "Wah Wah" and "Zooropa:" the band and engineer in one studio, and Eno in his own, second studio, generally messing with things.

Another fave Eno studio story. Apparently one of his mixing methods is to keep some of the tracks off-kilter, bits mixed too low, or too loud, or too hot or too generally not correct, to get the right mix of wrong sounds in there. There was one track during the making of "The Joshua Tree" that Eno had mixed all screwy, so much so that when the engineer showed up he thought it was a mistake and made sure all the levels were right and proper, like a good engineer. Then Eno comes back from tea or whatever, sees what he's done, and yells at him never to mess around with his mess, basically.

That engineer must have been a noob to not know Eno's rep for experimentation by 1986.

I'll start Pt. 2 in a little while -- I'm still tabulating Tracks data and transferring it to the spreadsheet that everybody will get to look at when this is done.

Awesome stuff so far.

Lemon was my number one and is an incredible song. I know everyone has made their mind up about U2 at this point but that song really stands out in their back catalogue as being totally unique. Shame they've never managed to get that level of greatness (or even come close) again.

I totally missed that we could vote for Heaps of Sheeps. I would have given that some points. Possibly my favourite Robert Wyatt song.

Zooropa is their best album.

And a classic Eno Onnichord song to boot. Was high on my list.

Lemon has a bit ("Driftin'/Driftin'/Driftin' from the shore") that sounds like Berlin-era Bowie.

(X-post -- was referring to "Heaps of Sheep" above)

aaaaaagh my #1 just missed the top 50 by a point ;kadgsfh;jgasdpioewjasdkljasdfnczx

Xpost I always thought the Omnichord was one of many things Eno shared in common with Chris Knox.

Part 2, Albums Produced or Co-Produced by Eno

start at 51! xxp

http://i.imgur.com/nKOB5Uo.jpg

#21 - Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics - Jon Hassell/Brian Eno (1980)

xp - might do it, sleeve!

Sorry, forgot stats.

#21 - 91 Points - 3 Votes
Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics - Jon Hassell/Brian Eno (1980)

http://i.imgur.com/ZtRuScR.jpg

#20 - 91 Points - 4 Votes
The Unforgettable Fire - U2 (1984)

http://i.imgur.com/F6wOr3i.jpg

#19 - 106 Points - 4 Votes
Laid - James (1993)

Not gonna gum up the thread with rote u2 hate but putting that garbage above 4th world ilx ;_;

Go thru phases of playing the hell out of that & other hassell albums, still love that one best

Was the Paul Simon album the only real Eno for hire creative flop?

http://i.imgur.com/vyh2ak2.jpg

#18 - 117 Points - 5 Votes
Achtung Baby - U2 (1991)

xp -- I can't think of any others, but if this poll has taught me anything, it's that I don't know as much about Eno as I thought I did.

Was the Paul Simon album the only real Eno for hire creative flop?

― Josh in Chicago

No Line on the Horizon. Besides, Surprise is mostly Simon-produced.

http://i.imgur.com/PDgH7kp.jpg

#17 - 129 Points - 5 Votes
Zooropa - U2 (1993)

The first couple minutes of the title track...

I think I need to get past my issues with U2 and actually listen to these records.

http://i.imgur.com/xFPKB7O.jpg

#16 - 131 Points - 5 Votes
Wrong Way Up - Brian Eno/John Cale (1990)

SHOULD BE HIGHER

I think I need to get past my issues with U2 and actually listen to these records.

they don't need any more fans

You're both right.

You don't gotta be a U2 fan to love Zooropa.

too friggin low imho

http://i.imgur.com/mX21rMu.jpg

#15 - 155 Points - 7 Votes
The Pearl - Harold Budd & Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois (1984)

Speaking of Budd, I listened to The Pavilion of Dreams last night for the first time and I wish I could go back in time and put it on my productions ballot.

http://i.imgur.com/Y0h6Lgz.jpg

#14 - 181 Points - 8 Votes
(No Pussyfooting) - Robert Fripp & Brian Eno (1973)

This one gets a "TOO LOW" from me.

amazing, beautiful record

http://i.imgur.com/OT9I7qA.jpg

#13 - 185 Points - 8 Votes
Ambient 1: Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)

As a huge Eno fan, and a big Lanois fan, and a pretty big U2 fan, it never ceases to amaze me that I repeatedly forget "No Line on the Horizon" exists. I mean, it's not terrible. Just ... worthless?

No Pussyfooting: by far my favorite Fripp album (have time for occasion Fripp songs of course)

Speaking of Budd, I listened to The Pavilion of Dreams last night for the first time and I wish I could go back in time and put it on my productions ballot.

one of my favorite records

pleased that The Pearl placed high, I love that record

http://i.imgur.com/OwPRgsG.jpg

#12 - 186 Points - 7 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo (1978)

i wonder what eno thought of akron

thinks, even!

Did he ever go there? I picture him sending the band a telegram summoning them to Cologne.

I know it's a rare instance of a band being unsatisfied with the Eno treatment, even if Eno was apparently pretty hands off. I guess he took too many rough edges off? Similar to this, I suppose:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tGomCFR_W0

TELEVISION with BRYAN ENO

i have no idea if he has ever gone to akron but it would be cool if he did

http://i.imgur.com/USOz6Ji.jpg

#11 - 203 Points - 9 Votes
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - Brian Eno, with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno (1983)

apollo is the most highly revered ambient eno that i just can't get into.

i love music for airports, the pearl, thursday afternoon, music for films, etc, but the apollo vibe always makes my stomach turn for some reason

Pretty sure I'd never heard any of it until the Trainspotting soundtrack.

it has a twee lullabyish feel to it a lot of the time, less of an uncanny edge than a lot of his other ambient stuff

I love it

http://i.imgur.com/ODVVygP.jpg

#10 - 233 Points - 10 Votes
Ambient 4: On Land - Brian Eno (1982)

Apollo is my favorite ambient Eno after DM, particularly the second side. I count maybe one treacly moment.

too low, i love that organic ambient record.

http://i.imgur.com/do4ADrW.jpg

#9 - 254 Points - 10 Votes
Discreet Music - Brian Eno (1975)

xps it's the 2nd half I'm thinking of, with all the warm twangy stuff, and I'm prob overstating it a bit. Stuff like "weightless" tho

anyway, thread needs more ENO PICS dammit

<3 discreet music

i first listened to it as part of a silly sleep experiment that i wrote about for the alt weekly i worked for

http://img5.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/k/f/kfgwtr8nj97otw8k.jpg?djet1p5k

http://www.synthtopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/brian-eno-kinky-superfreak-244x300.jpg

http://www.echoes.org/graphics/R-Eno1.jpg

http://www.edp24.co.uk/polopoly_fs/1.2231712.1370963652!/image/1590065172.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/1590065172.jpg

it's the 2nd half I'm thinking of, with all the warm twangy stuff, and I'm prob overstating it a bit. Stuff like "weightless" tho

― when there's no more room in heㄥㄥ the thread will walk the earth (wins)

otm re "Weightless"

it's prob my 2nd fave on the album btw

http://i.imgur.com/y0UuvU0.jpg

#8 - 281 Points - 11 Votes
More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads (1978)

Apollo is my favorite ambient Eno after DM, particularly the second side. I count maybe one treacly moment.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:14 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

agreed completely

apollo is the most highly revered ambient eno that i just can't get into.

― Karl Malone, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:01 PM

cosign, that loud piece in the middle really is an unwelcome jolt

otm re "Weightless"

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's prob my 2nd fave on the album btw

― when there's no more room in heㄥㄥ the thread will walk the earth (wins), Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:23 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

& with this!

boy that Eno production of "See No Evil" is a rough draft of what he thought he heard in the Heads.

http://i.imgur.com/N3s2XrJ.jpg

#7 - 290 Points - 11 Votes
Fear of Music - Talking Heads (1979)

http://i.imgur.com/0StiZSc.jpg

#6 - 348 Points - 13 Votes
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno & David Byrne (1981)

i've never heard my life in the bush of ghosts (but i know about it)
am i missing anything essential?

stupid question obvs but i guess my question is would i like it?

I think you would dig it and it would blow your mind with fun but not heavyosity.

Except for "Mountain of Needles," which still gives me the heebie-jeebies 33 years later.

it is my fave eno collaboration. this is how world music should sound, experimental & tribal. still fresh and exciting today.

http://i.imgur.com/otu3kbJ.jpg

#5 - 397 Points - 14 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Brian Eno (1974)

there's got to be a roxy music album in the top 4 if my arithmetics are right...

i've never heard my life in the bush of ghosts (but i know about it)
am i missing anything essential?

― La Lechera, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 10:48 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES!

alright
i'll finally listen to it now that it's 2014 and i can do that fairly easily!

my fave of the vocal albums

Mine too! Mainly for amazing lyrics.

http://i.imgur.com/Gje8TLZ.jpg

#4 - 455 Points - 14 Votes - four 1st-place votes
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1981)

Xpost Apollo has An Ending Ascent, my vote for prettiest Eno. Most ambient Eno is a bit darker.

xp: actually crashed my car on the way home from the record shop when I bought Tiger Mountain - skidded off the road on a curve and lost control when I reached out to SAVE THE LP falling off the passenger seat ($165 repairs in 1981 dollars)!

Only a single point separated #4 and #3.

xp -- now that's dedication

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is the only Eno album whose popularity mystifies me. He did sooooo much better in Remain in Light and The Catherine Wheel.

love Remain In Light but lukewarm towards Houses, Listening (though sonically lovely) and Overload

xp btw i have always underestimated or better underapprecited taking tiger mountain. it has two of my fave songs by eno on it, "third uncle" and "the true wheel". it's so varied & more mesmerizing than the other solo albums.

http://i.imgur.com/A2YGG5I.jpg

#3 - 456 Points - 15 Votes - two 1st-place votes
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977)

on many days B&AS is my favorite Eno ("Spider & I," the killer opening trio, "Here He Comes").

^ my favorite. I didn't vote for albums though.

I adore the second half especially.

I don't really like "King's Lead Hat," which puts me off the rest of the album more than it should.

http://i.imgur.com/3qNxu7z.jpg

#2 - 481 Points - 16 Votes - four 1st-place votes
Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno (1973)

http://i.imgur.com/A7VIr8N.jpg

#1 - 582 Points - 17 Votes - five 1st-place votes
Another Green World - Brian Eno (1975)

Probably not too many surprises in the top few. Here's the full album list -- I didn't get the artist added to all of them...

Another Green World						582	17	5
Here Come the Warm Jets					481	16	4
Before and After Science					456	15	2
Remain In Light						455	14	4
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)			397	14	1
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts				348	13	0
Fear of Music							290	11	0
More Song About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads	281	11	0
Discreet Music						254	10	0
Ambient 4 - On Land						233	10	0
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks			203	9	0
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo			186	7	1
Ambient 1: Music for Airports				185	8	0
No Pussyfooting						181	8	0
The Pearl							155	7	0
Wrong Way Up							131	5	0
Zooropa							129	5	0
Achtung Baby							117	5	0
Laid								106	4	0
The Unforgettable Fire					91	4	0
Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics			91	3	0
No New York							85	4	0
Evening Star							83	4	0
Outside							79	4	0
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror				79	3	1
Fear - John Cale						74	3	0
Power Spot							73	3	0
The Joshua Tree						70	3	0
Cluster & Eno							67	3	0
After the Heat (1978) • Eno Moebius Roedelius		61	3	0
Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (Laraaji)			59	3	0
Another Day On Earth						51	3	0
Music For Films						50	2	0
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music				49	2	0
Souvlaki - Slowdive						47	2	0
Plays The Popular Classics - Portsmouth Sinfonia		44	2	0
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today			43	2	0
Voices - Roger Eno						43	2	0
801 Live							40	2	0
Wah Wah - James/Eno						33	1	0
The Sinking Of The Titanic - Gavin Bryars			30	1	0
Ultravox! - Ultravox!					30	1	0
Nerve Net							26	1	0
Hurricane - Grace Jones					23	1	0
Thursday Afternoon						21	1	0
June 1, 1974 (Ayers Cale Eno Nico)				20	1	0
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay	19	1	0
Music from the Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra	18	1	0
The Equatorial Stars						18	1	0
New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments - Toop/Eastley	17	1	0

hmmm, don't know why those columns didn't line up right, but you get the gist. Points, votes, #1 votes.

all interesting!

my first place vote was for 'My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts' though -- hope my votes are all in this somewhere

Happy to see AGW take this, so many ideas on that album. On Land is my favourite of the ambient records.

Milton -- just checked, and yes -- your ballot is included. I just missed that note for #1 vote when I transferred everything from my working data sheet to the cleaned-up final one.

thank you for checking and for all this work! total fun.

wow - my #1 Plateaux Of Mirror real low

Ha, somehow it didn't occur to me that 'albums produced by Brian Eno' also includes albums by Brian Eno! I might have voted in that poll otherwise.

I think I figured this out...

ALBUM 							PTS	VOTES	#1s
Another Green World					582	17	5
Here Come the Warm Jets					481	16	4
Before and After Science				456	15	2
Remain In Light						455	14	4
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)			397	14	1
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts				348	13	0
Fear of Music						290	11	0
More Song About Buildings And Food - Talking Heads	281	11	0
Discreet Music						254	10	0
Ambient 4 - On Land					233	10	0
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks			203	9	0
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo		186	7	1
Ambient 1: Music for Airports				185	8	0
No Pussyfooting						181	8	0
The Pearl						155	7	0
Wrong Way Up						131	5	0
Zooropa							129	5	0
Achtung Baby						117	5	0
Laid							106	4	0
The Unforgettable Fire					91	4	0
Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics			91	3	0
No New York						85	4	0
Evening Star						83	4	0
Outside							79	4	0
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror			79	3	1
Fear - John Cale					74	3	0
Power Spot						73	3	0
The Joshua Tree						70	3	0
Cluster & Eno						67	3	0
After the Heat (1978) • Eno Moebius Roedelius		61	3	0
Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (Laraaji)			59	3	0
Another Day On Earth					51	3	0
Music For Films						50	2	0
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music				49	2	0
Souvlaki - Slowdive					47	2	0
Plays The Popular Classics - Portsmouth Sinfonia	44	2	0
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today		43	2	0
Voices - Roger Eno					43	2	0
801 Live						40	2	0
Wah Wah - James/Eno					33	1	0
The Sinking Of The Titanic - Gavin Bryars		30	1	0
Ultravox! - Ultravox!					30	1	0
Nerve Net						26	1	0
Hurricane - Grace Jones					23	1	0
Thursday Afternoon					21	1	0
June 1, 1974 (Ayers Cale Eno Nico)			20	1	0
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay	19	1	0
Music from the Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra	18	1	0
The Equatorial Stars					18	1	0
New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments - Toop/Eastley	17	1	0

Boom!

OK, tracks tomorrow and Friday!

well I will be commenting after the rollout as I will be w/o internet for a week, but thank you for doing this!

My side ballots:

PRODUCTIONS:

Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Eno - Another Green World
Eno - On Land
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
John Cale - Fear
V/A - No New York
Talking Heads - More Song About Buildings And Food
Eno - Before And After Science

Track involvement:

1, Robert Wyatt - Heaps Of Sheeps
2. Phil Manzanera - Big Day
3. Phil Manzanera - Ms. Shapiro
4. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
5. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
6. Talking Heads - Houses In Motion
7. Roxy Music - Remake/Remodel
8. David Bowie - "Heroes"
9. David Bowie - Sound And Vision
10. Roxy Music -Virginia Plain

xpost Bush of Ghosts also my least fave Byrne collaboration. Love AGW like a brother, but never understood why that one gets dramatically singled out above the others.

I won't tell your brother.

It is a little baffling. AGW got 5 stars and Warm Jets/Tiger Mt/Science all got 4 in the first RS Record Guide, iirc*, and that judgment has just stuck, but I can't think of any criteria by which AGW is remarkably better than the others.

*I may not rc.

and don't forget RS guide's two star review of Airports: 'beats Mantovani hands down but in the end that's not saying much'

Productions

Byrne / Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Fripp / Eno - No Pussyfooting
Hassell / Eno - Possible Musics
Gavin Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic
Eno - Discreet Music
Eno - Another Green World
Cluster & Eno
Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Roger Eno - Voices
Portsmouth Sinfonia - Plays The Popular Classics
Eno Moebius Roedelius - Before The Heat
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Budd / Eno - The Pearl
Laraaji - Ambient 3 (Day Of Radiance)

Tracks

Robert Wyatt - Heaps of Sheeps
David Bowie - Some Are
801 - Tomorrow Never Knows
Phil Manzanara - Miss Shapiro
Michael Brook - Midday
David Bowie - African Night Flight
Robert Wyatt - Forest
Matching Mole - Gloria Gloom
Fovea Hex - Don't These Windows Open?
David Bowie - "Heroes"
Laraaji - Zaragossa
Jon Hassell - Chor Moiré
Genesis - Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
Phil Manzanara - Big Day
Roger Eno - Grey Promenade

Those RS guides led me to so much good stuff in that 79-84 period, but wrongly warned me away from great records as well.

Roger Eno - Grey Promenade

I'm a dilettante w/r/t Eno's work after the mid-80s, so I'm looking forward to what should be an educative tracks rollout. Thanks to WilliamC for organizing this!

productions

1 talking heads, remain in light
2 another green world
3 david byrne and brian eno, my life in the bush of ghosts
4 talking heads, fear of music
5 here come the warm jets
6 ambient 4: on land
7 talking heads, more songs about buildings and food
8 john cale, fear
9 before and after science
10 devo, q: are we not men? a: we are devo!
11 v/a, no new york
12 ambient 1: music for airports
13 apollo: atmospheres and soundtracks
14 taking tiger mountain (by strategy)
15 david bowie, outside

collaborations

1 david bowie, "'heroes'"
2 david bowie, "blackout"
3 john cale, "gun"
4 talking heads, "born under punches"
5 david bowie, "art decade"
6 talking heads, "drugs"
7 talking heads, "i zimbra"
8 owen pallett, "in conflict"
9 david bowie, "a new career in a new town"
10 david bowie, "sons of the silent age"
11 owen pallett, "the riverbed"
12 robert wyatt, "5 black notes and 1 white note"
13 talking heads, "once in a lifetime"
14 david bowie, "moss garden"
15 david bowie, "i'm deranged"

My side ballots:

Productions
Before and After Science
Another Green World
On Land
Remain in Light
Fourth World Volume 1
Discreet Music
Here Comes the Warm Jets
The Pearl
Power Spot
The Unforgettable Fire
No New York
Zooropa
Fear of Music
Outside
Laid

Work as other than lead artist
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
"Heroes" - David Bowie
Gun - John Cale
Power Spot - Jon Hassell
Beauty and the Beast - David Bowie
Zooropa - U2
Lemon - U2
Laid - James
I Thought - Bryan Ferry
Heaps of Sheep - Robert Wyatt
Sound and Vision - David Bowie
Elvis Presley and America - U2
African Night Flight - David Bowie
I'm Deranged - David Bowie
I Know What I'm Here For - James

I voted for Outside.

and "No Control."

Wow, never so much as heard of Fovea Hex. I'm excited to explore it.

Also, suddenly recalled Eno contributes a bunch to Arto Lindsay's "O Corpo Sutil." Particularly subtle, iirc.

xposting, sort of: Eno's had his fingers in so many pies, it's inspiring to taste a new one, be it a Roger Eno record, or Favea Hex or whatever. This is one of the more obscure things he did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCVYG1AyNWg

Overlooked at least as much as that Dido track and Corrs track i noted on the other thread. Not necessarily for the worse, but like his collaboration with Elvis Costello, it seems too high profile to be this obscure.

^^^ love this track: Orbison floating over that melody.

Those RS guides led me to so much good stuff in that 79-84 period, but wrongly warned me away from great records as well.
- it's not rocker science (WilliamC)

some of the biggest jokes had to be the 2-stars for Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and whatever it was they did to the Black Sabbath albums (mostly one-stars?)

Beautiful job on the album cover graphics, WilliamC.

his collaboration with Elvis Costello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnDZe6QLWfc&sns=em

Good morning and afternoon!

Part 1 - Tracks
Eno as leader, co-leader or group member

#51 - 70 Points - 3 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Fripp & Eno - "Swastika Girls" - from (No Pussyfooting), 1973

I was the #1 vote here -- Fripp's metal tone in the soloing kills me dead as a hammer every time.

#50 - 72 Points - 6 Votes
Brian Eno - "Spirits Drifting" - from Another Green World, 1975

No videos?

OK, but no embeds.

"Spirits Drifting"
http://youtu.be/QY5q2i41Hx4

I like this but never remember it for some reason.

#49 - 73 Points - 3 Votes
Roxy Music - "Editions of You" - from For Your Pleasure, 1973

http://youtu.be/FDXnbuUKEaA
Musikladen, Germany - 30.05.1973

Great footage of Eno in that video, btw.

I think I'll go #21 to #51 today and do the top 20 tomorrow.

#48 - 81 Points - 4 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "China My China," from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

The official video! With Judy Nylon and Polly Eltes
http://youtu.be/76qPMv1tCfI

ok tbrr i have never watched a roxy music performance in my life because i forgot that i could do that now -- how incredible were they? why are bands so boring looking now?! i think this is a sign that i need to go on a glam binge.

I want those Andy Mackay bubble-wrap pants.

#47 - 82 Points - 4 Votes
Brian Eno - "Blank Frank," from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/juAmEb_r1NA

I'm out, someone post the eno "don't play yourself for a fool" gif

#46 - 82 Points - 5 Votes
Roxy Music - "If There Is Something" - from Roxy Music, 1972

http://youtu.be/Ay4v7mhEh54

I didn't have room on my ballot for "China My China," but the instrumental break for massed guitars and typewriters on is still one of my favorite moments on TTM.

"Blank Frank" seems much too low, but I'm a sucker for recontextualizing the Bo Diddley beat.

I passed on both of those, but "China My China" was a late cut. I tried to make room for a wider range of things than I usually do in polls.

#45 - 84 Points -4 Votes
Roxy Music - "Pyjamarama" - 1973 single

http://youtu.be/as4PwypDC8A

way too low for blank frank, the messenger of your doom and your destruction!
he has scared me on a number of occasions.

Everything about Blank Frank is amazing. Think my favourite moment is the guitar exploding at the 55 second mark. It is one of those songs that's just full of amazing moments though.

These Roxy Music songs are all way too low, but I guess some people didn't want to vote for their stuff in an Eno poll. I gave points to all three of their songs that have placed so far.

#44 - 88 Points - 5 Votes
Roxy Music - "Re-make/Re-model" - from Roxy Music, 1972

From the same German show as "Editions of You" above:
http://youtu.be/CMBeqNfYEYY

#43 - 92 Points - 5 Votes
Roxy Music - "Virginia Plain" - from Roxy Music, 1972

Top of the Pops, 1972: http://youtu.be/OEalg62F8Zg
Musikladen, 1972: http://youtu.be/jDULlMa8Hxc

"Blank Frank" seems much too low, but I'm a sucker for recontextualizing the Bo Diddley beat.

having clapped "blank frank"'s bo diddley beat live as part of a clapping choir, i can report it's really hard to stay with it when the beat turns around every other verse, and also really fun.

and yes way too low. but i didn't vote, so there.

#42 - 93 Points - 4 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Fripp & Eno - "Evening Star" - from Evening Star, 1975

http://youtu.be/REkbY-eEuus

on my one (half-tab) acid trip c.'82 someone put Evening Star on at dusk and sure enough there was an evening star! actually it was real bright so probably a planet. earlier we sat in a pagoda listening to Day Of Radiance…

so many people have listened to Eno's music while asleep I wonder if it has an additional subconscious resonance (burned into memory?) for them/us.

"Evening Star" was in the top half of my ballot. I love that style of soloing from Fripp.

#41 - 95 Points - 8 Votes
Brian Eno - "Driving Me Backwards" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/ptHhqtyX1IQ

#40 - 95 Points - 8 Votes
Brian Eno - "Through Hollow Lands (for Harold Budd)" - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/KWKB12jc7gw

lunch break

Driving Me Backwards is one of only two songs I didn't vote for from Warm Jets.

Puzzled that "China My China" is so low (it was my #1). I don't know how to gauge how problematic/of-its-time the orientalism is, but regardless the way that big reverbed guitar (Manzanera's, I think?) comes in with the post-typewriter key change and repeats that bent note figure before scuttering off into dissipated feedback takes the song into the stratosphere, a place where two sonic worlds join as one — it's one of the most joyous things I've ever experienced in recorded music.

Roxy in this poll is like Stevie Wonder in the Motown poll - too low and yet shouldn't be any higher if that makes any sense.

Re: of-its-time orientalism, I was looking at the cover of Tin Drum recently and thinking, wow that would get monstered on Tumblr now.

#39 - 98 Points - 5 Votes
Eno/Moebius/Roedelius - "The Belldog" - from After the Heat, 1978

http://youtu.be/LEaOUoKI-T8

Omg I just now realized that in my haste i completely forgot to vote for anything from cluster + eno

Shameful!

#38 - 107 Points - 6 Votes
Roxy Music - "Ladytron" - from Roxy Music, 1972

Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972: http://youtu.be/LEaOUoKI-T8

Didn't put Belldog on my ballot but it's definitely a classic.

Here's an early run at it by Roedelius before Eno came to town:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhdQs3eth4M&sns=em

#37 - 110 Points - 5 Votes
Brian Eno/David Byrne - "Regiment" - from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, 1981

http://youtu.be/FhHwjsoVG4Q

My favorite Bush of Ghosts track on side 1. There's a story about how Fripp helped "arrange" this (perhaps around the keyboard solo which sounds very Fripp-ish) but I don't recall it.

Yeah, I listened to this album at the gym this morning and I think "Regiment" holds up best over the years. But it's solid throughout.

#36 - 122 Points - 10 Votes
Fripp & Eno - "The Heavenly Music Corporation" - from (No Pussyfooting), 1973

http://youtu.be/elTuRy7OhgQ

:)

Wow, despite being a massive fan of both and their work together, I'm oddly cool to the Fripp and Eno stuff. Still, thought this would've placed much higher.

Crüt, have you ever played this on your show?

#35 - 129 Points - 10 Votes
Brian Eno - "Some of Them Are Old" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/CRg5fsWCWo4

#34 - 131 Points - 10 Votes
Brian Eno - "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/MzuQODlrqTM

BTW, felt a little bad about it but actually had to work to get stuff from HCtWJ on my ballot. And I like the record!

I just checked my ballot and exactly half of the spots went to the 70s song quartet of albums. Which seems about right to me.

#33 - 154 Points - 9 Votes
Brian Eno - "Another Green World" - from Another Green World, 1975

http://youtu.be/36B225lLvY4

Adore this.

It's beautiful, but it seems way too slight to be this high in the results.

#32 - 155 Points - 8 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "The Fat Lady of Limbourg" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

http://youtu.be/bHTgHussKDM

China My China and Fat Lady not making my Top list surprised me - on another day they might easily beat other tracks

There needs to be a movie based on "Fat Lady"'s lyrics.

It's beautiful, but it seems way too slight to be this high in the results.

A) it's very emblematic of what he accomplished with that record, and

B) it's the title track of his most famous work.

All of which is to say, I think placing in the thirties makes sense.

#31 - 161 Points - 10 Votes
Brian Eno - "In Dark Trees" - from Another Green World, 1975

http://youtu.be/j4VgKbe-juA

xpost You say that now, but wait til stuff like "The Big Ship" doesn't make it.

No way. I bet it's in the twenties or higher.

#30 - 164 Points - 9 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno/David Byrne - "The Jezebel Spirit" - from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, 1981

Pretty cool vid combining the music with clips from the 1928 Fall of the House of Usher: http://youtu.be/hoG2rAkAQvI

This is the last track to have # of votes in the single digits.

Used to love Jezebel ... but it's kind of dinky in retrospect.

Also, the original with Katherine Kuhlman, which her estate refused to license because, presumably, it made her sound creepy as hell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFt7KPCUQo0&sns=em

Jezebel got some DJ/dancefloor action - probably good for Halloween parties too!

Is that the one that sounds like Regulate by Warren G?

#29 - 173 Points - 11 Votes
Brian Eno - "Backwater" - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/YitVQuOBuLc

Surprised to see this so low. It's probably the song that got me into his solo work.

such a fun song to sing in the car!

THERE WERE SIX OF US AND NOW WE ARE FIVE

#28 - 182 Points - 11 Votes
Brian Eno - "Dead Finks Don't Talk" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/u7BDS19H9OM

xp - Now that you mention it, I do bust out in song whenever that one comes on. Would be great karaoke material.

Oh cheeky cheeky
Oh naughty sneaky

So at 1.15 in Dead Finks is that supposed to him doing an impression of Ferry?

Ha! I never thought of that!

#27 - 185 Points - 11 Votes
Brian Eno - "Becalmed" - from Another Green World, 1975

http://youtu.be/-QKEpoDYqdo

I always heard that moment as a Ferry parody. Love the slow ramping up into cacophony before "Some of Them are Old."

xp

Whenever I hear this I always imagine a light bulb going on over Angelo Badalamenti's head. (re Becalmed)

Haven't been able to follow along today, but looks like a bunch of good stuff so far. Will try to catch up properly tomorrow.

Loooooove singing Backwater!!!!
In a tiny canoe/the south of Peru

#26 - 195 Points - 11 Votes
Brian Eno - "Mother Whale Eyeless" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

http://youtu.be/uVeKIroLwQE

"Becalmed" is my favorite AGW instrumental.

Coming up is the only real logjam, three tracks with 199 points each. But # of votes broke the tie.

Mother Whale Eyeless!! A song that makes me feel good every time I hear it, which is 3x/wk. Never sick of it!!

Briefly considered putting Mother Whale Eyeless as my #1 (it ended up in the top ten). Love the bridge with his falsetto vocal in it.

#25 - 199 Points - 10 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "Discreet Music" - from Discreet Music, 1975

http://youtu.be/LOpRj927vRc

once again, i regret not voting. i just ran out of time and had a deadline for a freelance GIF project. :(

on my abandoned, barely started ballot, Discreet Music was my #1 and Mother Eye Whaleless was my #2

sad ambient trombone

Love the bridge with his falsetto vocal in it.

otm. i've remarked on it elsewhere but that bridge is my favorite eno moment, and i wish there was some song that took that brief feeling and extended it for several minutes

somehow i sense the sad ambient trombone, but i don't really hear it

lol

#24 - 199 Points - 12 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "Here He Comes" - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/31P1F1q5sGM

I love this one so much -- another great one to sing along to. It missed my ballot somehow.

that's my #1 vote - not sure why but this song evokes nostalgia like no other. reminds me I need to check out everything else Paul Rudolph has done.

#23 - 199 Points - 13 Votes
Brian Eno - "I'll Come Running" - from Another Green World, 1975

Album version: http://youtu.be/yFz50q_QmfE
"Totaled," with the Winkies: http://youtu.be/9O1pOjzOHYA

I should have mentioned upthread with the "Ladytron" result -- one vote for that specified the Old Grey Whistle Test version.

"I'll Come Running" is pretty explicitly referenced by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spEl8CDKNWU

oh "here he comes" is perfect.

Side 2 of BaAS is my favorite thing ever but I've never liked Here He Comes at all.

#22 - 202 Points - 13 Votes
Brian Eno - "Cindy Tells Me" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/XC9Rb8G03es

One more today and then the rest tomorrow.

#21 - 206 Points - 12 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "No One Receiving" - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/77G0xF45weg - not an official video I don't think, but a cool montage of freaky clips.

I'm always happy when I'll Come Running starts but by the end of it I always find myself thinking I wish he'd stop repeating the title. Don't even think he does it that many times, but it seems to always bug me slightly for some reason.

No One Receiving was the last song I cut from my list.

if 'The Big Ship' isn't top ten then I'll kill all of you.

Roadtrip!

surprised no one voted for this in the U2 stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjT3eYVcvvs

I've liked "I'll Come Running" a whole lot more since a friend pointed out that the lyric could be taken to mean: one day you'll come to visit and I'll come running to see you on your merry way again. an "I vant to be alone" song.

still I knew someone who hated it so much he'd immediately flip the album over and never get to hear innocent little follow-up track and side-closer "Another Green World". yes, I'm the one quoted in Geeta's book!

Just wanted to say that I've been listening to B&AS as a result of this thread, and while it's not quite TTMBS, it's pretty fucking great :)

"No One Receiving" my #1.

even though it was my first Eno vocal album and contains my 2 fave Eno songs ever (Here and Julie), over time I've found Before And After Science less exciting and convincing than Tiger and Another, because it's not as well-integrated as the latter and not as solid as the former.

there IS a structure to it and side 2 is one of the best Eno sides as a whole, but I feel that Energy Fools The Magician would likely be a weak to average tune on a Brand X or Weather Report album and ultimately Through Hollow Lands can't hold a candle to Harold Budd. overall a really good album by anyone else's standards, but as Eno goes a grab-bag of greats and also-rans.

i wish there was some song that took that brief feeling and extended it for several minutes
i think it's possible to make this happen with rather minimal effort, if and when you have the time!

also discreet music my #2

Philip K Dick LOVED Discreet Music

also see P.K. Dick source of Heavenly Music Corporation

I'll Come Running and Here He Comes seem low

even though it was my first Eno vocal album and contains my 2 fave Eno songs ever (Here and Julie), over time I've found Before And After Science less exciting and convincing than Tiger and Another, because it's not as well-integrated as the latter and not as solid as the former.

there IS a structure to it and side 2 is one of the best Eno sides as a whole, but I feel that Energy Fools The Magician would likely be a weak to average tune on a Brand X or Weather Report album and ultimately Through Hollow Lands can't hold a candle to Harold Budd. overall a really good album by anyone else's standards, but as Eno goes a grab-bag of greats and also-rans.

Spotify playlist for those who are al inclined. Missing a few items that aren't in their catalogue. But if anyone wants to add in placeholders from their local library, I've made it collaborative:

http://open.spotify.com/user/124420673/playlist/5zbCYQZsZrtLHyH4MYnzZE

NTI, thanks for Spotifying that up!

Top 20 today, and a couple early before I go to the gym.

#20 - 210 Points - 13 Votes
Brian Eno - "King's Lead Hat" - from Before and After Science, 1977

Another clip montage from the same source as the "No One Receiving" one above: http://youtu.be/Yp0k_o8gfQI

Somehow didn't make but ballot but I love Fripp's solo in this.

I always thought the "ready Freddy" line was a reference to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" but that song didn't come out until 1979.

Crazy keyboard solo on this too.

#19 - 211 Points - 14 Votes
Brian Eno - "Sky Saw" - from Another Green World, 1975

http://youtu.be/KXDrTZMVINo

Another one that didn't make my ballot somehow. Tho I will admit that Eno's Dadaist tendencies and flat delivery at this point in his career can sometimes put me off a bit("I'll Come Running" is another victim here).

Much prefer the Van Dyke Parks-esque whimsy and flow of couplets like this:

The killer cycles, humdrum, the killer hertz/The passage of my life is measured out in shirts

I love the impossible to figure out Phil Collins drums in this.

"Evening Star" was in the top half of my ballot. I love that style of soloing from Fripp.

I wonder who picked it as #1.... :P

15 year old me asking record shop staff to put on AGW + "Sky Saw" blasts out = :-O moment for all concerned

I love how on "Sky Saw" and "Kurt's Rejoinder" the basses seem to TALK to each other; it's like eavesdropping on inanimate objects.

I didn't vote in this but now I wish I did. Cindy Tells Me feels very low.

Cindy Tells Me is great.

So many great tracks I didn't vote for.

#18 - 222 Points - 13 Votes
Brian Eno - "Taking Tiger Mountain" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

Fan video using footage from Picnic at Hanging Rock: http://youtu.be/OJoxPdLJg48

I was the #1 vote for Discreet Music.

we climbed and we climbed
oh how we climbed

I voted 'Cindy Tells Me' pretty high. I just realised I forgot about 'Blank Frank' in my "vote for every song off HCTWJ" ballot. Huh. It's not actually anywhere near one of my favourites, though it's always better when I listen to it than when I remember it - my memory cuts out all the cool weird bits that come in throughout.

#17 - 230 Points - 12 Votes
Brian Eno, with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno - "An Ending (Ascent)", from Apollo: Atmostpheres and Soundtracks (1983)

http://youtu.be/It4WxQ6dnn0

Needs more boldface!

#17 - 230 Points - 12 Votes
Brian Eno, with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno - "An Ending (Ascent)", from Apollo: Atmostpheres and Soundtracks (1983)

http://youtu.be/It4WxQ6dnn0

This is lovely. Didn't actually know Apollo before.

All I knew from it was "Deep Blue Day" (Trainspotting sdtk) until a couple of years ago. This is about as nakedly emotional as music gets for me, but somehow not cloying.

Great start to the top 20. Taking Tiger Mountain is so beautiful and such a perfect end to that album.

whoa, emil.y!! "An Ending" is one of his best!

oh! that reminds me -- i hope everyone has watched "for all mankind"? i just remembered that it's saved on my dvr (lol) and that i could just have it on in the background!

#16 - 234 Points - 12 Votes
Brian Eno & John Cale - "Spinning Away" - from Wrong Way Up, 1990

http://youtu.be/RpMhgFXAOIw

that's such an incredible album

I kinda wasted the ballot spot I held in reserve for that album, without giving the whole thing a proper re-listen.

#15 - 242 Points - 13 Votes
Brian Eno - "1/1" - from Ambient 1: Music for Airports, 1978

http://youtu.be/CWu4ieBqGFg

I knew I'd found a home when ILM said it loved Wrong Way Up as much as I.

Sugar Ray's cover is quite good!

I had Spinning Away really high – maybe too high, but I didn't want all of side 2 from BaAS to occupy the entirety of my first five picks.

When I played it the other day in my car, my 6 year-old daughter said it was so-so. She volunteered that she didn't like the beat but thought the singing was really good. Already a music critic.

#14 - 243 Points - 12 Votes
Brian Eno - "Golden Hours" - from Another Green World, 1975

video of, of all things, assembled clips from Psycho: http://youtu.be/K86xVtI_c6U
just the album cover: http://youtu.be/Sxyg3sP03Cs
the 801 Live version: http://youtu.be/zu6GO0e9pBo

I think this is my favorite AGW song, because of Fripp's pointillist solo.

Despite my love for both Brian Eno and John Cale I don't know the collaborative album either. I have a feeling I might have heard a track or two, maybe? But I didn't get a chance to listen over to it, so no votes from me.

And crut, I dunno if this is weird, but I actually barely voted for any ambient Eno at all. I love the pop stuff so much, and then I put in a bunch of votes for some electronic and 'avant' stuff, but not really any ambient works.

#13 - 245 Points - 18 Votes
Brian Eno - "Everything Merges With the Night" - from Another Green World, 1975

http://youtu.be/4dmx4pRUpnk

I love that this and "Golden Hours" are right next to each other, 2 points apart, with "Merges"'s long sustained notes as counterpoint to the "Golden Hours" solo.

Big jump from 12 votes to 18, though.

#12 - 264 Points - 17 Votes
Brian Eno - "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

http://youtu.be/48PPQ3Kq-j8

The overwhelming % of results from those four key solo albums makes his career look less impressive than it is.

That song is so catchy

Note how Andy Summers cops pal Fripp's Golden Hours solo for Mother.

Voted for these last three songs. When listening to Another Green World before voting I did find it so hard to separate the songs and pick highlights. Golden Hours and Everything Merges are two that made it but really I could voted for the last five songs on there. Those are the songs that make that album such a classic for me.

I'm assuming lots of other people are as enamoured of wistful psychedelic Eno as I am, else I'm going to be sorely disappointed with this Top 10.

DL, I was thinking the same thing.

#11 - 270 Points - 12 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "Third Uncle" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

Album version: http://youtu.be/yai4bier1oM
801 Live version: http://youtu.be/dkul5z9Rs3g

This is a quart in a pint pot scenario, you can't fit the number of great songs not placed in the poll so far into the Top 10

My contribution will be listing the songs I would have voted for should they not make the list.

my contribution will be as a "non-voter"

Ambient voter.

generative opinion-box

#10 - 295 Points - 15 Votes
Brian Eno - "On Some Faraway Beach" - From Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/6-i5sGppXFU

one of the things i love most about this song is its ability to evoke memories both real and imagined -- one time it started playing right as i entered a USPS and i felt like it was a sign of my imminent demise
nothing happened, but wow what an evocative song!
a single syllable

Had I remembered to vote, that might well have been my #1.

Count ... 4-6 ringers that should be on their way, but getting nervous!

#9 - 352 Points - 15 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "Here Come the Warm Jets," from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/iP-RFsuv-8Q

that is my #1!!

it's the mothership

the warm jets...number one...

my potty sense of humor...

#8 - 397 Points - 19 Votes - two 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "Needles in the Camel's Eye - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

http://youtu.be/k0c20cjbmD4

"Warm Jets" is probably my favorite intersection between Eno's aggressive and beatific modes; very high on my ballot.

Great way to start an album! And a career! I don't think it even made my top 10, curse me.

I think I could have voted for all but a handful of songs on those four 70s albums, but "Warm Jets" didn't make the cut.

Last one before a lunch break.

#7 - 410 Points - 18 Votes - three 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "By This River" - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/SrZYP8SzlN8

omg i totally lied about #1 -- it's not. i realized this as soon as i hopped in the shower and was like
but
what about

my comment about the mothership stands though

another thing i love about warm jets is that it is an ending and a beginning at the same time
like new day rising

(xxp) I only added this to my poll at the last minute, I was working from memory and had totally forgotten about it! (Despite Trayce's excellent cover version).

I had 'Here Come the Warm Jets' as number one on my ballot too, how come there's only one #1 in the results?

This poll has inspired a week of near constant Eno listening for me. Albums wise I think 'Taking Tiger Mountain' is underrated. It's my fave after 'Another Green World'.

Six slots left - and there's at least 10 things that were on my ballot that haven't shown up yet that I assumed were locks for a top 50.

I must say I'm surprised at how well the first two albums are doing here. Taking Tiger Mountain in particular I just find mostly irritating TBH.

Also surprised that ppl seem to have cooled on Bush of Ghosts so much, though I can appreciate that it won't seem as radical now as it did at the time.

Funnily enough I find Bush of Ghosts mostly irritating

Has "Spider and I" placed?

I like 'By This River' but I'm really surprised to see it crack the top 30, let alone the top 10

Sorry Internet Alan!! I was wrong! I moved it to #3 even though it's my favorite ;)

#6 - 412 Points - 16 Votes - one 1st-place vote
Brian Eno - "Spider & I" - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/5Yc5j60LSNo

Spider & I was my number two. Such a beautiful song. The "We sleep in the morning" bit followed by that little wonky bass is one of my favourite musical moments ever. So sad.

#5 - 420 Points - 18 Votes
Brian Eno - "Julie With..." - from Before and After Science, 1977

http://youtu.be/VIeWfDOnfi4

This one showed up on so many ballots -- and seemingly all at #6 -- during a stretch when I was looking at each one as it came in that I thought it would win the whole thing. Probably skewed by wishful thinking and the fact that it was my #2. But the lack of 1st-place votes knocked it down.

This is the last song that doesn't have any 1st-place votes.

Spider and Julie are both so similar, but somehow it doesn't turn the whole album into slow/wistful/sadville.

By This River is my #1 and by a mile. It's one of the most beautiful songs I know by anyone.

#4 - 452 Points - 21 Votes - four 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "Baby's On Fire" - from Here Come the Warm Jets, 1973

Album version: http://youtu.be/g5fezBnvkiU
Live with the Winkies: http://youtu.be/vbSneDSZQTw

I was sure that'd be number one! It was mine, in the end. I think I like different songs off HCTWJ best at different points in time, but it kind of felt like the platonic ideal of the 'pop' period when I was compiling my ballot.

I know two of the top three but i'm not sure about the third.

Before the voting, it would have been my pick to win too.

#3 - 453 Points - 19 Votes - three 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "The Big Ship" - from Another Green World, 1975

Album version: http://youtu.be/lCCJc_V8_MQ
DOTS extended edit: http://youtu.be/HOvVaBsl1F4 (I don't know the story behind this extended version, just presenting it w/out

w/out comment

YA DANCER

ahhh yeah i forgot about that one!!

i was worried it may have been something that was consistently staggering to me but slight to others.

"Baby's On Fire"'s four 1st-place votes were the most any track got.

agree -- i voted it #1 too for basically the same reason
another super-evocative song too. it really conjures its own special mood that few other songs manage to conjure effectively.

oops that was to emil.y

"Baby's On Fire" one of the few songs on my shortlist of least favorite Eno tracks. If it had one I would have quiet rioted.

I always had an idea what the top two would be when this poll was announced. Unless I got it very wrong it seems like I guessed right. Not sure which way round it will be but to me it doesn't really matter as their both perfect.

#2 - 548 Points - 21 Votes - two 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "The True Wheel" - from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974

http://youtu.be/-bPbToMJmCI

ding ding!

Row Row Row

ok the #1 better be what I think it is. If so it's v v deserving.

One of the 10 Moby mixes of Ali Click?

Fractal Zoom, rather.

#1 - 567 Points - 24 Votes - two 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - single, 1975

http://youtu.be/d5RYptkzbjY

The Windows 95 sound was robbed!!!

Wait, I think I messed something up.

#1 - 567 Points - 24 Votes - two 1st-place votes
Brian Eno - "St. Elmo's Fire" - from Another Green World, 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6n9s1e8EXs

That's a keeper.

Maybe my favourite Fripp solo! It was my #2.

Great #1

Otherwise, I am totally baffled by these results.

Rare live version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSsanVx6Tjg

Yeah it's all about the solo.

It wasn't my number one but it's still a great result.

lol

(xp re Parr)

Now, see, "Baby's On Fire" is all about the solo. "St. Elmo's Fire" is all about everything - lyrics, arrangement, singing ... just gorgeous.

I wonder how many/if any other people actually bothered to vote for any Scratch Orchestra stuff in the end.

great #1 and #2

Thank you to everyone who voted! I thought there were 27 ballots, but I guess there were 28. At least there are 28 #1 votes in the spreadsheet.

Honestly, every time I see one of my kids perform horribly off-key in anything, I think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw

The Windows 95 sound was robbed!!!

― one way street, Friday, July 11, 2014 8:16 PM (4 minutes ago)

This either had to be my #1 or my #30, it just seemed odd putting it anywhere else on the ballot. #30 it was.

"Baby's On Fire" is all about the solo.

For me it's all about the super-deep "bommmm" bit juxtaposed with the sneery whine. But then I'm not a big solo fan.

Voted high for both 'True Wheel' and 'St. Elmo's Fire' so I'm happy anyway.

http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201003/19/07/f0210407_20522030.jpg

I like the lyrics of Baby's on Fire at least as much as the solo. This kind of experience is necessary for her learning.

emil.y, there was one other vote for Paragraph 7.

Here are the full results -- all three parts in one file, note the 3 sheets down at the bottom.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11U7pvEwvNkSzpqwrJlBOpJTSIAJUS7uaG8l3X53pq6Q/edit?usp=sharing

'St Elmo's Fire' is all about everything but the entrance of the solo is an all-time moment of anything ever, Fripp just saying "spit ions in the ether? Sure, easy".

Catching up...

Forgot "Everything Merges With the Night" – forgot to include this. My second favorite vocal song on AGW after "St. Elmo's Fire." It just embodies that pic on the back sleeve with him sitting in some flat somewhere.

"On Some Faraway Beach" has always been compromised by a piano part that reminds me of Bob Seger's "Still the Same."

"Needles in the Camel's Eye" was my solitary vote from Warm Jets. he never bettered the VU-meets-glam template he set here.

"By This River" – another one that could've been my #1 but just a hair behind "...Julie With" and "Spider & I" which probably says more about my feelings for Side 2 of BaAS than anything. Also, another Roedelius solo song stretched out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9o-aCXqCg&sns=em

Big thanks to WilliamC for running this.

Here's my tracks ballot. My #2 and #3 are miniature masterpieces IMHO and deserved better.

01. The Jezebel Spirit (Byrne & Eno)
02. Energy Fools The Magician
03. Over Fire Island
04. Regiment (Byrne & Eno)
05. St Elmo's Fire
06. Baby's On Fire
07. Qu'ran (Byrne & Eno)
08. Moonlight In Glory (Byrne & Eno)
09. Backwater
10. 1/1
11. Golden Hours
12. What Actually Happened?
13. Dead Finks Don't Talk
14. Fever (Eno & The Winkies)
15. Zawinul/Lava
16. Discreet Music
17. Broken Head (Eno Moebius Roedelius)
18. Kurt's Rejoinder
19. R.A.F. (Eno & Snatch)
20. Sky Saw
21. King's Lead Hat
22. Julie With...
23. Help Me Somebody (Byrne & Eno)
24. Spinning Away (Eno & Cale)
25. No One Receiving
26. My Squelchy Life
27. Mea Culpa (Byrne & Eno)
28. The Heavenly Music Corporation (Fripp & Eno)
29. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
30. America Is Waiting (Byrne & Eno)

I really enjoyed this poll (although I still need to look more closely at Eno after the 80s). My tracks ballot:

1. the big ship
2. here come the warm jets
3. st elmo's fire
4. dead finks don't talk
5. spider and i
6. blank frank
7. third uncle
8. in every dream house a heartache (roxy music)
9. by this river
10. pyjamarama (roxy music)
11. burning airlines give you so much more
12. luftschloss (eno moebius roedelius)
13. strong flashes of light
14. cindy tells me
15. everything merges with the night
16. needles in the camel's eye
17. if there is something (roxy music)
18. baby's on fire
19. dunwich beach, autumn 1960
20. the true wheel
21. sky saw
22. 1/1
23. kurt's rejoinder
24. an ending (ascent)
25. taking tiger mountain
26. re-make/re-model (roxy music)
27. for your pleasure (roxy music)
28. america is waiting (david byrne and brian eno)
29. ladytron (roxy music)
30. regiment (david byrne and brian eno)

yay that's the winner I wanted.

One of my all time 5 fave gtr solos, but the whole package is brilliant.

"The True Wheel" inspired at least two band names: 801 and A Certain Ratio. Also, possibly, The Modern Lovers. Has to be some kind of record.

I love this Manzanera solo more than most things – this kept creeping up my ballot until it finally landed at #5.

had i been in condition to vote I would've given the palm to either St. Elmo's or Mother Whale.

True Wheel is a deserving #2

Eight
Nought
One

Thanks for all your hard work WilliamC. This was a great poll.

xpost You say that now, but wait til stuff like "The Big Ship" doesn't make it.

No way. I bet it's in the twenties or higher.

if 'The Big Ship' isn't top ten then I'll kill all of you.

Thank god.

Hahaha, I thought about dropping spoilers or red herrings at that.

My ballot

1. Swastika Girls
2. Julie With…
3. Golden Hours
4. 1/1
5. An Ending (Ascent)
6. The Fat Lady of Limbourg
7. The Heavenly Music Corporation
8. I’ll Come Running
9. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
10. French Catalogues
11. Some of Them Are Old
12. DBF
13. Mountain of Needles
14. Evening Star
15. Thursday Afternoon
16. No One Receiving
17. Baby’s On Fire
18. By This River
19. St. Elmo’s Fire
20. Everything Merges With the Night
21. Needles in the Camel’s Eye
22. Tal Coat
23. Shadow
24. Discreet Music
25. Sky Saw
26. In Dark Trees
27. Chemistry (4th World, w/Hassell)
28. On Some Faraway Beach
29. Daddy’s Car
30. Been There Done That

Productions:

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
Remain in Light - Talking Heads -
Power Spot - Jon Hassell -
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Eno/Byrne -
Music for Airports
Apollo - Eno/Lanois/Eno -
Here Come the Warm Jets
Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy
Another Green World
Before and After Science
No Pussyfooting
Evening Star
The Joshua Tree
The Equatorial Stars
Fear of Music

On the Side:
Gloria Gloom (Matching Mole)
Warszawa - David Bowie
Breaking Glass - David Bowie
Sons of the Silent Age -David Bowie
Gun - John Cale
“Heroes” - David Bowie
V-2 Schneider
Sense of Doubt - David Bowie
Solaire - Jon Hassell
DJ - David Bowie
Boys Keep Swinging - David Bowie
Lemon - U2
Memories Can’t Wait - Talking Heads -
Heaps of Sheeps
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis)

I love the number one.

It's Eno's green world, bitches. We only visit.

Fabulous work, WilliamC.

My Squelchy Tracks Ballot:

Spider & I
Spinning Away - Eno-Cale
Julie With
By This River
The True Wheel
St. Elmo's Fire
Through Hollow Lands
The Big Ship
The Harness
Burning Airlines Gives You So Much More
Another Green World
Discreet Music
Dunwich Beach, Autumn 1960
Delta Rain Dream - Hassell/Eno
2/2
Stars
Prophecy Theme
Needles in the Camel's Eye
How Many Worlds
Welcome - Harmonia '76
One Word - Eno/Cale
Mountain of Needles - Eno-Byrne
An Ending (Ascent)
White Mustang - w Daniel Lanois
Deep Blue Day
One Fine Day – Byrne/Eno
Empty Frame - Eno/Cale
And Then So Clear
Under
More Dust - Eno/Schwalm

yeah thanks WmC! this poll somehow managed to put me in a good mood!

Well alright then! Plus the weekend!

my ballot is not very interesting bc i forgot to vote for a bunch of stuff
but the poll was still really enjoyable

My tracks ballot:

Evening Star
St. Elmo’s Fire
Sky Saw
Baby’s on Fire
The Big Ship
Needles in the Camel’s Eye
Swastika Girls
Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
The Heavenly Music Corporation
Cindy Tells Me
1/1
Evensong
Another Green World
Aubade
By this River
Here Come the Warm Jets
In Dark Trees
1/2
Ladytron (Old Grey Whistle Test)
Becalmed
Virginia Plain
Driving Me Backwards
Golden Hours
The Fat Lady of Limbourg
Third Uncle
Thursday Afternoon
If There Is Something
In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Dead Finks Don’t Talk
Everything Merges With the Night

Cool results! I had 'St. Elmo's Fire' at #1 but never expected it to win.

Thanks WilliamC.

I enjoyed doing the poll! I hope everybody was ok with the lowkey no-bombast rollout. They can't all be big parties, and basically the data collection is worthwhile in and of itself, imo.

I didn't vote for any Roxy. They are among my favorite bands but I just couldn't in good conscience credit Eno with their early success, esp. since he didn't write any of those songs.

does everybody hate 'always returning'? it's the prettiest.

Mine

By This River
Golden Hours
Here Come The Warm Jets
Fullness Of Wind: Three Variations On The Canon In D Major By Johann Pachelbel
St Elmo's Fire
Needles In The Camel's Eye
Baby's On Fire
Spinning Away
On Some Faraway Beach
An Ending (Ascent)
Miss Sarajevo
Regiment
The True Wheel
Spider and I
King's Lead Hat
Driving Me Backwards
Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
Stars
Everything Merges With the Night
2/1
Weightless
Marseilles
1/1
Some Of Them Are Old
I'll Come Running
A Clearing
The Heavenly Music Corporation
Wind On Water
The Jezebel Spirit
Not Yet Remembered
Taking Tiger Mountain

Only TWO of you voted for Back In Judy's Jungle?!?!??!

Not interested in criticism from non-voters.

I didn't think I knew enough Eno to vote, but that wd've maybe been my number 1 (either that or the title-track)

Speaking of "The Big Ship," Eno pretty much owns that sort of wistful chord progression, doesn't he? Kind of his own variation on the doo wop progression. He comes back to it a lot in various projects, and explores a similar sort of ideas in "Spinning Away," or even the beginning of "Where the Streets Have No Name," say.

the big ship is the one we're all on, no?

What's the best widely available and affordable descriptive Eno book?

Descriptive?

Like I want lots of description, I dunno? Facts, local color, things of their time, correspondence, things I wouldn't otherwise know unless I read this book.

Speaking of "The Big Ship," Eno pretty much owns that sort of wistful chord progression, doesn't he? Kind of his own variation on the doo wop progression. He comes back to it a lot in various projects, and explores a similar sort of ideas in "Spinning Away," or even the beginning of "Where the Streets Have No Name," say.
Indeed, as in "An Ending (Ascent)," too.

I would like an Eno book that goes into lots of detail about studio sessions and different approaches and techniques used.

Best for those may be I want to say the Eric tamm book, or maybe More Dark Than Shark? Or Geeta's book, for that one album. a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff, the making of stuff, has come out in bits and spurts over the years, usually anecdotally.

Yeah, just pulled it out and the Tamm book is the most detailed about the actual process. Very technical/musicological at times.

Still, it's disappointing in terms of really saying much about his actual working methods.

For all his theorizing on Japanese gardens and such, honestly, I would be far more interested in a master class on how he processes sounds or programs his DX-7.

What's the difference?!

Apparently Eno and Jacques lu Cont are like the only two people in history to master programming the dx7.

Tracks

1) Here Come the Warm Jets
2) The True Wheel
3) The Big Ship
4) On Some Faraway Beach
5) Taking Tiger Mountain
6) Baby's On Fire
7) An Ending (Ascent)
8) Third Uncle
9) Spider and I
10) Needles in the Camels Eye
11) In Dark Trees
12) Discreet Music
13) Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache
14) Music for Airports 1/1
15) Roxy Music - The Bogus Man
16) Eno Harmonia - Almost
17) Somber Reptiles
18) Sky Saw
19) Under Stars
20) Kings Lead Hat
21) Music for Airports 1/2
22) Roxy - If There is Something
23) Eno Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit
24) Mother Whale Eyeless
25) Becalmed
26) Here He Comes
27) Everything Merges With The Night
28) Eno Byrne - America is Waiting
29) Fat Lady of Limbourg
30) Julie With

Productions

1) Another Green World
2) Taking Tiger Mountain
3) Here Come the Warm Jets
4) Before and After Science
5) Discreet Music
6) My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts
7) Music for Airports
8) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
9) Apollo
10) 801 (live)
11) Thursday Afternoon
12) Ambient 4 - On Land
13) No Pussyfooting
14) The Pearl
15) Another Day on Earth

Work as other than lead artist

1) Born Under Punches - Talking Heads
2) Breaking Glass - Bowie
3) Crossyeded and Painless - Talking Heads
4) Heroes - Bowie
5) I Zimbra - Talking Heads
6) Suede - Eno's Introducing the Band
7) You know More Than I know - John Cale
8) Sing - Slowdive
9) Sound and Vision - Bowie
10) Exit - U2
11) Mongaloid - Devo
12) With or Without You - u2
13) Beauty and the Beast - Bowie
14) Always Crashing in the Same Car - Bowie
15) Stay Hungry - Talking Heads

I only realized now that Elmo's Fire never even made my list! Bit of an oversight but it's honestly not one of my all time favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vuf5taoy4Q

oh since nobody did

http://media.tumblr.com/8472cbbea6af9ad1ee80975114e92dac/tumblr_inline_mojj5eZNF81qz4rgp.gif

You know, I've not ever heard Brian Eno give a bad interview. I interviewed him once, briefly, and even that was endlessly fascinating. But really, the guy just seems like he's always thinking and engaged and able to get his ideas across in a spontaneous, funny, smart way. Like, this random interview:

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/16575/1/brian-eno-bodybuilding-and-brazen-tunes

It's full of great stuff!

DD: Is there something ironic about putting on a piece as still as 77 Million Paintings in somewhere so unstill?
Brian Eno: Well, when I lived in New York I made my quietest music. The record On Land (1982) I made here. And one of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather be in. Do you know what I mean? You try to make up for the deficiencies of the place that you're in, because New York is a hellish place to live. It's so noisy and always broken and always being mended and abrasive and disturbing. So one of the things you want is to find a little place where, 'Swooh', you can breathe out for a minute.

[DD: Is it also a reaction to the increasing smallness of music?

Brian Eno: Yeah, I think it is. It's sort of a reaction against headphones, which I don't like. I don't like having the music pressed on to my head. I like feeling I'm walking around inside it.

This, alone, is intriguing and inspiring enough to fuel several different strains of creative activity, should one choose to embrace any of its ideas.

Spider & I was my number two. Such a beautiful song. The "We sleep in the morning" bit followed by that little wonky bass is one of my favourite musical moments ever. So sad.

It is basically a Syd Barrett song. The best Syd never wrote. My ballot:

1. The Big Ship (Eno)
2. Spider and I (Eno)
3. Here Come the Warm Jets (Eno)
4. Taking Tiger Mountain (Eno)
5. Julie With (Eno)
6. Becalmed (Eno)
7. The Belldog (Eno, Moebius, Roedelius)
8. The True Wheel (Eno)
9. Third Uncle (Eno)
10. Discreet Music (Eno)
11. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (Eno)
12. By This River (Eno)
13. Needles in the Camel’s Eye (Eno)
14. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More (Eno)
15. 1/1 (Eno)
16. Backwater (Eno)
17. On Some Faraway Beach (Eno)
18. Slow Water (Eno)
19. Baby’s On Fire (Eno)
20. Evening Star (Fripp/Eno)
21. Spinning Away (Cale/Eno)
22. Wehrmut (Cluster & Eno)
23. Another Green World (Eno)
24. Here He Comes (Eno)
25. Mother Whale Eyeless (Eno)
26. Deep Blue Day (Eno)
27. Everything Merges With the Night (Eno)
28. Back in Judy’s Jungle (Eno)
29. St. Elmo’s Fire (Eno)
30. An Ending (Eno)

Was going to vote but I don't know enough Eno. But True Wheel would have been my #1

My Top 30 Eno tracks:
----------------
#1. Here He Comes
02. An Arc Of Doves (Budd/Eno)
03. The Plateaux Of Mirror (Budd/Eno)
04. Delta Rain Dream (Hassell/Eno)
05. Among Fields Of Crystal (Budd/Eno)
06. Julie With
07. The True Wheel
08. Beauty Queen (Roxy Music)
09. The Big Ship
10. The Lost Day
11. Ba-Benzélé (Hassell/Eno)
12. Above Chiangmai (Budd/Eno)
13. Mother Whale Eyeless
14. St Elmo's Fire
15. The Belldog (Eno/Moebius/Roedelius)
16. Do The Strand (Roxy Music)
17. Everything Merges With The Night
18. Driving Me Backwards
19. Taking Tiger Mountain
20. Not Yet Remembered (Budd/Eno)
21. Still Return (Budd/Eno)
22. For Your Pleasure (Roxy Music)
23. The Pearl (Budd/Eno)
24. Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)
25. Ikebukuro
26. I'll Come Running To Tie Your Shoes
27. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
28. Slow Water
29. The Carrier (Eno/Byrne)
30. Charm (Over "Burundi Cloud") (Hassell/Eno)

Top 15 Productions:
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#1. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror - Budd/Eno
02. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
03. Another Green World
04. Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics - Hassell/Eno
05. Ambient 4: On Land
06. The Pearl - Budd/Eno
07. Before and After Science
08. Remain In Light - Talking Heads
09. Fear Of Music - Talking Heads
10. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Eno/Byrne
11. Voices - Roger Eno
12. Apollo - Eno/Lanois/R.Eno
13. After the Heat - Eno/Moebius/Roedelius
14. More Songs About… - Talking Heads
15. Power Spot - Jon Hassell

Top 15 tracks other than lead artist:
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#1. Roger Eno - Reflections On I.K.B.
02. David Bowie - NeuKoln
03. Laraaji - Meditation #2
04. David Bowie - Moss Garden
05. David Bowie - V2 Schneider
06. David Bowie - Always Crashing In The Same Car
07. Talking Heads - Seen And Not Seen
08. Talking Heads - The Great Curve
09. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
10. Jon Hassell - Air
11. Harold Budd - The Real Dream Of Sails
12. David Bowie - Art Decade
13. David Bowie - Warsawa
14. David Bowie - Blackout
15. David Bowie - Look Back In Anger

Listening to the four pop albums again in prepping for this poll, I am heartened by how well this music continues to age.

Tracks:

1 By This River
2 The True Wheel
3 Spider And I
4 Here He Comes
5 The Big Ship
6 Julie With…
7 Mother Whale Eyeless
8 Everything Merges With The Night
9 One Word (with John Cale)
10 Sky Saw
11 On Some Faraway Beach
12 I'll Come Running
13 No One Receiving
14 Cindy Tells Me
15 Another Green World
16 China My China
17 Backwater
18 Deep Blue Day
19 Taking Tiger Mountain
20 How Many Worlds
21 Dead Finks Don't Talk
22 St. Elmo's Fire
23 Put A Straw Under Baby
24 Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
25 King's Lead Hat
26 The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
27 This
28 Needles In The Camel's Eye
29 Golden Hours
30 Baby's On Fire