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

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)

And come to think of it, no one really rates the Ultravox album he produced, right? An early misfire (though not a bad record).

Found this, too:

http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2012/12/album-du-jour-9-eno-lost-70s-pop-album.html

(Sorry for all the piecemeal posts)

The first Ultravox! album is sheer fucking genius

multi-xp: hilarious! I was just about to post the William Bell cover - what do people think of it? I remember Eno saying he loved the tune, but I felt he'd gone too far into decorative resignation by stripping the soul/yearning out. not a million miles away from what Ferry did in recasting songs (though without the comedy of Hard Rain).
speaking of which, doesn't Eno's singing on "Spinning Away" sound very Ferry c.Avalon?
my highest Roxy vote was for "Beauty Queen" which is so much more Ferry than Eno (and allegedly was drowned out live by Eno fans), but it's my fave Roxy Eno-era or otherwise.

"The Soul Of Carmen Miranda" may be the best late-Cale song. shoulda remembered to pick that for Eno involvement.

Ten quick ones:

More Dust – Eno/Schwalm – Hawaiian guitar beauty, this made my actual ballot)
What Actually Happened? – Nerve Net gem, all dirty drums and Eno processed vox speaking about a "recovering rapist."
The Harness – My Squelchy Life cut, probably the best vocal track he's done since WWU. Could've been on the four classic albums. Also on my actual ballot.
Grey Promenade – Roger Eno. Milton had this on his and it narrowly missed mine. The treatment on the piano is to die for.
Stars – The closer on Apollo, this is just a slowed down Under Stars but it's amazing. Also on my ballot!
Wire Shock – Another Nerve Net cut. Probably his best post TH rhythm track. Brass section at the end is outstanding.
Still Return – Budd/Eno, closer of The Pearl, and really just another slowed down cut (the opener, Late October).
Aubade – Harmonia '76. Gorgeous closer, with Eno and/or Roedelius doing organ textures, Rother playing a stately melody and Dieter processing the drum box. Some days, this is my favorite track from the album, and one of the three (amazing) cuts that only made it to the reissue.
The Shade – Eno/Moebius/Roedelius, the combination of the Roedelius piano, lonely synth melody and harmonized Another Green World guitars make this probably my favorite Eno cut w Cluster (Harmonia '76 has a nice demo of this called "When Shade Was Born").
Tension Block – a menacing groove from MFF III w Lanois.

Still Return:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH0zEgYviJ8

so I relistened to Before And After Science in full and found that side 1 held up better than I remembered - the grab-bag effect helps the album still feel fresh, full of ideas/directions - you can hear early seeds of Remain In Light on "No One Receiving" and "Kurt's Rejoinder". also it's a great yin/yang album (e.g. madcap vs serenity). and I was a bit unkind upthread to "Through Hollow Lands" - side 2 really is a supreme Eno side.
should be higher on my albums list.

guys "The Big Ship" just hurt my heart really bad. how can I sit here working on excel files for a housewares company when the fkn big ship is playing? Gahhh.

Eno - 8m1 (The Lovely Bones)

Pulled down all Eno's stuff from this the other day ... and have been kind of obsessed with this track. It's not very involved – some guitar, ride cymbal and shimmer. And it doesn't really break any new ground. But it is emotional and haunting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFyWZPKk01c&sns=em

bumpin this bc i bought the only eno book available on my kindle (on some faraway beach) because i wanted to be able to highlight stuff and actually find it again
and i have some thoughts/questions

for starters, what a fortunate man he has been! stumbled into the right place at the right time in his life, allowed so much creative freedom (and all sorts of other freedoms). i'm only at the part where he starts working on the warm jets, so there are a lot of things i'm looking forward to reading about
also the writing is a little corny but whatever it was the only one available and it seemed ok

one of my favorite parts was when he went to see aguirre
the thought of young eno sitting and watching that movie makes me want to squeal

haha I downloaded that book too! But first I am reading the other one, the one by Eric Tamm, which is available as a PDF online for free with the author's blessing. I can't remember if Kindles will render PDF or not?

ugh they do but it's a step i have yet to take with more than one thing
i should embrace technology for eno

I didn't find the writing corny at all. Good book. Alas it wasn't available on Kindle in the States.

i should embrace technology for eno

The way Eno embraces technology, you should download it onto a DX7.

why was this picture not posted before
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23700000/Brian-Eno-brian-eno-23792357-500-373.jpg

I posted that!

>:-(

oh woops
i was feeling low and i went looking for pictures of eno's costumes and found that one
he looks like a cute vacation boyfriend!

Or this:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h130/asynchro_nous/jellinghaus_dx-progr.jpg

Just as sexy

i'm totally loving this book
i'm reading it really slowly so i'm just on the part in 1975 when he gets better from his car accident and starts working with television
today i looked up what he was doing in august of 1975 and he was finishing up the recording of AGW
does anyone know the order in which the songs were recorded for that album?
next year will be its 40th bday!

an old favourite - has it really been almost 30 years?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMJZwd1AN7A

since it won't let you watch the link except on YouTube here's more details:

1985 episode of Nature called Lost World Of The Medusa - set in Palau and primarily about Jellyfish Lake.
soundtrack includes Eno and Eno/Budd tracks - what a surprise/delight back then watching my fave show and hearing some of my fave music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7oFUXcmKU

I updated my poll contributions.