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

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.