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

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.