i have listened to it a billion times too and only just now heard kitchen souffléi love how he uses the sound of words rather than their meaning and STILL manages to write songs that kinda make enough senseit's a technique that is close to my <3
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 10 October 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
just relistened to this, I loove the part where it goes "and this is the sound that they heard..." on "Back in Judy's Jungle"
are there any other albums remotely like this one?
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Friday, 10 October 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
There are moments in the first 4 Kevin ayers that sound akin. Also search "A Stitch in Time" off one of Anthony Moore's solo records, very very tiger mtn
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 10 October 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
were I to vote now it would probably be for BIJJ
but there is not one track here that is anything other than excellent
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 10 October 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
argh who am I kidding, title track
idk
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 10 October 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
pulled this out tonight for the first time in years. i'm usually an AGW guy. i'd forgotten just how awesome this disc is. pretty sure i voted for the fat lady of limbourg in the poll. tonight, maybe mother whale eyeless or china my china.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 06:01 (seven years ago) link
Now we're on the telephoneMaking final arrangementsding ding
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 14:37 (seven years ago) link
"Taking Tiger Mountain" – 5:33 3
this is sick and wrong!
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
I still listen to this all the time, but this thread revival has inspired me to listen to it again.
― Aristotle error-admitting beer (_Rudipherous_), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
Everything getting a vote except "Put a Straw Under Baby" = OTM
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
mother whale eyeless still takes it for me. maybe the most roxy-sounding thing on here. nothing beats the switchup 2 minutes in ("In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree..."), which i've raved about elsewhere on ilx i think. one of eno's career best moments imo
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
it really blows my mind that this is from 1974 - same year as like Relayer, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Rock Bottom, etc. etc...just sounds like it's from a totally different world
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
put a straw under baby is great and deserves at least a few votes
― na (NA), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
yes, if only for the Robert Wyatt backing vocals
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
So was it ever unveiled who Randi and The Pyramids are? (credited w/ (backing) vocals on 'The True Wheel' ["we are the 801!"]? I know he named her/the lot after a girl he was seeing back then and says he dreamt up the name, but who is the woman singing that?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
Multitracked Polly Eltes?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
Could be! We know she's on Mother Whale Eyeless, but I've never come across any source attributing the True Wheel vocal to her?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
― frogbs, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 11:41 AM (two years ago)
Spot on! Feel like this album is its own genre.
― Wally P. Doyle, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
eno was a massive jerk for abandoning that genre tbrr
― imago, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
ooh look at me i invented ambient
otm
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
xp have you heard "Wrong Way Up"? also some stuff on "My Squelchy Life" is a bit similar, none of it is as bonkers and multilayered though
― Book Doula (sleeve), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
title track, bitches
― Famous Anus (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
was just thinking about this album yesterday because i was super feeling the lyrics to "mother whale eyeless" his pop songs have more replay value for me than, say, the apollo soundtrack
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
Not heard xxp! Thanks...
― imago, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link