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