Brian Eno

Brian Eno's first solo record after departing Roxy Music has ties to his former band, but is most certainly a Brian Eno record. Sure, there's pomp and Glam and rock structure, but bizarre textures enter in and organic sounds are treated to a studio whitewash. "Needle In The Camel's Eye" and "Baby's On Fire" are just a few of the highlights on this extraordinary record.

One of the more intriguing developments on today's English rock scene has been the
emergence of a cult of marginal musicians bent on doing "weird" things to the traditional
pop song format. Be it in the name of being "trendy" (Elton John) or just for the sake of
seeming mysterious (Roxy Music), these folks have taken so many liberties with a
hackneyed old genre that it frequently ends up sounding quite unlike the early... More >