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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | April 6th 16 |
Many people often cite Music For Airports as the true beginning of Brian Eno's ambient escapades, but that's simply not true when this album exists. David Bowie himself said that Discreet Music was the album that made him want to work with Brian Eno, a collaboration which would eventually lead to the revered Berlin Trilogy. The dominant piece here, which is the title-track/opener, is a full realization of the ambient experimentation that Eno toyed with on albums like Another Green World, and plays out more akin to something off of his collaborations with Robert Fripp than his previous solo output. The other tracks are all classical variations of Johann Pachelbel's impeccable "Canon In D Major", and though most of their goodness comes from the merit of the original song, they're all quaint and lovely interpretations that fit the atmosphere of the album very well and almost act as practice for his own compositions in the future. A fine work of ambient classical, Discreet Music marked a glorious evolution for one one of the most forward-thinking minds in music.
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| 2.5 average | Gary STAFF | June 24th 22 |
Shortly: I'm not really into this. While the first very long track was quite good meditative composition, the rest was more annoying than relaxing.
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| 3.0 good | kevbogz | December 5th 21 |
while the t/t is clear masterpiece of ambient and a torch-bearer for the genre, Eno's renditions
of Pachelbel just don't fit for this album, or vice versa, for my taste. i find myself sucked into
the first 32 minutes and am immediately ripped from the headspace by jarring concerto.
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| 0.0 | George Browne | April 16th 19 |
Well its not really something I can sleep to, nor as cool of an idea for an album as Apollo, but this is perfect
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| 5.0 classic | SlowlyFallingAwake | December 13th 12 |
The name says it all: Discreet Music is meant to be played in the background in order to reach full potential. Silence is deftly wielded as supplementary instrumentation. There's a constant repetitive tone in the background, overshadowed by soft, melodic touches that blend together into a colourful, warm ambience.
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| 4.5 superb | bSmith | December 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | perival | September 20th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | NeoZod | May 18th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 11th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | gschwen | September 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | August 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Prancer | December 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Collis | April 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | eureka | February 21st 21 |
| 4.5 superb | KuyJuk | December 28th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Fort23 | November 18th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | TOBD | March 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | mardin65 | September 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Sine | August 31st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | szymon | May 19th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jrpuri2 | December 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoeFar | December 7th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | March 27th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | phylum | March 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Holsety | February 18th 18 |
| 3.0 good | rjk | February 6th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | arkngt | October 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | TwigTW | March 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Saros | January 25th 17 |
| 2.5 average | ZeCham0 | January 24th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Noakesy | September 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | September 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Denis | June 5th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | October 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | June 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | December 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | hexode | July 29th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | April 28th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | true | February 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Topaz | June 30th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Kinch | June 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | TheDMV | February 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | December 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | lazauns | November 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | psite45 | November 20th 12 |
| 3.0 good | bobbi | October 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | avaol | October 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom93M | August 23rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jim | August 11th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | MJongo | May 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BrainPie | September 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | EPacK | February 9th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ikubak | February 2nd 10 |
| 5.0 classic | pflurie | October 30th 09 |
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