 | Brian Eno Before and After Science
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| Ranking: #30 for 1977 | |
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| 4.0 excellent | YouAreMySilence | September 17th 09 |
The first half of Before And After Science shows why Brain Eno should stick to ambient material. In the first couple of tracks Eno tries his hand a funk/college rock and it just doesn't work. He more than makes up for it with the last four tracks though, By This River being the stand out track. All in all this a great record but doesn't compare to Music For Airports or any of his other lesser masterpieces but I guess this can't reakky be compared for it being so different.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | February 13th 17 |
In a lot of ways, Before And After Science acts as the perfect counterpart to Another Green World, in the sense that while Another Green World showcased Brian Eno's prowess in crafting electronic art pop (with a limited art rock presence) songs as well as fantastic ambient tracks, Before And After Science illustrates Eno's ability to craft great art rock in addition to ineffable quasi-ambient songs. The first six songs here show Eno with a sharp rock edge, making use of infectious basslines and rhythms along with that quirkiness that so defined his earliest solo material. The final four, however, are the jewels of the record, all delivered in a beautiful ambient shell with sparse instrumentation and vocals, the best of these being "By This River", a song that yours truly considers to be one of the greatest songs of all time in any genre. Thus, while not quite his magnum opus, this record still manages to be a noted and influential achievement for Brian Eno.
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| 0.0 | altertide0 | May 22nd 15 |
Tracks 7-10 are outstanding quasi-ambient miniatures, but unless you like glam and tongue-in-cheek pop music there's not much to love about the rest. A lot to admire, though - Eno's music is really forward-thinking here, even if he did it better on Low and "Heroes".
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| 4.5 superb | RangDang | May 3rd 13 |
sexy album holy fucking shit like wow pf wow AMBIENT GOD HOWWWW DO YOU LET SOMEONE KNOW IF YOUR ASSCRACK IS SHINING WELL
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