Here Come the Warm Jets peaked at number 26 on the U.K. album charts together with number 151 on the the United States Billboard charts, receiving a number of positive reviews. It was re-issued on compact disc inward 1990 on Island Records together with inward 2004 on Virgin Records, together with continued to elicit praise.
Eno's solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets, is a spirited, experimental collection of unabashed popular songs on which Eno generally reprises his Roxy Music role equally "sound manipulator," taking the Pb vocals but leaving much of the instrumental function to diverse studio cohorts (including ex-Roxy mates Phil Manzanera together with Andy Mackay, addition Robert Fripp together with others). Eno's compositions are quirky, whimsical, together with catchy, his lyrics bizarre together with oftentimes free-associative, amongst a decidedly nighttime bent inward their humour ("Baby's on Fire," "Dead Finks Don't Talk"). Yet the album wouldn't audio nearly equally manic equally it does without Eno's wildly unpredictable audio processing; he coaxes otherworldly noises together with textures from the treated guitars together with keyboards, layering them inward complex arrangements or bouncing them off 1 or so other inward a weird cacophony. Avant-garde yet real accessible, Here Come the Warm Jets nonetheless sounds exciting, forward-looking, together with densely detailed, revealing to a greater extent than intricacies amongst every play.
In 1973, fed upwards amongst Bryan Ferry's domineering inward Roxy Music, Eno leapt into a solo career that would abide by him championing the "art" inward "artifice." This tape is a who's who of the then-burgeoning English linguistic communication art-rock scene, featuring Robert Wyatt, Robert Fripp, together with every fellow member of Roxy Music except its leader (thus answering the musical question, "What if Eno had helmed the 3rd Roxy record instead of Ferry?"). Warm Jets sports a lightheartedness that was a refreshing antidote to the pomposity of Yes together with ELP on the nighttime side of art-rock's spectrum, amongst nonsensical, sound-based couplets such equally "Oh headless chicken / How tin dismiss those teeth stand upwards so much kicking?" This debut is a milestone non but for Eno, but for all rocking music. Listen to Fripp's furious guitars on "Baby's On Fire" together with "Blank Frank." It's incredible, Velvet Underground-inspired stone inward a scene that had forgotten what rocking meant.
"Here Comes the Warm Jets" announced Eno's intention from the outset track; brand groundbreaking, melodic music inward the Roxy Music vein. The irony is that, for all intents together with purposes, this was Eno's version of Roxy Music. If he were the Pb vocalist, main songwriter inward the band this is the fabric he'd hold out putting out there. It makes a bully companion slice to Roxy's 3rd album "Stranded". Ferry together with Eno, inward retrospect, compliment each other very, real well. As Ferry himself stated, he straightaway wishes they had kept Eno together with added Eddie Jobson. I couldn't handle more.
The improved sonics are the principal argue to option this up. The exceptional is better, clarity is improve (even on a inexpensive stereo) together with the warmth together with atmosphere of the master copy recording becomes evident from the outset guitar chord. The packaging is or so other thing entirely. I similar the digipak blueprint but exercise wishing that at that topographic point were or so comments from Eno together with his band mates most the making of this classic album. The reproduction of the master copy artwork seems pretty darn unopen to the master copy vinyl version for the most part.
From the stuttering Robert Fripp guitar solo for "Baby's On Fire" to the odd chord progression of "Driving Me Backwards", every runway manages to capture your attention. This is Eno's candy shop together with he's displaying all his sugariness wares for the outset time. Later albums would focus on other elements but hither his talent flare-up forth inward amount flower.
Another shaver complaint--where is "Seven Deadly Finns" together with the fabric from Eno's only charting EP? It would accept made a perfect improver to this album (even if it was released equally a ii disc gear upwards keeping the master copy albums intact together with separate). It's a pity. Still, the DSD technique for transferring these priceless recordings captures the vibrant audio together with affect of the master copy recordings without the sterile atmosphere of CD. Well worth picking up.
Tracks Listing
1. Needles inward the Camel's Eye (3:10)
2. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (3:05)
3. Baby's on Fire (5:18)
4. Cindy tells me (3:25)
5. Driving me backwards (5:11)
6. On Some Faraway Beach (4:36)
7. Blank Frank (3:35)
8. Dead Finks don't Talk (4:20)
9. Some of them are Old (5:11)
10. Here Come the Warm Jets (4:02)
Total Time 42:01
Line-up / Musicians
- Brian Eno / vocals, keyboards, guitars, synthesizers, treatments
- Simon King / drums
- Nick Kool / keyboards
- Nick Judd / keyboards
- Andy Mackay / keyboards, saxophone
- Robert Fripp / guitar
- Phil Manzanera / guitar
- Paul Rudolph / guitar, bass
- Chris Spedding / guitar
- Busta Cherry Jones / bass
- Bill McCormick / bass
- John Wetton / bass
- Marty Simon / percussion
- Paul Thompson / percussion
- Lloyd Watson / slide guitar
- Sweetfeed / backing vocals
- Chris Thomas / bass
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