the Before and After Science by Brian Eno Poll

king's lead hat or by this river, probably.

I love how the album begins on a manic high before crawling into some deep murky pool where you watch the sun glint on the surface.

by this river or maybe julie with... which sounds like something out of final fantasy vii

i loved how on this and another green world the musicians for each track were listed. it made me want to check out the other bands/music the session players were involved with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrZYP8SzlN8

Brian Eno has the ability to make the good parts of GYBE! songs into a couple of minutes of genius ambient music.

Thecuregalore94 1 week ago

"backwater" or "spider and i" or "here he comes" or "by this river" or "julie with" cannot decide. a favorite album for sure

'Through Hollow Lands'...perfect evocation of a steam train ride through the English Countryside...

Spider and I

these are all pretty much perfect as individual pieces. personally I always play "Here He Comes" when I wanna hear something off of this, but the first two tracks are a great start and obviously K.L.H. i.e "Talking Heads" is a serious jam.

by this river is, maybe, the prettiest song ever.

^ yeah

this is hard. side 1 is one of my favorite side 1s ever, then side 2 is one of my favorite side 2s ever! maybe i'll vote for 'no one receiving'

spider and I

KINGS LEAD HAT BECAUSE I LIKE TO ROCK

S&I

i was on the highway recently and someone drove by me blasting a rap song that used 'by this river' as the sample and i was very confused

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxAXysr9mM

I sang "Backwater" to my niece a few weeks ago -- it's got a perfect "Sesame Street"/Dr. Seuss air.

Side 2 is simply stunning throughout.

Voted for By This River

i likes em quirky - Kurt's Rejoinder

"By This River" for me too.

by this river obviously, but julie with her open blouse is as strong a contender as one could be.

"Julie With" for how it insinuates itself in, and for being the most relaxed song in the world.

"By This River" forever, though I adore this whole album.

"I wonder why we came."

Kurt's Rejoinder for me.

By This River

through hollow lands. the title fits perfectly to the music. what i love most about it is that it does not ask for my attention. there is no melody or rhythm jumping at me. it just flows. it is self-sufficient music.

King's Lead Hat by a hair over Backwater

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Spider & I is probably my favorite song he's done.

King's Lead Hat by a hair over Backwater

same

i've thought to myself many times in my life that Spider & I is my alltime favorite song

hmm I think the last time I heard this I was most infatuated with No One Receiving because of the synth arragement

but it might of been Backwater as well

Very atypically I felt a desire to listen to this on the way to work today, mostly skipping over the really slow cuts. Today King's Lead Hat wins no contest.

Through hollow lands

here he comes
over by this river and spider & i.
decided to just pick a quintessential eno track.
it's all completely essential, basically

Spider & I (about Julie Christie, his lady at the time apparently)

there's a really nice cover of "By This River" on the new Ryuichi Sakamoto/Alva Noto album

totally makes sense that Sakamoto's a Roedelius fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ZXeeMx68k

I must have a similar vocal range to Eno as I find it very satisfying to sing along with "By This River" whilst I'm cooking, reading the paper etc. Sadly, my voice is nothing like as sonorous as his, but I do enjoy grasping for the low notes.

So yeah, "By This River" gets my vote. Always loved the way it's used in The Son's Room as well.

"backwater" or "spider and i" or "here he comes" or "by this river" or "julie with" cannot decide.

Agree with this list. "Spider" reminds me of Syd though, so I'm going to vote for that.

Here He Comes, no contest.

Voted for King's Lead Hat and then immediately realized I'd overlooked Backwater. Darn.

ooh that noko/sakamoto cover is lovely. thx for posting.

imo any vote for a side 1 song is challops

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Poll Fools The River.

75 votes, quite a turnout!

Voted for King's Lead Hat and then immediately realized I'd overlooked Backwater. Darn.

Me too. Such a great album, though, could easily have picked any of at least six tracks.

There were six of us but now there are three
I almost voted for Backwater because I have sang that one the most, but voted By This River for enduring beauty.

sang
sung
w/e

Do many rate this album over AGW, TTM or HCTWJ? BAAS is great but Eno has a lot of great albs.

I always mentally file it with HCTWJ because the songs are so overtly songy. The quieter stuff is in a different category for listening purposes. In fact, I dubbed HCTWJ and BaAS together, so I've always felt (incorrectly) that they are alike or united in some way because I almost always listened to them consecutively.

It does kinda make sense, though, the glammy songs give way to the tight pop songs on the first side of this album, which then gives way to the quieter, more atmospheric songs at the end.

I file this with AGW as my favourite of those 4 albums. It seems most similar to AGW to me, but I've probably heard those 2 way more than the other 2.

What time signature is "Through Hollow Lands"?

the time signature of awesome

My guess: 14/4 but I swear there's a 13 count in there somewhere?

This is my winter album I always come back to. In the 80s I had the cassette in my car played it til it became warped and tangled.

I’m listening to this right now and idly checked for a poll. Sad how poorly Backwater did here.

i can't stand that shit

you could be forgiven thinking that making a half-hour long playlist of all four versions of 'by this river' on Roedelius' Archive 73-78 would be overkill

no, I would not forgive such a person