Dali's Car [Import]

Brian Eno | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 29, 1999)
• Format: Import
• Label: Ger
• ASIN: B00004TAE1
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,019,740 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Live Eno, July 16, 2000

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ADP (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dali's Car (Audio CD)

This live album was recorded while Eno was still playing his eccentric brand of progressive rock music. The muscular backup band he formed, Maxwell's Demon, keeps things moving with a lot of force. The sound quality is generally good, except on "Fat Lady of Limbourg" and "Third Uncle," which were obviously taped by someone sitting in the audience at the show (although even these tracks are quite listenable). Hearing Eno singing the classic "Fever" is easily worth the price of the CD. Overall, however, the high price of this import means that it is not a great introduction to Eno, if you haven't heard him before.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of rarities, August 25, 2003

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happydogpotatohead "happydogpotatohead" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dali's Car (Audio CD)

This is essentially a bootleg of BBC shows. Eno made some live appearances with a band called The Winkies in his post-Roxy Music career, before a collapsed lung cut his early live career short.

The songs here are mostly from "Taking Tiger Mountain" and "Here Come the Warm Jets." In a live setting they lose a little of the atmospheric and eerie qualities they have on those two albums, but they gain a sense of sheer fun and eccentricity that makes up for the loss. Brian Eno rocks? You betcha.

The CD is short, and the sound quality is rough in spots. It would be nice to have a "legitimate" version of these shows, but so far it hasn't come to pass. The energy and sheer craziness makes up for the rough sound quality. Overall this is essential for the Eno fan, and a lot of fun for anybody into interesting rock music. The CD is currently listed as "out of print," but like many of these semi-legitimate releases, it'll probably pop up again. Get it when you have the opportunity.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars One Half of Music For Palaces, May 23, 2007

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Robert Carlberg (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dali's Car (Audio CD)

These six tracks have been bootlegged many times, as "Dali's Car," "Music for Palaces" (disc 1), "Music for Fans Vol.1" and other names. Tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6 were recorded 19 February & 26 February 1974 in BBC studio Four. Tracks 3 & 4 were recorded live at the Reading Festival (with the Winkies), 26 August 1974.

The other disc of Music for Palaces (Music For Fans Vol.2) includes Seven Deadly Finns, Later On, R.A.F. and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

The tracks are all interesting from a historical perspective, but not great fidelity. Don't pay a lot of money for them -- you can always download them for free with a little work -- and that doesn't reward bootleggers.