Desert Island Selection [Original recording reissued]

Brian Eno | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B000003S1U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,508 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here He Comes

2. Everything Merges With the Night

3. I'll Come Running (To Tie Your Shoes)

4. On Some Faraway Beach

5. Spirits Drifting

6. Back in Judy's Jungle

7. St. Elmo's Fire

8. No One Receiving

9. Julie With...

10. Taking Tiger Mountain

11. 1/1

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the original E'G release, EGCD 65. Marketed by Jem Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Non Ambient Eno, November 23, 2003

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Randy Nicolosi "wineau" (Shelton, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desert Island Selection (Audio CD)

I feel bad about the reviewers who downrated this CD because they were expecting ambient ENO. I've never been a big fan of his ambient works, preferring his vocal / rock works. That said, I think this is a good collection, but is too short; like having a great appetizer, but no dinner to follow. So, it's a good collection, but if you enjoy this style of ENO as I do, you should buy all the CDs.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best introduction, April 15, 2000

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www.mp3.com/wader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Island Selection (Audio CD)

If you're starting to poke around this strange figure "Brian Eno" that you've heard about but haven't made a purchase yet, BUY THIS. This cd contains incredible songs which will stay with you forever, and will make you buy his 4 early vocal albums they're from: Here come the warm jets, Taking tiger mountain by strategy, Another green world, and Before and after science.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bit heavy on the slow stuff, May 16, 2000

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

This review is from: Desert Island Selection (Audio CD)

This compilation of 70's recordings by Brian Eno leans too heavily on his slowest music, ignoring his noisy, Velvet-Underground-inspired rockers that are so deliriously brilliant. Still, Eno's slow songs come with plenty of their own pleasures, especially the almost-country "Here He Comes" and the breezy "St. Elmo's Fire," which could have been a hit single. "Everything Merges with the Night" may not move quickly, but it has genuine power, and it shows that high-pitched guitar sustain need not be confined to the soundtracks of sleazy movies.

The bottom line: This is some of the best pop music anyone has ever made, in the 70's or any other decade. Even a mediocre compilation of it is a great experience.