Long Walk [Import]

Roger Eno | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: La Cooka Ratcha UK
• ASIN: B000040JMV
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #693,340 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Snow Dream

2. The Cahin

3. Crossing The Border

4. Its Turned Out Nice Again

5. Old English Round

6. The Road To The North

7. Bellringing

8. Someone You Once Loved

9. Japanese Shadows

10. Transparent Deviation 1

11. Empty Habanera

12. Seeing Her Again

13. Tramsparent Deviation 2

14. Landing Lights

15. Transparent Deviation 3

16. The Long Walk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tons of good music. Unlike any of Roger's earlier work, April 24, 2002

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rubidium84 (Ft. Calhoun, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Walk (Audio CD)

This is one of my all-time favorite albums to listen to while painting, or just relaxing at the end of a long day. I really like the spoken-word lyrics on "Snow Dream" - one of my favorite lyrics on any of the younger Eno's records.

This album was put together by Roger with additions from a lot of his musical friends. He doesn't even play on some tracks. This sometimes makes for a wandering, dragging album, but it also gives the disc a more diverse feel, with all sorts of musical styles being discussed.

Check out the mind-gnawing violin solo on "Empty Habanera" - not since King Crimson and the end of "Talking Drum" have I heard a violin sound like this. Roger's use of acoustic (piano, violin, banjo) instruments combined with treated percussion and synths throughout the album is great. My favorites are "Crossing The Border" (great creshendo) and "The Road To The North". I'd like to hear more heavy-rock power chords played on the reed organ.

The only reason I gave this album such a low rating is that my musical tastes have changed since I bought this album, and it isn't like the stuff I listen to now. But just because I don't like it as much as I used to doesn't mean it's not good. In fact, it could be Roger's best release.

My copy of the CD came with a bonus disc, 17 minutes and four tracks of very diverse material composed by Roger's friends. Everything from Avant-garde pscho electric noise to the voice of Winston Churchill atop a "demo button on the casio keyboard" rythm section.