Lost in Translation

Roger Eno | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 1995)
• Original Release Date: April 25, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gyroscope
• ASIN: B0000035D4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,389 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Occam's Close Shave

2. Ne Cede Melia

3. The Last Resort

4. Ventis Secundis

5. Slow and Slender

6. Mariachi Funeral

7. Newton's Statue

8. Quando Solus

9. The Whispering Gallery

10. The Hunch

11. Domus in Nebulae

12. Emberdays

13. Rain Stopped Play

14. Nostalgia Isn't What It Used to Be

15. My Little Darling

16. Docet Umbra

17. Lost in Translation

18. Evening Paragraphs

19. The Green Grass

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inexplicable But Sublime, December 17, 2005

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dandurand "dark" (detroit) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost in Translation (Audio CD)

Perhaps he is an acquired taste or maybe I'm just strange (or both) but I have felt for years that Roger Eno is vastly underappreciated. His work on Music For Films and with brother Brian on "Apollo", are exquisite. "Lost In Translation" is exquisite as well; and hard to describe. It's said to be based on the writings of some medieval heretic no one's ever heard of; okay. The music reflects no heresy, it is a flow of musical consciousness that seems as if it came from the angels; fun-loving, Latin singing angels. Piano and Farfisa organ predominate, and Eno's gentle ethereal piano style creates the otherworldly atmosphere. Other instruments are used sparingly to great effect; an occasional horn, some strings, synthesizer, snare drum, and then there are the voices. Several of the tracks feature shimmeringly beautiful chantlike harmonies. They are sung in Latin by what could be monks (though no monks appear in the credits). The vocals are not a gimmick, a pretense or a mockery. they just are. They are essential to the weird, joyful, mournful grandeur of this very strange, original and breathtaking CD. Simply put "Lost In Translation" by Roger Eno is one of a kind.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, June 12, 2000

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

This review is from: Lost in Translation (Audio CD)

You could see it coming in "The Familiar". Roger Eno has finally made the best album of His career; He hasn't done anything that comes even close to this pinnacle since. This album is somewhat like a Roger Eno scrapbook; Most of the tracks are less than three minutes long, and they all flow together to create a unified whole. I don't think anyone could match this. A most perfect Album.

"Sublime beauty combined with unequaled eloquence."

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing descent into common "New Age", December 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost in Translation (Audio CD)

Maybe he was worried about being confused with his brother. Or maybe the record company was putting the screws to him. But after the soulful explorations of "Voices" and his subsequent efforts, Roger Eno took a turn toward New Age sewage. I see now there were hints of it on "The Familiar," but I never thought R. Eno would resort to the New Age gloss that chokes "Lost in Translation."