Another Green World is flawless

Submitted by JunebugAsiimwe t3_11wn671 in Music

It's been raining a lot where I live and I'm listening to "Another Green World" by Brian Eno a lot. It gives me a sense of warmth and tranquility that not many albums do. The production is so dynamic without being intrusive or overbearing – Eno really mastered how to use spacious arrangements effectively.

I wanted to know which other albums would you recommend in a similar vein? Especially in the ambient genre.

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Moonbeast1 t1_jcywx8g wrote

I'm assuming you've already heard:

Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Before and After Science

Roxy Music first album, he's on the second album but I don't like that one very much

He was a major contributor to The Catherine Wheel soundtrack by David Byrne/Twyla Tharpe

He produced Ultravox's first album, Devo's first album, and albums 2, 3 and 4 by Talking Heads

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boygriv t1_jcz0dvr wrote

I want "The Big Ship" played at my funeral.

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Herugurth t1_jcz1tjd wrote

Never found anything with the same feel. I'm just gonna cite "rain-compatible" ambient albums.

- Biosphere - Dropsonde. The "warmest" and "rainiest" album of Biosphere imho.
For colder but still earthly vibes Cirque and most obviously Substrata. For space travel, Shenzou.

- Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper, still pretty "rainy" imho.

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NottingHillBus t1_jcz4udz wrote

I've never found another album that quite fills the special role that Another Green World plays for me, but a group that gives me related feelings is Boards of Canada. All their shit is great, but I'd especially recommend their first two full length albums, Music Has The Right To Children and Geogaddi. Happy listening!

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JunebugAsiimwe OP t1_jcz5and wrote

Replying to Moonbeast1 (#2,280,990)

I've heard Here Come The Water Jets but not the other 2 you mentioned. Though they are on my list for albums I plan to check out this month.

Not heard the Ultravox album or David Byrne/Twyla Tharpe record. Though I do love "My Life in Bush of Ghosts" and the Talking Heads albums he produced.

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No-One-2177 t1_jcz5be0 wrote

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure Or David Bowie - Low

Edit to add: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

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caseedo t1_jcz6kcq wrote

My life in the bush of ghosts

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Herugurth t1_jcz74n6 wrote

Replying to Herugurth (#2,281,367)

Forgot about

- Helios - Eingya

- Helios - Unleft

Both massively warm and rainy, wet blades of grass in the golden hour at sunset-level-warmth.

Way more ethereal and less analogic than Another Green World, a different thing altogether, but as I said, never found anything like AGW. None of this stuff is like it, they're just really great albums

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KingRabbit_ t1_jcz76x1 wrote

The musicians working on this album are just tremendous: Robert Fripp, Phil Collins, John Cale and Percy Jones.

They gave Eno some amazing raw materials to work with.

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numbernotname t1_jcz9jah wrote

That solo on "St. Elmo's Fire" is maybe my favorite of all time.

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hijinxkid t1_jczaz99 wrote

Lol! My dummy brain read "Anthony Green" then I started reading the comments and was confused then re-read "Another Green..." Got me good!

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revjor t1_jczdqvy wrote

That's a hard one for me. There's nothing exactly like it. Especially because of the difference between Side A and Side B.

I like to play it on relaxed Sunday afternoons when I'm in charge of dining area of the restaurant I work at.

These are some albums I like to play before or after Another Green World depending the weather, who's eating, time of the year or where I'm trying to get the mood to go.

Low - David Bowie

Little Kingdom - Citay

Stoicism - Moses Sumney

Michigan - Sufjan Stevens

Kiss Each Other Clean - Iron and Wine

Flesh and Machine - Daniel Lanois

Xenia - Xênia França

Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk

Playing With Fire - Spacemen 3

Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós

Love & Hate - Michael Kiwanuka

Grizzly Bear - Shields

Marissa Nadler - The Path of The Clouds

NO THANK YOU - Little Simz

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HamiltonBlack t1_jczg5nt wrote

Eno's stuff is brilliant studio work.

Try Homogenic by Bjork as well as Vespertine.

They're really hypnotic.

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Tungsten83 t1_jczgkpb wrote

The Pearl, by Brian Eno and Harold Budd is wonderful.

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drivenlikesnow t1_jczlm2z wrote

Eluvium - a walk amongst the trees. Grouper - dragging a dead deer up a hill

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tristangough t1_jczn94c wrote

Try Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92. It's a little beatier, but there's an obvious influence.

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mitchfern t1_jcznm1t wrote

You know, for me it’s music for Airports, always puts me in a place of balance. I’m a huge Brian Eno fan but reading this thread really hammers home just how important he has been, he has been/is such a creative presence, whether as an artist or producer.

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shmianco t1_jczu2xt wrote

one of my top albums for sure - also try David Bowie’s Low

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UvarighAlvarado t1_jczvplt wrote

Oh yeah! I discovered Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Another Green World, and Before and After Science in 2020 and they blew me away, I was a fan of Roxy and the Fripp/Eno albums but hadn’t listened to this solo Eno albums, I’ve listened to my old dads vinyls so much I’m thinking on buying new copies before I ruin the ones I have….. I also recommend The Nerve Net.

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whatsamajig t1_jczwjt9 wrote

I’m saving this post for all the banger recommendations. Hell yes. About half of them are albums I’ve never listened too, I’ll curate the rest of the months music from this post alone.

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tristangough t1_jczxr0l wrote

Replying to JunebugAsiimwe (#2,283,500)

You seem to know a lot about the ambient genre and Eno-related stuff already. I'm not sure there's a lot people will be able to suggest that you aren't already aware of. However, I'm going to try anyway. I think you'll enjoy some Krautrock and modern low-fi indie.

Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno (obviously)

Neu! - Neu! (a little groovier than Cluster)

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (a little darker)

Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost (this is their first album and is mostly ambient, different from their others)

The Books - The Lemon of Pink (more low-fi than Eno, but has a similar vibe)

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bopdd t1_jd0iz5i wrote

"Another Green World" made up part of a broader movement known as progressive electronic, though the album itself is a little more rock-oriented in the sense that it often features vocals and traditional instruments (guitar, bass, etc).

Nevertheless, if you like the electronic/ambient aspects of this work, here are some quick recommendations:

Hans Joachim Roedelius - Wenn Der Südwind Weht

Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia

Cluster - Zuckerzeit

Klaus Schulze - Timewind

Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale

Richard Pinhas - Iceland

K. Leimer - Closed System Potentials

Steve Roach - Structures from Silence

Michael Stearns - M'Ocean

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blueboy714 t1_jd0ourj wrote

Nobody has mentioned the seminal album Music for Airports. Excellent album.

Also recommended the Box set Music for Installations. Which is a compilation of all of the albums he wrote for installation projects.

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darrellbear t1_jd15rxf wrote

Before And After Science, also by Brian Eno, rocks. It's not instrumental, though. Taking Tiger Mountain is good too. Music For Airports is instrumental.

Explosions In The Sky has some great instrumental albums, The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place is a favorite.

Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe and Oxygene albums are great instrumental works as well. Equinoxe is an all time favorite.

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Gezz66 t1_jd17qrz wrote

I would define AGW as proto-ambient, with a foot in the Progressive camp (most of the musiicans were from that genre). Completely agree that it's a perfect album. Could argue there is some inspiration from the Harmonia album that came out a year before, which Eno effusively praised. After AGW, he would produce an album with them.

But Eno's 4 non-ambient albums in the 1970s are all classics and each so distinct in their own style.

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Gezz66 t1_jd18kqd wrote

One favourite bit of Eno trivia.

He recorded Taking Tiger Mountain... at the same studio and same time that Genesis were recording The Lamb... album. Gabriel being an admirer invited him to contribute and he duly provided some ethereal touches to what was already a very trippy album.

He is the only non-member to have a writing credit on a Genesis album (check out The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging). However, his influence seems to pervade the album more generally - there are 2 short ambient songs.

However, Eno needed a drummer to work on Mother Whale Eyeless and Genesis offered up Phil Collins (he stated he felt like a prostitute). It obviously went well because Collins would also play on AGW and B&AS.

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JunebugAsiimwe OP t1_jd4tnhe wrote

Replying to UvarighAlvarado (#2,283,538)

I got into Eno's music in late 2018 when my life was in shambles. Another Green World and Music For Airports were so comforting for me many nights I struggled with insomnia. So I have a big emotional attachment to those albums specifically.

Reading those descriptions of The Nerve Net I'm certain it's gonna be a record I love. Thank you 🙂

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Gezz66 t1_jd5748s wrote

Replying to JunebugAsiimwe (#2,295,499)

The ideal album for Enossification would have been Melt for sure. It is surprising Eno didn't feature on any of his albums given that Fripp was prominent on the 1st 3 and produced Scratch. But they were clearly going in different directions.

Eno went towards Ambient while Gabriel went for a more industrial sound up to Mask at least. But in fairness to Melt, it was already an excellent album and I guess you could draw a contrast with Bowie's Scary Monsters. Melt for all its electronics is quite a sparse album while Scary Monsters is rich and layered.

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Gezz66 t1_jd57920 wrote

Can I give a shout out to Apollo ?

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Gezz66 t1_jd59ido wrote

Replying to JunebugAsiimwe (#2,296,517)

Okay then, I definitely recommend it for a rainy day, or perhaps a serene starry Moonlit night would be better. Always Returning is one of those tracks that brings a tear to the eye.

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