HERE COME THE WARM JETS

When I think of Brain Eno's early solo works I can't help but think of the solo albums of Wyatt and Ayers.They all made this quirky, humerous music that was really different from the norm. While Wyatt and Ayers were in that Canterbury camp you have to put Eno in the "Rock & Roll" house. Sure he could be experimental and spacey, but for the most part his early albums were short tracks that really didn't seem to have anything to do with Progressive music. And I think that's important espeially with this the debut which was released in 1973 at the very peak of the Progressive movement. He bucked the trend here even though he had a who's who of Prog helping him out. This in itself was very progressive on his part. Lots of variety here but everything is just so well done. His stint with ROXY MUSIC served him well but lets face it Eno is a musical genius. He's proven it over his career even as a producer. You gotta love the list of guitarists here including Manzanera, Fripp and Spedding from one of my favourite bands NUCLEUS. MacCormick and Wetton among others on bass, while Simon King does most of the drumming.

"Needle's In The Camel's Eye" hits the ground running as vocals join in quickly. I like the guitar 1 1/2 minutes in. Great opener. "The Raw Paw Negro Blowtorch" is a catchy mid-paced tune. The TALKING HEADS had to have been inspired by this tune. "Baby's On Fire" is intersting lyrically. Love the scorching guitar that goes on and on. "Cindy Tells Me" sounds like a fifties song. "Driving Me Backwards" has the focus on the vocals. It's quite different. I really like the last minute of the song.

"On Some Faraway Beach" opens with piano and vocal melodies. Vocals do arrive in this uplifting and transcending track. "Blank Frank" is intense with vocals. "Dead Folks Don't Talk" features drums, piano and vocals standing out early. I like when the guy is yelling in the background before 4 minutes.Then it turns dissonant. "Some Of Them Are Old" is an excellent track with some slide guitar and sax helping out. It turns haunting late. "Here Come The Warm Jets" is the perfect way to end it.

A very influential recording that still stands up well after all these years.