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Track Listings
| 1. Lizard Point |
| 2. The Lost Day |
| 3. Tal Coat |
| 4. Shadow |
| 5. Lantern Marsh |
| 6. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) |
| 7. A Clearing |
| 8. Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 |
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Released in 1982, On Land is Eno's most mature, perfect ambient work. Combining low, rumbling synths with eerie banging and clanking and the occasional wild-animal chirp or grumble, this recording places the listener alone, in the midst of a massive piece of sonic landscaping. And Eno has left no detail to chance. In fact, the work is so complete that when Eno suggests a windswept plain, the listener gets a chill. When trumpeter Jon Hassell bays with a softly disturbing imitation of a wounded beast, the first instinct is to scan the horizon for its glinting eyes. So subtle, intuitive, and well paced is this recording that as it slips quietly from the speakers and into every corner of the listening room, it transforms the space into a gently pulsing sound environment that seems strangely out of time and away from everything. It's a place you'll be drawn to time and time again. An ageless masterwork. --S. Duda
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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If you have just stumbled across the now classic Eno Ambient series and were wondering which one to try, look no further. I own 10 Eno discs and to me this is the most evocative and engaging. The album created a feeling of growth and emergence right from the opening track, 'Lizard Point'.
Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 is my favourite painting a picture of romantic, nostalgic euphoric recall from an event real or imaginary.
This disc is as engaging or as 'background' as you want it to be and to achieve that took real genius from Eno. Buy it.
Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 is my favourite painting a picture of romantic, nostalgic euphoric recall from an event real or imaginary.
This disc is as engaging or as 'background' as you want it to be and to achieve that took real genius from Eno. Buy it.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Like the man (top 10 reviewer) says, this is something special. This is Eno's finest example of ambient, which he invented. Rebelling against the music everywhere, the "used to sell strategy" enlisted by those wanting to sell us things we don't even know if we want. These sounds are not designed to wrap you in cotton wool but to enable you to take yourself somewhere. It's a trip without the side effects, put it on headphones or fill a room and just sit there. Each listen will be different, you will drift off and you will find yourself along some pathway that makes the sounds irrelevant. It is an aid to thinking.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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After studying a music degree at University, I soon discovered that one of my lecturers had actually met Brian Eno on several occasions. "Whats he like?" - possibly the most unoriginal question that I could come up with at the graduation party. The response? "Well... He's nuts!".
Its something that has stuck with me as it ideally sums up the nature of being creative - being one of the 'crazy' ones who is not afraid to think out-the-box. Upon listening to Eno's work though, this won't always be apparent as a good majority of his catalogue makes for an easy, understandable pleasure of listening. And then we do indeed arrive at the crazy ones, just like 'On Land', Volume 4 of his Ambient series. From that first listen, the term 'Ambient' will immediately broaden your perception of how music can alter your perception of time and space. Some will often associate 'ambient' with New Age, but the wonderful thing about 'On Land' (and many other Eno albums) is that they preceded this era. They were, in all respects, the original works that broke new ground.
'On Land' is different to other favourites such as 'Apollo' and 'Music For Airports' in that it doesn't shape are narrative or story. For this reason, the listener is encouraged to deconstruct the quite amazing sounds present and reform them at their own will. At this point, the cover art to the album begins to make some sense. The lonely, sparsely-celled creatures are a part of a time and space that may or may not exist. Does Eno refer in his music to the evolution of Earth's creatures? Conversely, is he looking ahead into the future? The choice is yours, but for whichever you pick, the lush, progressive arrangements that include - but not limited to - well worked synthesisers and distorted guitar phrases will swim around your head.
This album won't be to everyones taste however. Once you strip the personal affinity for particular sounds and the technical achievements involved, it is a piece of work that - in a literal sense - evokes dark and unsettling moods. 'Shadow' stands out as the track that could well embrace or alienate the listener, for its tribalistic vocal arrangements are not for the feint hearted as they resonate mystery and spiritual awareness. This could well be a theme for the entire album itself, but every song has individual attributes that feed the imagination into a world of disenchantment and organic progression.
For the sake of listening to a bit of Eno now and again, 'On Land' won't always top my list as being the most instantly listenable piece of work, but it remains a wondrous album that, for sure, is saturated in sounds and arrangements you didn't think even existed. On that basis, the irony of the album title is that Eno never tells us what 'Land' we are on.
Its something that has stuck with me as it ideally sums up the nature of being creative - being one of the 'crazy' ones who is not afraid to think out-the-box. Upon listening to Eno's work though, this won't always be apparent as a good majority of his catalogue makes for an easy, understandable pleasure of listening. And then we do indeed arrive at the crazy ones, just like 'On Land', Volume 4 of his Ambient series. From that first listen, the term 'Ambient' will immediately broaden your perception of how music can alter your perception of time and space. Some will often associate 'ambient' with New Age, but the wonderful thing about 'On Land' (and many other Eno albums) is that they preceded this era. They were, in all respects, the original works that broke new ground.
'On Land' is different to other favourites such as 'Apollo' and 'Music For Airports' in that it doesn't shape are narrative or story. For this reason, the listener is encouraged to deconstruct the quite amazing sounds present and reform them at their own will. At this point, the cover art to the album begins to make some sense. The lonely, sparsely-celled creatures are a part of a time and space that may or may not exist. Does Eno refer in his music to the evolution of Earth's creatures? Conversely, is he looking ahead into the future? The choice is yours, but for whichever you pick, the lush, progressive arrangements that include - but not limited to - well worked synthesisers and distorted guitar phrases will swim around your head.
This album won't be to everyones taste however. Once you strip the personal affinity for particular sounds and the technical achievements involved, it is a piece of work that - in a literal sense - evokes dark and unsettling moods. 'Shadow' stands out as the track that could well embrace or alienate the listener, for its tribalistic vocal arrangements are not for the feint hearted as they resonate mystery and spiritual awareness. This could well be a theme for the entire album itself, but every song has individual attributes that feed the imagination into a world of disenchantment and organic progression.
For the sake of listening to a bit of Eno now and again, 'On Land' won't always top my list as being the most instantly listenable piece of work, but it remains a wondrous album that, for sure, is saturated in sounds and arrangements you didn't think even existed. On that basis, the irony of the album title is that Eno never tells us what 'Land' we are on.
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Eno continues what others before him started
This is my favourite Eno "ambient" album - gentle soundscapes perfectly describing the titles (not just randomly named like some pople do!). Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. F. M. Havicon
A Warning
This is not an in-depth review of each track. It is merely a warning to those who may be expecting a pleasant ambient experience... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jarren202
waste of money!!
Iam new to brian eno,ive previously bought ambient 2 and apollo both of which are great.Ambient 4 to me is just dull,i know ambient music can be quiet minimal but i felt this was... Read more
Published 12 months ago by craigw
Land Within the Real Inaginary Worlds
Mood music aimed at those who want to delve within rather than just skim around on life's surface. A precusor to Lustmord who take a deeper step into the basement of personal... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Remembrances of things past
Eno takes an ambient glimpse into times and places that must have significance for him. The pieces are of medium length--no 20-minute slow developing or short snippets. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. R. Liddle
Heavenly & remote classic from 1982...
The on-going series of Eno-reissues in 2004/5 is an absolute treat possibly only rivalled by a similar set of reissues/remasters from Krautrock-legends Can. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2004 by Jason Parkes
20th century head music
Eno's fourth album in the ambient quartet is by far the strongest. There's a brooding edginess about tracks like "Tal Coat" and "Lizard Point", the music is... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2001 by N. Verma
Exploring a desolate landscape.
Whereas a lot so-called 'ambient' music aspires to inducing a mood of relaxation, this album has an overwhelming atmosphere of brooding menace, as if the listener is in some kind... Read more
Published on 4 April 2000
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