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- Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd; New Ed edition (15 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841957461
- ISBN-13: 978-1841957463
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,843,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A fascinating story...An immediate bestseller." -- "San Jose Mercury News"
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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'I've never succeeded in keeping a diary past the 6th of January before (so I know a lot about the early Januaries of my life), but at the end of 1994 I made a resolution to keep one for 1995. When I started I had no intention at all of publishing it. It wasn't until mid-October that I started to think that, with its mishmash of ideas, observations, admirations, speculations and grumbles, I might be able to make it a book.
The diary also covers four recording projects caught at different times in their evolution. The project with James (whose 'Laid' and 'Wah Wah' albums I'd produced two years earlier); the David Bowie project which became 'Outside the Passengers' record; a collaboration between members of U2 and myself with occasional visitors. And 'Spinner', which was based on a soundtrack I'd made for Derek Jarman's last film.
Of course, a lot of these entries were written after a day's work, and workdays can be good or bad. The good ones produce a glow of congratulation, the bad ones a frenzy of recrimination. As a result some of my best friends - those people with whom I work most closely - occasionally come in for my grumblings. I assume they'll ignore them as usual.' Brian Eno
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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"I have a wonderful life", Brian Eno remarks at the beginning of this stocky little book. It is not an admission that you will get from many artists, and by the end, I could not help feeling more than a little envious of the sheer diversity of activities that fill Eno's life. This very readable diary is also an insight into how one so influential can get bogged down by the sheer volume of work and commissions that regularly come his way. This book is both a diary of Eno's life in 1995 - at once remarkably candid and playful (he has an obsession with the female bottom which he draws to our attention), and a series of essays and short stories. The former Roxy Music member is not afraid to name-drop (saunas with Bjork, albums with David Bowie and U2, works in progress with Paul McCartney...), but this is a pleasant contrast to the sometimes earnest but always interesting extended pieces which make up the "appendices" of the title, and are laid out at the end of the book.
A very worthwhile and enjoyable read, particularly for those of us who were unaware of who Brian Eno was - it is a book which I regularly dip into and will continue to do so.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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If there is one book you need to read..........this could be it!
A remarkably candid account of Brian Eno's life in 1995. He manages to combine, though probably not for the readers benefit, humour with the serious. It is a detailed review of how the other half live but it also an insight into an overactive mind. 'Nothing much happened today,- Bowie, Lou Reed and Lenny Henry called',-like they do. The book is a great source of ideas, when Eno has an idea he jots it down, regardless of time of day (or night). His lists are legendary. Eno can simultaneously recount his meetings with Tony Blair and then his visit to Auntie Freda for her 90th birthday. Berating foreign policies in Bosnia, then worrying about the overuse of oyster sauce in his recipes.Can be opened at any page to discover the thoughts and theories of the most influential musician and producer of the past 30 years. A wonderful coffee table, nay toilet, book.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book to research Eno's opinions and sensibilities in order to inform my own artistic practice; as it happens , this may be the most inspiring book I have ever read. The amount of ideas on display here is frightening. It ought to be called 'Inspiration for Artists in a Rut'. It really is worth the time and money and nowadays, that is rare praise!
is music is sometimes OK aswell. There you go.
Ray
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Swollen appendices but a shrunken volume!
I borrowed a copy of the first edition from my local library about a year ago. As I enjoyed it immensely I decided to buy a copy. Read more
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Demands a reprint!
A highly entertaining insight into the lifestyle of a globe trotting polymath. Amusing, warm but most of all shot through with a highly original intelligence. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by N. Nisbet
A Year? A Life
This book is so great that I have been too busy reading it, a few pages at a time, and letting it soak in, that I have composed and re-composed what I would say about over several... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2003 by Elessar Tetramariner
Buy a Roxy Music album instead
I bought this book on the strength of a review I saw previously by Tom Robinson, and out of a respect for Eno's work from the 70's (Roxy Music, with Robert Fripp etc.). Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2000 by plb@walker.com
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