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Amazon.co.uk Review
This complex sound sculpture was created by Brian Eno in 1978 and was even installed for a while at the Marine Terminal of New York at LaGuardia Airport. The ambient-minimalist soundscape has been alternately described as background Muzak, a profoundly artificial musical milieu, and a groundbreaking studio creation. Eno designed Music for Airports from a few simple notes and the serial organisation of variable tape loops that didn't quite match up. It's a groundbreaking elaboration on the aural/spatial dimension that utilises silence, piano, synthesizer, female voices, and, most importantly, the technology of the studio. A true metaclassic, the "music" is divided into four distinct movements. This record is the first of Eno's ambient series and is undoubtedly the best. --Mitch Myers

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Eno's theory of the "discreet music" he called ambient was far from the modern chill-out room: the idea was that it should function at very low volumes, unobtrusively coloring the atmosphere of a room. Evolving by tiny gradations, the long pieces of Music For Airports (the first in a series of albums that followed the statement of purpose Discreet Music) defy close attention, but then they're not meant to be listened to consciously; they're meant to serve as a counterpoint to the frantic arcs of travel, or rather to be imagined in that setting. --Douglas Wolk

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Relaxing drift of sound--great for spacing out, 18 Mar 2004 By  Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews          This review is from: Ambient 1: Music for Airports (Audio CD) Nearly everyone who uses a computer is familiar with at least one piece of Eno's work; he wrote the little 3 second Windows booting-up music for Microsoft. This album is a perpetual favorite, one of the New Age genre classics. Divided into 4 sections ("1/1," "2/1," "1/2," and "2/2"), it soothes the listener with repetitive piano and synthesizer motifs, and adds the color of chimes and vocals. This is the "ambient" music style, something to play while you need to concentrate, perhaps, or to relax or go to sleep by. I can also recommend the newer "Glitters is Gold" which also has non-linear music of this type.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Outstanding music: delicate, subtle and profoundly effective, 2 Aug 2001 By A Customer This is a colossal achievement; rarely is music so powerfully evocative and at the same time so unobtrusive. It has greater depth than more recent ambient compositions and its structure is reassuringly simple. It can be as important a part of your home as your furniture; leave it on in the background or sit and make an effort to listen to it - in both situations, listening to "Music for Airports" is an incredibly rewarding experience. Whether working, relaxing or socialising, this CD is _the_ essential accompaniment to modern lifestyles.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   9 of 10 people found the following review helpful: It's AMBIENT. You're not supposed to listen to it!, 30 Oct 2002 By  B. J. Wheeler "jamm1n" (UK) - See all my reviews    You don't go to an airport to listen to music. Don't buy this album to listen to it, or you're missing the point. The point is it's "ambient", in the true and original sense of the word -- it must be allowed to just be there, around you, flowing gently in and out of your consciousness. Like some of the reviewers here, I am used to music being in the foreground. I used to think "if it's not interesting enough to hold my attention, it's not worth having". Music For Airports changed that view. Truly ambient music serves a different purpose. It neither wants nor needs your full attention, and if you give your full attention you will be bored and disappointed. If, on the other hand, you put it on and forget about it, you will notice it occasionally and, just maybe, you will fall in love with its beauty and simplicity without ever knowing why. You might even have to fall asleep to appreciate it, but perhaps that's right too. It's music for the unconscious mind, and it remains one of the best, most timeless examples of the genre.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 17 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Gorgeous If you are a student like me and you need solace, peace and tranquility in which you need to revise or whatever, this album is the perfect solution. Read more Published on 23 Jan 2004 by M. J. Axtell Eno:simple, complicated, functional, excellent. Bought this on impulse and was well rewarded. It's a very useful, functional soundscape. Works as backgound noise or foreground music. Read more Published on 15 May 2003 by gavin1479 Something different to experience This is music not aimed at singing along, rocking out loud or at headphone listening. (Though the latter is very possible). Read more Published on 24 Jan 2003 by fields21 Looking for chill? Not here I bought this albulm on impulse from amazon through my recommendations, I had heard of Brian Eno, but wasn't sure what it was all about. Read more Published on 15 Sep 2002 by Steven Johnston Wallpaper Music A disturbing quiet and reflective calm music album, like wallpaper music .....its there, some will like and some will not. Read more Published on 16 Aug 2002 by R. Hallett NOT what I expected - and more than I could have hoped for Since I'd heard so much about this album, although intrigued by the many differing reviews I had read, I was also worried that it might be a 'muzak' album only suitable for... Read more Published on 21 May 2002 by Graham Spoard Sublime and timeless soundscapes The tracks on this album are titleless, in the guise of many modern ambient outputs, however the name Eno guarantees quality. Read more Published on 11 Mar 2002 Big disappointment This is so like Ambient Music for Airports that it is superfluous or vice-versa depending on which piece you heard first. Ambient... Read more Published on 4 Jan 2002 Reflective Watching planes in many international airports leave as one waits. This album brings to mind, feelings of orange lights; red security lights; blue runway lights. Read more Published on 8 Feb 2001 Totally overrated - look elsewhere I was looking forward to listening to this album as I had read many positive reviews. Sadly, I was very dissapointed. Read more Published on 22 Jan 2001 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 17 customer reviews...