Here Come the Warm Jets
Here Come the Warm Jets | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 8 February 1974 | |||
Recorded | September 1973 | |||
Studio | Majestic, London | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 42:01 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Eno | |||
Eno chronology | ||||
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Here Come the Warm Jets is the debut solo album by Brian Eno (mononymously credited as "Eno"), released on Island Records on 8 February 1974. It was recorded and produced by Eno following his departure from Roxy Music, and blends glam and pop stylings with avant-garde approaches. The album features numerous guests, including several of Eno's former Roxy Music bandmates along with members of Hawkwind, Matching Mole, Pink Fairies, Sharks, Sweetfeed, and King Crimson. Eno devised unusual methods and instructions to coax unexpected results from the various musicians.[7]
Here Come the Warm Jets peaked at number 26 on the United Kingdom album charts and number 151 on the US Billboard charts, receiving mostly positive reviews. It was re-issued on compact disc in 1990 on Island Records and remastered in 2004 on Virgin Records, and continued to elicit praise.
Production
Here Come the Warm Jets was recorded in twelve days at Majestic Studios in London during September 1973 by recording engineer Derek Chandler.[7][8] It was mixed at Air and Olympic Studios by Eno and engineer Chris Thomas.[8] The album's title was long thought to be a slang term for urination,[9] but in a 1996 interview with Mojo magazine, Eno said it came from a description he wrote for the treated guitar on the title track; he called it "'warm jet guitar' ... because the guitar sounded like a tuned jet."[10][11]
Eno enlisted sixteen guest musicians to play on the album, who were invited on the basis that Eno thought they were musically incompatible with each other.[7] He said he "got them together merely because I wanted to see what happens when you combine different identities like that and allow them to compete ... [The situation] is organized with the knowledge that there might be accidents, accidents which will be more interesting than what I had intended".[7]
Eno directed the musicians by using body language and dancing, as well as through verbal suggestion, to influence their playing and the sounds they would emit. He felt at the time that this was a good way to communicate with musicians.[12] The album credits Eno with instruments such as "snake guitar", "simplistic piano" and "electric larynx". These terms were used to describe the sound's character or the means of production used to treat the instruments.[7] After recording the individual tracks, Eno condensed and mixed the instrumentation deeply, resulting in some of the tracks bearing little resemblance to what the musicians recorded during the session.[12]
Eno's girlfriend at the time, potter Carol McNicoll, supervised the design of the cover for the album, which features one of her teapots.[13] It also has a picture of a woman urinating outdoors on the back of what appears to be a "naughty" playing card, thus lending support to the original interpretation of the album title.
Music and lyrics
The songs on Here Come the Warm Jets reference various musical styles from the past and present. The overall style of the album has been described as "glammed-up
To create the lyrics, Eno would later play these backing tracks singing nonsense syllables to himself, then take them and form them into actual words, phrases and meaning.
Release
Here Come the Warm Jets was released on 8 February 1974.[25] The album was one of Brian Eno's best-selling releases, charting for two weeks and peaking at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart on 9 March 1974,[26] and number 151 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart.[21] Eno planned a tour with the band The Winkies to accompany him following the release of Here Come the Warm Jets.[27] Eno had to depart the tour after being diagnosed with a collapsed lung.[27] After recovering, Eno played at an Island Records 1 June 1974 concert with fellow musicians Nico, Kevin Ayers and John Cale.[27]
Here Come the Warm Jets was later re-issued on
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [21] |
Blender | [30] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A[19] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[31] |
Mojo | [32] |
Pitchfork | 9.2/10 (2004)[33] 9.5/10 (2017)[34] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [35] |
Select | 5/5[36] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[37] |
Uncut | [38] |
Initial critical reception for the album was mostly positive, with praise focused on its experimental tendencies.
Later assessments of the album have been positive; critic Steve Huey of
Legacy
The album's title track was sampled by Injury Reserve for the track "Bye Storm", which is the final track on their album By the Time I Get to Phoenix.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Brian Eno, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Needles in the Camel's Eye" | Eno, Phil Manzanera | 3:11 |
2. | "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" | 3:04 | |
3. | "Baby's on Fire" | 5:19 | |
4. | "Cindy Tells Me" | Eno, Manzanera | 3:25 |
5. | "Driving Me Backwards" | 5:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "On Some Faraway Beach" | 4:36 | |
2. | "Blank Frank" | Eno, Robert Fripp | 3:37 |
3. | "Dead Finks Don't Talk" | Eno; arranged by Paul Thompson, Busta Jones, Nick Judd, Eno | 4:19 |
4. | "Some of Them Are Old" | 5:11 | |
5. | "Here Come the Warm Jets" | 4:04 |
Personnel
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Charts
Year | Chart | Peak Position | Ref. |
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1974 | UK Albums Chart | 26 | [26] |
1974 | Billboard Pop Albums | 151 | [21] |
See also
References
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- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Stonehouse 2003, p. 344.
- ^ Amorosi, A.D. (12 October 2017). "ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC: BRIAN ENO'S "HERE COME THE WARM JETS," "TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY)," "ANOTHER GREEN WORLD" AND "BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE"". Magnet. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ O'Brien, Glenn (22 November 2016). "New Again: Brian Eno". Interview. New York. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Harrington, Jim (2005). "Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 314.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tamm 1995, p. 99.
- ^ a b Here Come the Warm Jets (Liner notes). Eno. Island Records. 1974. ILPS 9268.
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- ^ Gill, Andy (June 1998). "Brian Eno: To Infinity and Beyond". Mojo. No. 55. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Thompson, Dave. "Here Come the Warm Jets – Brian Eno". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tamm 1995, p. 100.
- ^ Dayal, Geeta (5 October 2009). "The Album Covers of Brian Eno". Print. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Brian Eno". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Except for Ferry and Eno's replacement Eddie Jobson, all of the then-members of Roxy Music participated in the recording of Here Come the Warm Jets.
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Baby's on Fire – Brian Eno". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Howard 2004, p. 191.
- ^ a b c Christgau 1981.
- ^ Tamm 1995, p. 81.
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- ^ Tamm 1995, p. 112.
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- ^ "Eno Debut". Record & Radio Mirror. 2 February 1974. p. 4.
"Eno whose solo album, Here Comes the Warm Jets, is due for Release on February 8 begins his major British tour at Derby Kings Hall on February 13.
- ^ a b Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. 379.
- ^ a b c d Strong 1998, p. 244.
- ^ "The Musical Life of Brian!". NME. 5 March 2004. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Davidson, John (28 July 2004). "Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets". PopMatters. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Brian Eno: (various reissues)". Blender. Archived from the original on 6 August 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Brunner, Rob (4 June 2004). "Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy), Another Green World, Before and After Science". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ Buckley, David (June 2004). "Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets / Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) / Another Green World / Before and After Science". Mojo. No. 127. p. 123.
- ^ "Brian Eno: Colours: Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (3 August 2017). "Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets / Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) / Before and After Science". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Considine 2004, p. 278.
- ^ a b Cavanagh, David (July 1991). "Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets / Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) / Another Green World". Select. No. 13. p. 84.
- ^ Powers 1995, p. 128.
- ^ Troussé, Stephen (June 2004). "Egghead Over Heels". Uncut. No. 85. p. 102.
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- ^ Fletcher, Gordon (24 October 1974). "Here Come The Warm Jets". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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Sources
- ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ISBN 0-571-13883-7.
- Howard, David N. (2004). Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings. ISBN 0-634-05560-7.
- ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- Stonehouse, Ian (2003). "Brian Eno". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock. ISBN 1-84353-105-4.
- ISBN 88-09-21522-2.
- Tamm, Eric (1995). Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound. ISBN 0-306-80649-5.
- Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
External links
- Here Come the Warm Jets at Discogs (list of releases)