ARTIST: Brian Eno
TITLE: Ambient #4: On Land
LABEL: Virgin
GENRE: Ambient
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44min total
RELEASE DATE: 05 Oct 2004
RIP DATE: 11 Dec 2004
01. Lizard Point 4:34
02. The Lost Day 9:12
03. Tal Coat 5:27
04. Shadow 3:00
05. Lantern Marsh 5:31
06. Unfamiliar Wind (Leeks Hills) 5:26
07. A Clearing 4:08
08. Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 7:10
Release Notes:
Digitally Remastered/2004 US Release
"Re-transferred by Simon Heyworth from the original analogue
masters as they are not technically re-EQ'd but transferred
to the digital domain using the best technology currently
available."
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.