ARTIST: Brian Eno
TITLE: Thursday Afternoon
LABEL: Virgin Records
GENRE: Ambient
BITRATE: 190 kbps
PLAYTIME: 1h 00min total
RELEASE DATE: 22 Mar 2005
RIP DATE: 26 Mar 2005
Track List
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01. Thursday Afternoon (61 - 60:50
Minute Version)
Release Notes:
Digitally Remastered/2005 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."
At the time of this recording, Eno's creative endeavors had shifted to
sound-and-light installations involving unconventional use of video monitors.
This CD-only 1985 album was conceived as the soundtrack to one of his
experimental videos, which, believe it or not, can be viewed properly only with
the TV on its side. This uninterrupted 61-minute piece is probably the first
recording created specifically to take advantage of the length of the CD format.
Muted piano notes hang suspended in the air, while a soft monochordal
synthesizer ambience slowly and subtly unfolds. Perhaps more than any other of
his works, Thursday Afternoon epitomizes what Eno calls his "holographic"
compositional style, where any brief section of the music is truly
representative of the whole. The mood here is spacious and distinctly
contemplative.