Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

Indie Pop / Avant Pop / Muzyka alternatywna
premiera polska: 2009-08-03
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Anglia
opakowanie: plastikowe etui
opis:
Drugi z tzw. piosenkowych autorskich albumów Briana Eno. W kolejności albumy były wydawane następująco:
Here Come the Warm Jets (E.G. Records, 1973), Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (E.G. Records, 1974), Another Green World (E.G. Records, 1975) i Before and after Science (E.G. Records, 1977).
Piosenkowe albumy Briana Eno stanowią osobny gatunek od jego minimalistycznych, instrumentalnych awangardowych albumów muzyki ambient.
W latach 1977–1979, Brian Eno i David Bowie, pracując w Berlinie, nagrali tzw. „trylogię berlińską”. Albumy te są nominalnie albumami Bowiego: Low (1977), „Heroes” (1977) i Lodger (1979). Ten ostatni, wprawdzie nagrany w Szwajcarii, jest zaliczany jako „berliński”[6].
Eno również nagrał dwa duetowe albumy w latach 1972–1975 z Robertem Frippem, gitarzystą zespołu King Crimson: (No Pussyfooting) (1972-73) i Evening Star (1975).

Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is the second solo album by English musician Brian Eno, released in November 1974 by Island Records. Unlike his debut album Here Come the Warm Jets, which had featured sixteen musicians, this album utilized a core band of five instrumentalists – Eno himself on keyboards and guitar, guitarist Phil Manzanera, bassist Brian Turrington, drummer Freddie Smith and percussionist Robert Wyatt – and featured far fewer guests. Manzanera, who had played with Eno in Roxy Music, also participated in the writing and production. To help guide the musicians, Eno and Peter Schmidt developed instruction cards called Oblique Strategies to facilitate creativity during the recording process.

Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is a loose concept album that addresses a variety of subjects that range from espionage to the Chinese Communist revolution. The album alludes to pop-song structures, but Eno's lyrics play with themes of geopolitical intrigue. It did not chart in the United Kingdom or the United States, but it got good reviews from critics. Since its release, the album has received even more critical attention.

muzycy:
Eno – vocals, electronics, snake guitar, keyboards, treatments, production
Phil Manzanera – guitar, production
Brian Turrington – bass guitar, piano on track 10
Freddie Smith – drums
Robert Wyatt – percussion, backing vocals

Guest musicians
Portsmouth Sinfonia – strings on track 7
Randi and the Pyramids – chorus on track 8
The Simplistics – chorus on tracks 2 and 10
Andy Mackay – brass on track 3
Phil Collins – drums on track 4
Polly Eltes – vocals on track 4

utwory:
1. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More 3:18
2. Back in Judy's Jungle 5:16
3. The Fat Lady of Limbourg 5:03
4. Mother Whale Eyeless 5:45
5. The Great Pretender 5:11
6. Third Uncle Eno 4:48
7. Put a Straw under Baby 3:25
8. The True Wheel 5:11
9. China My China 4:44
10. Taking Tiger Mountain

wydano: 2009-08-03 (1974)