Music Purchase| Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports
So, in what will become a regular feature on this blog I’ll be cataloguing all the new music I buy. How much fun is that for you guys!! Well screw you, I’m doing it for myself ok? Should have bought this album a long time ago but only just got around to it for whatever reason.
Review
I first heard this album in Fopp (may you rest in peace) while at university many many (ok, only about 4) years ago and instantly fell in love with it. I’ve never been a huge ambient fan even though I love relaxing and chilled music but something about this album resonated with me. I’ll admit that a large part of this probably boils down to the fact that it’s called ‘Music For Airports’ which is just a great title and conjures up feelings of long waits late at night at train stations/airports/hotels. It’s that sense of timelessness that comes with travelling and is the reason I love train journeys so much. After all you can be going somewhere - your life, momentarily, has purpose - and yet you have nothing to do but sit back and watch the view. Travelling in airplanes and taxis and trains shows what life should be like on a microcosmic scale. And so it should be with this album - sit back for a while and travel with the music and just enjoy the ride for a change.
Hi Tom, cheers for commenting on seoTunes, nice blog you’ve got here
I have an original pressing of this
It hardly ever gets played, cos lets face it, it’s much easier to whack on an MP3, but it’s still one of my proudest record “finds”.
It’s a beautiful album. I remember I listened to the full thing through on my MP3 player a couple of years back on a 6 hour delay at the airport. It certainly helped with the rage such inconvenience causes
Comment by Matt Davies — November 22, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Thanks Matt! Stick around while I lamely try and update this semi-regularly
It really is a great album and while it’s firmly ‘ambient’ it’s one of the most textured albums I’ve heard in this genre. I might have to put together a laid-back mix just so I can put something from this album on it
Comment by tom — November 22, 2007 @ 3:53 pm