Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) [Japanese Edition 2004]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 317 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 113 MB | Covers - 85 MB
Genre: Progressive/Art Rock, Art Pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin (VJCP-68657)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 317 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 113 MB | Covers - 85 MB
Genre: Progressive/Art Rock, Art Pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virgin (VJCP-68657)
Continuing the twisted pop explorations of Here Come the Warm Jets, Eno's sophomore album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), is more subdued and cerebral, and a bit darker when he does cut loose, but it's no less thrilling once the music reveals itself. It's a loose concept album - often inscrutable, but still playful - about espionage, the Chinese Communist revolution, and dream associations, with the more stream-of-consciousness lyrics beginning to resemble the sorts of random connections made in dream states. Eno's richly layered arrangements juxtapose very different treated sounds, yet they blend and flow together perfectly, hinting at the directions his work would soon take with the seamless sound paintings of Another Green World…