Another Green World - Definition and Overview

Another Green World
Album by Brian Eno
Released	November, 1975
Recorded	July - August, 1975 at Island Studios
Genre	Art rock
Length	40 min 24 sec
Record label	EG Records
Producer	Brian Eno and Rhett Davies
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:086gtq4ztu42)
Brian Eno Chronology
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974)	Another Green World (1975)	Discreet Music (1975)

Another Green World is an album by experimental musician Brian Eno, released in November of 1975 (see 1975 in music). Critically acclaimed, the album marks a fundamental shift in Eno's musical expression, farther away from conventional song structure than ever before, and increasingly bizarre and iconoclastic. This however inevitably made the album less commercial, and to some listeners less accessible, than his previous work.

This album has nine instrumental tracks to only five with vocals. Many of these tracks laid the foundation for Eno’s future ambient career. Much of the album is accented by a complex and often chaotic array of sounds mixed in the far background.

Though the album begins with a harsh, aggressive piece titled “Sky Saw”, most of this album has a gentler approach than Eno’s previous works. The atmosphere of this album is an unusual combination of whimsical humor and a kind of melancholy serenity, sometimes on the same track.

“Zawinul/Lava” is an instrumental piece with piano, fretless bass and percussion. It reflects a sparse, airy atmosphere similar to Eno’s future album Ambient #1/Music for Airports.

Track listing

1. "Sky Saw" (Eno) - 3:25
2. "Over Fire Island" (Eno) - 1:49
3. "St. Elmo's Fire" (Eno) - 2:56
4. "In Dark Trees" (Eno) - 2:29
5. "The Big Ship" (Eno) - 3:01
6. "I'll Come Running" (Eno) - 3:48
7. "Another Green World" (Eno) - 1:28
8. "Sombre Reptiles" (Eno) - 2:26
9. "Little Fishes" (Eno) - 1:30
10. "Golden Hours" (Eno) - 4:01
11. "Becalmed" (Eno) - 3:56
12. "Zawinul/Lava" (Eno) - 3:00
13. "Everything Merges With the Night" (Eno) - 3:59
14. "Spirits Drifting" (Eno) - 2:36

Personnel

• John Cale - Keyboards, Viola
• Phil Collins - Percussion, Drums
• Robert Ash - Assistant Engineer
• Rhett Davies - Producer, Engineer
• Brian Eno - Organ, Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Sound Effects, Vocals, Producer, Performer, Farfisa Organ, Bass Pedals, Tapes
• Robert Fripp - Guitar
• Percy Jones - Bass, Fretless Bass
• Roderick Melvin - Keyboards, Fender Rhodes
• Paul Rudolph - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Drums (Snare)
• Brian Turrington - Bass, Piano, Guitar (Bass)
• Guy Bidmead - Assistant Engineer
• Barry Sage - Assistant Engineer
• Bob Bowkett - Typography
• Ritva Saarikko - Photography
• Tom Phillips - Cover art (detail from After Raphael)