Thursday Afternoon - Definition and Overview

Thursday Afternoon (1985) is an album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno. It is a soundtrack to a video production by the same title made in 1984 at the request of the Sony corporation.

Since recording Discreet Music in 1975, Eno has shown a strong interest in creating music that can influence the atmosphere of the space in which it is played, rather than be focused on directly. The video was conceived as a series of “video paintings” which can be looked at in passing without demanding full attention from the viewer. It consists of seven segments of video depicting simple imagery that has been treated with visual effects, much in the same way as Eno’s music is often made up of simple instrumental performances which have been treated with audio effects.

The music on this album consists of multiple tracks of processed piano and electronic textures. The layers of the composition are phased so that their relationships to each other are constantly changing in a way similar to Ambient 1/Music for Airports. This album is also the first to take advantage of the extended running time of the compact disc format, containing only one 61 minute track.

Track listing

1. ”Thursday Afternoon” - 61:00

Personnel

Performed by

• Brian Eno
• Daniel Lanois
• Roger Eno

Mixed by

• Brian Eno
• Michael Brook
• Daniel Lanois

Assembled by

• Brian Eno
• Michael Brook

Engineered by

• Daniel Lanois
• Tim Hunt
• Nigel Gayler