Product Description

Considered by many to be the ultimate ambient album, MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS is so delicate, lovely, and aesthetically moving, that it has been known to give rise to sensations of flying, being enfolded in warm blankets, or watching a vision take place in the heavens. If this sounds like an overstatement, you haven't heard the album. A four part "piece" performed entirely on synthesizer and piano, Eno's composition findsa referent more in abstract painting (one visualises bold blocks of colour in warm hues) than in any musical genre.
Resonant synthesizer notes resembling bells or voices are interwoven with bits of melody, overlapping each other, and fading in and out of an architectural silence. Essentially, it's the kind of music one might hear in heaven, and Eno manages to present it without the pretense or cheese that typify most of what later became "new age" music. MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS stands against the prejudices of even the staunchest ambient music critics, partly because Eno did it first, but mostly because this disc is genuine, pure, and achingly beautiful.

Track Listing

1. 1/1
2. 2/1
3. 1/2
4. 2/2

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18028 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 48 minutes

Customer Reviews

Just a point.
Tex it's not MEANT to hold your attention.

The clue is in the title "Music for Airports".

This is a concept first thought of by Eric Satie with his "wallpaper" music, but only properly realised by the unsung, under-appreciated and absolute genius that is Brian Eno. This is music you can do anything to - go through customs; paint the ceiling; wash the car. Don't think, just enjoy.

If you think you haven't heard anything by Eno think again. A ridiculous proportion of the really great albums issued since the early seventies have had some sort of input from him. But he has taken music out of its little box and delivered it to where you live without you knowing it. The BBC have an extensive library of incidental sounds and music that have been provided by Eno, and every time you boot up Windows you get a 3 seconds burst of Eno.

nice but very very repetetive
yes i know what you are going to say - this guy just doesnt appreciate the subtleties of this music. I wouldnt call this cheesy at all (apart from one track 2 which has dated badly) but is just a bit boring. not because its minimal or simple but just because it doesnt contain many melodic ideas. the short phrases just repeat over and over. eno may be a fantastic sound manipulator but this didnt hold my atteantion for long. If you know keith jarret, this sounds to me like Keith falling asleep at the piano while still trying to tinker away. nice music to fall asleep to but not as much depth as people seem to say. I dont know about quiet punk...more like quiet ambient!

envy
I envy this man. he has the best job in the world , just sitting around playing with sound. It's a job he thoroughly deserves because he is the best, everyone else who tries pale into insignificance. Enough of the worship...when I first got this album I didn't play it much but then one day I was listening to it on headphones and it just clicked. It not only helped me to hear differently but also to see differently ..Get it and give it time..think of the randomness of slow falling raindrops but not in a cheesey new agey way...it almost feels punky for some strange reason.