Discreet Music (studio album) by Brian Eno

Discreet Music by Brian Eno
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 2,332nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 168 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (439th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,332nd)
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Discreet Music is ranked 4th best out of 51 albums by Brian Eno on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Brian Eno is Ambient 1: Music For Airports which is ranked number 806 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,167.

Brian Eno album bestography « Higher ranked (2,184th) This album (2,332nd) Lower ranked (7,148th) »
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From 07/10/2023 12:53
Moody Moods, tunnelmia viiikseen
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From 09/21/2021 22:46
That title track will ring out for centuries after the human race is but a distant memory. The next two tracks are fascinating, but the last one is a bit too dissonant for me.
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From 02/27/2018 05:35
I'm usually pretty good with ambient and such, but I just find the title track, well, dull. The rest is pretty interesting neo-classical type stuff, but that opener is just the same motif repeated quite a bit. I'm ok if it's slow, but I need some progression. I felt like I hadn't gone anywhere in half an hour. And maybe that's the point, but it didn't really jive with me.
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From 11/27/2016 23:47
The title track is the perfect representation of the sound of a spaceship wandering slowly through the quiet empty space.
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From 03/17/2016 14:42
An interesting album by Mr. Eno. Not to every ones taste but I like it.
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From 06/02/2009 05:20
the polar opposite of trout mask.. only 4 or 5 notes in the piece, could be construed as simplistic, but it has such a hypnotic effect.. and each time a new bit of instrumentation comes in.. ahhhh.... fuck, i'm getting weirder by the day.
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac (1975) by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
17. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
18. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
19. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
20. Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield
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