No One Receiving - 2004 Digital Remaster
Backwater - 2004 Digital Remaster
Kurt's Rejoinder - 2004 Digital Remaster
Energy Fools The Magician - 2004 Digital Remaster
King's Lead Hat - 2004 Digital Remaster
Here He Comes - 2004 Digital Remaster
Julie With - 2004 Digital Remaster
By This River - 2004 Digital Remaster
Through Hollow Lands - 2004 Digital Remaster
Spider And I - 2004 Digital Remaster
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Before And After Science
Published: 07 Jul 2010, 12:26
Before And After Science Is Really A Study Of "studio Composition" Whereby Recordings Are Created By Deconstruction And Elimination Tracks Are Recorded And Assembled In Layers Then Selectively Subtracted One After Another Resulting In A Composition And Sound Quite Unlike That At The Beginning Of The Process. Despite The Album's Pop Format The Sound Is Unique And Strays Far From The Mainstream. Eno Also Experiments With His Lyrics Choosing A Sound-Over-Sense Approach. When Mixed With The Music These Lyrics Create A New Sense Or Meaning Or The Feeling Of Meaning A Concept Inspired By Abstract Sound Poet Kurt Schwitters Epitomized On The Track "Kurt's Rejoinder " On Which You Actually Hear Samples From Schwitters' "Ursonate" . Before And After Science Opens With Two Bouncy Upbeat Cuts "No One Receiving " Featuring The Offbeat Rhythm Machine Of Percy Jones And Phil Collins Eno Regulars During This Period And "Backwater." Jones' Analog Delay Bass Dominates On The Following "Kurt's Rejoinder " And He And Collins Return On The Mysterious Instrumental "Energy Fools The Magician." The Last Five Tracks The Entire Second Side Of The Album Format Display A Serenity Unlike Anything In The Pop Music Field. These Compositions Take On An Occasional Pastoral Quality Pensive And Atmospheric. Cluster Joins Eno On The Mood-Evoking "By This River " But The Album's Apex Is The Final Cut "Spider And I." With Its Misty Emotional Intensity The Song Seems At Once Sad Yet Hopeful. The Music On Before And After Science At Times Resembles Another Green World "No One Receiving" And Here Come The Warm Jets "King's Lead Hat" And Ranks Alongside Both As The Most Essential Eno Material.