Brian Eno's Another Green World

Brand new as expected! Great read!

When so many reviewers are so disappointed, you know the book's a dud. Stupidly, I ordered this without looking at the reviews. Still, it's not exactly expensive, so I wouldn't want to put anyone off reading it as it does have some interesting insights and information. But it's a real shame that the author was not up to the job and didn't manage to get Eno himself to collaborate in detail on the book.

The Author spends all her time subjecting us to her Psychobabble of the album which bears no relation to the actual album.Childlike name checking of German bands Like Can etc., makes it worst. If you want to know about the recording, Musicians used, Thought behind the album. Then look elsewhere because it’s just not here.

I liked this book a lot. It doesn't do what it says on the tin - I wouldn't describe it as a book about Another Green World - nevertheless it is genuinely interesting in its focus on Brian Eno's creative process. I liked the way instructions from his "Oblique Strategies" cards were used as chapter headings. I would recommend this as a short primer on Eno rather than a detailed account of one album.

In fairness any writer would have struggled to enhance in words the magical music of Another Green World.Still, it was a long wait for a short book with little new to say.