Here Come the Warm Jets

Occupation

  • Brian Eno - vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Phil Manzanera - guitar on 1, 2 and 4
  • Chris Spedding - guitar on 1 and 2
  • Simon King - percussion to 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 10
  • Bill MacCormick - bass on 1 and 7
  • Marty Simon - percussion 2, 3 and 4
  • Busta Jones - Bass, 2, 4, 6 and 8
  • Robert Fripp - guitar on 3, 5 and 7
  • Paul Rudolph - guitar on 3 and 10, bass on 3, 5 and 10
  • John Wetton - bass on 3 and 5
  • Nick Judd - keyboards on 4 and 8
  • Andy Mackay - keyboards on 6 and 9, saxophone at 9
  • Sweet Feed - background vocals on 6 and 7
  • Nick Kool & the Koolaids - keyboards on 7
  • Paul Thompson - percussion on 8
  • Lloyd Watson - slide guitar on 9
  • Chris Thomas - bass on 2

Here Come the Warm Jets ("Here come the warm rays " ) is the debut album by Brian Eno, which was published in 1974 by Iceland Records. The musical style of Here Come the Warm Jets is a hybrid between glam rock and art rock, similar to Eno's previous album with Roxy Music, but the pieces are weird and experimental.

Stepping various guest musicians on the album, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson and members of Roxy Music, Hawkwind, Matching Mole and Pink Fairies. In the development of the music and the lyrics of the album Eno used unusual methods. He danced for example in front of the band members and asked them to provide some music, where he spoke nonsense words before him, from which he developed the lyrics later. Here Come the Warm Jets reached number 26 on the United Kingdom charts and # 151 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Critics rated the album mostly positive.

Production

Here Come the Warm Jets was recorded in twelve days in September 1973 in the Majestic Studios in London. The manager was Derek Chandler. The album was mixed in the air and Majestic Studios by Brian Eno and Chris Thomas. The title of the album was originally described by Eno as a slang term for urination; compared to the Mojo magazine, he explained, however, that the name came from the guitar that was used on the title track and he "warm jet guitar" called them, because they 've sounded like a tuned jet.

Eno invited 16 guest musicians for the recording of the album, including John Wetton and Robert Fripp, Simon King from Hawkwind, Bill MacCormick of Matching Mole, Paul Rudolph of the Pink Fairies, Chris Spedding and all members of Roxy Music except their singer Bryan Ferry. A selection criterion for the musician musical incompatibility. He said that he

" (I) ... got them together Merely because i wanted to see what happens When you combine different identities like that and allow them to compete .... (The situation ) is organized with the knowledge thatthere might also be accidents, accidents whichwill be more interesting than what I had Intended. "

" ( I ) ... brought them together, just to see what happens when you combine different characters and allows them to compete ... ( The situation ) is organized with the knowledge that there may be accidents, but accidents are perhaps more interesting than what I had intended. "

Eno drew musicians through body language, dance and verbal suggestion to affect their game and the sound. He thought it was a good way to communicate with the musicians. On the album, which indicates that Eno instruments such as guitar snake (snake guitar), simple piano playing ( easy piano) and electric larynx ( electrical larynx). These terms have been used to describe the characteristic sound of the instruments. After recording Eno mixed each track partially new, so some of the tracks had little resemblance to what the musicians had taken during the session.

Style

The songs on Here Come the Warm Jets refer to different musical styles. The overall style of the album was called " glammed -up art-pop ", with borrowings from glam rock and art rock and avant-garde influences. On some tracks Eno imitates the voice of Bryan Ferry. The vocals on other songs such as "Baby's on Fire " was described as " nasal and slightly snotty vocals." Also bonds to the music of the 1950s were made.

Track list

  • All pieces were written by Brian Eno, unless otherwise noted.

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Itemization

  • Album 1974
  • Album ( rock )
Record label Island Records Genre Rock music Singing Chris Thomas (record producer) Billboard 200 Mojo (magazine)
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