The Ship by Brian Eno

8.0 / 10

The Ship, Eno's sixth album for Warp, is one of his best solo albums in a while, walking the line between pure ambiance and vocal-driven pop.

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At the age of 67, and with one of the most accomplished careers in modern music behind him, Brian Eno would have every right to rest on his laurels and spend the rest of his career producing Coldplay albums and earning big paychecks. Lucky for us, he has the type of brain that simply cannot be turned off, and even…

8 / 10

The Ship captures the desolate sound of sinking twenty thousand leagues under the ocean.

The musician and producer returns with an ambient collection lacking warmth

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Musically the album sees Eno creating a sound that’s frequently panoramic and dislocating.

Also includes Wire: Nocturnal Koreans, The Jayhawks: Paging Mr. Proust and Robin McKelle: The Looking Glass

The Ship marks Brian Eno's first ambient album since 2012's Lux.

6 / 10

There's no denying that Brian Eno is a brilliant musician, but he's no poet. Someone should've informed the esteemed composer and producer o...

6.0 / 10

Brian Eno's intentions will never cease to be helplessly rooted in discovery. Strikingly modest for a man with such colossal cultural impact and a production résumé boasting John Cage, David Bowie, and John Cale to name a few, Eno is unrivaled in his in

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The album’s chief strength is its fine balance of the concrete and the abstract.

Eno’s latest aims to dispense with traditional song structures but is at its most captivating when tending back towards them

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Album Reviews: Brian Eno - The Ship

2.0 / 5

Brian Eno - The Ship review: Not fit for water.

Eno paints another masterpiece. CD new music review by Mark Kidel

9 / 10