Here Come the Warm Jets

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Here Come the Warm Jets · After leaving Roxy Music, Eno recorded his first solo album in twelve days in September 1973 at Majestic Studios in London. He invited sixteen guest musicians, including former bandmates and members of Hawkwind, Matching Mole and King Crimson, precisely because he thought they were musically incompatible. He wanted to see what happened when such different personalities worked against one another, and he directed them with body language and dance. He then processed the recordings so deeply that some tracks barely resemble what the musicians played.

The sound has been described as glam art pop. Cindy Tells Me, for example, contains tinkling pianos and fifties-style falsetto choruses, and Blank Frank borrows its drum rhythm from Bo Diddley. The lyrics are macabre but humorous and virtually without fixed meaning. The album was released in February 1974 and received mostly positive reviews. The title refers to a guitar that sounded like a jet engine being tuned.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Needles In the Camel's Eye (2004 Remaster)3:11Apple Music ↗
2. 2The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (2004 Remaster)3:05Apple Music ↗
3. 3Baby's On Fire (2004 Remaster)5:19Apple Music ↗
4. 4Cindy Tells Me (2004 Remaster)3:25Apple Music ↗
5. 5Driving Me Backwards (2004 Remaster)5:12Apple Music ↗
6. 6On Some Faraway Beach (2004 Remaster)4:36Apple Music ↗
7. 7Blank Frank (2004 Remaster)3:37Apple Music ↗
8. 8Dead Finks Don't Talk (2004 Remaster)4:20Apple Music ↗
9. 9Some of Them Are Old (2004 Remaster)5:11Apple Music ↗
10. 10Here Come the Warm Jets (2004 Remaster)4:05Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

See also

• Brian Eno