Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Eno

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  • Release Date: 06/01/2004
  • Original Release: 1974
  • Sales Rank: 40,204
  • Label: ASTRALWERKS
  • UPC: 724357728829

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Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

1LISTENBurning Airlines Give You So Much More 3:17
2LISTENBack in Judy's Jungle 5:15
3LISTENThe Fat Lady of Limbourg 5:05
4LISTENMother Whale Eyeless 5:45
5LISTENThe Great Pretender 5:11
6LISTENThird Uncle 4:47
7LISTENPut a Straw Under Baby 3:25
8LISTENThe True Wheel 5:11
9LISTENChina My China 4:44
10LISTENTaking Tiger Mountain 5:32

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Continuing the twisted pop explorations of Here Come the Warm Jets, Eno's sophomore album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), is more subdued and cerebral, and a bit darker when he does cut loose, but it's no less thrilling once the music reveals itself. It's a loose concept album -- often inscrutable, but still playful -- about espionage, the Chinese Communist revolution, and dream associations, with the more stream-of-consciousness lyrics beginning to resemble the sorts of random connections made in dream states. Eno's richly layered arrangements juxtapose very different treated sounds, yet they blend and flow together perfectly, hinting at the directions his work would soon take with the seamless sound paintings of Another Green World. Although not quite as enthusiastic as Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain is made accessible through Eno's mastery of pop song structure, a form he would soon transcend and largely discard. Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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May 01, 2002: This is one of the most brilliantly psychedelic albums ever made. Lushly textured, chocked full of aural (and, sure, optical) illusions, cleverer-than-thou lyrics, stunning musicianship and just a tinge of paranoia to keep you on your toes. It was only through repeated doses of this album that I was able to make it through high school with my sanity intact.

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