Between Tides (All Saints Records / Opal Records, 1988)
Roger Eno’s early New Age album released in 1988.
“Dust At Dawn (The Last Cowboy In The West)” is a Country and Traditional taste refreshing and bright song by piano and string ensemble.
“Field Of Gold” begins with arpeggio like “Arabesque No.1” by Claude Debussy. String ensemble lead and chord follow. Wonderful and warm song.
“Prelude For St. Joan” is a Classical plain string ensemble song.
“Ringinglow” is a English folk taste brave and bright string ensemble with piano accompaniment song.
“The Frost” is a sentimental, mystic and calm Folk taste song, played by string ensemble mainly with piano and vibraphone accompaniments.
“One Gull” is a sorrowful serious minimal piano piece.
“The Silent Hours” is a minimal gentle and slow piano piece, the piano tone is modulated by delay and chorus effects, like a track in his brother Brain Eno’s album “Ambient 2: Plateau of Mirror”.
The title track “Between Tide” is a Folk taste simple piano piece.
“Winter Music” is a sentimental and grandiose Classical also and Folk taste song associates a journey.
“Sunburst” is a bright and innocent string ensemble conposition.
“Autumn” is an apathetic and bright song is consist of string ensemble melodies and chord and simple piano arpeggio.
“Almost Dark” is a slow and warm Folk also New Age taste song, has an element of Ambient.
Traditional also contemporary, warm, fantastic and mystic taste album is created by Roger Eno’s one and only genius.
Lost in Translation (All Saints Records, 1994)
“Lost in Translation” is a 20 tracked full-fledged album by Roger Eno. The half tracks are instrumental, the rest is vocal or chorus songs.
“Occam’s Close Shave” is English or Scottish Folk taste fantastic and wonderful composition and arrangement song, played by accordion, piano, strings and their pizzicato and so on.
“Ne Cede Melia” is a Folk and Traditional also New Age taste mystic vocal song.
“The Last Resort” is a nostalgic song with piano, acoustic guitar and accordion.
“Ventis Secundis” is a deep Folk nostalgic and sentimental song features chorus.
“Quando Solus” is a sacred Ambient and Traditional taste song is consist of sythesizer pad, piano and chorus.
“The Whispering Gallery” is a sentimental composition played by piano, vibraphone and bass guitar.
“Domus In Nebulae” is a Folk and Minimal taste song features chorus.
“Emberdays” is a Scottish traditional taste sentimental song by piano(s) and contrabass.
“Rain Stopped Play” is Minimal chorus and delay modulated piano Ambient song like Brian Eno.
“Docet Umbra” is a Country taste nostalgic song with electric piano (or YAMAHA DX7 piano), synth pad, electric guitar (with no effect), bass guitar and silent cymbal.
“Lost In Translation” is begin with Scots language lyrics chorus. Gradually reverb effect to chorus gains, and contrabass, piano, synthesizer pad, pizzicato and sound effects follow. A very beautiful and impressive song.
“The Green Grass” is Scottish Folk taste song according plays and vocal sings melodies, piano, pizzicato and synthesizer pad play accompaniment.
“Untitled”, vague synthesizer pad plays Folk taste melodies. It associates Daniel Kobialka and entirely resembles today’s Space Ambient.
Very fantastic, nostalgic and mystic album on which Roger’s uniqueness appears. The best work of Roger Eno, contains various style, taste and formation fine songs.
Resources and Links
Roger Eno – Turning Year (official site)
Deutsche Grammophon – Roger Eno
Music Review
Brian Eno Ambient Works
