Brian Eno discography
| Brian Eno discography | |
|---|---|
 Brian Eno at his "Illustrated Talk" lecture at Moogfest 2011. | |
| Studio albums | 26 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 17 |
| Singles | 13 |
| Video albums | 8 |
| Collaborative albums | 26 |
| Production | 37 |
The discography of Brian Eno, English electronic musician, music theorist and record producer, consists of 28 solo studio albums, 27 collaborative studio albums, 14 compilation albums, eight video albums, and nine singles.
Albums
Solo studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
NZ [2] |
US [3] |
US Alt [4] |
US Elec. [5] |
US Indie [6] |
US New Age [7] | |||
| Here Come the Warm Jets |
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26 | — | 151 | — | — | — | — | |
| Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) |
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— | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Another Green World |
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— | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Discreet Music |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Before and After Science |
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— | 18 | 171 | — | — | — | — | |
| Ambient 1: Music for Airports |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Music for Films |
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55 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ambient 4: On Land |
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93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks |
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16 | 48 | —[A] | — | 16 | — | — |
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| Thursday Afternoon |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Nerve Net |
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70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Shutov Assembly |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Neroli |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Headcandy |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Drop |
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135 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |
| Extracts From Music for White Cube |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace – The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Dormienti |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Kite Stories |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Music for Civic Recovery Centre |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Compact Forest Proposal |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Another Day on Earth |
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75 | — | — | — | 13 | 32 | — | |
| Making Space |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Lux |
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77 | — | —[B] | — | 7 | 27 | — | |
| The Ship |
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28 | — | 175 | 9 | 1 | 11 | – | |
| Reflection |
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78 | — | — | 23 | 2 | 17 | — | |
| ForeverAndEverNoMore |
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32 | — | —[C] | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart | |||||||||
Collaborative studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
US [3] |
US Alt [4] |
US Elec. [5] |
US Indie [6] |
US New Age [7] |
US Rock [13] | |||
| (No Pussyfooting) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Evening Star |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Cluster & Eno |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| After the Heat |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| In a Land of Clear Colours (a.k.a. Robert Sheckley's In a Land of...) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| My Life in the Bush of Ghosts |
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29 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Pearl |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Hybrid |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Wrong Way Up |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Spinner |
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71 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Tracks and Traces | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| |
| Music for Onmyo-Ji |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Drawn from Life |
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196 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Equatorial Stars |
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— | — | — | 23 | — | — | — |
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| Beyond Even (a.k.a. The Cotswold Gnomes) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Everything That Happens Will Happen Today |
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153 | 174 | — | — | 18 | — | — |
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| Small Craft on a Milk Sea |
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82 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 9 | — | 22 |
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| Drums Between the Bells |
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106 | — | — | 9 | 44 | — | — |
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| Panic of Looking |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Someday World |
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46 | 194 | — | 6 | 33 | — | 50 |
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| High Life |
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94 | 194 | — | 7 | 31 | — | — |
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| Finding Shore |
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— | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
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| Mixing Colours[15] |
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— | —[D] | — | 23 | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes albums that did not chart | |||||||||
Collaborative live albums
| Title | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 1974 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Sales [10] | |||
| Music for Airplay |
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| Music for Films Volume 2 |
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– |
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| Working Backwards 1983–1973 |
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– |
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| Begegnungen |
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– |
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| Begegnungen II |
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– | |
| Old Land |
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– |
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| Desert Island Selection |
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– |
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| More Blank Than Frank |
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– | |
| Eno Box II: Vocal |
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– |
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| The Essential Fripp and Eno |
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– |
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| Eno Box I: Instrumental |
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– |
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| Sonora Portraits |
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| Curiosities Volume 1 |
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| Curiosities Volume II |
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– | |
| More Music for Films |
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| Music for Installations |
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– | |
| Film Music 1976-2020 |
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71 |
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| Rams |
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81 |
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EPs
| Title | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Panic of Looking |
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| Luminous |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions0 | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AAA [17] |
US Dance [18] | |||
| "Seven Deadly Finns" | 1974 | — | — | Working Backwards: 1983-1973 and Eno Box II: Vocal |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)" | 1975 | — | — | |
| "King's Lead Hat" (different mix from LP) | 1978 | — | — | Before and After Science |
| "The Jezebel Spirit" | 1981 | — | 37 | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts |
| "Backwater" | 1986 | — | — | Before and After Science |
| "Ali Click" | 1992 | — | — | Nerve Net |
| "Fractal Zoom" | — | — | ||
| "Baby's on Fire" | 2007 | — | — | Here Come the Warm Jets |
| "Strange Overtones" | 2008 | 14 | — | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today |
| "The Ship" | 2016 | — | — | The Ship |
| "Only Once Away My Son" | 2017 | — | — | N/A |
| "The Weight of History" | 2018 | — | — | |
| "City of Life" | 2020 | — | — | split single with Derrick May[19] |
| "There Were Bells"[20] | 2022 | — | — | ForeverAndEverNoMore |
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Prophecy Theme" | Dune | with Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois |
| 1988 | "You Don't Miss Your Water" | Married to the Mob | solo William Bell cover |
| "Saint Tom", "White Mustang", "Sirens", "Asian River", "Theme for 'Opera'", and "Theme from 'Creation'" | Music for Films III | "White Mustang" and "Sirens" with Daniel Lanois, "Theme for 'Opera'" with Roger Eno | |
| "From the Beginning" | Opera | solo | |
| 1992 | "Under" | Songs from the Cool World | solo |
| 1995 | "Force Marker" | Heat | solo |
| 1996 | "My Dark Life" | Songs in the Key of X | with Elvis Costello |
| 2013 | "Mother of Violence" | And I'll Scratch Yours | solo Peter Gabriel cover |
| 2021 | "Wanting to Believe" | Winter Tales[21] | with Roger Eno |
Videography
Video albums
| Year | Video details |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Jubilee
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| 1981 | Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan
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| 1984 | Thursday Afternoon
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| 1989 | Imaginary Landscapes
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| 2005 | 14 Video Paintings
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| 2006 | 77 Million Paintings
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| 2007 | 77 Million Paintings Second Revised Edition
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Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Here Come the Warm Jets"[22] | 1973 | |
| "Seven Deadly Finns" (live) | 1974 | |
| "Like I Was a Spectator" | 1983 | NASA |
| "Thursday Afternoon" | 1984 | Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno |
| "Lost in the Humming Air" (featuring Harold Budd) |
2005 | Martin Davies |
| "An Ending (Ascent)" | 2019 | NASA |
| "Blonde" | 2020 | Deutsche Grammophon employees |
| "Decline and Fall"[23] | Henrique Goldman | |
| "There Were Bells" | 2021/22 | Tilo Krause |
Productions, mixes, and guest appearances
| Year | Album | Role | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Fear | synthesizer/effects | John Cale |
| Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters | synthesizer/electronic effects | Robert Calvert | |
| Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy | vocals and various instruments | Lady June | |
| The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | vocal treatments | Genesis | |
| 1975 | The Rock Peter and the Wolf | synthesizer | Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley |
| Mainstream | synthesizer and treatments | Quiet Sun | |
| Diamond Head | vocals, treatments, various instruments | Phil Manzanera | |
| Lucky Leif and the Longships | production and synthesizer | Robert Calvert | |
| New & Rediscovered Musical Instruments | production | David Toop & Max Eastley | |
| 1976 | Voices and Instruments | production | Jan Steele / John Cage |
| 1977 | Low | synthesizer, various instruments, and guitar treatment | David Bowie |
| Ultravox! | production | Ultravox | |
| "Heroes" | synthesizer, keyboards, guitar treatment | David Bowie | |
| 1978 | More Songs About Buildings and Food | production, synthesizer, various instruments, backing vocals | Talking Heads |
| No New York | production | Various artists | |
| The Pavilion of Dreams | production and vocals | Harold Budd | |
| Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | production, synthesizer, vocals | Devo | |
| 1979 | Fear of Music | production, treatment, vocals | Talking Heads |
| Lodger | various instruments, atmospheres, backing vocals | David Bowie | |
| 1980 | Ambient 3: Day of Radiance | production | Laraaji |
| Remain in Light | production, various instruments, backing vocals, vocal arrangements | Talking Heads | |
| 1981 | The Pace Setters | production | Edikanfo |
| 1984 | Dune | production | Toto |
| The Unforgettable Fire | various instruments, vocals, treatments | U2 | |
| 1985 | Africana | keyboards[24] | Teresa De Sio |
| 1986 | The Falling | production on "Mercy" & "Easy for you"[25] | Carmel |
| 1986 | Power Spot | production, bass | Jon Hassell |
| 1987 | The Joshua Tree | production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming | U2 |
| 1988 | Flash of the Spirit | production | Jon Hassell/Farafina |
| 1989 | Words for the Dying | production on album, keyboards on "The Soul of Carmen Miranda" | John Cale |
| Zvuki Mu | production | Zvuki Mu | |
| 1991 | Achtung Baby | production and keyboards on album, string arrangement on "So Cruel" | U2 |
| Exile | production | Geoffrey Oryema | |
| 1993 | Laid | production, various instruments, vocals | James |
| Souvlaki | keyboards and treatments | Slowdive | |
| Zooropa | production, synthesizer/effects, various instruments | U2 | |
| 1994 | Bright Red | production, various treatments and treatments | Laurie Anderson |
| Wah Wah | production | James | |
| 1995 | Outside | synthesizer, treatments | David Bowie |
| 1998 | Nomad Soul | producer on "Lam Lam" | Baaba Maal |
| 1999 | Millionaires | production | James |
| 2000 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | production, string arrangement, backing vocals, synthesizer, programming | U2 |
| Faith and Courage | production and piano on "Emma's Song" | Sinéad O'Connor | |
| Now, Always, Never | production, keyboard, vocals | Sikter | |
| 2001 | Pleased to Meet You | production | James |
| 2005 | X&Y | synthesizer on "Low" | Coldplay |
| 2006 | Surprise | electronics | Paul Simon |
| 2008 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | production, electronics | Coldplay |
| Hurricane | production, keyboard, backing vocals | Grace Jones | |
| Prospekt's March | production, electronics | Coldplay | |
| 2009 | No Line on the Horizon | production, synthesizer, vocals, programming | U2 |
| 2011 | Mylo Xyloto | unknown | Coldplay |
| From Africa With Fury: Rise | production | Seun Kuti | |
| 2014 | In Conflict | synthesizer, guitar, vocals | Owen Pallett |
| 2015 | A Head Full of Dreams | backing vocals | Coldplay |
| 2017 | Altar | production | The Gift |
| 2017 | Kaleidoscope | production on "Aliens" | Coldplay |
| 2020 | Don't Shy Away | production/synthesizer/programming on "Homing" | Loma |
Executive producer
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Fear | John Cale |
| 1976 | Music from the Penguin Cafe | Penguin Cafe Orchestra |
References
- ^ a b Warwick, 2004. p.379
- ^ "charts.nz — Brian Eno — Discography". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Brian Eno: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Brian Eno: Chart History - Alternative Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Brian Eno: Chart History - Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Brian Eno: Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Brian Eno: Chart History - New Age Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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- ^ a b "Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 4 March 2018. Note: User needs to enter "Brian Eno" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ a b c d "Brian Eno: Chart History - Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Brian Eno is MORE DARK THAN SHARK". www.moredarkthanshark.org. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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- ^ "Brian Eno: Chart History - Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Tom Rogerson, Brian Eno - Finding Shore Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 20 September 2022
- ^ "Mixing Colours by Roger Eno & Brian Eno". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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- ^ Kreps, Daniel (28 July 2022). "Brian Eno Returns With 'ForeverAndEverNoMore', His First Vocal Album Since 2005". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Introducing 'Winter Tales': Seasonal music reimagined by a dazzling array of star musicians". Deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Here Come The Warm Jets (video)".
- ^ From the movie "O Nome Da Morta".
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/4091139-Teresa-De-Sio-Africana
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/611735-Carmel-The-Falling
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Sources
- "BEEP Discografie". Alex Rubli. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
- Warwick, Neil; Jon Kutner; Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
Notes
- ^ Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 48 on the Top Album Sales chart.[10]
- ^ Lux did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 162 on the Top Current Albums chart.[12]
- ^ ForeverAndEverNoMore did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 33 on the Top Album Sales chart.[10]
- ^ Mixing Colors did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 63 on the Top Album Sales chart.[10]
External links
- Brian Eno > Discography at AllMusic
- Brian Eno discography at Discogs
- The Brian Eno discography at Hyperreal.org
- FACT Magazine, The Essential...Brian Eno[permanent dead link] critique of 10 albums