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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Arts Deck[3]
The A.V. ClubA−[4]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[5]
Mojo[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Q[8]
Uncut[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
The Independent[11]

The Ship is a studio album by English musician Brian Eno, released on 29 April 2016 on Warp Records.[12] It was announced on Eno's website on 24 February 2016. The album is Eno's first solo album to contain vocals since 2005's Another Day on Earth.[13] The Ship debuted at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and became Eno's highest-charting album since My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)[citation needed].

Background

Brian Eno has said the title is a reference to the sinking of Titanic, which he has called "the apex of human technical power, set to be Man's greatest triumph over nature".[13] The album was originally conceived as a multi channel sound installation, when Eno discovered that he could sing in a low C: "As you get older, you know, your voice drops, so you sort of gain a semi-tone at the bottom and lose about six at the top every year. That's what's happened to me. So I've suddenly got this new, low voice I can sing with, and I just started singing with that piece. And, so it was the first time I thought, "Oh, what about making a song that you could walk around inside?".[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Eno, except "Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free" written and composed by Eno and Lou Reed

No.TitleLength
1."The Ship"21:19
2."Fickle Sun (i)"18:03
3."Fickle Sun (ii) The Hour Is Thin"2:50
4."Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free"5:18
Total length:47:30
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
5."Away"6:53

Personnel

Credits are adapted from The Ship liner notes.[15]

  • Brian Eno – producer, recording
  • Peter Chilvers – co-producer, recording, programming, keyboards, vocoder
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar (track 4)
  • Jon Hopkins – keyboards (track 4)
  • Nell Catchpole – violin, viola (track 4)
  • Nuria Homs – voice (track 1)
  • Members of the Elgin Marvels – voice (track 1)
  • Peter Serafinowicz – voice (track 3)

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 91
Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 68
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 28
US Billboard 200[20] 175
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 11

See also

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for The Ship by Brian Eno - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ^ Thom Jurek. "Ship". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ "CD: Brian Eno - The Ship". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ "The Ship · Brian Eno · Music Review Brian Eno's dark near-masterpiece is well worth the struggle · Music Review · The A.V. Club". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Brian Eno: The Ship Album Review - Pitchfork". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ The sprawling opening (title) track commencing with familiarly tremulous, slow-motion synths inexorably rising and falling, oscillating between exquisite consonance and transient dissonance. [May 2016, p.94]
  7. ^ Kory Grow (25 April 2016). "Brian Eno's New Album: The Ship". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ This is magnificent. [Apr 2016, p.105]
  9. ^ The Ship successfully combines--surprisingly for the first time--his ambient and song-based work. [Jun 2016, p.73]
  10. ^ "Slant review".
  11. ^ Andy Gill (21 April 2016). "Album reviews: The Ship by Brian Eno, I've Always Kept A Unicorn by Sandy Denny, Onwards To Mars! by Fanfare Ciocârlia". The Independent. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  12. ^ Gordon, Jeremy (February 24, 2016). "Brian Eno Announces New Album The Ship". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  13. ^ a b Brian Eno Announces Titanic-Inspired Solo LP 'The Ship'
  14. ^ Brian Eno on Kanye West, David Bowie and His Immersive LP 'The Ship'
  15. ^ The Ship (booklet). Brian Eno. Warp Records. 2016. 801061827216.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Brian Eno – The Ship" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Brian Eno – The Ship" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  18. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 18, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Brian Eno Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  21. ^ "Brian Eno Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  22. ^ "Brian Eno Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
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