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After hearing Before and After Science, his typically odd fifth studio release, Brian Eno neophytes will not be surprised to learn that he once owned 31 tape recorders; that he has worked with David Bowie, John Cale, and Roxy Music; and that he prefers to call his tracks “programs.” At any rate, he is one of rock’s most idiosyncratic figures; and this album, which runs the gamut from abstruse electronics to a quote from Bobby Darin’s “Splish Splash,” takes a bit of getting used to. In fact, I’m still not totally acclimated to the deliberate starkness and coolness of Eno’s aural landscapes, but I am coming around. If you like Bowie’s Low and works of that ilk, you’ll probably like this, too.
By Jeff Burger 