Another Day on Earth

Des nouvelles du dernier enregistrement de Brian Eno sur l'Enoweb (10 mai 2005) : Michael Engelbrecht from Deutschlandfunk was blessed with an early promo version of Another Day on Earth and has kindly sent us the first review. So what's the verdict? "When you've waited so long for a pure (nearly pure) song album by one of your favourite singers, you can easily end up disappointed. Not in this case. Another Day On Earth doesn't have even a weak or average second. It is full of wonder, mystery, melodies, textures (rich, surprising), it has great lyrics (playful, profound, touching), a kind of non-linear plot and a thrilling ending (with one of the most shocking final pieces in the history of rock music). "There are nine songs and two pieces with spoken (female) voices. The album has a perfect sequence; Brian's old song 'Under' (which is, by the way, one of his greatest ever-recorded songs, and was a bit 'buried' in his vocal box, and thus only known to the happy few) finds a perfect place near the end of Another Day On Earth. Some of Brian's occupations with time (and bells) have a subtle influence on this masterpiece as well. And if some people are now thinking, this might be a bit too much praise - well, dear readers, let me tell you, this was an exercise in understatement!" Curieusement, la photo de la pochette montre une rue chinoise et une de ces petites superettes qui ferment tard le soir. La terre serait-elle en train de devenir "chinoise" ?

Complément du 03062005 Un site permet d'en savoir plus sur l'album, avec des extraits, photos (essentiellement prises en Chine !), interview ...

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L'Enoweb fournit les paroles des onze "chansons". Voici la dernière, la plus surprenante (cf. plus haut : "the most shocking final pieces in the history of rock music"). Bone Bomb my body so thin so tired beaten for years ploughshare to bomb so hard bone bomb bone bomb bone bomb my town so dusty so dry buildings pushed over lives heaped together young girls dreaming of beautiful deaths popstar pictures above their beds above their heads troops everything stolen except my bones now I am only bone I waited for peace and here is my peace here in this still last moment of my life

Deux mots d'explication sur ce texte trouvés dans un entretien donné par BE à Robert Sandall, "The quiet man of pop rocks out"

The most striking track on the album, Bone Bomb, is based on two newspaper articles he came across - one the confessions of a young female suicide bomber, the other an account by an Israeli doctor of how the bones of the bombers get turned into shrapnel by the explosion. "I was just trying to understand what might be in someone's mind when they do something like that," he says, modestly.

It's an extraordinary piece of music from a man who has a confession to make. "I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. If I'm not listening to it, or doing it, I'm thinking about something else. Once an album's done, I don't want to hear it for the next six years." In short, music is a gateway for Eno, rather than a destination.