Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

• Artist: Eno
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• Release Date: 1974 11
• Total Time: 48:14
• Genre: Rock

Review

Continuing the twisted pop explorations of Here Come the Warm Jets, Eno's sophomore album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), is more subdued and cerebral, and a bit darker when he does cut loose, but it's no less thrilling once the music reveals itself. It's a loose concept album -- often inscrutable, but still playful -- about espionage, the Chinese Communist revolution, and dream associations, with the more stream-of-consciousness lyrics beginning to resemble the sorts of random connections made in dream states. Eno's richly layered arrangements juxtapose very different treated sounds, yet they blend and flow together perfectly, hinting at the directions his work would soon take with the seamless sound paintings of Another Green World. Although not quite as enthusiastic as Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain is made accessible through Eno's mastery of pop song structure, a form he would soon transcend and largely discard. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Burning Airlines Give You So Much More (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(03:17)
Back in Judy's Jungle (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(05:15)
The Fat Lady of Limbourg (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(05:05)
Mother Whale Eyeless (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(05:45)
The Great Pretender	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(05:11)
Third Uncle (Lyrics)	Brian Eno, Brian Turrington	Brian Eno	(04:47)
Put a Straw Under Baby (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(03:25)
The True Wheel	Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(05:11)
China My China (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(04:44)
Taking Tiger Mountain (Lyrics)	Brian Eno	Brian Eno	(05:32)

Credits

Phil Collins (Percussion), Phil Collins (Drums), Phil Collins (Guest Appearance), Phil Manzanera (Guitar), Phil Manzanera (Arranger), Phil Manzanera (Assistant Producer), Robert Wyatt (Percussion), Robert Wyatt (Vocals (Background)), Bill Kelsey (Special Electronics), Robert Ash (Assistant Engineer), Rhett Davies (Engineer), Polly Eltes (Vocals), Polly Eltes (Guest Appearance), Brian Eno (Synthesizer), Brian Eno (Guitar), Brian Eno (Arranger), Brian Eno (Keyboards), Brian Eno (Vocals), Brian Eno (Electronic Sounds), Brian Eno (Producer), Brian Eno (Main Performer), Brian Eno (Performer), Brian Eno (Electronics), Andy Mackay (Keyboards), Andy Mackay (Saxophone), Andy Mackay (Brass), Portsmouth Sinfonia (Strings), Portsmouth Sinfonia (?), Randi and the Pyramids (Strings), Randi and the Pyramids (Vocals), Randi and the Pyramids (Choir, Chorus), Peter Schmidt (Artwork), Peter Schmidt (Lithography), Simplistics (Vocals), Simplistics (Choir, Chorus), Brian Turrington (Bass), Brian Turrington (Arranger), Brian Turrington (Guitar (Bass)), Simon Heyworth (Mastering), Andrew Day (Redesign), Lorenz Zatecky (Photography), Fred Smith (Drums)