ajmurray's Full Review: Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
True story: when this came out in the late 70's, I was trying to stay alive in my rather aggressively blue-collar high school by dressing like a typical suburban stoner kid. This camouflage fooled most people, but one day I nearly blew it all by playing this record to an apartment full of hosers. Tired of hearing nothing but Zep, Sabbath and Floyd, I brought some discs over and proceeded to confuse everyone, topping it off with Ambient 1: Music for Airports. Luckily, they conceded that it was thoroughly not a pop record, and I got out in one piece. However, apart from using this to confound people, I wasn't really into it.
Fast forward to the early 90's. Having long before purged my copy in a periodic burst of vinyl trading, I came across the CD at a friends house. The second I put it on I felt as if I was at peace, as if stepping into a warm bath or a comfortable sweater. The textures which seemed so lifeless to me had come alive, and the quiet, still core of the music washed over me. I generally loathe and despise New Age music, but this makes no concessions to the pan-flute brigade. Minimalist, gentle, but filled with slowly moving currents of sound and melody, this is worthy of being thought of as one of the greats of ambient music.
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