"...This album stood out like a diamond in mud when it came out. Every track is an absolute cracker. An album that's always worth twice the price!..." Amazon reviewer Volcano Man

Without having had time to disrobe from his transvestite-like Roxy Music robes, Brian Eno headed straight into the studio to create the masterpiece that he couldn't realise within the confines of Roxy.

Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets

At the time, my friends and I thought he was a nut, principally because of the bizarre interviews he was giving to the press at the time.

Ahem! On Here Come the Warm Jets Brian claims that he plays:

• simplistic keyboards
• snake guitar
• electric laryynx &
• treats other instruments

He's can't sing for nuts but he's a witty, though somewhat bizarre lyricist, e.g. on Baby's On Fire:

"...Baby's on fire, better throw her in the water
Look at her laughing, like a heifer to the slaughter..."  

Or The Paw-paw Negro Blowtorch

"...Now he'll barbeque your kitten...he's just another learner lover...You'll have to make a choice between the paw-paw negro blowtorch and me..."

Not to forget Blank Frank

"...Blank Frank is the messenger of your doom and your destruction
Yes, he is the one who will look at you sideways..."

Eno proudly approached the whole make-an-album scenario as an unabashed amateur...and displayed an astonishingly strong intuitive grasp on how to make interesting pop music without really knowing how e.g.:

• The Velvet Underground guitar sound of Needle In The Camel's Eye &
• the very silly Dead Finks Don't Talk 

Eno's pot-pourri album is a grab-bag of what was then possible at the interstice between Glam and Prog rock. Yes, there are great sounds on this album, whether it's:

• his Roxy cohorts (minus Bryan Ferry)
• King Crimson's Robert Fripp
• Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt  

...and Eno oversees it all, ensuring that Here Come The Warm Jets is a lot of fun.

Fan generated video for Brian Eno's Baby's On Fire 

Overall, though, because there's so much play, Here Come the Warm Jets sometimes sounds like an amazing compilation album, a series of really great tracks by some of the top musicians of the time (especially Robert Fripp)...with one proudly limited vocalist...who happens to be a fairly cool, silly lyricist.

If you have any interest in Glam rock...then this is the highbrow playground...and you should really check it out. Here Come the Warm Jets may not be Rock'n'Roll but it sure rocks...and it really grows on you!

Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets

"...Holy Toledo! What a mix of unbelievable sounds. From the most haunting melodies to the rocking-est guitars ever heard with sounds inbetween you've never imagined. It's unnerving and riveting and shocking and there's a crazy edge to it that kind of stuns the senses because they can't be sure (that) they're really hearing what they've just heard. Highly addictive, highly unusual but an absolute must-have listening experience..." Amazon reviewer Scott Schairer "At my console"

"...Brian Eno's lyrics sort of reminds me of Syd Barrett's...really enjoyable and completely out there. Some of them don't make much since at all and it's hilarious when they don't! His music is a good bit different from Syd's, though, it's more glam than trippy..." Amazon reviewer T. D. Ball 

see also:

• wikipedia Here Come The Warm Jets