The Ship (album)

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The Ship
File:The Ship (Front Cover).png
Studio album by Brian Eno
Released 29 April 2016
Genre Ambient, electronic
Length 47:30
Label Warp
Producer Brian Eno, Peter Chilvers
Brian Eno chronology
High Life
(2014)High Life2014		 The Ship
(2016)
Singles from The Ship
  1. "The Ship"
    Released: 30 March 2016
  2. "Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free"
    Released: 21 April 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 78/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
The Arts Deck 5/5 stars[3]
The A.V. Club A−[4]
Pitchfork Media 8.0/10[5]
Mojo 3/5 stars[6]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[7]
Q 4/5 stars[8]
Uncut 4/5 stars[9]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars[10]
The Independent 4/5 stars[11]

The Ship is a studio album by English musician Brian Eno, released on 29 April 2016 on Warp Records.[12] It was announced on Eno's website on 24 February 2016. The album is Eno's first solo album to contain vocals since 2005's Another Day on Earth.[13] The Ship debuted at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and became Eno's highest-charting album since My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)[citation needed].

Background

Brian Eno has said the title is a reference to the sinking of Titanic, which he has called "the apex of human technical power, set to be Man's greatest triumph over nature".[13] The album was originally conceived as a multi channel sound installation, when Eno discovered that he could sing in a low C: "As you get older, you know, your voice drops, so you sort of gain a semi-tone at the bottom and lose about six at the top every year. That's what's happened to me. So I've suddenly got this new, low voice I can sing with, and I just started singing with that piece. And, so it was the first time I thought, "Oh, what about making a song that you could walk around inside?".[14]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brian Eno, except "Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free" written and composed by Eno and Lou Reed. 

No. Title Length
1. "The Ship"   21:19
2. "Fickle Sun (i)"   18:03
3. "Fickle Sun (ii) The Hour Is Thin"   2:50
4. "Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free"   5:18
Total length:
 47:30

Personnel

Credits are adapted from The Ship liner notes.[15]

  • Brian Eno – producer, recording
  • Peter Chilvers – co-producer, recording, programming, keyboards, vocoder
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar (track 4)
  • Jon Hopkins – keyboards (track 4)
  • Nell Catchpole – violin, viola (track 4)
  • Nuria Homs – voice (track 1)
  • Members of the Elgin Marvels – voice (track 1)
  • Peter Serafinowicz – voice (track 3)

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 91
Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 68
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 28
US Billboard 200[20] 175

See also

References

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  8. ↑ This is magnificent. [Apr 2016, p.105]
  9. ↑ The Ship successfully combines--surprisingly for the first time--his ambient and song-based work. [Jun 2016, p.73]
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  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Brian Eno Announces Titanic-Inspired Solo LP 'The Ship'
  14. ↑ Brian Eno on Kanye West, David Bowie and His Immersive LP 'The Ship'
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  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Brian Eno – The Ship" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Brian Eno – The Ship" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 18, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "Brian Eno – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Brian Eno. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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