Brian Eno discography

See also Roxy Music discography, Portsmouth Sinfonia discography, 801 discography, and Passengers discography

Brian Eno discography
Brian Eno at Punkt in 2012
Studio albums29
EPs2
Compilation albums18
Singles27
Video albums4
Collaborative albums22
Remix album1
Production credits37

The production and album discography of Brian Eno primarily consists of 29 solo studio albums, 22 collaborative studio albums, 18 compilation albums, one remix album, four video albums, nine extended plays, and 27 singles, as well as numerous productions credits from numerous artists & bands' singles, albums and compilations. Opal Records was launched in 1987 by Brian Eno as label for the US market, where it was distributed by Warner Bros until 1993. He further used the name for releases of the music of his installations (all issued without ID number).

Albums

Solo studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Date Title Label Peak chart positions Certifications and notes
UK
[1] 		NZ
[2] 		US
[3] 		US
Alt
[4] 		US
Elec.
[5] 		US
Indie
[6]
1974 Here Come the Warm Jets Island (ILPS 9268) 26 — 151 — — —
1974.11. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Island (ILPS 9309) — 37 — — — —
1975.11.14 Another Green World Island (ILPS 9351) — 24 — — — —
1975.11. Discreet Music Obscure/Island (OBS 3) — — — — — —
1977.12. Before and After Science Polydor (2302 071), US: Island (ILPS 9478) — 18 171 — — —
1978.09. Music for Films Polydor (2310 623) 55 27 — — — —
1978.09.[7] Ambient 1: Music for Airports E.G./Polydor (AMB 1, 2310 647) — — — — — — BPI: Silver[8]
1982.03. Ambient 4: On Land E.G./Polydor (EGED 20 AMB 4, 2311 107, UK: 2335 228) 93 — — — — —
1983.06. Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks E.G./Polydor (EG 53, 813 535, US: ENO 5) 16 48 —[A] — 16 — BPI: Silver[8]
1985.10. Thursday Afternoon E.G./Polydor (EGCD 64, 827 494-2) — — — — — —
1992.09.01 Nerve Net Opal/Warner (45033) 70 — — — — —
1992.11.10 The Shutov Assembly Opal/Warner (45010) — — — — — —
1993.08.03 Neroli All Saints (ASCD15), US: Gyroscope (CAROL 6600-2) — — — — — —
1997.07.07 The Drop All Saints (ASCD 32), US: Thirsty Ear (THI 66032) 135 — — — — — 17 on New Age charts[10]
1997 Extracts from Music for White Cube Opal — — — — — —
1998 Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace – The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Opal — — — — — —
1999 I Dormienti Opal — — — — — —
1999 Kite Stories Opal — — — — — —
2000 Music for Civic Recovery Centre Opal — — — — — —
2001 Compact Forest Proposal Opal — — — — — —
2003 January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now Opal — — — — — —
2005.06.13 Another Day on Earth Opal/Hannibal/US: Rykodisc (HNCD1475) 75 — — — 13 32
2006 77 Million: Laforet, Tokyo, March 2006 Opal/Beat Records (BRCLTD1) - — — — - -
2010.06.[11] Making Space Opal/Lumen London (LL077) — — — — — —
2011 Drums Between the Bells Opal/Warp (214) 106 — — — 9 44
2012.11.13 Lux Opal/Warp (231) 77 — —[B] — 7 27
2016.04.29 The Ship Opal/Warp (272) 28 — 175 9 1 11
2017.01.01 Reflection Opal/Warp (280) 78 — — 23 2 17
2020.08[13] Rams Opal/Universal (085 524-9) — — 81 — — —
2022.10.14 ForeverAndEverNoMore Opal/UMG 32 — —[C] — — —
"—" denotes albums that did not chart

Collaborative studio albums

Year Album Partners (notes) Label Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		US
[3] 		US
Alt
[4] 		US
Elec.
[5] 		US
Indie
[6] 		US
Rock
[14]
1973 (No Pussyfooting) Robert Fripp Island (HELP 16) — — — — — —
1974 June 1, 1974 Kevin Ayers, John Cale, and Nico Island (ILPS 9291) — — — — — —
Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy Kevin Ayers, Pip Pyle and Lady June Caroline/Virgin (C 1509) — — — — — —
1975 Evening Star Robert Fripp Island (HELP 22) — — — — — —
1977 Cluster & Eno Cluster Sky (010) — — — — — —
1978 After the Heat Cluster, listed as Eno, Moebius, Roedelius Sky (021) — — — — — —
1979 (Robert Sheckley's) In a Land of Clear Colours Peter Sinfield (as narrator)

Multimedia album, text by Robert Sheckley, illustrations by Leonor Quiles
Limited ed. of 1000, masters were then destroyed

Mensanjero
Voiceprint (VP151CD) 		— — — — — —
1980 Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror Harold Budd E.G. (EGAMB 002) — — — — — —
Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics Jon Hassell E.G. (EGED 7) — — — — — —
1981 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts David Byrne E.G. (EGLP 48) 29 44 — — — —
1984 The Pearl Harold Budd E.G. (EGSP-2) — — — — — —
1988 Music for Films III Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno, Michael Brook, Harold Budd, Laraaji a.o. Opal (25769) — — — — — —
1990 Wrong Way Up John Cale Opal (26421) — — — — — —
1995 Spinner Jah Wobble All Saints (23) 71 — — — — —
Original Soundtracks 1 U2, listed as Passengers Island (8043) 12 76 — — — —
1997 Tracks and Traces Harmonia & Eno '76 (or Harmonia '76) Rykodisc — — — — — —
2000 Music for Onmyo-Ji J. Peter Schwalm Victor Jp (60980) — — — — — —
2001 Drawn from Life J. Peter Schwalm Astralwerks (10148) 196 — — — — —
2004 The Equatorial Stars Robert Fripp Opal — — — 23 — —
2007 Beyond Even Robert Fripp DGM (0702) — — — — — —
2008 Everything That Happens Will Happen Today David Byrne Todo Mundo 153 174 — — 18 —
2010 Small Craft on a Milk Sea Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins Warp 82 84 15 2 9 22
2011 Drums Between the Bells Rick Holland Warp 106 — — 9 44 —
Panic of Looking Rick Holland Warp — — — — — —
2014 Someday World Karl Hyde Warp 46 194 — 6 33 50
High Life Karl Hyde Warp 94 194 — 7 31 —
2017[15] Finding Shore Tom Rogerson Dead Oceans (DOC146) — — — — — —
2020 Mixing Colours[16] Roger Eno Opal — —[D] — 23 — —
2023 Secret Life Fred Again Text — — — 24 — —
"—" denotes albums that did not chart

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Curr.
[12] 		US
New
Age
[10]
Forever Voiceless
  • Released: 22 April 2023[17]
  • Label: Verve
 83 1

Compilation albums

Title Date Label Notes
Music for Airplay 1981 E.G. (ENO DJ) highlights from his first four rock albums
Music for Films Volume 2 1983 E.G. (EGSP-2) highlights from Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks plus six unreleased tracks
Working Backwards 1983–1973 1983 E.G. (EGBS-2) box set (11 LPs), nine previously released albums plus Music for Films II and Rarities
Begegnungen 1984 Sky (87090) with Cluster and related recordings
Begegnungen II 1985 Sky (87095) with Cluster
Old Land 1985 Sky (SKY 105) with Cluster
More Blank Than Frank
CD released as Desert Island Selection 		1986 E.G. (EGLP 65) highlights from 1973 to 1977, LP, MC and CD editions slightly different
Eno Box II: Vocal 1993 Virgin (ENOBX 2) box set (3 CDs plus booklet), vocal tracks 1973–1992
The Essential Fripp and Eno 1994 Venture (CDVE 920) with Robert Fripp, highlights from Fripp & Eno albums
Eno Box I: Instrumental 1994 Virgin (ENOBX 1) box set (3 CDs plus booklet), instrumentals 1970–1988
Sonora Portraits 1999 Materiali sonori (95701)
Curiosities Volume 1 2003 Opal unused music
Curiosities Volume II 2005 Opal unused music
More Music for Films 2005 Astralwerks from Music for Films, Music for Films Volume 2 and Eno Box I: Instrumental
Beyond Even
DGM release as The Cotswold Gnomes 		2006 Opal (0702)/DGM with Robert Fripp, 1992–2006, prev. unreleased on disc (2 CD)
Music for Installations 2018[18] Astralwerks/Capitol/Universal
Film Music 1976-2020 2020 Opal/UMC/Universal 8 released and 7 unreleased themes composed for films and TV series[19]

EPs

Title Album details Notes
Panic of Looking
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warp, Opal (322)
Luminous
Film Music: Crime Pays
  • Released: 18 December 2020
  • Label: UMG
Film Music: Interior
  • Released: 8 January 2021
  • Label: UMG
Film Music: Voices & Words
  • Released: 15 January 2021
  • Label: UMG
Film Music: Jarman > Stillness
  • Released: 25 January 2021
  • Label: Opal, UMG
Film Music: Europa
  • Released: 5 February 2021
  • Label: UMG
Film Music: Science / Fiction
  • Released: 12 February 2021
  • Label: UMG
Small Craft
  • Released: February 10, 2023
  • Label: Opal, Universal
  • Previously released outtakes from Small Craft on a Milk Sea[20]

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions0 Album
US
AAA
[21] 		US
Dance
[22]
"Seven Deadly Finns" 1974 — — Non-album single
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)" 1975 — —
"King's Lead Hat" (different mix from LP) 1978 — — Before and After Science
"The Jezebel Spirit" 1981 — 37 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
"Backwater" 1986 — — Before and After Science
"Ali Click" 1992 — — Nerve Net
"Fractal Zoom" — —
"Ascent (An Ending)" 2004 — — Clean
"Baby's on Fire" 2007 — — Here Come the Warm Jets
"Strange Overtones" 2008 14 — Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
"Lux" (excerpt) 2012 — — Lux
"Dream Nails" (with Sebastian Rochford) — — Non-album single[23]
"Lux" (Nicolas Jaar Remix) 2016 — — Brian Eno x Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear
"Chain" (with Leo Abrahams) 2015 — — Daylight
"The Ship" 2016 — — The Ship
"Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free" — —
"Only Once Away My Son" (with Kevin Shields) 2017 — — Non-album single
"Kazakhstan" (edit) 2018 — — Music for Installations
"The Weight Of History / Only Once Away My Son" (with Kevin Shields) — — Non-album single
"One More Yard" (with Evamore and Sinéad O'Connor) — —
"City of Life" 2020 — — split single with Derrick May[24]
"Wanting to Believe (O Holy Night)" (with Roger Eno) 2021 — — Winter Tales
"Lago Escondido" (with Samuel Aguilar) 2022 — — Música para los Jameos del Agua
"There Were Bells"[25] — — ForeverAndEverNoMore
"Line in the Sand" (with Hot Chip and Goddess)[26] — — Non-album single
"Epica Extension" (remix for Jean-Michel Jarre)[27] — — Non-album single
"Making Gardens Out of Silence in the Uncanny Valley" 2023 — — ForeverAndEverNoMore

Other appearances

Year Song Album Notes
1978 "Dover Beach" and "Slow Water" Jubilee[28] "Slow Water" released same year on Music for Films
1984 "Prophecy Theme" Dune with Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois
1988 "You Don't Miss Your Water" Married to the Mob solo William Bell cover
"Saint Tom", "White Mustang", "Sirens", "Asian River", "Theme for 'Opera'", and "Theme from 'Creation'" Music for Films III "White Mustang" and "Sirens" with Daniel Lanois, "Theme for 'Opera'" with Roger Eno
"From the Beginning" Opera solo
1992 "Under" Songs from the Cool World solo, rerecorded for Another Day on Earth
1995 "Force Marker" Heat solo
"Stravinsky", "Distant Hill", and "Radiothesia III" Future Perfect[29] solo, from unreleased Glitterbug soundtrack
1996 "My Dark Life" Songs in the Key of X with Elvis Costello
2013 "Mother of Violence" And I'll Scratch Yours solo Peter Gabriel cover
2023 "Little Roof" Earth Day 2023[30] solo

Live

Year Song Album Notes
1974 "Driving Me Backwards" and "Baby's on Fire" June 1, 1974 from concert with Kevin Ayers, John Cale, and Nico

Videography

Video albums

Year Video details Notes
1981 Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval Manhattan
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Mystic Fire
  • Format: VHS
 Later compiled on 14 Video Paintings[31]
1984 Thursday Afternoon
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: VHS, LD
1994 Headcandy
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: BMG (76896-40067)
  • Format: CD-ROM
 Collaboration with Chris Juul and Doug Jipson
2006 77 Million Paintings
  • Released: 26 September 2006
  • Label: Ryko
  • Format: DVD
 Revised edition released 2007

Music videos

Title Year Director(s)
"Here Come the Warm Jets"[32] 1973
"Seven Deadly Finns" (live) 1974
"Like I Was a Spectator" 1983 NASA
"Thursday Afternoon" 1984 Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno
"Lost in the Humming Air"
(featuring Harold Budd) 		2005 Martin Davies
"An Ending (Ascent)" 2019 NASA
"Blonde" 2020 Deutsche Grammophon employees
"Decline and Fall"[33] Henrique Goldman
"There Were Bells" 2021/22 Tilo Krause

Productions, mixes, and guest appearances

Year Album Role Artist
1974 Fear synthesizer, effects John Cale
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters synthesizer, electronic effects Robert Calvert
Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy vocals, various instruments Lady June
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway vocal treatments Genesis
1975 The Rock Peter and the Wolf synthesizer Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley
Mainstream synthesizer, treatments Quiet Sun
Diamond Head vocals, treatments, various instruments Phil Manzanera
Lucky Leif and the Longships production, synthesizer Robert Calvert
New & Rediscovered Musical Instruments production David Toop & Max Eastley
1976 Voices and Instruments production Jan Steele / John Cage
1977 Low synthesizer, various instruments, guitar treatment David Bowie
Ultravox! production Ultravox
Heroes synthesizer, keyboards, guitar treatment David Bowie
1978 More Songs About Buildings and Food production, synthesizer, various instruments, backing vocals Talking Heads
No New York production Various artists
The Pavilion of Dreams production, vocals Harold Budd
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! production, synthesizer, vocals Devo
1979 Fear of Music production, treatment, vocals Talking Heads
Lodger various instruments, atmospheres, backing vocals David Bowie
1980 Ambient 3: Day of Radiance production Laraaji
Remain in Light production, various instruments, backing vocals, vocal arrangements Talking Heads
Commercial Album synthesizer on "The Coming of the Crow" The Residents
1981 The Pace Setters production Edikanfo
1984 Dune production Toto
The Unforgettable Fire various instruments, vocals, treatments U2
1986 Hybrid production, synthesizer, treatments, piano, bass, percussion, mix Michael Brook with Eno and Daniel Lanois
1985 Africana keyboards[34] Teresa de Sio
1986 The Falling production of "Mercy" & "Easy for You"[35] Carmel
1986 Power Spot production, bass Jon Hassell
1987 The Joshua Tree production, keyboards, programming, backing vocals U2
1988 Flash of the Spirit production Jon Hassell/Farafina
1989 Words for the Dying production; keyboards on "The Soul of Carmen Miranda" John Cale
Zvuki Mu production Zvuki Mu
1991 Achtung Baby production (with Dan Lanois), keyboards; string arrangement on "So Cruel" U2
Exile production Geoffrey Oryema
1993 Laid production, various instruments, vocals James
Souvlaki keyboards, treatments Slowdive
When I Was a Boy synthesizer, oboe, shaker Jane Siberry
Zooropa production, synthesizer, effects, various instruments U2
1994 Bright Red production, treatments Laurie Anderson
Wah Wah production James
1995 Outside synthesizer, treatments David Bowie
1998 Nomad Soul production of "Lam Lam" Baaba Maal
1999 Millionaires production James
2000 All That You Can't Leave Behind production, synthesizer, programming, string arrangement, backing vocals U2
Faith and Courage production; piano on "Emma's Song" Sinéad O'Connor
Now, Always, Never production, keyboard, vocals Sikter
2001 Pleased to Meet You production James
2005 X&Y synthesizer on "Low" Coldplay
2006 Surprise electronics, sonic landscapes, co-composed three tracks Paul Simon
2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends production, electronics Coldplay
Hurricane production, keyboard, backing vocals Grace Jones
Prospekt's March production, electronics Coldplay
2009 No Line on the Horizon production, synthesizer, programming, vocals U2
2011 Mylo Xyloto unknown Coldplay
From Africa with Fury: Rise production Seun Kuti
2014 In Conflict synthesizer, guitar, vocals Owen Pallett
2015 A Head Full of Dreams backing vocals Coldplay
2017 Altar production The Gift
Kaleidoscope production of "Aliens" Coldplay
2020 Don't Shy Away production; synthesizer, programming on "Homing" Loma
2022 Epica Extension production, remixing Jean-Michel Jarre[36]
2023 I/O production, synthesizer, bells, percussion, "electric worms", guitar, ukulele, programming Peter Gabriel

Executive producer

Year Title Artist
1974 Fear John Cale
1976 Music from the Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra

References

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Notes

  1. ^ Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 48 on the Top Album Sales chart.[9]
  2. ^ Lux did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 162 on the Current Album Sales chart.[12]
  3. ^ ForeverAndEverNoMore did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 33 on the Top Album Sales chart.[9]
  4. ^ Mixing Colors did not enter the US Billboard 200 but did peak at number 63 on the Top Album Sales chart.[9]

See also