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Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is a loose concept album that references themes of geopolitical intrigue ranging from espionage to the Chinese Communist Revolution. It did not chart in the United Kingdom or the United States, but received positive reviews from critics.
Tiger Mountain is a loose concept album with topics ranging from espionage to the Chinese Communist Revolution. Its music is full of upbeat, bouncy songs, but is wrapped...
Aug 3, 2017 · Eno’s main musical collaborator on Tiger Mountain is Roxy Music’s virtuosically flexible guitarist Phil Manzanera, who’s equally at home with the delicate filigrees of “Burning Airlines ...
Apr 27, 2019 · Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) is, in one sense, an extension of the perverse pop music revealed on Here Come The Warm Jets. But where Jets was varied in style and execution, Tiger focuses on the arrangements of Eno and Phil Manzanera.
The full, singular sound of Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) was a natural evolution for Eno in many ways. On his second album, he continued the drone-y, dreamlike atmosphere he had established on Warm Jets, yet the songs on Tiger Mountain were more tightly compact and immediately accessible.
Nov 1, 2023 · With his second solo album, ‘Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy),’ Brian Eno introduced his Oblique Strategies cards, with seductively subversive results.
Mar 21, 2024 · While Tiger Mountain, like its predecessor, features an array of ex-bandmates (Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay) and like-minded confederates (Robert Wyatt, engineer Rhett Davies, the Portsmouth Sinfonia, Phil Collins), the inclusion of Turrington feels like part of a determination to shake things up.
