The Ship is the twenty-sixth solo studio album by Brian Eno, released on 29 April 2016 on Warp Records. Announced on Eno's website on 24 February 2016, it was Eno's first solo album to contain vocals since 2005's Another Day on Earth. The Ship debuted at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and is the second highest-charting solo album of Eno's career (after debut Here Come the Warm Jets). The album received critical acclaim.
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". 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?".
Accolades Publication Accolade Year Rank Pitchfork The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 2016 The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016 2016 Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2016
Track listing
"Fickle Sun (III) I'm Set Free" is a cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Set Free", from their third studio album The Velvet Underground.
Personnel Credits are adapted from The Ship liner notes.
Brian Eno – producer, recording Peter Chilvers – co-producer, recording, programming, keyboards, vocoder Leo Abrahams – guitar Jon Hopkins – keyboards Nell Catchpole – violin, viola Nuria Homs – voice Members of the Elgin Marvels – voice Peter Serafinowicz – voice
Charts Chart (2016) Peak position
See also
2016 in music Installation art
References