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FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

Brian Eno

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

The latest self-recorded and produced release from the veteran ambient electronic composer

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
UMC
UK Release date
14/10/2022
US Release date
14/10/2022
  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    ‘FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE’ is nostalgic, melancholic, hopeful and hopeless, existentialist and nihilist. Brian Eno is one of the few artists who is able to convey the things he does by using so little, and ‘FOREVER’ is a prime example of his mastery
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  2. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Avoiding sentimentality, this quality unexpectedly turns out to be vital to the album's success. Print edition only

  3. 9.0 |   Spill Magazine

    FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is a brilliant album, it is dark and dense, but ultimately extremely beautiful. Eno is looking out for the world by looking inward. Musically and lyrically it is close to perfect
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    An engaging, expansive and thought-provoking album with unpretentious vocal delivery, a mix of organic instrumentation and ethereal synthplay
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It is as timely as it is sobering and, in places, austerely, compellingly beautiful. Print edition only

  6. 7.6 |   Spectrum Culture

    Foreverandevernomore is a classic late-career album; an artist in his autumn years looking around at the world and his life and taking stock. It’s a sombre, beautiful work of art, but a sonically familiar one to those following Eno’s career
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  7. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Confronting the climate crisis and the prospect of humankind’s demise, the veteran experimental musician takes an unconventional approach: He gets in touch with his feelings
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  8. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The strongest emotional responses the album is likely to elicit come from songs where the 74-year-old musician gets emotionally candid about his mortality—the moments where the personal eclipses the political
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  9. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Elegant melodies dovetail with occasionally intricate soundscapes – mostly created by the man himself, and all mixed in Dolby Atmos, the latest spatial audio technology that threatens revolution
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  10. 7.0 |   All Music

    One of Eno's most sobering releases, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is a cautious reflection on the state of our planet and its future
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  11. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Eno still finds sounds in the ether that none of us have heard before now
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  12. 6.0 |   NME

    The experimental master's 29th solo studio album doesn't offer any solutions to humanity's existential threats, but it does offer hope for the future
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  13. 5.5 |   Under The Radar

    The tracks are musically peaceful and unthreatening: synths, gleaming prolonged notes, and the sound of birds and ASMR breathing
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