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Lux

Brian Eno

Lux

Eno returns to ambient music and soundscapes with this 76 minute composition in 12 parts

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Warp
UK Release date
12/11/2012
US Release date
13/11/2012
  1. 8.3 |   PlayGround

    “Lux” is one of Brian Eno’s major works
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  2. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    It's not the most startling record Eno's ever made, but it probably is his most successful ambient work
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Takes you on a journey that allows your imagination to run wild – a record that will create differing landscapes for everyone who listens to it
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  4. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Let it fill your space, and you develop all sorts of unusual back-stories to explain the soundtrack
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  5. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Sometimes it's hard to not say anything; Brian Eno is doing just that, once again, and beautifully
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  6. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    While so called 'ambient music' has mutated in countless ways during the last quarter of a century, Eno's singular ability to elicit its most nourishing qualities remains undiminished
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  7. 8.0 |   NME

    There's a warmth and richness to it that was lacking from some of his previous ambient works
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  8. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Lux works on a pragmatic and egalitarian level as more or less the ideal ambient record. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   The Independent

    As music for thinking, it bores only as far as one's own thoughts bore
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  10. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Brian Eno is an experienced and mature producer at this stage of his career and that is evident in every note of this record
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  11. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Lux is both political statement and healing tool
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  12. 8.0 |   Blurt

    Makes for a beautiful listening experience whether you are sitting alone in your house or in a gallery full of folks
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  13. 7.9 |   Beats Per Minute

    We didn’t need further proof that Eno is a masterful ambient music maker, but here we are anyway. Best to sit back and bask in the confident warmth of a job well done
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  14. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Whether it plays like the soundtrack to peace, loss, or twinkling lights, LUX is a composition that is no more static than its listener
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  15. 7.4 |   Paste Magazine

    Eno knows what he’s doing. It’s up to us to do the rest
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  16. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    You can’t get sick of music like this because there’s so little to get sick of. But, likewise, you can’t exactly fall in love with it either
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  17. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Lux really needs to be listened to as a successive whole in order to appreciate its tidal rise and fall of intensity and the gentle recalling of recurring themes
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  18. 7.0 |   Spin

    The whole thing is pretty, if a bit mild, suggesting not quite another green world, but something ideal for — as its cover art suggests — watching autumnal leaves turn
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  19. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Lux holds up to close listening and background work alike, providing material for deep thinking just as well as the scene in which a character thinks deeply
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  20. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    While Lux is slight rather than substantial in a lot of places, it is, you could say, the very definition of Eno-esque
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  21. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Lux owes something to his Music for Airports; it similarly glides along, rarely demanding your attention
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  22. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A beautiful piece, but those who don't like this side of Eno will do well to avoid it. Print edition only

  23. 6.0 |   The Observer

    It is an engaging antidote to all the frantic maximalism that the future keeps springing
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  24. 4.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    This is musical homeopathy
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