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8.3
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8.3 |
PlayGround
“Lux” is one of Brian Eno’s major works
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8.0
48455
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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8.0
48478
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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8.0
48287
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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8.0
48288
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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8.0
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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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8.0
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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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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
Lux works on a pragmatic and egalitarian level as more or less the ideal ambient record. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
As music for thinking, it bores only as far as one's own thoughts bore
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8.0
48400
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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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Lux is both political statement and healing tool
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8.0
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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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7.9
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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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7.5
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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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7.4
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7.4 |
Paste Magazine
Eno knows what he’s doing. It’s up to us to do the rest
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7.0
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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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7.0
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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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7.0
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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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7.0
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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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6.0
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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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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Lux owes something to his Music for Airports; it similarly glides along, rarely demanding your attention
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6.0
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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
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
It is an engaging antidote to all the frantic maximalism that the future keeps springing
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4.0
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4.0 |
Independent on Sunday
This is musical homeopathy
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