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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.
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The lyrics have been described as “remarkably literate and often humorous” with “quick-fire rhymes, oddball couplets, abrupt demands and ruthless statements”. Eno created lyrics by playing ...
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.
Nov 1, 2023 · With his second solo album, ‘Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy),’ Brian Eno introduced his Oblique Strategies cards, with seductively subversive results.
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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.
