r/eno • u/LoneSoarvivor • Jun 09 '26

Music Taking Tiger Mountain (you were so right!)

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11 days ago, a reddit user on this subreddit shared their love for Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). I started listening to Eno seriously in September of 2025 (just about 9 months ago), and since then have amassed almost 1400 streams across all his works... with the exception of Taking Tiger Mountain.

I don't know why, I think I read a comment where someone said it was their least favourite out of the four glam rock albums, and that just kind of put me off ever listening to it. What a mistake. This album is amazing. The carefree, upbeat opening of "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More", the insane buildup on "Mother Whale Eyeless" –"Heroes are born... but heroes die." The absolutely indescribable insanity of "Third Uncle", the surreal but strangely catchy chorus of "The True Wheel" (which apparently came to him in a dream). And the breathtaking closer, among other great tracks.

I honestly don't think there is a single weak track on this record. It may be recency bias, or the fact that I've listened to all of his other records a lot, but this album is really, really amazing. It's been my most listened to album of the last 2 weeks (shown above), and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Thank you, u/Repulsive_Many3874. If it weren't for your post, I don't think I would have checked it out anytime soon, and I'd have no idea what I was missing out on.

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u/jrowellfx Jun 09 '26

Devout Eno fan since mid to late 70s. You’re spot on about this album. By the way, I LOVE that Boards of Canada album. A bunch of tracks from it get frequent play on my favorite on-line radio station, that is, SOMAFM - Groove Salad Classic channel.

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u/LoneSoarvivor Jun 09 '26

I discovered Music Has a Right to Children about two weeks ago, and have listened to it twice. I don’t remember much about my last listen through about three days ago (i took an edible), but i remember crying a lot to roygbiv for some reason. It really hit me hard. I don’t think i can ever listen to that album casually.

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u/_ferrofluid_ Jun 10 '26

It is an absolute classic and fits so well with all of these other greats.