On Some Faraway Beach

For some a pretentious art-school type who produces 'instrumental doodles' or 'jazz that nobody asked for'; for others a lightning rod or touchstone for directions in popular music and culture over the last four decades. Whichever, what's certain is that Brian Eno's address book is a who's who of rock and pop of the last thirty years. A founder member of Roxy Music, he's worked with everyone from Talking Heads and U2 to Pavarotti and David Bowie and is often billed as the founding father of ambient music. A witty and unconventional thinker, ten years ago he had considerable success with A Year With Swollen Appendices, his diary of 1995. He continues to release his own records, frequently appears as a cultural commentator and produces records for the likes of David Bowie and U2. While presently he's too busy presenting the Turner prize, organising concerts for the Stop the War coalition or being a sonic alchemist for others to sit down and write his own autobiography, this book is being written with his co-operation and access to all those who've worked with him.

ISBN	0752875701	Pages	504
ISBN13	9780752875705 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	900
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co	Published in	London
Imprint	Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )	Height (mm)	244
Format	Hardback	Width (mm)	159
Publication date	29 May 2008	Spine width (mm)	40
DEWEY	782.42166092	Academic level	General
DEWEY edition	DC22

1	Events in Dense Fog	1
2	Backwater	12
3	Here He Comes	31
4	Spirits Drifting	61
5	The Heavenly Music Corporation	87
6	Baby's on Fire	127
7	The Great Pretender	154
8	Broken Head	182
9	Energy Fools the Magician	215
10	Distributed Being	250
11	America is Waiting	281
12	Moonlight in Glory	116
13	Blissed	349
14	What Actually Happened?	368
15	Spinning Away	397
16	Epilogue (Always Returning)	436
	Sources and References	440
	Additional Bibliography	451
	Index	452

'This 450-page biography (written with the help of the famous piss-taster himself) fairly zips along.' OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY '[An] honourable, authorised attempt to do justice to a mind-bogglingly restless and prolific subject.' SUNDAY TIMES 'David Sheppard's authorised biography dispels some of the myths surrounding Brian Eno and provides a compelling case for his importance as artist and thinker.' WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY 'An accomplished and sprawling biography reflects Eno's scattershot apporach to life - all over the place but fascinating just the same.' BIG ISSUE (Scotland) Music Book of the Fortnight 'Few enigmas are as hard to unravel as Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, but the Q contributor has done a bang-up job with this 450-page tome' HOT PRESS (Ireland) 'David Sheppard's meticulously researched biography ...[with] the kind of footnote that make this doorstopper such an engaging read' INDEPENDENT 'On Some Faraway Beach provides an extensive introduction to a lifetime of constructive, and very English, pottering.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'How do you pin down an enigma like Brian Eno? Music journalist David Sheppard makes a valiant stab at it in this lively biography.' YORKSHIRE EVENING POST

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