The Ship (album)
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| The Ship | ||||
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| Released | 29 April 2016 | |||
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| Length | 47:30 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Brian Eno, Peter Chilvers | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 79/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[4] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [5] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10[6] |
| The Independent | [7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Uncut | [12] |
The Ship is the twenty-sixth solo studio album by Brian Eno, released on 29 April 2016 on Warp Records.[13] Announced on Eno's website on 24 February 2016, it was Eno's first solo album to contain vocals since 2005's Another Day on Earth.[14] The Ship debuted at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and is the second highest-charting solo album of Eno's career (after debut Here Come the Warm Jets).[15] The album received critical acclaim.
Brian Eno has said the title is a reference to the sinking of Titanic, which he has called "the apex of human technical power, set to be man's greatest triumph over nature".[14] The album was originally conceived as a multi-channel sound installation, when Eno discovered that he could sing in a low C: "As you get older, you know, your voice drops, so you sort of gain a semi-tone at the bottom and lose about six at the top every year. That's what's happened to me. So I've suddenly got this new, low voice I can sing with, and I just started singing with that piece. And, so it was the first time I thought, "Oh, what about making a song that you could walk around inside?".[16]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | Ref. |
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| Pitchfork | The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016 | 2016 | N/a | |
| The Quietus | Albums of the Year 2016 | 2016 | 25 |
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| Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 2016 | 41 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Brian Eno, except "Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free" written and composed by Eno and Lou Reed.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Ship" | 21:19 |
| 2. | "Fickle Sun (I)" | 18:03 |
| 3. | "Fickle Sun (II) The Hour Is Thin" | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Fickle Sun (III) I'm Set Free" | 5:18 |
| Total length: | 47:30 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 5. | "Away" | 6:53 |
- "Fickle Sun (III) I'm Set Free" is a cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Set Free", from their third studio album The Velvet Underground.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from The Ship liner notes.[20]
- Brian Eno – producer, recording
- Peter Chilvers – co-producer, recording, programming, keyboards, vocoder
- Leo Abrahams – guitar (track 4)
- Jon Hopkins – keyboards (track 4)
- Nell Catchpole – violin, viola (track 4)
- Nuria Homs – voice (track 1)
- Members of the Elgin Marvels – voice (track 1)
- Peter Serafinowicz – voice (track 3)
