F&E REVIEWED
Posted by Sid Smith on Oct 22, 2007 - This post is archived and may no longer be relevant

Here’s a clutch of F&E reviews. Firstly, from the hallowed pages of Mojo, who give the album a three star review under its working title.

Unreleased Works Of Startling Genius

Selection from the duo’s recent sonic sketchbooks compiled by Brian Eno.

Fripp & Eno seemed a decidedly odd pairing when they first recorded together 34 years ago. But the guitar virtuoso and the avowed non-musician discovered a peculiar chemistry, which has worked throughout their collaborations on each other’s albums, and their work as an occasional duo. This compilation is a different prospect to the deep space explorations of 2004’s The Equatorial Stars. Instead, as its jokey title suggests, it has more in common with Eno’s own Curiosities sets. These similarly tasty off-cuts include itchy electronic grooves, guitar vignettes and ambient still-life studies.  Track 13 (none are titled) finds Fripp’s lines buzzing and slithering over whomping beats, and is reckoned by both musicians to be one of his best performances: they have a point. Unreleased Works is available as a double CD limited edition with the tracks running either individually or segued together.  Another of their jokes, one assumes.
Mike Barnes

Meanwhile, three stars over in The Guardian and four in The Sunday Times

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