It was the strange and mystical "Another Green World" (1975) that was the cosmic bridge between Old Eno and New Eno, between Rock and Ambient, between the guitar and the synthesizer, between the old world and electronic music as we know it. "Another Green World" was a total paradigm shift, an introduction to a new way of thinking: for Eno, and for the world of popular music. Geeta Dayal interviews Eno, and his many collaborators on the album. She digs into the album, excavates its odd past, and untangles how, exactly, it was a link to the future of electronic music - by foreshadowing how powerful, personal and emotional this music could be."Thirty-Three and a Third" is a series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the past 40 years. By turns obsessive, passionate, creative and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music.

Through interviews and archival research, Geeta Dayal untangles how this extraordinary album foreshadowed the future of electronic music.

About the Author
Geeta Dayal is currently managing editor of Flavorpill's New York edition. Her writing on music, visual art, and science has appeared in the New York Times, Wired, Bookforum, The Wire, and many others. She has a master's degree from Columbia Journalism School.

Reviews
The book itself is a masterpiece; it's not just a book about the making of a record, it's a book about how to make art and how to think about how to make art. -- Amanda Palmer
Eno's use of collaboration, chance, and cybernetics to force creativity makes for a fascinating story....Eno himself apparently loved the book, buying copies for friends. This isn't surprising- an interest in process has been a constant of his work for four decades. * Pitchfork *
The prose is elegant, the sheer scope of the work impressive, and the meditation on the source of creativity is both well done and light-handed. * Flavorpill *
As a study of Another Green World it's impressively holistic, hungry to catalogue every possible point of departure for thinking about the record ... the best short introduction to Eno's work and ethos going. * The Wire *
It's as much a philosophy book as a "Behind the Music" breakdown, and an invitation to think creatively about creativity. * The Millions *
Dayal's unique and fresh take, which also delves into Discreet Music, is a must read for Eno fans and makes a great primer for the uninitiated. * Flagpole *
Dayal's lucid, elegant deconstruction of Brian Eno's most beguiling album is also an inspiring, delightful inquiry into the nature of creativity and constraint. Anyone interested in art making needs to read this. * Ed Park, author of Personal Days *
...the best short introduction to Eno's work and ethos going. * The Wire, February 2010 *
Selected by Flavorwire as one of "10 Great Books about Music by Female Writers" * http://flavorwire.com/features/staff-lists/7967-words-and-music-our-60-favorite-music-books/3/ *
Geeta Dayal opens her book on Another Green World by admitting that she had trouble writing it ... Finally, she decided to let Brian Eno's set of Oblique Strategies cards direct and inspire her work. It's an apt move, as Eno often foregrounds the creative process himself, and it results in a probing and thoughtful book that never falls into formula. Instead, Dayal portrays her subject as a deft artist embracing studio technology and balancing his past accomplishments with all the endless possibilities of the future. -- Stephen M. Deusner * Pitchfork *



Book Information
ISBN 9780826427861
Author Geeta Dayal
Format Paperback
Page Count 136
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 122g