Brian Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Over the long tenure of Sound Opinions, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot mentioned Brian Eno countless times. They think it’s time to tackle a classic album dissection of his 1974 record Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy.) They discuss Eno’s career before and since the album, as well as hear a bit of Eno himself from their 2011 interview with him.
Brian Eno’s Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot undertake a classic album dissection by popular demand from listeners- Brian Eno’s second solo album, “Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy).” Eno’s name comes up often enough on Sound Opinions that it’s often marked with a ding from the “Eno bell,” but this is the first classic album dissection they’ve ever done of an Eno album.
Featured Songs:
- Brian Eno, "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
- Roxy Music, "Re-Make/Re-Model," Roxy Music, Island, Reprise, 1972
- Brian Eno, "Needles in the Camel's Eye," Here Come the Warm Jets, Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "Back In Judy's Jungle," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "Mother Whale Eyeless," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Soft Machine, "Priscilla," The Soft Machine, Probe, Command, ABC, 1968
- Brian Eno, "Put a Straw under Baby," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "China My China," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "The Great Pretender," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "Third Uncle," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "The True Wheel," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "The Fat Lady of Limbourg," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "Taking Tiger Mountain," Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Island, 1974
- Brian Eno, "Fullness of Wind," Discreet Music, Obscure, 1975
- Brian Eno and David Byrne, "Regiment," My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Sire, E.G., 1981
- Roxy Music, "Editions of You," For Your Pleasure, Island, Warner Bros., 1973
- BODEGA, "Tarkovski," Tarkovski (Single), Chrysalis, 2024
Dear Listeners,
For more than 15 years, Sound Opinions was a production of WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. Now that the show is independent, we're inviting you to join the band and lend a hand! We need your support more than ever because now we have to do all the behind-the-scenes work that WBEZ handled before (like buying insurance and paying for podcast hosting, ugh). Plus, we have some exciting ideas we'd like to try now that there's no one to tell us no!