- ambient
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- Editions EG
Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror is a 1980 studio album by Harold Budd and Brian Eno. A work of ambient music, it is the second installment of Eno's Ambient series, which began in 1978 with Ambient 1: Music for Airports. Ambient 2 consists mainly of minimalist composer Budd playing improvisational piano in soundscapes produced by Eno. The album received positive reviews and led to Budd and Eno collaborating again for the sonically similar The Pearl (1984).
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Character
Contemplative, character-led, grave and intimate.
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Austin Chronicle4/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10
- Tom Hull – on the WebB+
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Tracks
- A1First Light6:58
- A2Steal Away1:25
- A3The Plateaux of Mirror4:09
- A4Above Chiangmai2:55
- A5An Arc of Doves6:22
- B1Not Yet Remembered3:48
- B2The Chill Air2:09
- B3Among Fields of Crystal3:24
- B4Wind in Lonely Fences3:50
- B5Failing Light4:12
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Harold Budd, Brian Eno
- Label
- Editions EG
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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