Albums
February: 18 albums you need to hear this month
That's the month sorted, then
Brian Eno 'Reflection' (Warp)
Brian Eno can be a frustrating sod: he’s been involved in some of the greatest records in all of history, and some of the worst, too, in the same way a commentator can make some extraordinary, paradigm-shifting observations and be insufferably glib, sometimes all in the same sentence. And when are we going to hear the lost album he made with Herbie Hancock and Squarepusher? Still, when he’s good he’s good, and on this return to the stunning ambient he created in the 70s, he’s on world-beating form. It does nothing new – its tone barely changes over the single 54-minute piece – yet it makes you feel really, really good. Always perverse, Eno achieves the most when he does the least. Joe Muggs
9/10
