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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION ............................................................................................ i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................... iv
CHAPTER ONE: ENO'S WORK IN PERSPECTIVE ............................... 1
CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND AND INFLUENCES ........................ 12
CHAPTER THREE: ON OTHER MUSIC: ENO AS CRITIC................... 24
CHAPTER FOUR: THE EAR OF THE NON-MUSICIAN........................ 39
Art School and Experimental Works, Process and Product ................ 39
On Listening........................................................................................ 41
Craft and the Non-Musician ................................................................ 44
CHAPTER FIVE: LISTENERS AND AIMS ............................................ 51
Eno's Audience ................................................................................... 51
Eno's Artistic Intent ............................................................................. 55
"Generating and Organizing Variety in the Arts" ................................. 59
CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITIONAL PROCESS............................. 63
Equipment........................................................................................... 63
Systems of Composing ....................................................................... 75
Verbal Expression and Lyrics.............................................................. 80
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MUSICIAN AS PHILOSOPHER .................... 85
Ultimate Realities ................................................................................ 85
Culture and Information....................................................................... 88
The Masculine and the Feminine ........................................................ 89
Politics ................................................................................................ 91
Metaphors and Images ....................................................................... 93
CHAPTER EIGHT: TAKING ROCK TO THE LIMIT............................... 96
The Albums......................................................................................... 97
CHAPTER NINE: ENO'S PROGRESSIVE ROCK: THE MUSIC ......... 107
Assaultive Rock Songs ..................................................................... 110
Pop Songs ........................................................................................ 114
Strange Songs .................................................................................. 116
Hymn-like Songs............................................................................... 120
Instrumental Pieces .......................................................................... 120