The Shutov Assembly
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The Shutov Assembly is an album by Brian Eno, released on November 10th, 1992 on Warner_Bros. It is part of Eno's Oeuvre of ambient music (a term invented by Eno, Q.V.). The album received mixed reviews, perhaps due to the rising popularity of ambient house and related forms of popular electronica, which had come to be known as "ambient music" between the recording dates and the original release date. The album is now considered by many to be one of Eno's best and most enduring releases. The Ryko/Hannibal re-issue has liner notes, which were absent from the original release.
The album is dedicated to Russian artist Sergei Shutov, and may have been composed for (or at least contrived as an audio counterpart to) Shutov's art installations from the same period.
The track listing appears to reflect Eno's known affinity for word games: each track name is nine letters, and may be derived from locations the Shutov exhibition was shown around the world. On the rear cover of the CD, the ten tracks of nine letters are arranged in a grid as seen in a word search puzzle.
Track listing
- "Triennale" [4:02]
- "Alhondiga" [3:16]
- "Markgraph" [3:39]
- "Lanzarote" [8:37]
- "Francisco" [4:44]
- "Riverside" [3:50]
- "Innocente" [4:19]
- "Stedelijk" [5:26]
- "Ikebukuro" [16:05]
- "Cavallino" [3:06]
Track 1, "Triennale", appeared as track 9 on Peter Gabriel's "Plus From Us", the companion/compilation album to his hit 1993 album "Us."