A hallmark achievement in ‘sound engineering“ “a benchmark album, by a ‘pioneering force’ in the genre of electronic music“ “a landmark follow-up CD to The Silent Shore, a recording considered by many to be a “classic” in the modern ambient genre“ “a tour de force“ “the album of the decade, probably century and millennium too. Propp.Ĭritics have bestowed various accolades upon Frontier such as: “perhaps one of the top ten ambient albums of all time. Frontier is also described in the novel, After the New Age by Steven H. Lysaker, which situates Eno’s album in the context of twentieth-century art music more generally. The record has been mentioned widely in the press, and is discussed in the Oxford Keynotes Series text Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports by John T.

Oasis/Mirage of Canada, the publisher of both recordings, put out Frontier in 1998 to very positive critical acclaim.

Regarded as a significant ambient recording from the late 1990’s, Frontier was originally recorded in Atlanta in 1997, following upon the success of the preceding record, The Silent Shore (1996).

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