The epitome of ambient music
D. Musicant | Berkeley, CA USA | 09/16/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD has the distinction of perennially holding the number one spot in my 301 disk CD player and it will continue to do so. I find that life has those moments when I need to concentrate on something and need silence to think. Very often that is made difficult by the ambient sounds over which I am powerless without plugging my ears or generating sound of my own, one way or another. I have probably the finest ear plugs anywhere but often what occurs to me is to play Eno's Neroli. Subtitled, "Music for Thinking," if I recall correctly, it is the perfect antidote for noise pollution. There's no discernible meter or melody, nothing to hook your mind and you can think about whatever you want. The music itself is unobtrusive. It's hard to describe. It doesn't demand attention, it's just there, taking the place of what was there, just the thing when I need to obscure distracting noise. Is this all it's good for? Probably not, but in this capacity alone this gem is to me invaluable."