Nerve Net

Nerve Net
Studio album by
Released1 September 1992
GenreExperimental, electronic
Length64:25
LabelOpal/Warner Bros.
ProducerBrian Eno
Brian Eno chronology
Wrong Way Up
(1990)
Nerve Net
(1992)
The Shutov Assembly
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound8/10[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[3]
Pitchfork7.7/10[4]
PopMatters9/10[5]
Q[6]
Robert Christgau(dud)[7]
Select[8]
Trouser Pressfavorable[9]

Nerve Net is the eleventh solo studio album by Brian Eno, released on 1 September 1992 on Opal and Warner Bros. Records. It marked a return to more rock-oriented material, mixed with heavily syncopated rhythms, experimental electronic compositions and occasional elements of jazz. The ambient sensibility is still present on several tracks, though it is often darker and moodier than the pieces Eno is best known for.

The album released 12-inch and CD singles for the pieces "Ali Click"[10] and "Fractal Zoom",[11] both of which featured various remixes of the songs by the likes of Moby, Markus Dravs and Isaac Osapanin. It received mixed reviews upon release.

  1. ^ Nerve Net at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Album Review: Brian Eno – the Shutov Assembly, Nerve Net, Neroli, the Drop (Expanded editions) / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. ^ Berger, Arion (6 November 1992). "Nerve Net: Music Review:Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Brian Eno: Nerve Net/The Shutov Assembly/Neroli/The Drop". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ "188472-brian-eno-nerve-net-shutov-assembly-neroli-the-drop-reissues, PopMatters". 26 January 2021.
  6. ^ Q (10/92, p.82) – 3 Stars – Good – "...explore[s] a wide variety of musical landscapes...excitingly new..."
  7. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Brian Eno".
  8. ^ "REVIEWS". Select. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  9. ^ Grant, Steven; Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Brian Eno". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r183173
  11. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r183137