Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Studio album by
Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno
Released29 July 1983 (1983-07-29)
Recorded1981–1982
StudioGrant Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
GenreAmbient
Length48:08
LabelEG
ProducerBrian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno chronology
Ambient 4: On Land
(1982) 		Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
(1983) 		Music for Films Volume 2
(1983)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100
(extended edition)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB[3]
Mojo[4]
Pitchfork9.1/10[5]
Q[6]
Record Collector[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[9]
The Times[10]
Uncut8/10[11]

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is a studio album by the British musician and producer Brian Eno, the Canadian producer Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno's brother, composer Roger Eno. It was released on 29 July 1983 through EG Records.[12] The music was originally written for For All Mankind, a documentary film by Al Reinert about the Apollo program, though the film was not released until 1989.[13] The score was written and performed by the trio.

Music from the album has appeared in the films 28 Days Later, Traffic, and Trainspotting, whose soundtrack sold approximately four million copies.[14] Two of the songs from the album, "Silver Morning" and "Deep Blue Day", were issued as a 7" single on EG Records.

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  2. ^ Simpson, Paul (2020). "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks – Brian Eno". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (April 2005). "Brian Eno: Music for Films / Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks / Thursday Afternoon / More Music for Films". Mojo. No. 137. p. 114.
  5. ^ Pytlik, Mark (15 April 2005). "Brian Eno: Music for Films / Apollo / Thursday Afternoon / More Music for Films". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  6. ^ McEwen, Simon (August 2019). "Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks". Q. No. 401. p. 119.
  7. ^ Quantick, David (August 2019). "Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (Extended Edition)". Record Collector. No. 495. p. 99.
  8. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Brian Eno". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^ Powers, Ann (1995). "Brian Eno". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (19 July 2019). "Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks review – an undimmed celestial vision". The Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. ^ Pattison, Louis (19 July 2019). "Brian Eno – Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks". Uncut. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. ^ Prendergast, Mark (2000). The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance – The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1-58234-134-6.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ De Lisle, Tim (10 May 1998). "50 Eno Moments". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2007.