About the artist: Brian Eno (1948) is a British musician, record producer, visual artist, and theorist best known for his pioneering work in ambient music and contributions to rock, pop and electronica. He started his musical career in 1971 as a member of the avant garde rock band Roxy Music, but went solo in 1973. His output has increased steadily to 20 studio albums. Brian Eno currently has two songs in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: By this river is a track on my favourite Eno album, Before and after science from 1977. The entire second side of that album displays a serenity unlike anything in the pop music field, including this ballad, which sees Eno supported to great effect by German space music band Cluster in a composition that is pastoral, pensive and atmospheric. Run time 3:03.
