The Ship (album)

The Ship is the twenty-sixth solo studio album by Brian Eno, released on 29 April 2016 on Warp Records. Announced on Eno's website on 24 February 2016, it was Eno's first solo album to contain vocals since 2005's Another Day on Earth. The Ship debuted at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and is the second highest-charting solo album of Eno's solo career (after debut Here Come The Warm Jets.) The album received critical acclaim.

Background
Brian Eno has said the title is a reference to the sinking of Titanic, which he has called "the apex of human technical power, set to be man's greatest triumph over nature". The album was originally conceived as a multi-channel sound installation, when Eno discovered that he could sing in a low C: "As you get older, you know, your voice drops, so you sort of gain a semi-tone at the bottom and lose about six at the top every year. That's what's happened to me. So I've suddenly got this new, low voice I can sing with, and I just started singing with that piece. And, so it was the first time I thought, "Oh, what about making a song that you could walk around inside?".

Track listing

 * "Fickle Sun (III) I'm Set Free" is a cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Set Free", from their third studio album The Velvet Underground.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from The Ship liner notes.


 * Brian Eno – producer, recording
 * Peter Chilvers – co-producer, recording, programming, keyboards, vocoder
 * Leo Abrahams – guitar (track 4)
 * Jon Hopkins – keyboards (track 4)
 * Nell Catchpole – violin, viola (track 4)
 * Nuria Homs – voice (track 1)
 * Members of the Elgin Marvels – voice (track 1)
 * Peter Serafinowicz – voice (track 3)