Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

On his second solo album, 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)', Brian Eno refined the art-pop of his debut into a more subdued, though still structurally accessible, sound. The album is historically significant for its pioneering use of Oblique Strategies, instructional cards developed with Peter Schmidt to prompt creative solutions from the core five-piece band and guest performers. This conceptual approach extends to the lyrics, which form a loose narrative of geopolitical intrigue and espionage, crafted from Eno's method of turning nonsense vocalizations into literate and often humorous wordplay.