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The Ship is the twenty-seventh solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno, released on 29 April 2016 on Warp Records.[12] It was announced on Eno's website on 24 February 2016. The album is Eno's first solo album to contain vocals since 2005's Another Day on Earth.[13] 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.)[14] The album received critical acclaim.

The Ship
Studio album by Brian Eno
Released	29 April 2016
Genre	Electronic ambient
Length	47:30
Label	Warp
Producer	Brian Eno, Peter Chilvers
Brian Eno chronology
High Life (2014) The Ship (2016) Reflection (2017)
Singles from The Ship
"The Ship" Released: 30 March 2016 "Fickle Sun (III) I'm Set Free" Released: 21 April 2016

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A−[3]
Chicago Tribune	[4]
Exclaim!	6/10[5]
The Independent	[6]
Mojo	[7]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Uncut	[11]

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".[13] 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?".[15]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
Pitchfork	The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016	2016	—	[16]
The Quietus	Albums of the Year 2016	2016	25	[17]
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2016	41	[18]

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.[19]

• 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)

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20]	44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21]	91
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22]	68
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	28
US Billboard 200[24]	175
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[25]	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[26]	11

See also

• 2016 in music
• Installation art

References

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