Brian Eno
“Baby’s On Fire“
Album: Here Come the Warm Jets (Recorded: September 1973 / Released: January, 1974)
Label: Island
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“Baby’s on Fire“ is the third track on English musician Brian Eno’s 1973 debut album, Here Come the Warm Jets. The song is a bizarre fantasy about a photography session involving a burning infant and unthinking, laughing onlookers.
“Baby’s on Fire“ has received positive reviews from critics, mainly noting the guitar solo. Douglas Wolk of Blender described the song as “a two-note wonder built around an all-hell-breaks-loose guitar meltdown by King Crimson’s Robert Fripp“, while Chris Ott of Pitchfork Media called the track “earth-shattering“. “Baby’s on Fire“ was featured prominently in the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine., with vocals provided by the film’s star, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There has been discussion in the last decade as to whether