Eno Collaboration

Eno Collaboration is a 1996 EP released in both vinyl and CD formats by the indie band Half Man Half Biscuit.[1][2] It comprises the following tracks:

1. "Eno Collaboration" (4:07)
2. "C.A.M.R.A. Man" (3:12)
3. "Get Kramer" (3:33)
4. "Hair Like Brian May Blues" (3:15)

Eno Collaboration
EP by Half Man Half Biscuit
Released	August 1996
Genre	Indie rock
Length	14:07
Label	Probe Plus PP30
Producer	Geoff Davies
Half Man Half Biscuit chronology
Some Call It Godcore (1995) Eno Collaboration (1996) Voyage to the Bottom of the Road (1997)

The songs "Eno Collaboration" (in a different mix) and "C.A.M.R.A. Man" were subsequently included on the 1997 album Voyage to the Bottom of the Road.

The music writer Paul Du Noyer has called Half Man Half Biscuit's song titles 'surreal' and 'addictive', citing "Eno Collaboration" as one example.[3]

Cultural references

As is common with Half Man Half Biscuit, the songs incorporate numerous cultural references and allusions. Those identified include:

• The EP title, and the title track, refer to the noted music producer Brian Eno. The title track also refers to:
  • the Aurora Borealis
  • the German national anthem, "Deutschland über alles"
• "C.A.M.R.A Man" mentions:
  • science fiction TV series Doctor Who
  • motorcycle clothing brand Belstaff
  • humorist Willie Rushton
  • TV presenter Sally James
  • Bonneville motorcycles
  • the Five Nations rugby union competition
  • rock band Cheap Trick and their album Cheap Trick at Budokan
• "Get Kramer" alludes to, among other things:
  • the 1971 film Get Carter
  • "Kramer", either Mark Kramer (aka Kramer), musician and producer, or Wayne Kramer, MC5 guitarist
  • Alan McGee, co-founder of Creation Records
  • the musical sub-genre shoegazing
  • the 1940 song by Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land"
  • the 1969 song by MC5 "Kick Out the Jams" on the album of the same name
  • the magus Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
• "Hair Like Brian May Blues" utilises the well-known AAB blues structure. The singer laments the fact that having woken up that morning with a hairstyle similar to that of the Queen guitarist, he may have lost the title of hardest man on the estate

References

1. Half Man Half Biscuit: Eno Collaboraton EP [sic] at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
2. Half Man Half Biscuit – Eno Collaboration EP at Discogs
3. Du Noyer, Paul (8 November 2007) [2002]. Liverpool – Wondrous Place: From the Cavern to the Capital of Culture. London: Virgin Books. p. 204. ISBN 978-0753512692.

External links

• The longest-established Half Man Half Biscuit fan site
• Eno Collaboration at the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project