Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discreet Music (LP) | Obscure (UK) | Obscure No. 3 | UK | 1975 | |
| Discreet Music (LP) | Editions EG | EGED 303 | UK | 1975 | |
| Discreet Music (LP) | Antilles | AN-7030 | US | 1975 | |
| Discreet Music (LP) | Editions EG | EGED 303 | Canada | 1975 | |
| Discreet Music (LP) | Obscure (UK) | special OBS 3 | UK | 1975 | |
| Discreet Music (LP, Album) | Polydor | 25MM 0158 | Japan | 1975 | |
| Discreet Music (LP) | Editions EG | EGS 303 | US | 1983 | |
| Discreet Music (LP, Album, RE) | Editions EG, Obscure (UK) | EGED 23, special OBS 3 | UK | 1987 | |
| Discreet Music (CD, Album, RE) | Editions EG | EEGCD 23 | UK | 1989 | |
| Discreet Music (CD, Album, RM, Ori) | Virgin, Virgin | 7243 8 66493 2 4, ENOCD 5 | UK & Europe | 2000 | |
| Discreet Music (CD, Album, RE) | Toshiba EMI Ltd | VJCP-68702 | Japan | 2004 | |
| Discreet Music (CD, Album, RM, Copy Prot., Ori) | Virgin | 7243 8 66494 2 3 | Europe | 2004 | |
| Discreet Music (CD, Album, RM, RE) | EMI Records, EMI Records | 50999 6 84532 2 0, ENOCDX 5 | Europe | 2009 | |
| Discreet Music (CD, Album) | Editions EG | EEGCD 23 | US |
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Reviews & Discussion
referencing Discreet Music, CD, Album, RE, EEGCD 23
I bought the LP in 88 because of the title and the cover. I never really intended to listen to it although the liner notes were intruiging; listening to it at the threshold of hearing, etc. I had one of those days when I couldn't find any music to listen to, even though I had over 1,000 LP's, so I put on Discreet Music and it was like a flash of lightning. To me it's the pinnacle of Brian Eno's work. It's almost as if everything after Discreet Music was an attempt to get back to it without copying himself. He created and destoyed the genre in one day with one recording. I enjoy the other ambient albums but they never achieve the sonorities of Discreet Music. I'm not sure if he called it Discreet Music because he had not thought of the term 'ambient music'? Maybe. Side two is typical of Eno's tendency towards 'conceptual' pieces that look good on paper but...