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Bowie and Eno inspired each other and their work together has gone on to inspire others.  Bowie and Eno similar in some ways but then very different.  They are deserving of points away from home.  Together working on the Low (1977), Heroes (1977), and then later, Lodger (1978)  albums, they were impressive.  Some say it was the pinacle of Bowie's career.  That may be so, but I beg to differ.  Then, there was Robert Fripp and, of course, the rest of the band which included Carlos Alomar amongst other well-known musicians that appeared on these albums and albums up to present day.

Before and After Science is really a study of "studio composition" whereby recordings are created by deconstruction and elimination: tracks are recorded and assembled in layers, then selectively subtracted one after another, resulting in a composition and sound quite unlike that at the beginning of the process. Despite the album's pop format, the sound is unique and strays far from the mainstream. Eno also experiments with his lyrics, choosing a sound-over-sense approach. When mixed with the music, these lyrics create a new sense or meaning, or the feeling of meaning, a concept inspired by abstract sound poet Kurt Schwitters (epitomized on the track "Kurt's Rejoinder," on which you actually hear samples from Schwitters' "Ursonate").

......Lindsay Crosby