Drawn from Life

Drawn from Life
Studio album by
Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm
Released15 May 2001
Recorded2001
GenresAmbient, experimental, downtempo
Length68:12
LabelOpal
Brian Eno chronology
Music for Onmyo-Ji
(2000)		 Drawn from Life
(2001)		 January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
Entertainment WeeklyB
The GuardianStarStarStar
Pitchfork5.4/10
QStarStarStar
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarHalf star
UncutStarStarStar
"Drawn from Life" is also the name of a series of short animated films by Paul Fierlinger

Drawn from Life is a 2001 music album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno and the German composer J. Peter Schwalm.

Track listing (original UK vinyl pressing)

All tracks composed by Eno and Schwalm, except where stated.

  1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
  2. "Persis" – 7:41
  3. "More Dust" – 6:01
  4. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
  5. "Two Voices" – 3:59
  6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
  7. "Intenser" – 5:23
  8. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20 (Eno, Schwalm & Holger Czukay)
  9. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48 (Eno, Schwalm & Laurie Anderson)
  10. "Bloom" – 7:10

Track listing (subsequent releases)

  1. "From This Moment" – 1:21
  2. "Persis" – 7:41
  3. "Like Pictures Part #1" – 1:20
  4. "Like Pictures Part #2" – 5:48
  5. "Night Traffic" – 8:19
  6. "Rising Dust" – 7:44
  7. "Intenser" – 5:23
  8. "More Dust" – 6:01
  9. "Bloom" – 7:10
  10. "Two Voices" – 3:59
  11. "Bloom" (Instrumental Version) – 7:07

Personnel

With:

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Drawn From Life by Brian Eno and Peter Schwalm". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Drawn from Life". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ No, it's not visionary, but few know how to tenderly calibrate a digital landscape as skillfully as Eno. [6/1/01, p.91]
  4. ↑ Aizlewood, John (27 April 2001). "We will rock you". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Mark (19 September 2001). "Drawn from Life - Brian Eno / J. Peter Schwalm". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm - Drawn from Life". Album of the Year. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Brackett, Nathan & Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "Brian Eno". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-74320-169-8.
  8. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (1 June 2001). "Review: Drawn From Life". Uncut. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm – Drawn From Life". Discogs. Retrieved 25 March 2022.