In 1991, when Brian Eno encountered a delay in the release of My Squelchy Life, which would've been his only solo vocal album since 1977's Before and After Science, he ditched most of it in favor of an inferior, instrumental-dominated disc, 1992's Nerve Net. For Another Day on Earth, the producer-provocateur returns not only to the vocal intimacy of My Squelchy Life but also to the music itself: The brooding prog-funk of Life's "Under" reappears here virtually untouched. It's a highlight of a low-key but often lovely disc that offers glimpses of the Eno that revolutionized art rock via his work with Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads and U2, and his similarly fine Seventies solo output. Whether coasting through the underdeveloped melody of "This" or snuggling up to the string-laden folk of "How Many Worlds," Eno brings a master's touch to both substandard material and fleshy little marvels that pick up where Before and After Science left off.

“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."