Roxy & Elsewhere [Original recording remastered] [Live]

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This mostly live set features Zappa performing with the popular Mothers of Invention line-up of the early 70's--including jazz-funk meister George Duke, Napolean Murphy Brock on saxophone, and Ruth Underwood on percussion. Highlights include the souped-up funk of "Pygmy Twylyte," burning renditions of favorites "Penguin in Bondage" and "More Trouble Every Day," and the hilarious monster movie tribute "Cheepnis." Duke steals the show on several tracks, and Zappa's guitar work and "master of ceremonies" showmanship is in top form. --Andrew Boscardin

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Recorded live at LA's Roxy in 1973 (and elsewhere in May of 74), originally released as a double album (now on one CD) in the summer of 74. This band had instrumental prowess to spare (mallet percussionist Ruth Underwood has some especially dazzling moments), and struck a good balance between Zappa's sharp wit and his jazz-inspired experiments.

Track highlights include "Penguin In Bondage," "Cheepnis" (which has been remixed for this release) and "Be-Bop Tango." From Goldmine -- "Presenting Zappa as a funny, sharp-tongued master of ceremonies and mixing his caustic humor with increasingly complicated musical structures, it was a model of the kind of shows and albums Zappa would be doing over the next decade."

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Roxy & Elsewhere [Original recording remastered] [Live]

Average customer rating: It's a Classic A Serene Experience... Both Timeless and of its time. Always the right mood. An unbiased review:

Avalon Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Country Life Boys and Girls Flesh + Blood For Your Pleasure Roxy Music ASIN: B0000256VK Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. More Than This
2. The Space Between
3. Avalon
4. India
5. While My Heart Is Still Beating
6. The Main Thing
7. Take A Chance With Me
8. To Turn You On
9. True To Life
10. Tara

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Hipper students of 1980s pop might pretend that Joy Division and the Smiths had a monopoly on melancholia, but for the older, more suave brooders, nothing could match the stylized desolation of Roxy Music's last album. Avalon was recorded in the wake of the band's hit version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy." Although that song isn't on Avalon, its tortured shadow looms large over "While My Heart Is Still Beating," the title track, and the unlikely Balearic anthem "More Than This." If time has been kind to Bryan Ferry's crumpled Armani chic, it hasn't exactly been vicious to his back catalog: Avalon sounds even more sumptuous now that the CD age has caught up with Rhett Davis's pristine production. --Peter Paphides

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Hipper students of 1980s pop might pretend that Joy Division and the Smiths had a monopoly on melancholia, but for the older, more suave brooders, nothing could match the stylized desolation of Roxy Music's last album. Avalon was recorded in the wake of the band's hit version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy." Although that song isn't on Avalon, its tortured shadow looms large over "While My Heart Is Still Beating," the title track, and the unlikely Balearic anthem "More Than This." If time has been kind to Bryan Ferry's crumpled Armani chic, it hasn't exactly been vicious to his back catalogue: Avalon sounds even more sumptuous now that the CD age has caught up with Rhett Davis' pristine production. --Peter Paphides

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Customer Reviews:

It's a Classic.......2007-06-03

What can I say that hasn't been said already? I think the history books have already been written on this CD.Sound quality is excelent, I am extremly pleased with this production,and the price I paid, so many reproduction CD's now adays just don't have the quality of the original vinyl, then others are even better. This is one of the later. A must have CD.

A Serene Experience..........2007-02-11

Owning this fine work of audio bliss speaks volumes for your taste in music. "Avalon" was certainly ahead of its time when it was released and still is considered by many to be a gem of the 80's. So do yourself a favor and if you haven't already, add this to your audio collection. It makes for a nice evening when you have the time to simply sit and be and sample "Avalon" with a nice glass of wine. Enjoy

Both Timeless and of its time........2007-01-02

This is one of those albums that stand the test of time and merits repeated listening decades after its release.

Roxy Music's "Avalon" joins Steely Dan's "Aja" as a timeless pop classic. Whereas "Aja" invoked the laid-back cool of clubbing and hot-tubbing in late 70s southern California, "Avalon" invokes the dawn of "Cool Britannia" but just on the cusp of the New Romantics proclamation of the Thatcher years. These aural landscapes were revolutionary at the time, and a break from Roxy Music's discordant power pop past: the logical culmination of Manifesto's "Dance Away" expanded to a whole album. Themes are of the usual ones of "Dance with a Stranger" as the nouvelle riche of the City meet decadent Aristos, all trying to snaffle up all the leggy pretty young things that make their way to London a la Liz (Julie Christie) in "Billy Liar." "Flesh" indeed.

Always the right mood........2007-01-02

Hello World,
Great song writing and musicmanship. Take a chance with me is one of the best songs I've ever heard, nice double time bass drum and amazing energy. Buy it, do it.

An unbiased review:.......2006-10-15

First and foremost buy this album because "More Than This" and "Avalon" are, of course, worth the price. I would say that the remainder of the album may be appreciated by true musicians because of the complex guitar playing, keyboard, and the mixing together of this. But everyone else won't really appreciate the other songs. Sometimes you listen to an album which has a hit and some of the other songs are really good and we think, "That song is so catchy that it could have been a hit, too." Well, not the rest of "Avalon". I would consider it filler (just fine as far as the record company goes and understandably so.)The remainder is good to listen to while washing the dishes.

Average customer rating: Yes, it's every bit as good as the cover! Love Roxy Music The Roxy Masterpiece- 5 stars ain't enough! What a Great Album! It's the COUNTRY LIFE for me !!

Country Life Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stranded For Your Pleasure Roxy Music Siren Avalon ASIN: B0000256K7 Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. The Thrill Of It All
2. Three And Nine
3. All I Want Is You
4. Out Of The Blue
5. If It Takes All Night
6. Bitter Sweet
7. Triptych
8. Casanova
9. A Really Good Time
10. Prairie Rose

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Some contend Roxy Music peaked on their first two LPs, the ones with Brian Eno. Others contend they were best on their next two LPs, without Eno. Country Life is the second LP of the latter grouping, and it probably is the highpoint of the band's career (although its predecessor, Street Life, is stiff competition). The haunting, melancholic "The Thrill of It All," the art-rockin' "Out of the Blue," the almost-pure '50s rock of "If It Takes All Night," and the decadent Berlin-before-the-War affectations of "A Really Good Time" all lead to the concluding "Prairie Rose," Bryan Ferry's campy ode to Texas and amour Jerry Hall. This was "alternative" rock before the term existed. After this, Roxy Music became an entirely different band. --Bill Holdship

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Yes, it's every bit as good as the cover!.......2007-01-28

Took me a long long time to get past that album cover (20 y/o testosterone, and all that) - but 2 of my favorite Roxy songs are on here. 1) "Bittersweet," the concluding chorus to which, Ferry sounds like he's being carried away by Hitler's troups (although a 2 hour glance thru a German textbook belonging to my wife, revealed that Ferry's just really bellowing, "NO, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, I THINK I'LL JUST SIT HERE AND DRINK!") And 2) "If It Takes All Night" - about the closest thing Roxy ever did to a regular 12-bar/3 chord song. But those are MY faves, not a bad song on the album at all. And, yes, the word to keep in mind, while experiencing "Street Life," is, of course, DECADANCE.

Love Roxy Music.......2006-11-15

If you love Roxy Music just get this. That is all that needs to be said.

The Roxy Masterpiece- 5 stars ain't enough!.......2006-08-12

This album is by far the best of Roxy's catalogue (I own all their albums except Heart Still Beating and Live 2001). It deserves 10 STARS! If you buy only one Roxy studio album (hard not to, they're all bloody brilliant, even a few tracks of Manifesto), this must be it! Here are my opinions on the tracks:
1. The Thrill Of It All 10/10- What a brilliant way to start the album, Bryan Ferry's lyrics and Phil Manzanera's guitar are an excellent combination and this song could be released today and not sound dated one bit!
2. Three And Nine 15/10- Sweet acoustic guitar driven song with some sonic textures and some excellent sax and harmonica work
3. All I Want Is You 10/10- The most recognised song off this album, again excellent guitar rock and lyrics!
4. Out Of The Blue 13/10- The standouts just keep rolling here, this is Eddie Jobson's moment with his violin solo- there will NEVER be anything in rock music like this AGAIN!
5. If It Takes All Night 8/10- 50s doowop parody, the weakest track here but still 8/10!
6. Bitter-Sweet 9/10- A ballad and 'elephant march' in one song, great German chorus too
7. Triptych 9/10- This song should have been in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, which coincidentally was being made at the same time as this album
8. Casanova 10/10- Another killer track with creepy organ and sax solos
9. A Really Good Time 10/10- Sweet piano and violin ballad, sweet lyrics too and is the only real soft song here
10. Prairie Rose 9/10- What a brilliant way to close this magnificent masterpiece with an ode to Texas!
Overall 12/10
PS- This album is worth the sticker price for the sleeve alone (ESPECIALLY THE VINYL VERSION!

What a Great Album!.......2006-07-08

This album is everything that is good about Roxy Music. It's hard to imagine any album that so perfectly encompasses what they're all about. Don't let the racy sleeve make you think this album is trying to sell itself on that. It rocks all the way through, and it just sounds like a great exercise in how to sound stylish and not at all boring.

Roxy Music weren't actors - they lived the songs. So if you like slightly quirky old-fashioned style rock and having a great time, do yourself a favour and buy yourself this great album. Bryan Ferry has a real natural talent for making music.

It's the COUNTRY LIFE for me !! .......2006-06-14

For the fan of ROCK and ROLL who loves immediately memorable hooks accompanied with amazingly hard driving Pop Rock. No one who LOVES rock and roll couldn't love "The Thrill Of It All" or "Casanova" or any other song on this superb album. This is the hot whip crack ROXY MUSIC; the band that does not have a bad album, but despite the bickering between fans that occur due to allegiances to particular incarnations (all the way through AVALON) COUNTRY LIFE is undoubtedly one of their very best. Brian Ferry could not stop writing wonderful, masterful, Rock and Roll songs, exploring all of their roots, which come to fruition with this album and Roxy's next masterpiece SIREN. COUNTRY LIFE is one of the 1970s most fun, resonant, compelling, and, well, offensively wrapped albums...please note only BLIND FAITH's eponymous album cover was presumed more scandalously overt (or maybe Lennon and Ono's TWO VIRGINS which was, however, discreetly blank on the outside)...okay, I expect Brian Ferry did not mean to offend, but merely to lampoon his lusty ideals. One cannot listen to this album, look at that cover, and not love the 1970s and ROXY MUSIC, and this HOT as HOT POP ROCK CAN GET record album. And ROXY MUSIC, at that point, would apparently do nearly anything ("All I Want Is You") to chart a record in the USA...and they did, with those booby models on the cover, this record album peaked in March of 1975 at number 37 on the BILLBOARD Top 40 Albums chart with a mere 3 weeks on that chart (and there were still no USA single hits at this point). There were a lot of great albums out there in 1974 and 1975. Even with its scandalous (so to speak) cover, COUNTRY LIFE was overlooked in the USA, yet, relentlessly, has slowly floated to the surface, elbowing its way past contemporaries to be recognized as one of the VERY BEST of that year and that decade. You can hear everybody who was influenced by it...just listen to it!!

Ferry switching from a Nashville informed (or is it California?) Country Pop on "If It Takes All Night," finds the true venue for some of his most artistic predilections on "Bitter Sweet" which gets challenging in a theatrical kind of way, but is played with such humor it wins one over (Roger Waters favorite Roxy tune? Sounds much like very late PINK FLOYD). "Three Of Nine" is an unexpected marvel. And I'm terribly fond of the instant classic "Out Of The Blue" and "All I Want Is You" and the 16th century stylings of "Triptych" (a little PHYSICAL GRAFFITI anyone? In all fairness, I think it goes both ways. I hear a bit of HOUSES OF THE HOLY from '73 here as well.)

A lesser band would have saved the epic scorcher "The Thrill Of It All" for the close, but this band had more and more tunes to boggle their listeners with. "Casanova" is postured a supremely smarmy rock song, self conscious but in a creative way, revealing more than the narrator intends. The majestic second to the last track, "A Really Good Time" defines this album. How did ROXY MUSIC keep it up? So many wonderful songs so beautifully produced, so financially unrewarding in USA sales including concert tickets. I know when you listen close, that on that 2nd to the last tune's heals you won't miss the inspiration and influence of the last and perhaps best track "Prairie Rose" and it's subtle progression and beauty. Brian Ferry is a master, and had for a brief moment assembled around him the best Rock and Roll band in the world.

Average customer rating: Platinum Review A Superb and Classic Collection of Romantic Rock Anthems Poxy Muzak Glammy-Silky- Sexiness on a Cloud Very Good Compilation

Platinum Collection Bryan Ferry , and Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dylanesque As Time Goes By Boys and Girls Bête Noire Frantic ASIN: B00022LZYQ Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

1. Virginia Plain
2. Pyjamarama
3. Do The Strand
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. Street Life
6. All I Want Is You
7. The 'In' Crowd
8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
9. You Go To My Head
10. Love Is The Drug
11. Both Ends Burning
12. Let's Stick Together
13. The Price Of Love
14. This Is Tomorrow
15. Tokyo Joe

Tracks:

1. Sign Of The Times
2. What Goes On
3. Carrickfergus
4. Trash
5. Dance Away
6. Angel Eyes
7. Over You
8. Oh Yeah!
9. Same Old Scene
10. Jealous Guy
11. More Than This
12. Avalon
13. Take A Chance With Me
14. Don't Stop The Dance
15. Windswept

Tracks:

1. Slave To Love
2. Is Your Love Strong Enough?
3. The Right Stuff
4. Kiss And Tell
5. Limbo
6. He'll Have To Go
7. I Put A Spell On You
8. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
9. Girl Of My Best Friend
10. Your Painted Smile
11. Mamouna
12. As Time Goes By
13. Goddess Of Love
14. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
15. A Fool For Love

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Originally conceived for the British market, where Roxy Music and its debonair frontman Bryan Ferry were much more popular than in the States, The Platinum Collection gathers every band and Ferry single, along with some popular album tracks, on three chronologically arranged discs. As an overview of both acts' extensive and connected careers, from 1973 through Ferry's 2002 Frantic album, this is a far more comprehensive overview than the many single compilations already released. Initially, there was a substantial musical dissimilarity between lead vocalist Ferry's solo work, much of it less artsy and aggressive than early Roxy songs such as "Do the Strand" and "Virginia Plain." Eventually, by the late 70s the two became less distinct. The primary difference being Ferry's tendency to radically rearrange musty pop, folk, and R&B covers between his more sensually lush, dance oriented music. Roxy Music disbanded in 1983 leaving Ferry, whose solo work comprises almost half of this package and the entire third disc, to carry the torch. Short but pertinent notes about each song, along with small reproductions of the original British picture sleeves, provide some historical background. And although all three CDs include 15 tracks, there is plenty of unused room on each for more music. Regardless, this is an essential addition to any British rock fan's collection. The compilation is nearly as classy and sophisticated as the stylish band, and its suave singer, deserves. -- Hal Horowitz

Customer Reviews:

Platinum Review.......2007-05-16

Very good introduction to Bryan Ferry. However, it is missing "Everytime You Go Away".

A Superb and Classic Collection of Romantic Rock Anthems.......2006-07-20

I was a fan of Roxy Music since I first heard Avalon and More Than This. They have always been a band that people can relate to. Roxy Music is a Progressive Rock band that wore drag, with Brian Eno beginning in this Band as its Keyboardist, and the fact that with Sax and great Rock and Roll guitar as well as drum and bass, that makes Roxy Music into a true anthem band of British Rock fron the 1970s.
Bryan Ferry is a great Crooner, and he even in drag is a Glam Rock Sinatra, when David Bowie has no one ever who can stand at his level from before or after, as a performer, as they BROKE THE MOLD when he was created as a performer. Bryan and Roxy Music are definatly Bowie types in performing, with the use of Keyboards and Moorg Synth sounds as well as Sax and Rock Guitar, giving them such a classic style of the time that could rival Bowie, but of course no one could top Bowie.
My favorate songs from the time from 1972 to 1975 are Street Life and Pajamarama as well as Love is The Drug plus Virginia Plain and Both Ends Burning from Roxy itself as a Band, when Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and The In Crowd by Bryan solo are amazing, but his version of Dylan's Hard Rains Gonna Fall is the top favorate for me from that period for Bryan, when my least favorate from that era in anything is Do The Strand. Lets Stick Together was released in 1975, and I totally recomend the whole album and not just the selections on this Collection. In dealing with 1975 to 1985 I recomend Dance Away and Angel Eyes as well as Sign of the Times from Bryan's Bride Stripped Bare album. Avalon is a true classic but Flesh + Blood has songs that are not too clamorous for me, so the songs from that album on the Collection exept Same old Sceene I do not recomend. Avalon and Boys and Girls are classics in full status, while Is Your Love Strong Enough is a song that should have been on Boys and Girls reissued or Bete Noire which was as amazing.
In closing this is a true classic in a Collection.

Poxy Muzak.......2005-10-29

I've always liked Bryan Ferret. As far as a rock singer goes, he has great hair. But this compilation is just like all the rest only it has more stuff on it. What really irks me though is the best stuff was left off. Songs like "Bitters End" where Andy McBride's saxophone sounds like a fart on an empty subway platform. Now that's rock & roll. This I believe. And where is "Take me To The River (and chuck me in)"? All in all, a wonderful cd set, but I should have bought something else with the money, like the new Brian Ferret compilation.

Glammy-Silky- Sexiness on a Cloud.......2005-01-14

Imagine just coming from a really fabulous party, then diving into a pool of the smoothest, velvety chocolate... enough said.

Kat NY,NY

Very Good Compilation.......2004-12-30

I love the early Roxy Stuff, and the Later Bryan Ferry Stuff. It hardly seems like the same perosn when you hear the full progression of Ferry from Glam rockin Eno-Ite to the mellow crooner he has become. I will say he is still cool and fun to listen to in any era of his music. The only oddity is the glaring ommision of "Out of the Blue" and "In Every Dream Home a Heartache". Oh well, I have those in other form as well. It's a great Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music starter kit.

Average customer rating: Highly addictive. A Perfect Introduction That'll Leave You Craving More classic Roxy is right on Ju got 2 B kidding Terrific Overview of Roxy

The Best of Roxy Music Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Avalon Country Life Roxy Music Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk Siren ASIN: B00005CDUE Release Date: 2001-07-03

Tracks:

1. Avalon
2. More Than This
3. Jealous Guy
4. Over You
5. Same Old Scene
6. Oh Yeah
7. Angel Eyes
8. Dance Away
9. Both Ends Burning
10. Love Is The Drug
11. Out Of The Blue
12. All I Want Is You
13. Mother Of Pearl
14. Street Life
15. Do The Strand
16. Pyjamarama
17. Virginia Plain
18. Re-Make/Re-Model

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Roxy Music appeared to have beamed in from another planet when they appeared in the early '70s. Impossibly alien and exotic, they bucked trends by being kitschy, avant-garde, and unashamedly pop. Bryan Ferry was the sensual frontman, Brian Eno threw his deconstructionist spanner into the works, and they played songs that sounded like demented, sexy logarithms. After Eno left in 1973, frustrated that Ferry was marginalizing his input, Roxy became a different beast entirely, developing a suave, sophisticated pop-soul sound and abandoning the art-rock niche to enlist a wider audience. This lush compilation, released to accompany their reunion tour (minus Eno), captures both sides of Roxy and, true to the subversive spirit that informed their early years, does so in reverse order. This anti-chronology means they open with the languid, supper-club croon of 1980s hits "Avalon" and "More Than This," plus the beauteous cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy," then peel back the years through midperiod gems such as "Dance Away" and "Love Is the Drug," before closing with the hyperventilating, superbly twisted bubblegum of "Pyjamarama" and "Virginia Plain." The sequencing may be bonkers, but this is an essential souvenir of a band in a million. --Ian Gittins

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Highly addictive........2007-04-29

Before I bought this CD tonight, all that I knew from Roxy Music was from the Avalon album and the song "Love is the Drug". I bought the album Avalon because of the title track, and loved it, but I didn't know where to go from there. So I decided to pick up this CD as sort of a sampler - a way to direct myself through the Roxy Music discography. I haven't picked up any of the other albums yet, but I haven't been able to put down this CD so far tonight. I am listening to it as a type this.

I can tell that my love affair with Roxy Music has begun, and it won't stop until I have more. But until then, this sampler is thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying, at least for the time being. It is HIGHLY recommended for those that are thinking about getting into the band.

A Perfect Introduction That'll Leave You Craving More.......2007-03-17

Categorizing the magic of Roxy Music is rather difficult. They fall into some ambivalent left-of-centre area that can range from frantic glam, smooth love songs, disco grooves and experimental fervor. Having undergone such a constant and ultimately dramatic evolution, constructing a compilation that presents the ever-changing face of the band is a hard task. Various collections have tried and failed. Some of them have included material from singer Bryan Ferry's solo career. This compilation, however, sticks purely to Roxy Music and looks at the material the band released from 1972 to 1982. However, it tackles the issue of evolution in an interesting way: the tracks are presented in reverse chronological order. This logic, although somewhat puzzling at first, serves to be key in ensuring this compilation's success.

The music:

1. Avalon- From 82's "Avalon." An incredibly smooth track, slick production, mellow and with female backing vocals. This is how the band sounded at the end of their run.

2. More Than This- Also from "Avalon," but with a poppier sensibilty. Flawless production, masterfully crafted and catchy as you might hope.

3. Jealous Guy- Cover of a Lennon track. Subdued even compared to the the surrounding songs.

4. Over You- Poppy and clean, not at all obscene. A clear example of latter-day Roxy.

5. Same Old Scene- Things get slightly moodier on this track :)

6. Oh Yeah- Bland pop, and a weak spot. But then it leads us too...

7. Angel Eyes- Almost a throw-away disco song, if not for its infectious pulse, slightly sci-fi effects and memorably sugar-coated lyrics.

8. Dance Away- The softer counterpart to Angel Eyes. "Dance away the heartache/dance away the pain," gives you an idea of the subject matter.

9. Both Ends Burning- Disco of a dark sort. Excellent.

10. Love Is The Drug- Again, disco-ish: a pulsating bass line drives the song, which itself is a great little ditty about going out "to score" some of that "love" drug. Hanging out with the ladies of night, Bryan? Of course.

11. Out Of The Blue- Experimentation time. Flanger effects sweep the majority of the track, and its all the more rousing for it. Energetic and exciting are the best ways to describe the pace of this art-rock journey.

12. All I Want Is You- Things get a bit more conventional here, but not quite. You'll see that in many ways, this song could have been made by any 70s band but at the same time, its execution is pure Roxy Music.

13. Mother Of Pearl- It starts out as a fast-paced rocker, with Ferry liberally employing with idiosyncratic delivery to great effect. And the, more than a minute into the song, it collapses into a beautiful mid-tempo piano ballad. Only Roxy!

14. Street Life- The classic early phase starts here. Completely unforgettable, grade A track.

15. Do The Strand- "There's a new sensation"... it's the strand! Marvelously produced and delivery with a canny sense of fun that makes Roxy Music stick out from the pack.

16. Pyjamarama- The simple chords that introduce the song lead us to a song whose melodies and textures you'll never forget.

17. Virginia Plain- A classic, hands-down.

18. Re-Make/Re-Model- Back to the very beginning. Ferry's quirk and energy stand in stark contrast to the crooner we see 10 years later. The music itself is also jarringly different. It's production is hardly dated, and the music borders prog and glam. And the song structure is playful, and it gets you every time: You think its going to end, and it fools you for more than 3 minutes. One of the best songs I know.

So what did we see? We begun with the best make-out tracks ever and ended up with some iconoclastic musical geniuses. The compilers made an excellent choice by framing their selections in this manner. Rather than seeing a band "devolve," "sell out" or "lose its edge," we see a band that exchanged certain elements for others throughout a 10 year period. Once that mindset (along with the cracking tunes) is embedded in you, you'll gladly go out and seek out the albums from the period that appeal to you the most.

This excellent compilation is readily available, has excellent tracks, boasts great sound quality, is well assembled and is a perfect introduction to an incredible influential band.

classic Roxy is right on.......2006-11-13

Cuts 9 through 18 are spot on if you like the classic Roxy Music period that started it all. Honestly, I find my self skipping through the first 8 cuts, which in my opinion was a weak creative period for RM, reflective of less than inspired lyrics and boring music with hardly any of the hooks of their earlier material. But still worth the purchase for those last 10 cuts.

Ju got 2 B kidding.......2006-08-25

Best of ? ,,, A John Lennon song in a Best of Roxy Music ...
Pretty bad , and the selection pretty lame ... No Go ... Roxy Music , not Brian Ferry , who does cover anybody pretty much ...

Terrific Overview of Roxy.......2006-06-15

For those curious about this group, this is the album to get for a good introduction. It features the more recent works first, then works backward to the oldest material.

In this era of modern radio, one rarely hears Roxy Music at all, other than, perhaps, Slave to Love or Love is the Drug. This album has some tremendous music that is never played on the radio, and will be fresh and surprising to new listeners, especially songs like "Out of the Blue" and "Mother of Pearl." One that I find myself listening to a lot is "Oh Yeah!" It's poignant, puts Bryan's vocal abilities on display, and has you wanting more. It's wild, inventive stuff, not for those who want the usual pop. If you like it, get their albums.

Average customer rating: Not 100% live, too bad. The Real Zappa Back at'cha, Reviewer Seeker Go to the Shelter My Baby, My Baby! Go to the Shelter! Go to the Shelter Live At The Roxie And Elsewhere

Roxy & Elsewhere Frank Zappa & the Mothers Manufacturer: Zappa Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: One Size Fits All Zappa in New York The Grand Wazoo Bongo Fury Waka/Jawaka ASIN: B0000009SK Release Date: 1995-05-02

Tracks:

1. Penguin In Bondage
2. Pygmy Twylyte
3. Dummy Up
4. Village Of The Sun
5. Echidna's Arf (Of You)
6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
7. Cheepnis
8. Son Of Orange County
9. More Trouble Every Day
10. Bebop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)

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This mostly live set features Zappa performing with the popular Mothers of Invention line-up of the early 70's--including jazz-funk meister George Duke, Napolean Murphy Brock on saxophone, and Ruth Underwood on percussion. Highlights include the souped-up funk of "Pygmy Twylyte," burning renditions of favorites "Penguin in Bondage" and "More Trouble Every Day," and the hilarious monster movie tribute "Cheepnis." Duke steals the show on several tracks, and Zappa's guitar work and "master of ceremonies" showmanship is in top form. --Andrew Boscardin

Customer Reviews:

Not 100% live, too bad........2007-06-15

This was one tight band. But, in an early instance of Zappa's doctoring of live material, "Roxy & Elsewhere" is partially a studio effort. Napoleon Murphy Brock's high vocals in "Cheepnis" are proof of this. Further proof would be Volume Two of "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore." Vastly different arrangement, with no speeded-up vocal. The other instances are more subtle, but present, nonetheless. But I won't detract from this record. It really is good.

There is a relaxed feel all through this, even in the fast-paced, intricate arrangements, and it is obvious the whole band is having a lot of fun on stage. And despite a slight raciness in some of the material, Zappa keeps it all clean; a "PG" rating at worst. Too bad it wasn't aired on television, as intended. There is such mundane material in spots, who would have thought you could write a nice, jazzy ballad about turkey poop on your windshield ("Village Of The Sun"), and actually have it work? And, of course, cheap monster movies have a fan base all their own, including Zappa and The Mothers' salute with "Cheepnis." Despite the obvious overdubbing, this is an incredible piece of live music. It's no wonder he had a "NO DRUGS IN THE BAND" rule. Uppers could help, but you really need to be on top of your game to pull this stuff off. Take the first part of "Bee-Bop Tango," for instance. Frank Zappa tells the audience, just before the band starts, "This is a HARD one to play." Just listen to it, the band probably played it every night for the whole 73-74 tour, maybe not, but, as rendered here, it's one of the most difficult pieces in contemporary music. And, I have no doubt, this version has it's own ambience.

"Roxy & Elsewhere" has funny dialogue, good, lively interplay between band members and audience, and a clean, immediate sound, as if the band were set up in your home. One thing that is funny, how many times do you see a rock audience seriously listening to a jazzy trombone solo, and liking it?

He couldn't escape his "Freak Out" roots though, as a slowed down, truncated "Trouble Coming Every Day" is included, but called "MORE Trouble Coming Every Day," along with a rearranged "Orange County Lumber Truck," from "Weasels Ripped My Flesh," but not sounding dated at all at the time. And even now, it still sounds fresh.

The Real Zappa.......2007-01-13

Was fortunate enough to see this gig at the Roxy. Zappa's soloing on Penguin In Bondage is superb. If you're a Guitarist I would also recomend Black Napkins from Zoot Allures and Watermelons In Easter Hay from Joe's Garage, Willie The Pimp from Live At The Fillmore East,although only part one made it on the CD, is also representative of Zappas quality as a soloist.

Back at'cha, Reviewer Seeker.......2006-08-10

Hi again, Seeker.

Just thought I'd offer to agree to disagree, just as you obviously disagree with the vast majority of customer reviewers on this, as well as every other Zappa music you hate.

As the saying goes "To each his own" and there are very many folks who LOVE LOVE LOVE Frank Zappa. To quote FZ himself,
"There are more people who HATE everything that I do than there are peole who like anything that I do, and NOBODY likes everything that I do, so that's the framework which I work in."

You fall into the category of those who HATE everything that he does, and certainly have the right to that opinion. Like him or hate him, Zappa DID have an impact on music in his lifetime and beyond. Considered a "musician's musician" more than a pop artist for the teen masses, I think that's more significant.

Time will tell whether Zappa's music is taught in music school and played far off into the future. Dweezil Zappa, along with a killer band of young musicians and a few Zappa alumni, just toured Zappa music to great reviews and audience delight and is gearing up for a second leg in the fall, due to demand. What I'm getting at is that folks TRULY love Zappa, his thought process, his twisted compositional arrangement style and hit-or-miss composed on-the-spot LIVE guitar solos.

Zappa refered to the live guitar solos of the major rock guitarists as "Freeze Dried" solos. Awesome that they may be, they'd be about the same night after night. Zappa took the chance night after night of bringing freshness to the audience, many traveling to many different cities on the tour, to hear something different, even within the same song. Again, hit-or-miss, but having the musical balls to keep it interesting for himself as well as the paying customers.

Hot Rats, an album which you detest, is on many people's "Desert Island" list. As the saying goes "A million Elvis fans can't be wrong." If you don't like Zappa, it's not that he sucked, or was a sham. Just that he isn't YOUR cup of tea, and we'll just have to disagree.
Best regards,
Jizmo

Go to the Shelter My Baby, My Baby! Go to the Shelter! Go to the Shelter.......2006-06-24

I saw this band during the "elsewhere" part of the tour in May of 1974. They were all STUNNING musicians. Ruth Underwood who, during what must have ultimately become Echidna's Art, was intent on running around on-stage between a small trap set, a marimba, and a set of tuned cowbells (this release does not need "more cowbell"). "Ladies and Gentlemen, watch Ruth! All through this film, Ruth has been wondering, 'what can I possibly do to amaze everyone? ' Just keep your eye on her, I think she's come up with the answer." I love hearing Zappa say that because I can clearly remember just how fascinating it was watching this woman in performance.

The reviewer below who said there is no humor on this record must not have a sense of humor. This recording is fabulously and famously funny. Zappa's monologues and comments to the audience are hysterical, such as his playful critique "No No! You're much too adagio!"of an audience participant trying to dance to "all the fast and funny little notes George is playing"

The musicianship on this recording is jaw-dropping and awesome. There's some great "fusion" music going on here that finds the ensemble of 10 musicians playing impossibly fast lines all in unison (Echidna and Don't You Ever Wash That Thing). Today it is impossible to watch a crappy movie on the Sci-Fi Channel without thinking of Cheepness: "Here comes that poodle-dog, big as a cliff with a rhinestone collar, snapping off trees like they were bonzai twigs on the landscape, keep it away! Don't let the poodle bite me! We can't let it reproduce!"

I don't know if I would say this is Zappa's best live album from a musical standpoint... it is certainly his most entertaining. Make a Jazz Noise Here might be better as far as musicianship goes. Both are stunningly great!

By the way, if you like Zappa's music and humor, I HIGHLY recommend reading his autobiography "The Real Frank Zappa Book". I guarantee you will be laughing your backside off before page 3. I recall the first time I picked this up on a display at a Walden's books. I randomly turned to a page and started to read. I was laughing so hard I was doubled over, convulsing and had tears in my eyes, the store clerks probably thought I was having a stroke.

Live At The Roxie And Elsewhere.......2006-06-16

Frank Zappa And The Mothers-Roxy And Elsewhere *****

Maybe Frank Zappa's all time best live album, maybe. Bongo Fury and Guitar are both great as well, but I think Roxy And Elsewhere takes the cake. The muscian interplay is just down right amazing and all of the songs on the record are fantastic. Napoleon Murphy Brock, Bruce and Tom Fowler, Ruth Underwood, and George Duke are maybe the best lineup to ever play with the man, well maybe second only to the Zoot Allures line up but thats it. Frank's guitar playing here is amazing, not as promenant on all the songs but still an important musical force here.

As I said this is the best live album but not my favorite by Zappa. It is great to listen to but I often times find myself listening to Bongo Fury or Guitar instead when I want to listen to a live album. But this is a great one because of the interaction with the crowd, Frank truly was the master of ceremonies, and a great one at that.

To me all of the songs on this album are classic's in the Frank Zappa music cannon but no other songs are as essential or as memorable as 'Pygmy Twylyte' or 'Echidna's Arf (Of You)' the later is one of the very best Zappa compositions ever created. The guitar interplay with George Dukes trumpet is amazing. 'Pygmy Twylyte' is just a great song that I can never grow tired of even after all the times I have listened to it. As for the res of the album, as I said all of the songs are great 'Cheepnis' is wonderful, 'More Trouble Every Day' is great not as good as the original but still a masterful song.

So to conclude this is the purest way to explore the genius that is Frank Zappa to hear him is his most comfortable and in his true habitat....live on a stage with one hell of a backing band. To all who dare this is a excellent live album by one of the music worlds true virtuosos. Highly recomended to all.

Average customer rating: A Cosmic Aural Orgasm! a wondrous album The best soundtrack album EVER - even if Bowie wasn't involved Wow! I mean just wow! Very uneven

Velvet Goldmine: A film by Todd Haynes: Music From The Original Motion Picture Carter Burwell , Brian Eno , Shudder to Think , Placebo , The Venus in Fur , Wylde Ratttz , Grant Lee Buffalo , Pulp , Roxy Music , and Teenage Fanclub & Donna Matthews Manufacturer: Fontana London ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Velvet Goldmine Trainspotting: Music From The Motion Picture Hedwig and the Angry Inch Here Come the Warm Jets Hedwig And The Angry Inch: Original Cast Recording ASIN: B00000DLV3 Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

1. Needle In The Camel's Eye - Brian Eno
2. Hot One - Shudder To Think
3. 20th Century Boy - Placebo
4. 2HB - The Venus In Furs
5. T.V. Eye - Wylde Rattz
6. Ballad of Maxwell Demon - Shudder To Think
7. The Whole Shebang - Grant Lee Buffalo
8. Ladytron - The Venus In Furs
9. We Are The Boys - Pulp
10. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
11. Personality Crisis - Teenage Fanclub & Donna Matthews
12. Satelite Of Love - Lou Reed
13. Diamond Meadows - T. Rex
14. Bitter's End - Paul Kimble & Andy Mackay
15. Baby's On Fire - The Venus In Furs
16. Bitter-Sweet - The Venus In Furs
17. Velvet Spacetime - Carter Burwell
18. Tumbling Down - The Venus In Furs
19. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Steve Harley

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Director Todd Haynes's celebration of the sex, drugs, and rock & roll of the British glam era of the early '70s, Velvet Goldmine, would be nothing without the music that inspired it. A few unusual absentees (no Bowie, Iggy Pop, or New York Dolls?), but folks such as Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Lou Reed, and T-Rex are represented. Several covers from the glam era are performed without much deviation by two supergroups: the Venus in Furs, featuring members of England's elite--Bernard Butler, and Thom Yorke of Radiohead; and Wylde Ratz, featuring Mark Arm of Mudhoney, Ron Asheton of the original Stooges, and Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Strongest are the originals submitted to the film: Shudder to Think tame their own experimental excesses to put forth two glam-worthy originals with "Hot One" and "Ballad of Maxwell Demon." Pulp deliver "We Are the Boys," which runs amuck with the dramatic stagepower of the finest glam. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

A Cosmic Aural Orgasm!.......2007-04-17

I fell in love with Velvet Goldmine the very first time I saw it - in large part thanks to this soundtrack. But when you look at the roster of names involved with this project - Michael Stipe, Brian Eno, Thurston Moore, Placebo, Thom Yorke of Radiohead - it should come as no surprise -greatness begets greatness!

There are really no weak songs on this soundtrack. Needle in the Camel's Eye is simply infectious - this song - which opens the movie - was as subtle as a slap in the face and immediately grabbed my attention. The closing song - Steve Harley's Make Me Smile - conveys the sheer joy and passion music can provide. And all of the songs in between are even better.

We are treated to some of the biggest names from the era including Roxy Music (the exuberance of Virginia Plain), T-Rex (a dreamy Diamond Meadows) and the genius that is Lou Reed (Satellite Of Love) - a song that even my six year old niece adores singing. She knows this whole soundtrack by heart!

I grew up listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges and Bowie thanks to my older cousins. But I might have never listened to Roxy Music or T-Rex if it wasn't for this album. If you like the songs on this album - you'll probably love a lot of their music.

However, in my opinion, the two best songs on this album - hands down - are Ladytron - performed by The Venus in Furs - a sort of supergroup fronted by Thom Yorke and 20th Century Boy - covered by the brilliant juggernaut that is Placebo.

Ladytron is just a gorgeous number - a swoony almost psychedlic tune and Thom Yorke's voice is incredible as always as he sings - I use you, and I confuse you...

As for 20th Century Boy - this song isn't just the highlight of the soundtrack - it's also one of the highlights of the whole movie. Brian Molko's stage presence is phenomenal and whether you are listening to this song on CD or watching him perform it live in the movie - he sells this song completely with a sexy swagger to his singing.

Molko has frequently been called a ladyboy - and he possesses a physique that can only be described as petite - but believe me - listen to him perform this song once - watch him live in the movie - this ladyboy has got more cajones than most singers twice his size! And if you like this song - you should definitely check out the rest of Placebo's music. They are one of the most under appreciated and under rated bands in the world today.

Rounding out the soundtrack, Ewan McGregor channels Iggy Pop in T.V. Eye, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers proves that being a world class wanker doesn't prevent him from also being a fantastic singer. Rhys Meyers has a lovely voice and range which he utilizes briliantly in the songs Tumbling Down and Baby's On Fire.

The rest of the songs including Hot One, Ballad of Maxwell Demon, The Whole Shebang, 2HB, Personality Crisis, Bitter-Sweet, and We Are The Boys by Pulp are all solid numbers, sonically capturing the whole mood of that era in music. As I said, there are really NO weak songs on this soundtrack.

The only thing I was disappointed about was that they left out a couple other really good songs - Rhys Meyers lovely rendition of Sebastian - which is a shame - because he sings it beautifully - and Gary Glitter's uber cheezy/sleazy number Do You Wanna Touch Me?

This album is definitely worth every cent and it's one you will never grow tired of listening too. A must have for any person who has a genuine passion and appreciation for good music!

a wondrous album.......2006-08-20

this is the soundtrack that led me into the wonderful world of glam rock! it is outstanding and i could just play it again and again.... it is certainly one of the most brilliant albums out there and probably my favourite soundtrack of all time.

The best soundtrack album EVER - even if Bowie wasn't involved.......2006-08-12

Simply, this is the BEST soundtrack CD ever recorded, bar none, hands down, no contest. Why? On first...or millionth...listen, the entire album captures the film, the world, the era, the style, and the sound expertly, effortlessly - but it's not just an empty gesture or a slick impersonation, VG amplifies and expands the authentic glam vision to create something somehow more glam, deeper, more intense, more addictive, sexy, heartbreaking, uplifting, even dangerous - once you see the movie, and once you hear these songs, you'll play them over & over, come back to them year after year, and they'll become the fabric of your own life - or your imagined life, past, present, future, or even a fond, faded memory of what never was. The most jaw-dropping achievement of the album, aside from impeccable taste (Eno, Roxy Music, Lou Reed, T Rex, anyone?) is that since Todd Haynes didn't get permission from Bowie to use his own music, he went out and recruited the coolest rock icons and upstars to create songs that amazingly feel like they are long-lost nuggets circa 72/73, but were really made in 99 - it's not just playing dress up, it's redefining a whole musical and cultural era. This is Haynes' BEST film, and this is the BEST soundtrack. Sadly, as usual, the movie was a flop upon its original theatrical release - I recall going to see if on a rainy Saturday matinee on its first-weekend release, and there were only two people in the theater, me and the usher. No matter, this album is a real achievement, never to be repeated again, so savor it now.

Wow! I mean just wow!.......2005-12-18

Even if you don't want to watch the movie (and why wouldn't you) you have to buy this soundtrack. This is the soundtrack that proves that other soundtracks are merely prepackaged garbage. No soundtrack so captures an era and a mood as completely as this one (ok there's also the 24 Hour Party People soundtrack but that's IT!)

These songs are riveting, amazing, great. Twentieth Century Boy is worth the price alone. I want to find every version of this song (I heard a version in the Truman Show as well - a 50s rockabilly version) and play them on repeat. The movie did such a great job of capturing the 70s versions of Bowie and Iggy Pop, it'd almost be blasphemous for the soundtrack to fizzle. It doesn't fizzle. This is the CD that you wish Bowie would have put out (he's done great songs but he's also done mediocre ones) and this is the CD that you can play loud and play on repeat.

There's really not much more to say about it but the gushing joy of a fan.

Very uneven.......2005-10-16

I got this cd becasue one i am a fan of glam rock, it was a good price and i am a fan or radioehead. How can you have soundtrack that is about the glam rock scene of the 70s and not include bowie. All of the covers are not nearly as good as the originals. The only good songs are Virgina Plain and Satelite of Love and Camel in the eye but those are the original songs and i have those songs allready. The songs of Venus and Furs dispointed me it seem Thom was trying to sound like Bryan Ferry on them it would have been better if he just used his own voice. If you want a good glam rock soundtrack may i suggest Hedwig and The Angry inch most of the songs are sung by one singer who has a better voice then most of the rock singers out today. That soundtrack acutally does not sound like a soundtrack which i think is best i am not a big fan of various artist cds. I ended up selling it for more then i paid for it.

Average customer rating: The Final Battle Hmm Pain For Your Pleasure It lost some of the distinctiveness of their first album, but was still, and still is, a Great Record 5 stars for 5 stars!! Perfect.

For Your Pleasure Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Roxy Music Stranded Country Life Siren Flesh + Blood ASIN: B0000256KE Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. Do The Strand
2. Beauty Queen
3. Strictly Confidential
4. Editions Of You
5. In Every Dream Home A Heartache
6. The Bogus Man
7. Grey Lagoons
8. For Your Pleasure

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The Final Battle.......2006-06-15

This is a fascinating album in that it is a picture of that last moment before true greatness breaks... The change that happened shortly after this album release to usher in the greatness was - Brian Eno left the band - and both parties got better in the doing.

Eno even admits as much, that everybody improved after the break-up

He was able to do his thing (Beautifully) and Roxy went on to be a more suitable pop offering under complete control of Ferry, not a bad thing, they became an example of art-pop with him at the helm and released album after album of beautiful music...

Eno went on to change the world (in my view) creating a musical genre called "ambient" still standing today ...

Both succeeded (A nice story)

There was a time when both Roxy Music and Eno were releasing albums simultaneously and it was staggering the power and artful skill exhibited on both records

such as "Stranded" (Roxy) and "Here come the warm jets" (Eno both in 73)

1974 saw "Country Life" (Roxy) and "Taking Tiger Mountain" (Eno)

1975 saw "Siren" (Roxy) and "Another Green World" (Eno)

1976 was ... Oops Roxy Music stumbled and made some live crappy album Eno released the brilliant "Before and After Science" ... the story goes on and on and I love them both and you should too..

I suggest buying it all, from both Eno and Roxy (right now) you can't lose.

Hmm.......2006-06-10

I just listened to "The Bogus Man" twice. What a piece of garbage -- and nearly 10 minutes long. If this is any indication of the rest of the album, then stay away.

Pain For Your Pleasure .......2006-05-31

Highly influential, but in some ways like Roxy Music's debut, now dated, there are breadths of greatness all over this unique, strange, and oft times disturbing record album. FOR YOUR PLEASURE may have had a great influence over popular culture, but I can't claim that that influence is necessarily good. This record is a hard look, always Pop tinged, musical and challenging, but not often pretty. This record was perhaps more for the pleasure of ROXY's principles than for their listeners, in a strictly tortured or cathartic sense, but there is no doubt this album moves their music forward from ROXY MUSIC's brilliant, yet terminally underrated, eponymous debut ROXY MUSIC. The halls of a music school opener on the third track "Strictly Confidential" clues the listener that ROXY MUSIC's secret is love of the music.

This record faired better than their debut in the ROLLING STONE RECORD GUIDE of 1979 that I reference constantly, garnering three stars, and I give this album another point than THE GUIDE did, yet despite this album's advances from the band's debut, I still rate it below that debut, ROXY MUSIC (which I rated highest with five stars). This is not because the songwriting is less brilliant here, it is even perhaps perfected on this second album. But here there is some obscuring of songs which on later Roxy Music albums are showcased, sans Eno-type effects and theoretically stripped of that influence, apparent on Roxy Music's third album STRANDED.

So, I don't care for "The Strand" too much, at least by 2006, and find it a mixed bag including weak and dated lyrical moments ("a danceable solution...to teenage revolution") which seems most directed at their English fan base at the time than the void of eternity. Yet, it is stunning to know English juveniles were listening to albums of such sophistication as FOR YOUR PLEASURE in 1973 which the USA was not.

Though I appreciate the necessary exploration vocally, aurally, and tonally with "The Bogus Man" it is ultimately, at nearly 10 minutes, a track to be skipped. Upon repeated listening, that track drags down the whole record. Also, contrary to other reviews, Brian Eno's contribution is most apparent on the title track, the album closer "For Your Pleasure." I don't find such apparent influence on "The Bogus Man," so, don't blame Eno. That title track, "For Your Pleasure," is my own favorite, but this whole album is more like your oatmeal than a chocolate bar: necessary and good for you, but not necessarily always a "pleasure." If you are easily challenged, the last and title track is one of the most challenging with Ferry's affected singing and its textural ending that in the 1970s would have had me rushing to my turntable to determine what was wrong and why it was making such a throbbing noise, which in fact may have been the point. It can be humbling, humorous, frightening, inspiring, and horrible to face truth. A woman's voice at the end here exclaims: "You didn't ask why."

Other tracks benefiting from Eno significantly: the lushly gorgeous and mesmerizing "Beauty Queen," the insightful terminator "Editions of You," and the STONES inspired "Grey Lagoons" ...all standouts on this remarkable record. "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" has less to do with Eno and more to do with Bryan Ferry's creepy lyric and eerie vocal for its legendary effect; who wants to listen to that every day? Phil Manzanera's a** scorching finale is both supple and soothing with a cleansing reprise, the afterburner. Yet, it does leave one with the puzzling question of who are ROXY MUSIC ?? All these years later, everybody knows Brian Eno left Roxy Music after this album, but I must mention it, because the next album, also great, is stripped but no better because of it. Yet, FOR YOUR PLEASURE remains a rare, important, quite imperfect, but necessary and unique record for all who hear that it is, indeed, FOR YOUR PLEASURE. Do you dare listen? You didn't ask why.

It lost some of the distinctiveness of their first album, but was still, and still is, a Great Record.......2006-05-25

When looking at the progress of what was then a new band (headed by a new artist, Bryan Ferry) the assessment presents a trade-off: Roxy as a band had by this time played a number of tours together, with a settled bass player (the first album had, if memory serves, two bassists on it) and had ceased to sound like a group of studio musicians who were backing the singer songwriter Ferry.
On the other hand, the first Roxy album was so unusial, between the sound of Ferry's voice, his crafty-campy style of songwriting, and Brian Eno's strange sound sheets, that there just wasn't anything else out there in 1972 that sounded even remotely like it. The first Roxy album was very much the proverbial breath of fresh air.
This second Roxy album, while still a set of oustanding songs, sounds more conventional, as Ferry goes a little more to the classic Rock 'n' Roll ethos, and the album's songs are suggestive of other people- like Chuck Berry or Eddie Cochrane or the Rolling Stones or anguished Gospellers in Black churches in southern America. The strange edge is still there, has to be because Brian Eno is still in the group. But his presence is not so deeply felt on each song of this album, unlike the first where the spectre of Eno could be heard from first to last. There is one song that has the markings of the first album, the bizarre "In Every Dream Home a Heart Ache" the lyrics of which devolve from suburban melancholy to object fixations (or Ferry imagening a sexual triste with an inflatable doll). But the track abrubtly breaks out of this murmering grey dirge with a heavy burst befitting Led Zeppelin.
The peak of this album is the extended work out track known as "Bogus Man." Eno makes his most definate contribution to the album here, and the progress of the band as a playing club is again demonstrated to impressive results. The album is still wonderful, interesting, and eminently entertaining; and while it might be a five star for most any other group of the time (like the then critically overated "Stories") for Roxy their great masterpiece was still ahead of them, ("Stranded") and the loss of Brian Eno and the gain of Eddie Jobson.

5 stars for 5 stars!! Perfect........2006-05-22

First picked this up on vinyl, a couple of years after its release, having first heard Siren and Country Life. Love the inside cover art where the 5 of them are each in rock star pose yielding different guitars. Too cool! Even though there is a an eeriness to some of the songs/arrangements on For Your Pleasure, there is an overall warmth to the sound. For me, hearing this album was a life-altering experience. The scope of the instrumentation (from 1920's to the future and beyond) was mind-boggling. They were unlike any band in the world. All of the progressive rock and pop stuff I was listening to at the time paled in comparison. This more than stands the test of time!! An essential purchase!! Let's all hope and pray that their recent studio endeavors will harken back to the creativity and intensity of this (their collectively favorite release). Scary how good this is.

Average customer rating: Once Upon A Time............ Excellent-10 Stars for "A Song For Europe Higher Than The Milky Way Ahhh, the girl with blue hair !! VENUS on the HALF SHELL is an AMAZON

Stranded Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Country Life For Your Pleasure Roxy Music Siren Flesh + Blood ASIN: B0000256KM Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. Street Life
2. Just Like You
3. Amazona
4. Psalm
5. Serenade
6. A Song For Europe
7. Mother Of Pearl
8. Sunset

Customer Reviews:

Once Upon A Time...................2007-07-05

Once Upon A Time............

A Brit boy and an American girl fell in love......

It ended.....

Brit boy sent American girl a casette. It was played over and over again until it was worn to bits.......

American girl looked for years and finally found the cd here........

A Song For Europe........

A song to remember...........
:-}

Excellent-10 Stars for "A Song For Europe.......2007-02-28

Roxy Music is one of the most underappreciated groups in history. Most of their albums are superb, and their first four are among the greatest albums in rock. While not quite as raw as the first album, or as deliciously odd and sexy as For Your Pleasure, Stranded is still quite experimental is still Roxy reaching into new territories and improving those already explored. Their best album is, in my opinion, Country Life, which distills all of the great elements of their previous work into a potent brew, but there is also something exhiliriating about the artistic growth on Stranded. Several reviewers have gone in depth on individual songs, and each one is special and well-worth a listen, but one song on this album truly stands out (which is hard to do on such an excellent work)as (in my opinion) Roxy's greatest track and one of the truly monumental tracks ever recorded... drum roll ... please: "Song For Europe" is the song to which I refer, it defies words. Few songs have ever impacted me as it has, nor have received such heavy play over a long span of time. I have thousands of cds, thus hundreds of thousands of songs, it means something when a song is among my 10 favorites and "Song For Europe" is among them. It's the crowning masterpiece of a brilliant band, much as "Shine A Light" (for me) is for the Stones. Every track is worth the price of the album, but "A Song For Europe" is worth it and then some.

Higher Than The Milky Way.......2006-08-25

From the opening dissonant synthesizer riff, Phil Manzanera's alternately 'walking' and shrieking guitar lines slithering through it and Bryan Ferry's excited crooning in "Street Life" to the gorgeous poetry and subtle piano/violin interplay at the end of "Sunset", this is my favorite Roxy Music album. The wild "Street Life" is followed by "Just Like You", a luscious ballad with astoundingly dreamy/surrealistic lyrics Ferry mostly sings in a sweet falsetto. Then out of left field (way,way out!) comes the Ferry/Manzanera-composed "Amazona"- partly funky, partly spacey, totally unique. I love Phil's treated guitar solo on this one. The marching rhythm of "Psalm" features a strange lyrical analogy of trying on different clothes with seeking religious faith. "Serenade" features some wonderful oboe and sax work by Andy Mackay. Next is the towering "A Song For Europe", an ode to the Olde Country that veers from the majestic to the subtle and back again. The astonishingly original "Mother of Pearl" starts off like a schizophrenic rocker ("Have you a future? Yes,yes,yes, nooo!"), transforms into a semi-ballad after a little over a minute and slowly starts rocking again after a bit. "Mother" segues right into the final track, "Sunset", a song so beautiful, so melancholy yet serene that I cried the first few times I listened to it. Again, here Bryan's lyrics are unparalleled in their subtlety and wit. ("Sunburst fingers you raise, one last sigh of farewell".) Glorious!

Before continuing, I have to tell you that I worship at the alter of Brian Eno. He's probably the biggest influence on my own songwriting. But is he missed on "Stranded"? My answer is a resounding 'no'. The replacement of Brian with Eddie Jobson was a good move. I think the band sounds more cohesive on "Stranded" than their first two albums with Eno. However, I want to clarify that I do love those first two albums as well. In a band that includes such an unusual instrument (in rock music anyway) as the oboe, the electric violin was a brilliant addition to their sound. Eddie's synth playing is very nice, adding just the right touches without being quite as in-your-face as Eno's sometimes was. As a matter of fact, I've read that this is actually Eno's favorite Roxy Music album so there you have it. Pick up this art rock stunner immediately!

Ahhh, the girl with blue hair !!.......2006-08-13

This is simply the best Roxy album ever. I went to see them live in 1973 (?) in Coventry, and was stunned. All of us were huge Roxy fans at the time, and i still consider most of it to have been the best time of my life. all the albums were incredibly innovative, and got everyone away from mainstream rock'n'roll.
Just what we needed. And the girl with the blue hair? No idea who she was. She was, I assume, a "camp follower" of the band, but as I was 19 and very easily impressed, (and under the influence, so to speak) she turned my head, and I've never forgotten her.

VENUS on the HALF SHELL is an AMAZON .......2006-06-23

The first song "Street Life" the stunning personal rocker, redefines the new ROXY MUSIC as a great ensemble. The second is the perfect and brilliant singer/songwriter "Just Like You" which redefines the director of ROXY MUSIC as Bryan Ferry. The third track "Amazona" is what should be this throw away little ditty that I have the most to write about (he he he) "...in Amazona everything is nice...little one, come take my hand, I'll try to take you there..." which gets weird like a horrible cloud of gnats that you can't escape and can't help but get under your skin and Phil Manzanera does, but distortion is not song content and here might ENO contribute. It is probably my favorite track, and annoying, but also probably the weakest one on the album (he he he). "Psalm" is warranted and shocking in its day, but not one I rarely skip. "Serenade" however is another one of those tuneful ROXY marvels I write about, surprising and insightful. "A Song for Europe" is another long theatre piece, Byronesque, as in Lord Byron. Some love it, some don't. "Mother Of Pearl," like the Venus-on-the-Half-Shell record album cover, is protracted. But, it has such an electrifying opener, poignant lyric, and lush tune, that I can't fault it. The album closes with the gorgeous "Sunset" which is one of those perfectly set ROXY MUSIC songs that, when you sleep, haunt your dreams...

C'mon now guys, give me a break. I LOVE ROXY MUSIC, so I judge based upon my love of all the music. ROXY MUSIC is better than a lot of their contemporaries. But I judge not just against their contemporaries, but each ROXY entry against the oeuvre, and those few albums I award FIVE STARS to are those I feel no collection of 20th century Rock should be without. This album may contain some of ROXY MUSIC'S finest recordings, and certainly a few favorites of mine, but overall there are more important and consistent records by this greatest of 1970s Rock and Roll bands. I think at this point ROXY MUSIC was just getting to their highest points, such as the next two albums.

Average customer rating: Es bueno and Roxy music came to save the world, and all I got was this snazzy T-shirt Hudu Templiss electronic super-glam art Oo-oo Show Me! ROXY MUSIC debut the MISSING LINK

Roxy Music Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Proto Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: For Your Pleasure Stranded Country Life Siren Flesh + Blood ASIN: B0000256KG Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. Re-make/Re-model
2. Ladytron
3. If There Is Something
4. Virginia Plain
5. 2 H.B.
6. The Bob (Medley)
7. Chance Meeting
8. Would You Believe?
9. Sea Breezes
10. Bitters End

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With startling, boundless creativity, Roxy Music's juiced-up debut record put a subversive spin on mid-'70s conventions, embracing glam-pop and artsy electronics while harboring a deep love of classic rock songcraft. Brian Eno's stamp is all over the record, driving songs like "Re-Make/Re-Model" down strange, atonal avenues. Bryan Ferry's nightclub glamour-boy persona and wandering vibratos help make timeless epics out of molehills like the (originally non-album) track "Virginia Plain." Eno stuck around for one more record, 1973's For Your Pleasure, leaving Ferry and the band to embrace their less avant-garde leanings. This unpredictable, dangerous record might be a shock for those who associate Roxy Music with the silky sounds of later records such as Flesh + Blood and Avalon. It is nevertheless essential listening for all who care about boundary-defining rock, as well as the possibilities for profound innovation and redefinition that artists like David Bowie, T. Rex, and the New York Dolls promised, but never quite delivered. --Matthew Cooke

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Customer Reviews:

Es bueno.......2007-07-05

Es un CD interesante, no tiene nada que ver con los CD posteriores, el primero es más eclectico, interesante en la propuesta de la conjución de varios estilos de música que posee cada uno de los integrantes, Brian Eno es excelente en la inclusión de ruidos combinados con música

and Roxy music came to save the world, and all I got was this snazzy T-shirt.......2007-05-30

I never get tired of this album. It still sounds futuristic to me even though it is older than I am. Stunning, just stunning. Sit, stay, press play and give yourself a sonic dog treat. Good dog. ruff.

Hudu Templiss.......2006-04-13

I'm not too experienced with listening to music, so if any of this is cheesy, blame me!
A very interesting, and creatively stimulating, album. Brian Eno's bubbling, raw electronics are equalled only by his first solo album. Some of the tracks are slower and more blues-inflected than Roxy's next album, but this lends itself to a smooth, mellow flow from one track to the next, despite its rapid tempo and melody shifts. It makes perfect background music when I'm doing art. It feels like a massive, detailed album (although I hear they didn't spend as much time working on it as later albums). The first couple times i listened to it, it was a little difficult to tell when one track ended and the next one began, as these choppy transformations occur so rapidly in each individual song. I like this consistent inconsistency.

The melodies aren't as catchy and developed as on later albums, buried below jerky changes in instruments and synthesizer, but this gives it a very ambitious and enthralling sound. Certain tracks, like The Bob (Medley), are very startling to hear at first; the booming, echoing tape loops simulate a war sound, then transitioning into a gentle and trickling sound before turning into a pop song snippet. With these challenging instrumental loops combined with Ferry's pop singing, it sounds like a condensed version of Frank Zappa's "Brown Shoes Don't Make It", minus the pedophilic subject matter. "If There Is Something" is Ferry's most desperate-sounding song, with his voice becoming hoarse and strained at parts, along with a slowly-developing, haunting melody. In "Sea Breezes", Bryan Ferry's voice and the instruments are layered over becalming seaside ambience, (indicative of Eno's later vocal ambient pieces), and "Bitter's End" concludes the album with a strange, apathetic doo-wop song (ironic to the title?). The lyrics are sometimes ambiguous to their meaning, making it all the more thought provoking.
I prefer Roxy Music's next album, "For Your Pleasure", which fits more into an accessible art-rock format, with a darker emotional depth. However it's hard not to enjoy the musical creativity spilling out of each song on this album.

electronic super-glam art.......2006-04-08

This is hard music to classify - easy music to enjoy! The first two albums of Roxy with Brian Eno are soooo good - believe the hype. This is experimental rock at its finest!

Oo-oo Show Me! ROXY MUSIC debut the MISSING LINK .......2006-04-08

Oo-oo Show Me! ROXY MUSIC debut the MISSING LINK
I've been listening to English Rock since my 10 years older brother let me play his BEATLES, ANIMALS and ROLLING STONES records in the mid 60s (yes, I was 5 and 6). Later, I'm ashamed to confess that ROXY MUSIC just barely hit my radar way back when ("LOVE IS THE DRUG" and "MORE THAN THIS") only because I was into all the records (meaning the club hits) and I knew who Bryan Ferry was, and from my reading, ROXY MUSIC 's esteemed reputation, but the band basically slipped thru the cracks. All these years later, I found myself rictus by my own late discovery of this underrated and under appreciated album, this rare gem in the vast annals of ROCK music. This stunner serves up hot, garish, over the top, hard a**, hard as nails rock, AND MORE, better than BOWIE, QUEEN, YES {GARY GLITTER, ALICE COOPER, T. REX} whom I bracket for obvious reasons, LED ZEPPELIN, and maybe even my old fave PINK FLOYD, ever delivered !! There is no doubt ELTON JOHN was listening to this record as evinced by GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD , but perhaps his influence on ROXY can also be heard.

In 1979 The ROLLING STONE RECORD GUIDE gave ROXY MUSIC's 1972 debut album two stars (2 stars)! A lousy two stars! Since the GUIDE had given THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS awesome 1969 debut, THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN, a mere four stars (4 stars) I had realized that some of the reviews and ratings were suspect, being contemporaneous (they were too myopic back then to realize the huge influence, and perfection, of records like PALACE or ROXY MUSIC). Like PALACE, the debut of ROXY MUSIC was simply way ahead of its time. In 1979, the later labeled "new wave" influences of bands like ROXY MUSIC were at best novel and suspect, like this extremely early harbinger of the new wave sound (and yet much more, lusciously dated as some of it is). "VIRGINIA PLAIN", though not on the original release, but since included on the album for years, was the band's first British charter, and sounds like it was recorded by THE CARS at their best. Of course, it's worth noting that even the TALKING HEADS were only barely beginning to be recognized by the GUIDE in 1979 (MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD was awarded three stars). By the way, I've been using my old ROLLING STONE RECORD GUIDE, a 6x9.25 inch sized trade paper, now falling apart, since I bought it new in 1979.

Contrary to what that GUIDE said, Bryan Ferry's tunes are not so straight forward, ambling down diverse paths, with unexpected arrangements and textures. Ferry plums the depths of what we now call angst: the pain of rejection, the passion of obsessive love, hurtful loneliness and longing. I am surprised the GUIDE failed to hear the deep emotion and almost embarrassing exposure that Ferry shares thru his insightful lyrics and kooky, yet sincere, singing ("If There Is Something" and "Sea Breezes" especially). Other tunes include Phil Manzanera's Robert Fripp influenced, yet as noisy and somehow miraculously tuneful guitar ("Chance Meeting") Andrew Mackay's sax is Blues boggled, Acid burned and Rock X-cited ("Would You Believe.") Bass here by Graham Simpson, and drums by Paul Thompson are the backbone of this meaty music, the jungle savage primate new age fossil! ROXY's album SIREN rated a perfect five stars (5 stars) in the 1979 GUIDE, I expect because of its huge popularity at the time with the cognoscenti (as THE EAGLES put it, "...in the fast lane"). SIREN included ROXY MUSIC's only Top 40 charting hit, "LOVE IS THE DRUG", but SIREN is not nearly as haunting or unusual as ROXY MUSIC. This record is a remarkable achievement especially for a debut. It is terribly sophisticated, and not for the Rock novice.

It's apparent that like THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, ROXY MUSIC sought to establish themselves immediately as Rock icons. Rightly so. Since my discovery of THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS' first two albums, this album, ROXY MUSIC's debut, is the most startling find I have made in 10 years (not since I picked up BECK's ODELAY have I said "WOW" to myself upon listening to a very first track). I mention these great albums because I think this odd ball, the debut ROXY MUSIC, is a masterpiece that rates with THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN, ODELAY, and TALKING HEADS' REMAIN IN LIGHT. Each album derives its influences from divergent sources, ultimately irrelevant in the personal vision expressed, and each album is a touchstone in the development of modern music. If you listen to the music, and I mean all of it, and love Rock `N' Roll long enough, you get picky. Another reviewer mentions CAPTAIN BEEFHEART's SAFE AS MILK (I myself am a fan of SHINY BEAST) but I get the point. Us lovers of great music can accept the challenge, appreciate the raw, young, true, artistic vision that once in awhile, by some miracle, made it to vinyl (er, CD and iPod) and are rewarded with personal expansion. How the hell did records like these records get made and aren't we lucky to get to listen to them all these years later...?

Average customer rating: A fine Roxy album for the non-roxy fan More Than Hits (3.5 stars) Roxy Music's "Flesh and Blood" Superb Stuff..... Probably their best

Flesh + Blood Roxy Music Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Manifesto Siren Stranded Avalon For Your Pleasure ASIN: B0000256VN Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

1. The Midnight Hour
2. Oh Yeah
3. Same Old Scene
4. Flesh And Blood
5. My Only Love
6. Over You
7. Eight Miles High
8. Rain Rain Rain
9. No Strange Delight
10. Running Wild

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Customer Reviews:

A fine Roxy album for the non-roxy fan.......2007-02-19

The maturity of the band shows through in addition to a nod to thier roots by doing the covers of Midnight Hour and Eight Miles High. If you are not already a Roxy fan or you are and you'r indoctrinating some one who'es never heard of them this is the album to play. "OH Yeah" is my favorite cut and one that gives full expression to Ferry's vocal emotions.

More Than Hits (3.5 stars).......2007-01-29

The reformed Roxy Music of the late seventies still released great singles, but somehow lost the knack for making great albums. Flesh and Blood, the band's second full-length from this period and their seventh total, is mostly comprised of worthwhile material, but has a few wretched fillers that drag the overall album down. Banal covers of The Byrds' Eight Miles High and Wilson Pickett's Midnight Hour are superfluous at best, while Rain Rain Rain stinks stinks stinks. The remainder of Flesh and Blood gracefully advances the maturation of Roxy's experimental glam rock into stylish, New-Romantic pop. Roxy were beginning to sound more like their imitators (Ultravox, Japan, Associates) by this time, but beneath the veneer of tousled, continental elegance lay that same aura of mystery, estrangement, and decay that characterized their pivotal earlier recordings. Avalon, the band's eighth and final studio album, may have been a more graceful, cohesive affair, but this often overlooked record has a higher concentration of truly great songs.

Roxy Music's "Flesh and Blood".......2007-01-11

This 1980 album from Roxy Music has no bad tracks, three or four very good ones, and two songs that are excellent. Most people will like "The Midnight Hour," a cover of the Wilson Pickett song and "Eight Miles High," a cover of a Crosby, Stills and Nash tune. The rest are all Roxy Music originals by Brian Ferry, some cowritten with Phil Manzanera. The two standouts are "Same Old Scene," a technorock masterpiece and "Over You," that starts out silly and transforms into some of the most beautiful head music you've ever heard.

Superb Stuff............2006-12-04

Yes, this collection would have to be on the list of Very Enjoyable
Sound, whether or not one is a Roxy/Bry follower.The Bass guitar work
of Gary Tibbs alone makes this CD UN-REAL baby!!

Probably their best.......2005-10-10

Probably their best album. It has not aged as much as the preceding ones and seems less affected by trends.

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