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An exceptional debut album, ahead of its time. My favourite Roxy LP.
Hooked on the group from the first single Virginia Plain, which is now included on this CD, I used to read the unusual sleeve notes in Woolworths and wonder whether to buy this or not!
I've listened to it regularly for the last 36 years, Ferry doesn't rate his vocals on this but I do, Andy Mackay's oboe sounds are ethereal, Eno's synthesiser notes are some of the weirdest ever recorded and its all held together by the accomplished rock steady drumming of The Great Paul Thompson.
Favourite tracks are Re-make/Re-model, Ladytron and If There Is Something on which the notes of the oboe get higher and higher.
Purely by chance I was at York on July 8th 1973 for the last performance with Eno in the group, an amazing memorable evening.
Hooked on the group from the first single Virginia Plain, which is now included on this CD, I used to read the unusual sleeve notes in Woolworths and wonder whether to buy this or not!
I've listened to it regularly for the last 36 years, Ferry doesn't rate his vocals on this but I do, Andy Mackay's oboe sounds are ethereal, Eno's synthesiser notes are some of the weirdest ever recorded and its all held together by the accomplished rock steady drumming of The Great Paul Thompson.
Favourite tracks are Re-make/Re-model, Ladytron and If There Is Something on which the notes of the oboe get higher and higher.
Purely by chance I was at York on July 8th 1973 for the last performance with Eno in the group, an amazing memorable evening.
I agree,,,,,Roxy,s music never dates and sounds as fresh today as it did in the 70,s, excellent music,,,,
Thanks for your comment Lipsee; it’s good to see someone else appreciates this classic album.
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Their 1972 debut.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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