Album Rating: 4.0

Full of emotions, Twig...?

:D

Album Rating: 4.0

haha yes Jethro, emotions for the first Roxy Music album. I can't get "Remake/Remodel" out of my head:



I could talk talk talk talk talk myself to death

But I believe, I would only waste my breath

C P L 5 9 3 H !



Re-listened and raised it to a 4.5.

Album Rating: 4.0

Ha! I never noticed that combination of letters and numbers into the song (does it have a meaning?). You're right, it's an amazing song. And I changed album to a 4.5 myself recently.

Album has an original sounding (both avant-garde and retro) and is good to listen totally, from A to Z. It's an album of great innovations, thanks to the presence of Eno, I suppose. It's surely one of the finest rock debuts, and it rocks hard!

Album Rating: 4.0

I always thought "C P L 5 9 3 H" was her license plate number, but looking at the lyrics now I see nothing to indicate that--need to find someone who is familiar with British license plates, lol.

i would do aaaaaaaanything for yooou

i would cliimb moooountaaaaains

i would swim alllll the oooceaaans bluuuuuuue

Album Rating: 4.0

I would... sit in the garden... growing potatoes by the score.

that song ruptures my heart each time i listen to it

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amazing song--those vocals get more and more intense as the song goes on.

Album Rating: 4.0

@ Jethro: Found this in Wikipedia -- "Ferry explained in an interview that Eno and MacKay's backing vocal chorus of "CPL 593H" was the number plate of the car in which the woman is riding. Ferry took inspiration from a personal experience - the number plate CPL 593H belonged to a car he previously owned, a blue 1970 Mini Clubman. After it had left his ownership he saw it parked in a street, and on going to look at it observed an attractive young woman get into the car and drive away. Thus, in true Ferry style, the song was indirectly about 'the girl'"

Album Rating: 4.0

Ah, that explains it all. And you guessed it. Tbh, at first I thought it looked like a license plate number for a minute, but I was not sure and I somehow reject the idea for some reasons.

I'm trying to figure out which Roxy Music album is my fave and I can't choose between the eponymus, For Your Pleasure or Country life. I will have to relisten each of them another time.

Album Rating: 4.0

Jethro, I think those three are all great. Each could be a favorite in its own way, but For Your Pleasure has always been the best of the bunch for me. I think it's the perfect transition between the madness of the first album and the journey to Avalon that comes after it. All the rough edges have been smoothed out, but they haven't been smoothed out too much . . . But now that I'm listening to the first album again, I'm wondering if I like its madness and rough edges best. It's a difficult choice.

yeah, the BOB medley is certainly madness. that's a hard hitter, and actually the track that got me into roxy music

Album Rating: 4.0

Siren was my first Roxy Music album, and I liked it, but after that a friend played me the first two albums--then I loved them.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, Twig. "Siren" is a great album, as almost all their albums. But, in terms of prog and avant-garde music, their two first albums are the best, believe me.

Album Rating: 4.0

^^couldn't agree more, maybe they are both my favorite--a tie!

Album Rating: 4.0

@Twig; Finally, I can say without a doubt that the eponymous album is my fave cos it rocks hard and has a nice flow from start to finish, and it doesn't have a weak song (just 5'd it). For Your Pleasure is more dark, experimental and it takes more time to sink in. ''The Bogus Man'' is a big chunk to swallow (but it kinda pays off with each play) and the title track drags on during its instrumental part. Overall, the first two albums are more quirky and have both retro and avant-garde approach. Eponymous one has indeed madness and rough edges but it's controlled. It's the welcome black sheep of the bunch. Innovative art rock it is.

Country Life is a great collection of art rock songs but it has more mainstream sounding. Ferry is more ''crooner'' than ever into that one, and he knows how to sing. Most of the songs are energetic and enticing. I keep it at a 4.5, for its consistency and originality.

Edit; I need to relisten to Avalon. I remember digging its first 3 songs.

Album Rating: 4.0

@ Jethro

About Roxy Music, a band I always loved and I know very well since the 70's, my favourite albums are their first two. However, I think I prefer "For Your Pleasure", precisely because is more dark and experimental. And of course, we cannot forget the presence of Brian Eno on both albums.

Next I like, almost at the same level, their three next albums, "Stranded", Country Live" and Siren". In reality, "Country Live" was my first album from them and my first contact too. From these albums I should highlight the presence of Eddie Jobson, an artist I got used to full appreciate despite be so often forgotten, which give to those albums a very strong energy and a great beauty.

Their next two albums, "Manifesto" and "Flesh + Blood" are also two good albums but are very different and much less creative, of course.

"Avalon". It's really a great album. It's an album without weak points, very melodic and with an excellent production. Somehow, it represents the return of a certain quality missed on the two previous albums.

Finaly, a mention to Bryan Ferry. I alwaus appreciated his creativity, voice, presence and talent. It wasn't by chance it was named the Sinatra of rock.

Cheers, dude. I hope I wasn't to much boring with this so extensice comment. Sorry, if I was.

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My first contact with the band was Country Life. I wanted to get around to it to see if it had to offer other songs in the quality of ''Out of the Blue'' that I used to hear at the radio. Album didn't disappoint me.

I never noticed that Eddie Jobson was appearing for 3 Roxy Music albums. I was only aware for Country Life. He also participated to U.K. and Jethro Tull's ''A'' among others.

I'd need to relisten to Stranded, but out of what I remember, it doesn't contain that many classic songs. Both ''Mother of Pearl''and ''A Song For Europe'' are the real highlights for me. Manifesto and Flesh + Blood are too pop and much less creative I agree. Avalon starts in strenght with the first 3 tracks. I don't really remember the rest.

I didn't know that Ferry was considered the Sinatra of rock. It's funny because they have a similar vibrato. I could see Ferry sing some Sinatra, but not the other way around ;) Then again, it depends of the songs... Roxy Music can be retro enough for Sinatra...

And no worries, it's a pleasure to share with you.

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About Jobson, I didn't know he appears on "A" of Tull. About UK, I know that and he did a fantastic work on the albums. Unfortunately, he his an underrated artist, very complete, too.

About "Stranded", I don't listen to this album since many years too, but for what I can remember, despite both tracks mentioned by you, I think all album is great. "Amazona" and especially "Psalm" are two highlights, "Psalm" is very prog despite its repetitiveness, "Serenade" is very beautiful and the last track "Sunset" is very beautiful too and closes the album in a great way.

About Ferry be considered the Sinatra of rock, it's much more obvious on his solo works, as you mentioned before.

Cheers.

Album Rating: 4.0

Jethro, I can see why the first album is your favorite. I used to think of it as the laboratory where the elements of For Your Pleasure were created, but now I see it as a special album on its own too. I do still like the dark experimentation of For Your Pleasure best, but only by a small margin. If I have one complaint about FYP, I think it could use a short energetic song like "Do The Strand," or "Editions Of You" on the second half to break it up a bit--but that is a small complaint. I can only imagine what they would have done if Eno stayed in the band (but I enjoy Stranded and Country life too).



e21, Eddie Jobson seems to have been forgotten. I liked him very much in Roxy, UK, and his solo albums (even though they were a little new age).



Bryan Ferry is 71 years old--closer to my parents age than mine--Frank Sinatra and rock-n-roll aren't retro fashion for him. He lived through those musical years. I guess it should be no surprise that those genres influence him, but it is pretty amazing that someone from that generation was involved in an experimental group like Roxy in the 70s.