Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Not my favourite but not bad. 5/10
Enjoyed the first half
I'm a big fan of Roxy Music but didn't think this album highlighted their best work. If anything their later efforts showed it was addition by subtraction when Brian Eno - who would go on to co-produce U2's greatest albums - left the group. Burying Bryan Ferry's distinctive vocals didn't do the songs any favors; just compare where they are in the mix on most of the album vs. how forward they are on the post-Eno song 'Mother Of Pearl.' The standouts for me were 'If There Is Something' with its driving sax/oboe line and increasingly urgent lyrics and the Chuck Berry riffs/Jerry Lee Lewis licks in 'Would You Believe?'. I think we'll definitely see the band's final studio album Avalon on this list and suspect in listening to their more mature material it'll be clearer why the band is considered so influential.
This one is full of earwigs, most often (at least for me) triggered by that entrancing and insistent percussion. I could do with less tight Bryan Ferry vibrato, though.
Interesting but could never get into Roxy Music
68/100: This wasn’t a stellar album, but it was fun, I’ll give it that. Something about the lead singer’s voice just screams that he’s having an absolute blast delivering each line—that paired with the fun sax solos and interjections just makes for a really lively and fun album. This album, though, feels to be quite literally all fun and games—there’s no room for anything else. It doesn’t seem to be very well produced, either, in that it feels like there are twice as many songs in here than there actually are. Most of the songs have breaks at seemingly random points throughout only for the band to kick off a completely different song within the same song. I get the sense there was a lot of cocaine involved in its production (maybe I’m confusing cocaine and fun in my analysis of this album, in which case I wouldn’t be the first person to make that mistake in life). I will say, I found one of my favorite parts of the album only about 3 minutes into the opening song, “Re-Make/Re-Model,” with their little nod to, or possible rip-off of, the iconic bass line in Day Tripper. Even if it was an intentional ripping-off of the Beatles, I think they pull it off well, adding a new flavor to the already well-known riff. Hearing the drums and guitar cease only for that bass line to playfully break the silence followed immediately by the guitar player vigorously returning to his solo with the drums beating back on in the background damn near gave me goosebumps.
Cest correct , un peu psychedelique, je connais pas l'annee de parution mais ca sonne quand meme bien. 3
It was okay. I could see how some bands have pulled from this sound
Not having heard their music, and basing my opinion on Bryan Ferry turning up on various family TV shows over the years, I had assumed Roxy Music would be a MOR croonfest. I was wrong. This is a weird album with a lot going on. It's a bit of a cacophony overall, but definitely not a boring croonfest. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Re-Make/Re-Model Date listened: 15/08/22
Enjoyed this great debut album deserves its place on the list.
eh? ambivalent. i think they were fine but i waited too long to review
Nothing grabbed me here.
Intriguing 80s fare
Never heard of them before. Pretty enjoyable.
Some weird songs here, but I quite liked em.
I've always wanted to like Roxy Music but haven't gotten into any of their stuff. But I haven't heard this before. Let's see what's up: The album starts strong. Listening through twice, I like the feeling of all of it, but I'm not drawn in. And it's been so long since I listened to something new that really drew me in that I wonder if the problem is me. For sure I shouldn't be listening to this during work. Work is a real distraction. But I'll give this a few more listens when I can really listen. Maybe I'll end up liking Roxy Music after all. Aaaaaand now I see that Apple Music has screwed me again - I was just thinking "jesus this is a long album" and that was because of the 14 extra tracks tacked to the end of the album. Come on with this.
Enjoyed this. I've listened to Avalon and this one for sure sounds very different up front. Lots of energy. I get Talking Heads vibes here and there, but that's another band from this era that I don't know enough to really be talking about. And yet here I am! I want to give this one another spin now that I know what to expect. Suspect it could be a grower, not a show-er.
Full disclosure, I have COVID, so I'm a bit grumpy. There is some good stuff on here, and usually I'm okay with it, but Bryan Ferry's mannered delivery was just getting on my nerves today. Like an unfunny Viv Stanshall. I'm bumping it to 3/5 because I feel like I'd give it one more on a day where I'm not locked inside with grotty lungs.
Classic British Rock. 4/10
Not a fan of the vocals, but the music was very interesting and fun to listen to.
Pretty cool album. Feels like a Wolf Parade precursor.
Upon hearing the first song, I thought maybe this was the missing link between VU and Devo! I should love this, right? The rest of the songs kind of sound like Sparks. I like the use of synthesizer and Mellotron. There are interesting sounds and a pleasant variation of tunes but nothing here quite sticks to my palate for longer than the length of each song. On occasion it veers into Rocky Horror Picture Show territory and that's where I begin to lose my appetite.
Weak 3, I enjoyed this
Je serais prêt à parier que Brian Eno ne savait pas au moment de l'enregistrement de cet album qu'il composerait six ans plus tard la bande-son de tous les aéroports du globe.
Brian Eno tu commences a nous les briser toi et ton groupe de merde.
Today I learned ... My love for Brian Eno does not extend to Roxy Music. 'Virginia Plain' was pretty good and I used to listen to a band called 'Ladytron' but the song wasn't anything special... speaking of Tron, did you know they're making a THIRD Tron movie... ? That Daft Punk Tron soundtrack was waayy good. I hope they do another one like that for Tron 3, "One Day, I Got In.." or whatever they decide to name it. The Daft Punk album we had on this list really bites or, ahem, 'bytes' it's not the soundtrack, but has the song that Spike Jonze did the music video for. You know, the one that has the dog going into a liquor store and buying milk but won't get on the bus ...? Ugh, I hate that song, and that album really. This Roxy Music album is much better. Maybe a three.... tho it could be enhanced by a meaningless Spike Jonze music video... yep, it's a three. Three!
This happened and I listened
I didn't like it as much as their other music I've heard
Foxy Music.
Dang, not quite back to back from Roxy Music but pretty close! I'd put this between the two we've had in terms of how much I like it. Doesn't pack as much of a punch as For Your Pleasure, but has that weird, whimsical edge that Country Life lacked (I'm guessing that's an Eno touch). This one's good, but it doesn't quite have the strength or staying power that I wish it did. I do like this band though, after hearing three albums I'd consider myself something of a fan (despite the mixed results). The singer has that wavering, alarming voice that I honestly enjoy. Cool band, very British, but cool nonetheless. Favorite tracks: 2 HB, If There is Something, Sea Breezes. Album art: That's three in a row from them featuring women on the cover. This one's less striking than the other two, but still pretty good. The lady looks pained. 3.5/5
It was fair, maybe just heard a bunch of others who followed in path.
I have no idea who the target audience for this music is. A bit more proggy that I was expecting and I liked the off balance bass work on Sea Breezes and obviously I'm happy that this is the version of the album with Virginia Plain on it. However, The Bob just makes me wonder who they were writing for. There ain't no faded glamour in that track. Ferry just about stays on the right side of bleating, so that was ok. Generally weird.
Not bad
⭐⭐⭐
I have friends into Roxy Music and honestly was a little disappointed. Maybe it's a first album thing or I missed something.
glamorous rock indeed
As a great man once said "I have no strong feelings one way or the other".
Interesting
First listen. Super strong start and love the instrumentals, horns and sound effects. Once I realized it was Brian Eno made sense. Wish the singer's voice was stronger on some tracks.
I feel like the 2nd half drags a bit. First track is awesome!
A bit kitsch for my liking, but some interesting sounds here
3.5/5
Rock. Un poco extraño a veces .
Good but not great.
Also weirder than I was expecting but I didn't really care for it. But it's more Brian Eno. And I wanted to.
meh.... not sure what kind of music it was. not bad, but it all sounded the same.
Roxy Music debuts strongly with a series of artsy tracks characterized by its glam rock influence, creative synths by the emerging Eno, and a sound that stands out from anything else from the early 70s, opening the gate for a kind of crisp and clean sound rock is capable of in later alternative music of the decade. The first half is fantastic, among the best in their discography, indicating how far they'll take these ideas into their dark sequel For Your Pleasure. Not only does the band come together, but the synths and sax are incorporated so well despite them not being very common at the time. Not to mention Bryan Ferry's voice, very glam-like and pop-oriented, used for so many purposes in a single track. The second half is severely lacking, with some highlights, but no coherent songs to carry the impressive display of the former.
Ok
Pa dobro
Okej album, nije me ništa previše dirnulo. Skužio sam kad sam mamuran sam baš zao što se tiče rejtanja albuma. Al bit ću dobar.
Sounds like they sat down to listen to Bowie and their main takeaway was, "We should be weird like him!" Some of it worked and some of it very much did not. Best track: Virginia Plain
This ROX, ok maybe not it was fine. Favourite songs: If There Is Something, Would You Believe?, Bitters End
I was ready to write that no second side so spectacularly fails to fulfil the promise of its first, but then I, you know, listened to it again. Know what? Those last five songs are nowhere near as disappointing as I remembered. The Bob is silly but tolerable and Chance Meeting can go, but Would You Believe? Sea Breezes and Bitters End can stay. Sure, they're not as fabulously daft or mesmeric as the gay Dylan we get on side one, but they still belong to the cocktail party Ferry & co. construct out of their seventies dream of romantic liberation and industrial quantities of hair gel.
6/10
I'm surprised how much Bryan Ferry sounds like David Byrne here, but perhaps it's more accurate to say that David Byrne sounds like Bryan Ferry. There's something special about the sound of this album. Sometimes it feels like it's very much a product of the early 1970s with echoes of the '60s, but other times it feels lightyears ahead, forging bold new paths and kind of inventing its own genre. Spotify had the American version with "Virginia Plain" among the tracklist and I'm happy with that.
I thought Roxy Music were 90s electro, so this was surprising. Some good, some bad. Didn't set my world alight.
Rating: 5/10
Certainly an ambitious and interesting debut album. Ahead of its time in a lot of ways for 1972. I have a hard time getting past Bryan Ferry's creepy vocal stylings though - just not appealing to me. 3 stars.
Some great tunes on here, can certainly hear how they have influenced later artists
Really enjoyed. Not a fan of the vocals but the music is well written and enjoyed a lot
Incredibly meh
Half gedraaid, eigenlijk beter dan ik dacht. Toch nog eens wat vaker proberen.
Best ok.
Promising start. Moments of fun. But overall, I just find Roxy Music irritating - purely personal preference, can't quite put my finger on why.
I'd heard this once before and generally enjoyed listening again- though I think the first half of the album is much stronger. Remake/Remodel is an excellent, chaotic, humourous introduction to the band, with a driving, insistent beat and number-plate backing vocals and pop music allusions galore. This seems to pre-empt the spirit of art-punk five years early and carries through to other tracks like Ladytron, If There is Something and parts of Bob Medley. The doo-wop closer is pleasant but a bit lightweight, and other longer tracks like Sea Breezes and Bob Medley end up feeling a bit disjointed rather than adventurous. I'd still like to hear this again though and think it may grow on me.
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Re-Make/Re-Model, Ladytron, If There Is Something, Would You Believe?, Sea Breezes Cutting Edge: 2HB Overall Notes: Glam Bowie for nerds, Pink Floyd for the gays. Sounds like bits and pieces of lots of things yet as a whole is like nothing I've ever heard. Despite the number of songs I saved I wouldn't say that I especially liked it so much as I spent the full 45 minutes marveling at it. 3.5 rounded down.
Wel leuk in het begin, maar verveelt nogal snel
Musically very interesting, just not my cup of tea really, style wise. Not a fan of this typically 70s instrumental cacophony :)
Never heard these guys but heard of them. I know it's that early glam rock stuff. Might be ok, might suck. Gets pretty spacey at times but also rocks, I guess Bowie comparisons? Got a bit long towards the end, couldn't honestly remember any of it even an hour or two later, but still 3/5 for not pissing me off at the time haha.
сколько там, полгода прошло с прошлой ревьюхи? за это время пытался прогнать альбом ну раз пять наверное. и, при всей привлекательности на бумаге, так и не мог найти для него место в сердце, ну просто тупо мало хорошего контента, хотя начинается как раз с козырей. первую песню всегда отмечал очень положительно. а потом как-то все сливалось, вроде вокалист своей саркастической харизмой приязнь вызывает, но его в песнях по минимуму, куда больше места занимают унылые проигрыши и дрочьба в пустоту. сонграйтинг тоже не передовой, разных партий в песнях много, но над ними не проведено работы, они не склеены и не перерастают друг в друга, просто есть и довольные торчат как заноза в жопе. потом, буквально с неделю назад, смотрел фильм Бархатная Золотая Жила, и там услышал песню Ladytron. и внезапно понял, несколько она мне нравится. прямо такой: ну все, надо собраться с силами, переслушать и проникнуться окончательно. переслушал - и понял, что все, нахуй надо. ну не идёт никак, не западают остальные песни в голову. Что-то в каждой есть, но не так много, чтобы внимание этому уделять. поэтому ставлю прямо середняру - 5/10, да и бог с ними, хороших песен у них все равно достаточно, неуклюжий дебют вполне можно простить
Wiec dowiedzialem sie, ze thinkpadowa klawka ma super fukcje zmiany stronki zaraz obok klawiszy strzlkowych, a nie bede drugi raz pisal tego samego do czego co juz wiem, to zebym tylko mial z czym kojarzyc roxowy music jedno stwierdzenie musi pasc, Brian Eno Top
Meh, it's not bad, but Roxy Music has never hooked me.
Me lembrou um Talking Heads e nao era nem um pouco o que eu esperava (julgando o livro pela capa do album)
3
Pretty cool. Knew of them, never listened. Kinda Bowie-esque.
Bootleg Radiohead.
Fun arty and weird vibes. Definitely an album for a specific time and mindset, but excellent if it is what I am craving that day.
Enjoyable and interesting. Excellent in parts but a bit grating in others. A pretty solid 3 for me
New to me. Pleasant surprise. Wild flavors, reminiscent of Rocky Horror; deliciously somber notes of Eno. 💘
Do all Brian Eno produced albums end badly?
Good intro to the Roxy style and clearly an "important" album, but it didn't really grab me. I kind of agree with Bryan Ferry's displeasure with the arrangements of some of these tunes.
Good but tailed off later in the album
Ferry Good
This one was very interesting. More experimental than other albums from its time. It's not as good as other glam albums, but it marks where the whole genre would shift from there.
Art rock at its artiest. BT: Re-make/Re-model, If There is Something, Would You Believe?
Putting it in the context of 1972 its definitely a cool mix of pop and experimental sounds.
Production: 14/20 Songwriting: 15/20 Innovation: 13/20 Bangers: 4/20 Emotional response: 12/20 =58
Roxy Music is kind of in a league of it's own, in that it's hard for me to find strong comparisons. That, combined with the strong show of compositions, makes me adore this album's presence. It's pretty weird, but also loud and fun! It also takes time to wind down and get pretty lowkey, which is always welcome for pacing purposes as long as the songs don't suck (they're fine here). Pretty good overall!
Really interesting instrumentation. At once almost like a jazz ensemble, passing solos around while a chord progression repeats underneath...but then one song borders on classic country rock, at least until the vocals come in. And all the oboe? And even an English horn??
Liked it more than I though but that still only warrants a 3 star
My first introduction to Roxy Music was visual. I spent my early teens hanging out at the Northland Mall in Worthington, MN (side note -Joe Exotic once held an animal showing there!) Many mall hours were whiled away flipping g through every available album in the Musicland record store, and the Roxy Music covers got my attention. It wasn’t until college that I paid attention to the tunes. This is a good album. I really like the guitars on the opening track and throughout. “Virginia Plain” was the hit, and the rest is pretty listenable, especially “If There Is Something” and “The Bob”. Album rates a strong 3.5 stars, but I have to round down due to “Sea Breezes” which stumbles into Pere Ubu territory.
I had really high expectations for this album because a lot of music critics I like regard it highly and it's one of Brian Eno's first projects so I was hype to hear his influence. Then "If There Is Something," came on and I'm like is this the Grateful Dead, what is going on? And that "huh, what is this?" vibe continued for me throughout the album. Mind you I don't hate the Grateful Dead but it was just unexpected, which I think was kind of the vibe they were going for on this album. A lot of cool experimentation for pop songs that I can tell influenced future artists, but it definitely could of used some refining.
I originally didn't think I would like this, but there was enough weirdness, and actually really solid drumming that kept me interested. Has a little more going on than a typical 1970s classic rock album. I like it.
From the Wikipedia article, I got that Roxy music has great importance in music history, but their songs are too basic for my taste. Good songs but just it.
I thought the first and third songs were pretty hype but everything else was boring at best. 6
pretty good.
started off really poorly and I was ready to rate low, but it picked up! Again, not really a fan and don't intend to listen again, but its interesting to see early experimentation into artpop and artrock. Glad they did this for future bands, but still not an album for me.
Some great tunes
I reckon I'm at 0 when it comes to Roxy Music, one of those legendary bands I've never got around to pay attention to. At first I thought it was going to be too bombastic, but thankfully it stopped short of "too". Nice eclectic mix, a couple of fillers, but overall a good album, very creative.
Meh
Fun and bouncy. Not overly memorable though.
It was okay, some songs were fun
Psychedelic and weird
Not bad. Like a mix of David Byrne's voice, David Bowie's weirdness, and a little sprinkle of 50's era Rock n Roll
i don't want to give it a full four because there were some songs where i was like ok hmmm this is too weird for me but some of them were just weird enough where i was really enjoying it. the first half of the album was super fun and unique to listen to, they have their own sound and have fun experimenting with it. if i could give 3.5 i would, if the latter half of the album didn't go off the rails it would be 4
I like some of their other stuff better, but still good.
6
couple decent songs but a lot of just noise
Some good tracks, interesting tunes. Nothing mind blowing.
I enjoyed that far more than I anticipated. Something about Ferry always creeped me out. My sister was a fan when I was a kid, every time I heard his voice or saw him on TV I'd cringe, there seemed something wrong about him. Musically this band are great though, that dampens the cringing down enough to somewhat enjoy the stuff.
Not too bad - definitely had that 70's alternative, art rock sort of feel.
Enjoyed this album overall, though some parts more than others. Good musicianship, lots of interesting ideas, and can clearly see why it was so influential. Not sure how much I would be likely to revisit, although it seems like it could be a grower.
I really liked the first track and a couple others. Other than that, it was alright. Wasn’t a fan of his vocals a few times, but it wasn’t as jarring as *ahem* other artists *ahem*. I can see the early punk influences and how it fits into the larger music canon but wasn’t really my thing.
I think they’re lowkey the weirdest band on this list so far. Really loved the opening track, the pacing of the rest of the album was so strange.
I like their next album a little bit better, and I'll just kinda leave it there.
Love brian eno but roxy music never did it for me. It's like the band equivalent of a friend who's dating someone that you know they can do better than.
I like some Roxy music but none of it was on this album , it wasn’t the worst just not for me
Interesting…a bit too theatrical. I think the songs that leaned more punk were actually more listenable. Never thought I’d see the day I’d say that.
Every time he sings I just imagine him hitting his throat Tom Kenny style to sound like SpongeBob laughing
Solo dos o tres canciones me gustaron las demás, malas
i had high hopes for this and i was actually disappointed….. i just didn’t enjoy it
Pasó sin pena ni gloria. Arrancó normal, terminó más o menos.
I don't know how I feel about this. It was well written music but I feel like I couldn't latch onto it.
This album is fine, I guess, though it's quite underwhelming, especially compared to what Roxy Music would go on to do.
Previously unknown. I mostly didn't like it, but there were moments where I could understand why people do.
Not great apart from Virginia Plain, average
bit ahead of the curve but listening to this 50 years too late makes me.... feel like i can't value it for what it is as much as i do. couple cool moments however
This album is very experimental, which probably made it an interesting listen back in 72', but I'm not sure of the sound nowadays. I think they had their best of the mixture between Eno & Ferry sound later on (in Country Life), but this album shows Eno's experimental mind more than anything. This sound does not connect well with me now.
I thought I’d like this but way too much over the top for me.
I guess the glam sound or whatever isn't for me.
Muy lindo, muy vintage. Muy diferente la voz de Ferry. Cool
I actually kinda liked this, it's like a borderline 3. 2.7
stop giving these albums they're so fucking boring
A big nope from me!
It was ok. Some good parts. Some weird parts.
Nothing spectacular
Mediocre like the last album.
ive har a few roxy music albums now and i still cant warm to Bryan Ferrys voice. Thete are some ok pop tracks here, but its a bit of a dirge.
Didn’t recognise much of this and it didn’t really stand out to the honest. Faced away into nothing in the second half.
There were a few moments in the album that I liked, such as "If There Is Something". The rest of the songs were sort of directionless and languid. I didn't like it as an album, but really it just wasn't for me.
irgendwie alter kram, alte geschichten mit ferry/eno und definitiv nichts was bleibt.
Ein Erstlingswerk halt. Gibt es viel besseres.
Roxy continues to be rocky for me
I thiiiiink I can see what they're going for here, but when the singer starts yodel singing it really crashes the whole thing. Points for some of the innovative spacy sounds and trying to push the envelope on the instrument side, but far too experimental and a slog
Surprisingly disappointing.Virginia Plain the highlight but the rest a mixed bag .
Favorite Song: If There Is Something
After Country Life, I was vaguely excited to listen to this one. Unfortunately, this one is just plain boring
Listening session: may 17th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: my second Roxy Music album on this project and I’m always misled by the campy album covers, as the music itself doesn’t really interest me Favourite tracks: Ladytron & Virginia Plain
Don't get it.
⭐⭐ Jag har svårt för Roxy music, tycker dock bättre om detta albumet som också känns mindre pretentiöst än Country life. Detta albumet är också lite mer uptempo. Hämtar också från fler genres. Det är inte dåligt men för mig flyger det inte och kommer inte lyssna på det igen så det blir en 2a. Låter ibland lite som en sämre version av David Bowie. Bäst är Virginia plain.
It's just odd, not for me
Ugh, this was another rough one. Some of the songs on here started well enough, but then something would happen that would completely derail the experience. If There is Something sounded great at the beginning, but at one point the singer started using this wild fake vibrato. My daughter was in the car during this song and commented that the singing sounded like a bird having a seizure. And he uses this voice often! Later in the same song the soprano sax suddenly starts inexplicably squealing. One year I had a sixth grade band in which a few kids would come into rehearsal and just start wailing as loud as they could on their instruments. This sound brought me right back to those classes. I'm left scratching my head at all of the decisions that were made in creating this album, and the folks who willingly paid money to hear this in their homes...
Expectation: -> I don't know this band. After listening: "-> There are definite moments when I think this is good. These moments are not frequent and are scattered among a lot of songs that do not appeal to me. Enjoyed ""If There Is Something"" much more than the rest. Enjoyed the saxophone and other odd instruments/sounds scattered throughout. I applaud the creativity. " Track ranking: Something Bob Bitters Re-Make Ladytron VA Believe 2HB Chance Sea
They have some songs I love, but I didn't care for this.
My boyfriend claims Roxy music has better albums. I won’t be finding out for myself. This album was … not compelling
I wanted to like this, but I just really didn't. Some of the instrumentation was inventive and enjoyable to listen to, but the vocals often ruined the songs. Some of it was just harmonically jarring and unpleasant. Overall not a great experience. Two stars.
What the heck did I just listen to
Instrumentation is good but his voice is pretty grating.
I've tried 3 times to listen to this album and I just can't get through it, sorry. I'm not sure what it is, but I just can't.
Often when I heard about a band I either like them or not. Roxy music is so forgettable I know the name, that Brian Eno got his start here but I can't remember one song by them. The singer is very annoying, at some times he sounds like a goat. like a kid who just found vibrato and can't stop using it.
Goofy singing style that's reminiscent of Bob Dylan. Instrumentals were interesting at times. My favorite track was "Sea Breezes".
Didn't enjoy. Bryan Ferry's heavy vibrato is horrible to listen to. Ahead of it's time? - maybe. A bridge between glam rock and punk? - maybe but yeah whatever.
I think for 1972, this album genuinely might have some of the most inventive and creative sounding instrumentation of this decade but the biggest thing that weighs this album down for me is I don’t like the singing at all. I think the vocals are honestly way too over the top and annoying but the instrumentation and production are so damn good it’s hard to not really enjoy theses songs. I honestly think this had the potential of being a near perfect album but the vocals hurt my enjoyment of this album so much for me personally as well as a couple of slow tracks.
Wanted to like this... did not. 4/10
Interesting and I can see where it’s influenced future work but god I am bored of how many rockish albums this list gives - 2.8?
Interesting album. I can hear elements of the sound RM became known for, but this debut album is a bit edgier with more punk elements.
aged absolutely horribly 😅
I hate the dudes falsetto or whatever it's called where you unnecessarily ring out notes in your voice, it is annoying as fuck. This thing was honestly just bizarre. Half the songs on here sound like they'd belong in the credit roll of a horror film just due to how weird they are. Not the biggest fan of this one, too much variety between songs and I couldn't pick up a commonality between any of them except for oldmate's annoying voice.
Would have been a 3 if not for the second to last track. That was no good.
2 stars because of the drummer and guitarist. They both sounded amazing, only to be bizarrely interrupted and marginalized by an odd sounding meandering nonsensical wind instrument(sax?) and vocalist. Another example on this list of a promising, but unfinished project
Standouts Remake/Remodel
A confusing entry onto the list. And unlike "Country Life," this album does not get a half-star bump for an excellent album cover. I'm a little scared by the model on this one.
How do they have 3 albums on this list? Much like Tim Buckley, one album is too many. As with their other entries on this list, I was mostly indifferent to the instrumental music but the terrible vocals brought the overall experience down a notch.
264/1089 i wasn’t too enamoured by this one, i just didn’t find it particularly exciting or offering a unique perspective really for the most part i guess Sea Breezes was the stand out to me 22/100
Ei iskenyt. 2/5.
Couldn’t dig it. Too weird and not in the good ways. No was a crazy genius but he must have saved that all up for later work.
It’s not that deep, I just didn't like it.
I was expecting better than this. It was fairly bad in places. Bryan on this album sounds too much like David Byrne talking heads
I wish I had better language to describe how I feel about this album, but the best I can come up with is that this is just boring.
This probably would have been a three star album, if not for Brian Ferry’s vocals…just don’t like them at all. Two stars.
ni este ni el anterior que salio de la banda me gustaron, zzzzzzz 5/10
One of these songs is good. The rest are not. Some are okay. 2 stars, I guess
That was a weird mess. Not entirely without its charms though.
It makes sense that this is a debut but at times this feels eclectic for the sake of it. I expected to feel this one more. Likely influential and important for what the band grew into but it didn't grab me much.
I was pretty shocked by how much I disliked this. I got the later album Country Life the other day and almost gave it a 5 because its sound was so appealing to me… I held back because I couldn’t really say what the point of the record was, and I think I need that story to make ir all work for me. But anyway, I said to myself, “Wow, if this is Roxy Music after Eno, I wonder how much I’ll like it when I get an album from when he’s in the band Nope. Did not compute. I can hear Eno’s contributions and get the ideas behind some of the songs. But the sound is then opposite of the well-integrated Country Life for me. It felt like a junk drawer with a lot of elements I didn’t want in there (like the sax). It felt like David Bowie outtakes. I couldn’t process it as prog or glam or whatever, it just felt like a mess. They’ve got one more album coming up on the list and of course we have plenty of Eno in other contexts. Here’s hoping I had a moment of temporary insanity and I’ll come back to this album one day and love it too.
Roxy Music’s radio hits are awesome, but there’s not a single track on either two of the albums I’ve heard here that I can say I enjoyed.
Definitely has some sauce, but boy did this get weird in the bottom half. I cannot say that this was a great listen, but at the very least it was an interesting one. Probably right at a 5/10. Fave tracks: - Re-Make/Re-Model - If There Is Something - 2HB - Would You Believe?
No private session used for Spotify. Never got into Roxy Music and their seemingly required salacious covers. I don't care for the singer's voice, the music seems random and disjoint. I have had to listen to several Roxy Music albums now, none of which I couldn't have died without hearing. Also, the woman on the cover...is she ok? She looks like she might be in pain.
Wanted to enjoy this one more than I did. With some exceptions, including Virginia Plain and Bitter’s End, I found much of the album to be grating and not a pleasant listen.
Simply no reason to have three Roxy Music albums on this list. The author does have it hard for odd music, and I get maybe putting 1 RM album on the list to give the reader/listener a sample of the moment. Is this that album? As good as any, I suppose. They are all an unpleasing experience. Nothing a tab of acid can’t fix! 😀
Not my favorite. I felt like vocals were a bit annoying and they were not great on the instruments.
In this case, the instruments while great were overshadowed by the vocals
I dunno what is going on with his voice but I don't remember Brian Ferry sounding like this on either For Your Pleasure or Country Music. Maybe I'm mistaken. But he does not sound pleasurable on the ears in this one. Actually pretty much nothing sounds very good on this album. It's pretty tinny and bright and sort of squeally. Glad they went up from here.
nope-still don't care for vocals. sounds like all the other Roxy albums on here
Segundo disco do Roxy Music que peguei, e essa banda continua me iludindo. Suas capas todas possuem imagens safadas, então sempre penso que a música vai refletir essa vibe com uma sonoridade sensual… E sempre me engano. As músicas aqui são o contrário de sexy, logo, vejo a capa deste álbum (e dos outros discos deles) como uma forma de propaganda enganosa. E não, a presença ocasional de um saxofone não é o suficiente! Não é um disco ruim, só é um disco ameno, pedestre, morno. A voz do vocalista às vezes causa irritação. O disco parece ser bem progressivo relativo ao seu ano de lançamento (1972), mas daí você se lembra que este foi o mesmo ano de Ziggy Stardust e o pensamento some. Suas composições não me pegam sempre, possui seus momentos, mas em grande parte eu me perco durante a escuta. Eu até poderia dizer que é uma pena, mas pelo que exatamente? Eu gosto das capas ‘raunchy’, meio eróticas, e tal, mas isso não evidencia potencial. Só são fotografias legais, queria que elas pertencessem à discos melhores. Este deixou um gosto até que amargo na boca. 2.5
A handful of good tunes, then a smattering of skippable noise.
Got weird at points. Otherwise wasn’t bad
When you think New Wave, you think 1980s. When you think Classic Rock (if you an Xer; not a millennial, who thinks classic rock is anything before Napster) you think 1960s-70s. It’s easy to forget that there was a bridge there, and Eoxy Music was part of that bridge. Much like Bowie, they were pushing the boundaries of rock, psychedelia (like on 2HB) and pop (like Would You Beleive?) and in doing so created something new. You hear it most in Ladytron. I think the problem Roxy runs into, though, is like Bowie who genre jumped they explore several unlikely genres in the same album and even the same song. Bowie would keep the same genre for an entire album, even it was short. Here, for example, The Bob jumps from classic rock to prog in the same few minutes, and it presents as inconsistent. This is definitely a historical influence album, and I enjoyed listening to it as individual elements but I felt like I missed something as a collective package.
2.4 2x
first half not bad but nothing catched me tho i listened to it in the first full spring sun bitters end was cool
I've never been able to handle this guy's voice. If they had a different singer I might give it four stars but if I can't get past the singer, I can't listen to it.
I've seen them do much better
Not for me! Did not like this man’s voice
What’s the appeal of sophistication? A striving for an unattainable lifestyle of the idle rich? A perfection of the form, enabled by years of study and mastery? I don’t dislike later Roxy Music, Avalon is a legit triumph, but the glam rock era just...it’s like a James Bond film, all glitz and cheeky action in service of what exactly? The vibe and feel, I can see how that all must’ve been exciting for a brief window, but even then, was it all that outside of the UK? Listening to these records, which I am clamouring to find catchy songs or hooky melodies anywhere, it’s again that phenomenon of being told about a really crazy party someone went to that defined their entire personality. That Ferry, a working class-born striver himself would eventually become a lite-Tory really completes the picture of sophistication’s empty promise.
Fine but largely forgettable, less avante garde than their other offering but feels like that's a good thing! 2 - a good album but not my thing
This was just a bit, meh! I really struggled to listen to the whole album. Just not my vibe.
< the Beatles Interesting they had this sound in 72 but it's just not enjoyable to listen to
1972 effort didn’t stack up with all the greats in IMO of the decade
Really had to force myself through
all the Roxy Musics are like 2.5-3.5 territory. listenable, approaching enjoyable. Brian Ferry sings too much on this one though.
My impression was that this album kind of half-asses like six things instead of whole-assing any one style or vision. 2.5
I did not care for this.
Bland
Enh...
Questionable to be on here. Virginia plain is fun
Mildly unsettling.
"2HB" was my favorite track. Feels like a vinyl you have in your collection just to say you have it in your collection
Not very good
so mid don't get at all why is there so much of this british music
Top Songs: Virginia Plain
I hear a lot of praise for Roxy Music, but I'm not sure this is the best example of their work. This particular album feels rather dated these days. At least a few of the tracks were interesting.
Nah, another stinker for me, but hey - I'm checking it out and can't say I have before or would have otherwise 🤷🏻♀️
Pretty boring honestly
Inte min favorit, nice att ha på i bakgrunden men inget som fick mig att vilja lyssna aktivt.
had the potential to blow me away and did not. underwhelming
Don’t really like this. Ig Brian no had a part in making this album and I’ve never really cared for his work. I have rated one of his albums and I tried listening to the one for airports or whatever but made me want to fall asleep. This album is certainly different from that definitely in a better way but still don’t love this that much. Too weird and at times annoying for me.
More generic rock
I think I just hate everything Brian eno has involvement with
0/10 bekannt 5/10 Beste Songs: Remake/remodel, if there is something, would you believe
I really dislike Brian Eno. His art-rock movement leaves so much to be desired. This is just eclectic for eclectic's sake.
1.5
Two Roxy Music albums in two days is too much Roxy Music, please stop it.
I expected significantly more crooning given I had only heard their later post-coital knob-rock works - I much prefer their more cohesive sound once they moved out of their Mums Garage, stopped the experimental phase and fully committed to allowing Mr Ferry be a certified pussy magnet.
Not sure what genre this really fits into. Not my speed and a hard listen for me. I gave it a real try, but just couldn't connect to the songs and the music was all over the place. I am sure this was ahead of their time for 1972, but just not my cup of tea.....no groove at all.
I don’t like this band
Well that was a slog
Unfortunately didn't like this as much as i like the feisty woman on the cover. I often try to like albums because they have cool covers but it just didn't work out. I find his whiny airy british voice very annoying and the music is not interesting or cool enough to make up for it. It's alright and I guess I see why someone could kind of like it but it's not for me at all. The woman on the cover is very for me though and it's my understanding that a lot of their covers are similarly erotic and provocative and woman centric which I really appreciate. Sea Breezes is a little interesting might be the best track but maybe I just like that we're nearing the end. It's got bad sounds in it that maybe I should appreciate for some experimental bullshsit reason but i don't find meaning or groove to it. The drums are arythmic in a way I find more childlike than emotional. These are songs that do not DESERVE to be seven minutes long in the same way that LCD soundsystem or Sonic Youth does. Bitters End is a little funny. The merit here is, i guess, comedic value. It's kind of pleasant with the horns. ?? It's overall unsettling. This is more settling for some creepy marionette to be singing than a human person achieving a degree of success in the music industry. His voice is so hollow and freaky i dont fw. I was like WOW this got really good but it turns out i just had PAvement queued LOL
Always in the category of music my mum liked that I couldn't get into. I know I've listened to bits of theirs before but couldn't remember what, returning with this album I see why. Opinion unchanged, I don't really get the appeal. Not bad just fairly bland.
I don't know what exactly I was expecting after seeing the title and cover art but it was not this! Fun, moody, hard, soft this rock album has a full range. In the end it was just alright. 2 outta 5
Not my favorite album by them.
Not really all that fussed by this
Vocals remind me of David Byrne, good musicians, song composition not to my liking
Ladytron is good and I like the riff between verses in If There Is Something, but that's about it. The playing and tunes are good but his voice is too affected, it'd be better with a harder tone.
Not my type, i cant decide if this is rock or pop or psychodelic NOT my type, but of course not THAT bad
I did enjoy this more than For Your Pleasure although that's not saying much as I gave that album one star. Instrumentally this feels more interesting but I still cannot stand the New Wave / New Romantic vocal style, it just cuts through me. Quite enjoyed Virginia Plain, only to discover it wasn't actually on the album and they added it to the US release after it was a standalone hit.
I cant listen to that type of music anymore. I used to love it, but guess I have calmed down
It was fine
Parts of this were ok, but for the most part this just wasn’t for me.
Initially surprised by the quality of the rock energy and new wave sound that this preceded? To me it sounded a lot like what we heard from The Cars in 1976. Big fan of the end of 2 H.B. and the medley after that. Not much else stood out 🤷♂️, but it seems historically relevant. 2.5 stars
Not my thing, found it a bit annoying to be honest.
Discount talking heads
Some pretty weird stuff.
Bof/20
It's quite amusing that I just listened to another album from such an over represented genre. As such my replacement recommendation is Tism.
Inconsistent
This music feels like it's edging me. It just constantly sounds like it's going to get good, and it just doesn't. The vocals don't particularly help, it's like a bad impression of David Byrne.
I was about to give it one star when hearing the first song as it was very annoying. "Sea Breezes" is similarly annoying. The other songs are less annoying and sometimes even enjoyable. I wouldn't buy this record though
Ik vond dit album wel een lekker swingend begin hebben. Goeie saxophones en hier vind ik het een talking heads vibe hebben. Daarna gaat het bergafwaarts voor mij. Bij de langzamere nummers vind ik de stem van de zanger niet echt fijn om naar te luisteren. Dit album heeft heel erg zijn eigen stijl, maar niet eentje die mij echt super aanspreekt jammer genoeg.
I feel like I should like this more, but I don't.
The adoration heaped upon Roxy Music Never really made sense to me. They're fine...I guess. I think it has something to do with Brian Eno. Just not my thing.
Always feel like I should like Roxy Music more, but I just don’t.
Kunde ha varit bra men är för experimentell, känns nästan opersonligt
Enough interesting ideas in the first half to get a second start (even if I didn't connect with it) but that back half was rough.
Sometimes this music hits for me but most times, I cannot connect with it.
Confusing, big time.
The only thing that surprised me was how old this album is. My time line is skewed, due to Ferry's vocals I also think I mix it up with David Byrne. While I don't really like the music at all, I do appreciate especially the synth and keyboard work of Mr Eno.
So this list has certainly provided a few good new discoveries. But I would have lived a happier life having never learned of the existence of Brian Eno and anything related to him. This album isn't as bad as his solo stuff at least. It's still somewhat experimental, just not as off the rails. There are some good jams--the intro track is decent. Mostly just not very interesting though.
Meh
This was listen-able, but I didn’t enjoy it.
Relatively easy listen slight melancholy to lyrics and melody. Bg music
2 stars
54/100
Bryan Ferry's wrabble is one of the more unique and annoying vocals that I've heard on this list. The album is tolerable new wave, but the problem is that Ziggy Stardust was literally released on the exact same day (June 16). One of those albums is legend, the other forgotten. I didn't hate it, but I can't love it, either.
Not for me…apart from a few tracks, none on this record…they bore me. And not a fan of Bryan Ferry.
I just couldn't connect with this. Sea Breezes was pretty much the only track I enjoyed. The rest wasn't evocative enough to grab me, nor was it emotional enough to soothe me.
I might be a bit cynical, and I know this is about seminal, sound changing albums... But compared to their work just 10 years later this is a hard listen. I'm a basic Bitch but give me Avalon any day.
Interesting to listen to early Brian Eno, knowing what a prolific producer he became. Listenable but not great.
Ei nää vaa oikeen lähde.
Ok
These jabronis are not nearly good enough to be listed on here once, let alone 3 times over the wealth of other albums that exist that are not on this list. Just random instruments and poor singing, yet again. 3/10.
My third and final Roxy Music album is finally here. I’ve really wanted to love the Roxy Music albums that I’ve reviewed, but they just haven’t really clicked with me, and I gave three stars to Country Life and For Your Pleasure. I like Avalon and Flesh and Blood, but alas, neither of those albums are on this list. I’m hoping that this self-titled effort from Roxy Music will finally break through for me! Try as I might have to love this album, this had to be my least favorite Roxy Music entry on the list. I don’t get it. I like Bryan Ferry’s vocals, and I think Brian Eno is a genius, so this should be right up my alley. There were elements here and there that I enjoyed, but there were only a couple of complete songs that I liked on this album. The songs that I didn’t like felt disjointed, lacked catchy hooks and melodies, and tended to drag on too long for my tastes. “Virginia Plain” was one of the few songs I enjoyed. It was one of the few songs that I thought had a catchy melody, and even though there were some weird elements to it, the song worked really well overall. The weird bits made the more melodic parts of the song stand out, which I really enjoyed. “If There Is Something” had a fantastic narrative to the lyrics, and I loved how the electronic elements, piano, and guitar all melded together. The electronic elements evolved and developed in a way that I found really interesting, and I loved the wavering quality to Ferry’s vocals. You could draw a straight line through Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, and David Byrne. I don’t know where I was going with that remark, I think it was just an observation that I had, and I like making connections like that. But other than those two songs, this album just couldn’t put it together for me. Roxy music is incredibly influential, but I’ll take their poppier sound from the eighties over their earlier work.
Avant-garde in the way only art-school Brits with Eno in the control tower can be—glammy, self-conscious, oddly stitched together. The future sophisticates of Avalon start here with something far more jagged and theatrical, often sounding like a band unsure if they want to groove, sneer, or float off into sonic abstraction. Ferry’s quavering croon wobbles somewhere between lounge lizard and mad prophet, and the whole thing teeters on the line between pretentious and inspired. “If There Is Something” rides a surprisingly Stones-y riff before morphing into a pastoral-prog epic complete with operatic warbling. “2HB” sounds like a velvet cocktail soaked in synth gurgles and saxophone bursts. It's an odd album—but odd doesn’t always mean good.
Brian Eno definitely left his mark here. I was expecting something more punk rock for some reason but it turned to be something totally different. The album cover really made me want to listen to it, but I don’t know if it left me satisfied. I like the first part of the album best, but to me this is like a 2,5
#632. It's clear to me by now that Roxy Music was one of the author's favorite bands growing up due to how much of their stuff [and some of their solo stuff] is on this list. But let's be honest though, it's just not very good. The music is boring and the singing is truly awful on some songs. I could definitely go without listening to this group before I die. 2/5: yawn
meh. I liked Sea Breezes though.
We only ever invited Brian Ferry to one Houmous & Chutney Christmas party. The guy is a nightmare. He only consumes things that rhyme with his name. Otherwise he gets so upset and really quite violent! You try to organise the arrival of a crate of cherries at midnight on a Saturday in December in 1979 in Hemel Hempstead?! That God for Lens love of Sherry! 2.3 5/10 2HB
I remember liking Country Life a lot more than I like this record. Music generally is fine on this one. Definitely could be the type to veer into an Iggy Pop/David Bowie post-punk sound that I dislike, but it doesn't. But the singing and production is what's hurting this record for me. I don't remember the singing being this bad/weird on Country Life, with this one having a lot of wailing and odd choices (I figure the singing inflections are intentional). The production to me also sounds kinda flat to me. Overall just not enjoying this one as much as Country Life.
no thank you!!
Being forced to listen to more Roxy Music than just Love Is The Drug has made me realise just how much I hate them. Vocals are awful, the melodies, where there are any, are ponderous and aimless, and the guitar riffs seem to be for the sake of the guitarist rather than the listener
I guess it isn't bad but no part of me wants to listen to it again.
It was acceptable, but honestly, nothing particularly impressed me.
I expected more, got absolutely nothing from this.
Eh, I don't know why this album made it on this list.
Listened twice, but not much stuck out in either listen.
yeah not feeling this one
Love those 70s drums. Didn't mind the psychedelic aspects but the experimental goofy tracks bothered me. Also the vocals are pretty bad throughout. Really enjoyed the few good songs there are though. Tough one to rate.
The drum sound on this album is unreal, the production is fantastic, but the songs are all forgettable. I might need to revisit this album later to see if my feelings change.
Might have scored slightly higher but in one song they mugged off Elvis calling him a racist. I ain’t having that!
Not my favourite Roxy music tbh. I think they have much stronger music than this
No hate but didn’t love it. 2.5