Reviews (page 7 of 8)
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
Like some of their later stuff but this didn't do much for me
Som en snubbe på karaokestället Som är lite för duktig och sjunger för många låtar under kvällen
Glad Dr Frankenfurter was able to take time away from his castle to create a record. Space rock is always going to sound goofy and dated to me, but there are some decent moments throughout (in particular the excellent drumming chops), but still fails to do anything besides being outrageous for the sake of it.
Boy, this singer does nothing for me. It's a shame, because I really enjoyed the instrumentation on this album. The vocals were responsible for at least a full star point demerit. Shame.
Pretty forgettable. Not necessarily bad, just missing something. 2/5 Won’t listen again
It's pretty good, the vocalist reminds me of The Talking Heads, Parquet Courts, and I don't know. I like it, the music is pretty good, but there's haven't exactly been any moments that made me think "damn that's good."
Top 3 Songs: 1 - The Bob (Medley) (6) 2 - Re-Make/Re-Model (1) 3 - If There Is Something (3)
Not quite what I thought it would be like
Pants
Not my jam.
There were parts of the music I thoroughly enjoyed. Other parts not at all. I do not like his voice. 2
Its not as terrible as everyone is saying. Definitely grows on you. But its held up for the Eno and Ferry experimental thing more than for the actual songs. A few memorable ones but the majority are weird and forgettable.
pretty enjoyable, i like the old rock and the music is something i can enjoy, especially the guitar but kind of strange instrumental parts
Not very good 2/5
I don't get the point on Roxy Music
My Mac just blew up in the middle of writing this and I lost another incredibly pithy review! :( Mostly, Bryan Ferry sounds like he's struggling. I love Eno and his oddness, and I love Manzanarek bringing some heaviness. Quite the now-familiar "Glam" sound, with the sax and rocking piano. But Ferry is trying to hard and it shows. It's a struggle, I sort of feel bad for him.
Hard to believe Roxy Musoc had multiple entries in this list.
mitään ei huomattu että joo o ihan sontaan kuitenkaan sairss hra objektiian pysty kyseenalaidtava 2 star
Was happy to see this….like their music generally but not this album
I didnt like this.
This was much different than I expected. All that I could think about while listening is that it felt like someone had a good, solid idea for a band/album, and then just let in every intrusive thoughts they had about each song. Most songs were flooding with things that ruined them. There was a song that was really good, though, so maybe there's something there long term? Idk. Overall, not for me, style or singer, but there was one hidden gem in a pile of dirt. Favorite Song(s): 2HB
Meh one or two good tunes
Aikas kädenlämpöinen albumi. Lähinnä nousee ajatus, että tää bändi on 2000-luvun indien yksi innoittajista. Eli kunnianhimoa ja taitoa on, myös paloa, mutta ei tahtoa tehdä bängereitä vaan hissutella vähän.
Generic Glam Rock.
Eh.... not the worst thing I have heard but I can't really say I enjoyed it. Mostly just not my thing but probably not actually bad.
generic shit
Still pretty rough and unformed here, without the smooth polish that would characterize the later stuff that they are still primarily known for.
Third Roxy Music album I've had on the list (so far) and I'm yet to hear a track I really want to listen to again. Don't get them at all
Another middle of the road album, I don’t hate it, especially the instrumentals but the vocals aren’t necessarily my favorite. I can’t decide if it is an overuse of vibrato or some kind of effect they have going on, but it gets a little annoying. I wouldn’t leave the room or anything if someone put it on, but not one I’d choose.
This was probably fine for something from 1972, but the further into the album I got the less I liked it. 2.3
I’ve long thought that critics of the arts can often become so familiar with their chosen medium that they become desperate for originality, and that desperation leads them to develop some really bizarre taste. There are few better examples of my idea than the fact that so many music critics seem to love Roxy Music. Best song: The Bob (Medley)
What a strange album. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a fan of Roxy Music’s later albums, records like Avalon and Flesh + Blood are really enjoyable and stuff that I happily listen to. This record doesn’t really fit that category to me. It’s aggressively all over the place stylistically, and I constantly found myself feeling lost and not having fun. There’s some great hooks throughout, some moments that are enjoyable, but as a whole work it feels really disjointed to me. I’d say I enjoyed the first half of the record more than the second, where things really devolved into over-synthed madness. I can understand why one would enjoy this record, but it’s not for me. 2*
Nothing i was too super hyped about on this one.
point8.
Das letzte Lied war okay, der Rest leider nicht
This is pretty boring even by British standards.
I remember Roxy Music from the 80s. I thought the soft pop was okay back then. You could hear it everywhere. I hadn't heard their debut album before. It reminded me a lot of Talking Heads, a lot of whose music I don't like. This album was a bit catchier. But I won't be listening to it again. 2/5
Arranco bien pero al final me dejó muuuuuy poquito. Es un rockito que se queda entre lo melódico y lo psicodélico, la voz es buena onda Talking Heads.
eh
Pretty cool at parts, pretty mind-numbing at others.
Weird, as expected. But not charmingly weird. Annoyingly weird.
Simultaneously too much and too little. The long tracks go on for days and a lot of the shorter ones finished without grabbing my attention. There are some good points to this album. I enjoy how weird and experimental the sound can be - particularly on "Chance Meeting". Would, by the way. For your information. In case you might like to know. For your perusal. As a matter of fact. Truth be told.
some fun drums I guess
More odd British rock. Eh. I'll pass. If There is Something and Sea Breezes had some nice music, and the music in the rest of the album was fairly good, but the singer was boring. Best song: If There Is Something
2.0
I honestly didn’t care for the singing and lyrics but the instrumentals were really good
Enjoyable doo-wop moments
Look I recognise it for it's contribution to a genre (multiple rather) that I enjoy. There were parts of the album that grabbed my attention but mostly I zoned out and was disinterested. At times the fuzz guitar drew me in. There's likely a mood where this album will fit my needs but ultimately I think there's other albums I'd go to first. In saying that it deserves some more listens and I think it's possible that it will grow on me more.
Solid 1.5 stars but I'm rounding up to 2 because 1 is too harsh. It all melded together and I didn't want to listen to anymore. Very forgettable. The biggest thing going for it was the fantastic amount of camp on the cover art. It was very misleading as to what the music was.
Feels like every song is its own new genre. Not bad but also didn’t really captivate me.
Rather boring.
I was pleasantly surprised by both Country Life and For Your Pleasure when they came up earlier in this project (and Avalon, which I can’t recall now if I listened to because of this or just in my own time) Anyway, this is their debut and started strongly with a couple of really fun songs, and the diversity and interesting ideas of their later albums are still there but it’s so much more inconsistent. A few of the tracks are genuinely quite difficult to listen to, and it really seemed to drag despite being only 45 minutes
2,5
Ik kende de naam, maar had verder geen idee wat het precies was. Wat ik te horen kreeg was niet helemaal wat ik had verwacht. Een beetje punk, een beetje lhbti+, een beetje musical en een beetje Beatles. Op dit album staat geen enkel nummer wat ik voor m'n plezier nog een keer zal aanzetten, dus ik kan niet hoger dan een 2 geven.
I don't know what Roxy Music's self-titled album provided that their follow-up album For Your Pleasure didn't already provide, seeing as both albums are on this list. I'm flummoxed as to why two Roxy Music albums are here, especially when they changed their sound ten years later--meaning it would be at least something different for my ears. This is that artsy, experimental rock popular in the early seventies. Bryan Ferry's leading vocals were too high and grating. Experimental music usually doesn't do a lot for me, but I can recognize how different Roxy Music's sound was even from their contemporaries.
Another Roxy Music album, another confused listening experience where I find their sound to be pretty unique overall but their direction to be unclear. It really makes for an intriguing but overall unsatisfying listening experience. Wish I could say that the weirdness and uniqueness were enough for me.
Das letzte Lied war okay, der Rest leider nicht so
Virginia Plain is a banger but good lord I cannot stand Bryan Ferry’s voice
2.5
Just OK
Not bad, but didn’t stand out really.
I wasn’t a huge fan of this album unfortunately it just was kind of strange and I didn’t love it. I think it was somewhat uninteresting and I just don’t totally see its influence.
This album is at its best when it sticks to relatively straightforward rock n' roll. The only tracks that I can enjoy in full are "Re-Make/Re-Model" and "Virginia Plain." The other songs are weighed down by their eclecticism.
I have heard of Roxy Music many times but never checked them out, so I was a little excited when this popped up. I can’t recall having been this disappointed in a long time. Some wasn’t terrible, but too much sounded like a bad attempt at DEVO before DEVO came along.
The inclusion of two (at least, I’m only 230ish albums in) Roxy Music records has me irritable, when I know how many good post 2000’s records have been left off this list. This album wasn’t as good as the RM album that came after it, not was it unique enough to justify its place on this list
Roxy music had a few songs I liked back in the day. None on this album. I found this bland, and suffered through some.
164/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
For fuck sake…
Not necessarily a bad album but it for sure has some duds like "Chance Metting". I generally like the groove of "Roxy Music" but this is our third album and I think this is the one that left the least impression.
Glam rock, it's a bit pretentious. Don't mind it but don't love it. Better albums to come I think, and of course Brian Eno went to on much much greater things.
Too much clarinet
Tries to do a lot of flavours of rock-adjacent, doesn't really do any of them well really. I don't really like his voice, he seems mostly as disinterested as I was. Not my cup of tea, 2/5.
Not my favorite of theirs.
I think of Roxy Music as an 80's band...had no idea they were cranking stuff out in 1972. I guess it took them a while to figure it out...wasn't crazy about the album.
Never heard this album before. I was really looking forward to this, but ended up disappointed.
Favourite songs: Would You Believe? Least favourite songs: If There is Something, The Bob (Medley), Chance Meeting, Sea Breezes 2/5
One good song. The rest was just bleh
Idk about this, just blah, why is this on here, etc. 2* It had some moments, I heard timpani at one point. The closer makes me think of a musical, but the album overall just came and went.
Hyvin keskinkertainen 70-luvun brittipoprock-levy. 2/5
Nothing memorable and at times strange
Sounds like if David Bowie made the wrong choice at every turn
Mad to think that it sounded like this BEFORE the drugs. And… unpleasantness… Still, clearly important if not particularly enlightening in this day and age.
i liked the other 2 RM albums I got from this list more
Don't think I'd heard this before and realised I only really like Roxy Music when they're shaping their experimentalism into somewhat pop structures, I found much of this dull and self-indulgent. Just made me want to play For Your Pleasure instead
Diden't quite grab me. Nothing super catchy or profound to find here
very 70s. Absolutely inscrutable I'm sure they had a really good time making it tho
Fine enough
I wasnt a big fan 1.5
Very elusive album that I can't quite put my finger on. At times I loose focus, at times it demands full attention. For good and bad its a lot like Bowie - the rockier guitar stuff isn't that interesting, kind of generic blues rock with some powerful sax. The synthier kookier stuff (like Ladytron) is more original and interesting, with cool textures and less predictable structures. The bass is doing a lot of work in both, melodic and leading. I still don't get why they're so hyped and influential - I guess because of what Eno went to do? And you had to be there to get excited by the Ferry glam side of it? But yeah, left feeling like I don't get it and it just passed me by.
despite "music" being mentioned twice in the name and album of this, I'm not sure if this is actually even music
No more for me thanks.
this was better than i expected but still not something i care for… i wanted to love it because of how experimental it all seemed and some real cool sounds but at some point; it just became noise and i couldn’t really move forward after that unfortunately
Roxy Music are always very cool but this isn't one of their best
Roxy Music also has good tracks, unfortunately not on this album.
An ok album
Not my style, but some songs were good 2.5
Albums like these make me feel like I don't understand music because how did people find this great
Lead singers voice was difficult to listen to like a bad version of David Byrne. Same old 70’s British vibe.
Really wasn't feeling it today
Roxy Music is overrated
I remember them from my youth. Was never thrilled with them then and not thrilled here. I give this 2 stars.
Too vintage rock for me
I wouldn't be surprised if this band has a song I like, but this album didn't really have it. The singer is like a shaking David Byrne.
I started the album with excitement as I did not really know what to expect, and I started liking the initial songs. However, I started to get disappointed as the sounds started becoming less attractive to me, especially for the vocals. Expected Marc rating: 4
5/10
Very early 70s, with glam-rock and avant-garde influences. Not horrible, but I much prefer the band's later output. 2/5
Good, but not very inspiring. A high 2
Kinda boring Brit pop. Horny Beatles? Were the Beatles horny?? I was bored is what I’m trying to say
Kinda cool, kinda confusing and pretty mid. I feel like there are some nice moments but then there are those which don't make sense and don't sound too good at all. I think the band is good, but not great. The vocalist is also ok and is bordering on the sound of struggle( as well as the lead guitar at some points). I would not listen again.
I thought it was average. The instrumental was above average but just the vocals weren’t great and I couldn’t even understand the lyrics. Plus it didn’t help the songs were so long. Ig give this a 4/10
There are parts that I like but overall this album isnt my type of music.
I like a couple of Brian Eno songs. I like “More Than This.” But this album is garbage. Nothing about this makes me want to listen to it.
It was alright
Devo + Talking Heads = 2
Didn’t really do it for me. At times sounded like they were trying to be the Rolling Stones
I was looking forward to another Roxy Music after enjoying my introduction a while ago. But this was just… ok. Not being really memorable to me but the occasional not-as-musical-more-noise sound effects.
2/5 nope
I’m convinced that some of these are on here just because they’re British.
This album fell into a weird, quasi-Tiny Tim/70s/80s uncanny valley for me. It didn't always feel like something I wouldn't like, the instrumentations and melodies were all fine, but something about the album as a whole felt off. Aside from bits and pieces of a couple songs (If There Is Something and Virginia Plain), I don't think there's much else here that I can say that I liked.
Really dislike his voice
It's rock and roll/hairspray type music from the 70s, but I kinda hate it. I don't like the singing and I don't like the balance. There's some weird noises here and there that also don't really fit. The horns don't really add to it, and annoy me. It feels super out of place, like there's so much better music in so many other places. If you're listening to this, there's probably an album that does exactly what you like even better and for longer (more songs).
Not great for me, relatively hard to listen to but some good tracks
Mmmm not without some quirky and enjoyable moments, and it's got its charm, not anything I feel compelled to come back though. 2.5/5 Fav track: Virginia plain
I feel like you had to be there. As with many albums, probably influenced loads of artists I like today. And Brian Eno is great. Probably need someone to explain it to me.
2.5 stars. First half was OK, with interesting guitar riffs. But the vocals dragged it down and it really faded in the second half. "Virginia Plain" is a solid track.
I wanted to enjoy this album. Some elements of nearly every song were enjoyable, but most tracks ended up in a weird, unpleasant place for me that had me questioning how soon this album would end. I'm not sure what vibe the band was hoping to capture, but the album artwork exemplifies my feelings well. Pseudo-sexy, beautiful but overdone, with a face that suggests a mixture of ambivalence and slight disgust.
It says rock but I feel like this is an improv bebop jazz band that isn’t sure what kind of music they want to play. There are so many instruments playing and the beat continues to change for a lot of the songs. “The Bob” it sounded like a war broke out in the middle of the song. Heavy breathing into the mic. What is happening. This genre is different, but I’m not sure I would call it good. I never found myself singing along to anything or wanting to dance. One thing is for sure, it’s not repetitive, because not a single song had a chorus. Songs would go from moderately enjoyable to boring without warning. This album is like an all you can eat buffet. But it’s CiCi’s Pizza 3/10
Thought I was going to enjoy this but it worked hard to disappoint.
Alcune canzoni meglio di altre, ma molto noioso
This album just confused me.
Not awful, but its hard to understand why this is an essential album. Its OK. But its not much more than OK. 2/5
I don't get it. Roxy Music did some good stuff, but I don't get why this is hyped. 2 stars.
Another Roxy Music album?? My opinion on them remains unchanged.
not for me
Do not dig this at all
Just listen to an Eno album of this era. The production is pretty much the same, but Eno's tunes are better and his albums are shorter.
LISTEN 1: just off the year & album art I can tell im gonna like this. im expecting dance pop, some shit like "head to toe" or "two of hearts". Fingers crossed. wow i was so wrong. opening track is giving major Talking Head vibes. sea breezes is so bad holy shit LISTEN 2: Ladytron and 2HB are kinda dope He rips Bob Dylan's signature vocals a bit too, this project didn't need to be made.
Remake remodel is a rocking tune. Bryan Ferry’s quavering Tiny Tim-like vocals get on my nerves after a couple tracks.
Not terrible
I can hear the influence to Bowie, Talking Heads, and more. This 1001 list is feeling more like the 1001 "influencer" or "original" list though. It's fine. But sometimes I'd rather listen to the great stuff that followed it. Roxy Music picked an original sound and feel, sure. But is an album that made it only to UK #10 in 1970 really one of the best 1001 albums of ALL TIME? *sigh* this project might be wearing on me. Also the list has a strong UK bias, which again is fine, as it reflects the author or editor's taste, just not all are 1001 in my own book. Saying all that. I appreciated this album. Never heard of Roxy Music before. But as a Bowie, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, etc fan, this felt like a fun listen.
Does nothing for me
как-то совсем не зашло
This was not good. It was eccentric. Thankfully it was relatively short.i was better than a one but not quite a two. I will round up.
Such a mediocre record. The sax playing was horrendous and the mix is bad. Will not be listening again.
Wel leuk, maar meh
Ug, for all I try I just can't get into this. To me it feels like 'look at me, I'm being zany!'
Probably deserves more than a 2. Better than I thought it would be. But I'm giving it a 2.
Certainly not one of the stronger albums
Not for me, too art for art's sake. Very 80s sounding, but not in a good way. No thanks 2 🌟
I like the instrumental parts. there’s some cool stuff with synths and saxophone on tunes like 2hb I don’t like the vocals for the most parts and it’s hard for me to get past. Would you believe is probably my favorite song. Pretty good rhythm section. I like Brian Enos later stuff and his ambient music and his production so was expecting to hear some more those elements and like this more. Sea breezes is so weird. 2.5
don't get the hype
Eh, i like it but it kind of didn’t hold up after 4 tracks
Sounded like David Byrne from Wish.com. Didn’t give it much of a chance given how much of a state I was in, but it didn’t blow my socks off
Won’t complain if it’s on but nothing stood out
Rocky Horror vibes. Wouldn’t listen again though. I liked some of it, but there were songs that I wanted to skip a bad!
70s glam, dragged.
Best Song: Ladytron. At first this sounded like futuristic for a future I never want to visit (Mostly because of whatever instument (recorder?) carries the melody throughout the song). Eventually though, the part picked up by the rhythm section carried an energy that won me over. Worst Song: If There Is Something. Man went full sheep on this one. Bonus points for one of the worst solos I can remember hearing. Overall: Really quite awful. Theatrical in a cheesy way, over-indulgent, manic, blegh.
Oh, I really didn't enjoy this one. Less than Country Life, for sure. Just weird in an unpleasant way.
I put this on last night as I crawled into bed. I didn't manage to make it through before I fell asleep. At the time, I wasn't overly enjoying it, but I didn't think it was so bad. Then today, when I listened again, I didn't really find anything about it appealing, and some was a bit irritating. I guess Roxy Music just isn't for me.
First listen, I didn't mind it. Seemed ok. And then I hit "play" again. And I did not have a good time. That and I spent far too much time and energy thinking about and talking about whether the cover was sexy or a joke. I'm back to disliking Roxy Music again.
A pretty odd album that never really seemed to mesh together well. It felt like there were times when it was a more of a classic rock album but then other times it felt like a prog rock/psychedelic album with some odd instrumentals. I felt like the combination didn’t mesh well. Doubt I’ll revisit this one. 5.2/10
I thought I could hack this one. I was wrong.
I was stuck on who I was exactly listening to. I was confused that I might have been listening to a mix of Devo, Bob Dillon ( no disrespect to Bob ), and Jean Michael Jarre’. You definitely have to give them credit for Love Is a Drug but that is on a completely different album. Good Day!
Why am i getting vietnam flashbacks 1 Not too bad 2
Ook zo'n plaat waar je niet warm of koud van wordt. Luisteren naar de wasmachine is ongeveer even interessant.
Thought I’d enjoy this more based on other songs. Kinda tough to listen through. Enjoyed one song. 1. If There Is Something
How many random instruments can you throw into one song? Messy experimental prog rock. I think I heard a zuzuphone in there somewhere, and I’m not even sure that’s a real instrument. Plus the lead singer’s voice, along with all of the vibrato, grates on me.
To me, it's a mystery why this group was ever popular!
Meh.
Please decide what kind of music you want to create, as it is it's too diverse...
Somewhere between Bowie and Talking Heads. Notes of post-punk too. Just didn't grab me at all. Favorite track: "Re-Make/Re-Model"
I had heard a few tracks from their 80s era work but that’s it, and very different from this. This is surprisingly punky and off-color. I don’t love the vocalist’s sound but that is my own personal taste. Pretty wild sound for 1972.
There was some promise, but overall pretty inconsistent for me. I've heard of this band a lot as an influence for some of my favorite bands, and even heard some of their songs covered, but most of the time the album didn't really do it for me. Standouts: Ladytron, If There Is Something, Would You Believe?
Difficult, wild, not my style.
Possibly something for David Byrne fans? Maybe a bit more erratic. This is the first time I've given Roxy Music a hard listen, but they've crossed my radar before – specifically "Country Life". Not totally sure what to grasp onto. Track I'll revisit: "Re-Make/Re-Model".
neitakk
Pop un tanto diferente. De estilo ochentero. No me ha aportado especialmente y tampoco hay ninguna canción muy reconocida
Pretty cool instrumentals at points in this album, but lyrics and singing didn't do anything for me. Calling it plain or bland would be inaccurate, but it just didn't move me at all. Favorite track: Virginia Plain
Didn't really do much for me. Avalon is a far better album.
Nit really my jam to be honest
The first time I listened to this I thought it was bizarre but interesting, especially because it's so different from Country Life. I felt it deserved a second listen, which may have been a mistake. Because it did not go well. This album makes no sense to me at all. Is it a joke album? I think it might be a joke album. Or perhaps all the band members were in different rooms when they recorded the songs? And had never heard them before? Is it supposed to be this discordant and irritating? Eno is definitely playing something only he can understand, and as the album progresses he seems to be ignoring everyone else and starting his solo career. I think I might hate this album. Sea Breezes nearly did me in. Why are there dueting oboe and electric guitar interludes over the sounds of waves crashing on the beach? And what the hell is going on with the drums? It's 7 minutes long and feels like 70. One track left. Now you might ask how you should wrap up an album this all over the place... apparently you do it with an homage to The Monster Mash with castanets and saxophone. Fuck me. This is original, I'll give it that. But it's also the kind of album that is responsible for me saying that I hate art rock.
Yeah...no. Didn't like it.
This was another one that I haven't heard of before so I wasn't sure what to expect going in. It was weird. Not great, not terrible. Not really something I was really into. 1. 2HB 2. If There is Something 3. Chance Meeting
Never really spent much time at all on the music of Roxy Music. I will say this though, track one sure didn't win me over. A few tracks caught my ear, but for the most part it wasn't very memorable.
Meh
I didn’t HATE this but there’s no way I would listen to it again. Weird lyrics, a lead singer of a rock band with a vibrato? It was odd.
Wildly different from my expectations. I kind of think of RM as the band that brought me my favorite 80's song, "More Than This". Imagine my surprise to find this weird rock amalgam album. Not unpleasant, but also not the hoped for new hidden personal anthems.
Left me feeling a little coy. Six rums in may make it more enjoyable, but no lasting impresssion
There are three Roxy Music albums on the list. I only have a vague recollection of disliking the first two. Nothing stood out. I wrote in one of the reviews that I didn’t like Bryan Ferry’s voice. And that’s my main takeaway from their self titled debut album too. There’s some not-too-objectionable art rock here, but Ferry repeatedly makes it unpalatable.
Still don't really get it. Glad Brian Eno got famous off this but his talents are best highlighted elsewhere. Probably better than a two but I rated the other Roxy albums a two and this one isn’t any better
wow...the band so nice we get them thrice. Yet I'm still not sold on them. Their first album we listened to, For Your Pleasure, is still my fav. This one felt closer to a David Bowie which I saw was some of their influence. Either way, I think they are using these fancy women on the covers to draw you in and possibly overcompensate for their mediocre melodies.
Never heard them before. Started off really good! Then the yelping/yodeling/warbling vocal thing? Okay for a sort of “hey this was popular once.” A couple of tracks (like Sea Breezes) will be great on a mixtape. Not going to be listening en toto to this again.
An ungainly beast, full of prog mannerisms (only just discovered Peter Sinfield produced it) and generally wobbly and uneven. "Remake/Remodel" is really the only thing on here I like without reservation; the rest of the album has moments but could be summed up as "Rewrite/Re-record" (which Brian Ferry apparently did on some of his solo recordings)...
super forgettable
Bit trippy for me
It’s interesting. 2.5/5
Ça commence fort, ça s’essouffle. C’est intéressant, je suis content de savoir ce que c’est maintenant. Ce n’est pas ce que je croyais. Le drummer veut trop, le bassiste score à côté souvent. J’ai bien aimé le sax dans la première toune.
DNF
Inge vidare Sista låten var ok
Really not very strong. Virginia Plain was not on the original UK release. Cover art 4/5
This is worse than I expected. Roxy Music look like a competent group of musicians but this is just a bit rubbish. It’s uninspiring and monotonous. Only reason that it’s not a 1 star is because it wasn’t actually painful to listen to. Just unpleasant…
As an album this is... not great. There's one properly stand-out track (Virginia Plain - who'd have thunk that?) but the rest are just not up to snuff. As I write this review, "Sea Breezes" is playing, and it's just a bit shit. I do like some of the tracks, but the album just seems thumbed together, without a journey, a theme or anything really. One track doesn't make an album.
Meh
Virginia Plain y su aire a Talking-Heads es lo mejor del disco, el resto un sonido a cabaret y honky tonk que me da un poco igual. A ratos también se nota la mano de Brian Eno, o eso me parece a mí.
A šta ga ovi mogu dropit.
Not sure about this. It’s very chaotic. I can praise it for being very experimental and trying things out but it feels like disjointed noise at times. Really don’t like Bryan Ferrys’ voice.
Melkosta skeidaa
Parempi laulaja ku tää hyypiö, nii ois voinu kolmosen livauttaa
Not to my liking
Rustig album, niet heel indrukwekkend
i really wanted to like this. i didn't.
È un rock piacevole, con spunti interessanti. Mi fa venire in mente il Rocky Horror Picture Show. Però un po' annoia.
There are things to like here, but the vocal sits on top of some tracks in a karaoke kind of way.
Mja, dit vond ik met tijd en wijlen niet echt te volgen. Het klonk niet verkeerd, maar er was iets wat me tegen stond.
Die vibrerende stem vind ik lastig.
Not for me, too art for art's sake. Very 80s sounding, but not in a good way. No thanks
I didn't really enjoy this album, but I did like the song Would You Believe. The instrumentals were great, but the vocals didn't do anything for me. 2/5 stars.
I'm usually all for weird Brian Eno but this one really drags on the back end and the songs I did like didn't do enough to pull it up Saved: Ladytron, If There Is Something*
Not all that interesting, probably was somewhat revolutionary for its time.
First listen. Sounds good. Like to hear more of it.
Bryan's unique voice!
Annoying vibrato
meh?
This is kinda like lite classic rock. Not really digging it.
This one that really feels like it needs the explanation from the book to give it context. Didn't sound interesting to me at all, but I can see it having significance or influence in some way.
Should I like this, meh, not going to beat myself up about it
Virginia Plain and a couple of other ok tracks - but disappointed as kind of hoped there would be enough to make me want to explore more - there wasn’t.
Virginia Plain and a couple of other ok tracks - but disappointed as kind of hoped there would be enough to make me want to explore more - there wasn’t.
I couldn’t get into this one. Not in the mood.
Better than their other album, but still not my jam.
An interesting mash up of what a lot of other famous bands sound like. The wiki was an interesting read, I wasn't familiar with Roxy Music at all.
Felt very 80's for a 70's album which I suppose is a compliment. Couple good songs.
A bit of a mish mash. Definitely some good bits I liked but more prog than I'd like and the vocals got on my nerves
I did not take a deep dive into this album. It was not what I expected. Had some rocking tunes but nothing stood out. They have an album cover with boobs on it, so that's something.
Such a provocative album. Experimental and free flowing. May listen to this once and again...
This is not what I was in the mood for today... I get that its influential and experimental and I may revisit.
2
Suprisingly "out there", and hard not to compare to Ziggy Stardust, which came out at the same time and is epic experimental rock. This is pretty uneven, some interesting Bryan Ferry warbles, but the music doesn't hold my attention.
Why do people listen to this? Mess.
Disappointed in this one - the synth textures on 'Virginia Plain' and the earlier tracks promised an exciting fusion of proto-punk and dance, but afterwards the LP fizzled and hit middle-of-the-road territory for me. Multiple times I got absorbed in other things and then snapped back to the music only to be surprised that a track was /still/ playing, often repeating the same riff I had tuned out on.