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traditionally I love Brian Ferry and Roxy Music..when I was on the diving team as a kid we had an evening synchronized diving exhibition at the Garden City pool every year and the 1st yr I did it ('78) the song we used was More Than This - I was hooked and that was that. But Country Life reminds me what total wackos /borderline genius they were - sonic super juice from tracks 1 - 5, then the sinister sounding Bittersweet (ick, for that sound I'll take Alabama Song/the Doors any day) and Triptych - WHY A HARPSICHORD DAMN IT - YOU EARLY 70s, I USUALLY ADORE YOU!, the only track I'd chuck it is so dated and annoying I'd smack them if I could. But tracks 8-10 we are back to rich, varied fabulous sound. GREAT ALBUM!!!! So hard to label them they sound like everyone and only themselves all at the same time. The influencer and the influence itself is all blurred. Oh and can we tawk heah about the album cover LOLLL how was that allowed..I do NOT remember that making it to the States
This was a bit like whiplash. It went in one direction, then another, with enough force to make my neck sore.
Like a spinning top this album oscillates wildly. Different energies and instrumentation abound. And the voice is always there to hold it all down. Roxy Music build quite a world with the one. Entry can be a little bumpy but once you find right orbit a whole vista is revealed - titillating to the head and the hips. Were it that pop and art could find there way as dance partners more frequently.
I really liked this, totally my vibe
This one was interesting, think I’d heard of Roxy Music, incorrectly assumed it was a girl band. The songs are an interesting mix that didn’t really register with me until the final 3-4 tracks that started to resemble QOTSA. Casanova is an banger! Also, the album art is hella sexy and I bet it caused quite a stir when it came out.
Enjoyable and kind of bonkers, but wouldn’t listen to it again.
Not their best…not their worst.
I dig Roxy Music. It's fun. This album cover is also... fun. Bitter Sweet is so good man.
Disregarding the god awful album cover, the music is also rough. It's either emotionless garbage or uncomfortable
This left no serious impact on me. Felt like background noise
Not my favorite Roxy music album but there's a couple songs on here I really really like. Bumps it up higher than it deserves but oh well.
For me, the songs that work the best are the most conventional-sounding ones (“Out of the Blue”, “If It Takes All Night”, “Prairie Rose”). Which, of course, is totally not the point of Roxy Music, which confirms for me that I am firmly in the camp of non-believers. The playing is good. Bryan Ferry’s voice and mannered singing are acquired tastes at best. On multiple songs on side one he does this weird vocal tremor which I find offputting. Then on side two he unleashes his complete lounge lizard persona. I thought I had blundered into the Cabaret soundtrack when I had “Bitter-Sweet” playing. Three stars for influence and importance, but this was not a great listen, and I enjoyed it far less than I had hoped.
Country Life by Roxy Music • Release Year - 1974 • Genre - Art Rock Favourite Tracks 1. If It Takes All Night 2. Three and Nine 3. Prairie Rose Album Ranking - 3/5 Stylish, Smooth and Experimental!
Good background music, no majorly favorite songs. Still enjoyed this!
The A side for me is a 4 star album and the B side is closer to a 2 star album. But when it hits, it hits. Standout Track: The Thrill of It All Rating: 3
хелла кул
A little over- long, but this was enjoyable. Strong narrative that avoided being too twee or cheesy
My parents would never have allowed it because of the cover…haha… It’s not the style of Roxy Music or Bryan Ferry that I enjoy…
The third Roxy Music record in this project and the third time the verdict lands in the same place — perfectly fine, respectfully acknowledged, no desire to hear more. Bryan Ferry's lounge lizard persona is an acquired taste that hasn't been acquired, and the art-rock formula around him is accomplished without generating any pull toward return visits. The band plays with genuine energy here and the record has more muscle than For Your Pleasure, which earned the same three for similar reasons. The ceiling is consistent regardless. A respectful three, delivered efficiently and without ambiguity.
Boring
Hadnt really sat down and listened to Roxy music before. I kind of dig it. May need to circle back in the future
A very ‘nothing’ album. Lacking any standout tracks
This was ok... It never really raised above the level of background noise. The first half of the album was stronger than the second half.
I have always loved Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry. But this album appears to be a blind spot I don't know.
Very good
Super enjoyable. Was not aware of its existence.
phenomenal!! loved the weirdness and the contrast between the album cover and the vibe.
Yeah I mean I keep gathering the same sentiment for Roxy Music. It sounds good, produced well, lyrics are fine and yet at the end of the day I feel like I'm looking on at a party in digust. Like it doesn't feel particularly written for my tastes and interests (not that I'm looking for that). So I close with the same statement as usual. Good proto alternative adjacent music, at a time of blistering hard rock, cathartic punk, and soft rock staples. This one just sits in the back corner almost ignored by most. I am most.
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Out Of The Blue, Bitter Sweet, Prairie Rose First off, this might be the most provocative album cover so far in 500+ albums on the List. Not one, but two women, visible nipples, bush and somewhat suggestive posing. This resulted in a quick tangent for "most controversial" album covers, and while this could be construed as "controversial", its ultimately just two adult scantly-clad women posing for a picture. Some of the top contenders for most controversial album covers include Mayhem's Dawn of the Black Hearts, Blind Faith's self-titled album cover, Scorpions Virgin Killer, Guns N Roses original cover for Appetite for Destruction, and perhaps the most vile: Spinal Tap's Smell The Glove. Look it up. With that out of the way, what I heard on this album did not excite me as much as the album cover did. The only real song that got to the level of rocking I wanted was Out of the Blue. There's some good saxophone on Prairie Rose, and a few other tracks are interesting, but I haven't really found a killer track like I did on For Your Pleasure (In Every Dream Home A Heartache).
I prefer the stuff with Eno but this is still really good, got some great high notes throughout the album
Forgettable
#438/1001. Back in the day I was a late teenager / young adult and discovering Velvet Underground was a big thing, and sort of still is. After the Velvets I began to search for similar art rock artists, and somewhere something pointed towards Roxy music. i did get the first three albums, but something didn't impress me like VU did and still does. I've listened to other RM and Bryan Ferry output very rarely, maybe heard this album, maybe not. I do remember listening to one album at a local library (in Finland a lot of the records were not borrowable, you went to library and asked to play them, they gave tou headphones and the album and you sat down in a nice sofa and listened to the music) and remember the cover been covered by red non-transparent tape, obviously because of the image on the cover. I think it was Stranded, but might as well have been this one. Sex sells I guess. The music? In this album turning from artsy not so good songwriting into somethimg unique and interesting. I might as well start liking them after these 30 years...
‘70s rock, this should’ve been right up my alley, but sadly I didn’t like a single song.
This is, as the kids might say, a "good album."
It's a little too theatrical for my tastes overall. Fun listen though. Not sure it's something I would return to often, but certainly has some replay value.
Honestly got pretty bored with this immediately. With this cover, you'd think this would be more rocking. Also, in 80 albums, why has this band been on here twice? With mediocre music. I didn't actually finish it but heard enough to rate it 2.
A bit overrated in my opinion
Did not particularly liked the album apart from one song I saved on my Spotify called "A really good time". The music itself seemed slightly to eclectic for my taste, however, offering some unique sounds from time to time.
I hadn’t listened to this before (I’d remember that cover) and liked it quite a bit. I love Pulp, but they owe a lot to Roxy Music.
Very fun, it's like if Pulp were camper and actually good.
Meh
Wonderful variety of really good songs - I mean even a bit of harmonica can't spoil them. Superb production quality. Ferry's voice is brilliant as usual. And then to top it off - throw in some half naked ladies on the album cover. =5
It's probably sacrilege but I'll say it: Brian Eno leaving Roxy Music was the most important thing for that band to launch. This band is tighter, more focused, and more fun than the noodling on their debut. This is where art rock starts, no doubt; there's more than a hint of what David Byrne and Television would concoct later. Not perfect, but a damn good album with one hell of a closer.
Album #159: Roxy Music – Country Life ⭐⭐⭐ I’m a fan of Roxy Music, but I’d actually never listened to Country Life before. I knew the cover better than I knew the music, which probably says a lot. Yeah, it’s grand. I don’t think I’ve ever really gotten into their post-Brian Eno work. I love For Your Pleasure, and I remember listening to Stranded, the album that followed it, and just not really connecting with it. At the time I put that down to Brian Eno leaving the band. I figured they were missing some of that texture and atmosphere he brought to the early records. But Country Life actually has plenty of texture and atmosphere. That’s not the issue here. For me, it’s just lacking memorable songs. It’s a very odd album. Weird songs about weird subjects, strange approaches to love, sex, and relationships. It never really settled into anything that grabbed me, and there weren’t many moments that stuck with me after it finished. It does strike me as a bit of a grower, though. One thing that definitely stood out was Phil Manzanera. He continues to be one of the most underrated guitarists in rock music. The guy is a fucking freak of nature. He’s an absolute tour de force, and on some of the tracks, especially around the middle of the album, he’s just tearing away at the guitar. His playing alone makes the album worth hearing. As for the rest of it, though, it didn’t really grab me on a first listen. I’ll definitely revisit it someday.
Es un álbum que no pudo agarrarme por completo, pero no fue algo malo
This definitely nods toward progressive rock in several tracks, with a blend of glam - both of which I like. So I did like this album, but it is not terribly cohesive.
Great album. A few great songs but I very much liked ‘Casanova’
Despite the cover being the main focus of some people, this is just a damn good album overall. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m slightly above a 5. It’s honestly just that good, or at the very least, it’s right down my alley for slightly bombastic ‘70s rock. This is Roxy Music’s second album without Brian Eno in the mix, and surprisingly enough, his absence isn’t really felt here. I really liked the instrumentals here. These are all constantly pushing & evolving to big climaxes in the soundscape, with a bit of chaos involved to get there, yet the excellent mixing leaves these all still pretty easy & engaging to listen to. These tracks are written well too, if a little bit somber & horny at points, & Bryan Ferry’s search for a dopamine hit is a good underline for most of these tracks. It creates a sort of omnipresent tension that helps give weight to his vocals & helps justify the instrumentation going as nutty as it sometimes does. It’s a tension that releases itself by the end of “A Really Good Time” & lets everything come to a pretty pleasing ending in “Prairie Rose”, which just feels like a jam session about Texas. The pace & flow of this album is pretty strong – I did think “The Thrill of It All” was a little long/bold for an opener, but it doesn’t feel that way after having listened to the whole thing. Overall, I’m just impressed by what’s here. Mileage will obviously vary on how the bombast plays to other people’s ears, or if that cover is too distracting to take the music quite as seriously as it may (or may not) deserve. I sort of get why it’s only got a 3.1 on the site, but I think it should be a little higher. How can you listen to “Out of the Blue”’s instrumental section & not feel some of that energy? It’s an energy that carries throughout the album & it has me slightly above a 5 here. I think it’s a really strong 41 minutes, and for my tastes, one that’s deserving to be on the list. Super fun stuff.
Nothing in this line up is catchy at all . Plenty of weirdness though
Decent, but falls into that same trap of becoming overwrought and grandiose to the point of absurdity in the second half, which seems to affect so many British artists of this time period.
Their best cover? Their worst album?
Not their best and certainly not their wurst. Here for the baps. Even Bobby asked me why there were boobies on the Now Playing record stand.
Just really great
I fucking love Roxy Music and I won't hear a word said against them, but this album is, I'd say, mid-tier. Bitter Sweet is an all-timer, but it's too weird and music-hall-y to appeal very widely, I'd guess. Thrill of it All and Out of the Blue are good; the silly honky-tonk stuff on some of the other tracks doesn't engage. One hell of an album cover though.
a very pleasing album with a very pleasing cover shot. Lots of Arcade Fire vibes here
Diverse and not too good, until I got deep into the album. It was tool late by then, I was over this.
I remain unimpressed by Roxy Music. I guess the songs are quite varied, the Berlin Carabet-inspired Bitter Sweet followed immediately by the pseudo-medieval Triptych. Triptych and Casanova were a turnaround in the album, I enjoyed them, but I found the album as a whole more irritating than anything else.
I listened to this a few days ago but I can’t remember anything except the album cover
It started off pretty good on the first two songs but then just devolved into boringness for the rest of the album. Maybe just not my thing, but I also think there’s certainly a non-zero chance that many people love(d) this album for the cover.
They have better albums than this. The couple of albums before this are are much better albums Go listen to their releases in 73. Well worth a listen but it just doesn't hit the same as their earlier stuff. Maybe it's the tone of this album. Not sure it just didn't land the same for me. Not a good review I know but I saw this knew them and was excited for more than this.
Couldn't care for it at all. Took 3 tries to get through, but I was always interrupted by something, and couldn't get myself to get to it for the fourth time. Annoying vocals, mid-rate songs.
Interesting
i was vibing
Nah man lmao
Not bad persay but stylistically all over the place. From new wave-ish to honky tonk to i don’t even know
This was better than the last Roxy Music that came through but still not that great.
That cover sure is hot. The music, not as hot, but pretty solid.
This has a lot of unexpecteds. The album cover (love it, obviously), was unexpected after seeing the name of it. Then the sound of it didn't really register, especially since it was from 1974. It's pretty cool. If I could, I would give it a 3.5 just based on my own way of rating things here, but since I have to choose, I have to bump it up to a 4.
Sometimes too much, but overall lots of musicality and fun glimpses of sound from different genres.
Prog?Pop?Rock? Whatever, it’s perfect.
I want to like them, and I dig their weird vibe sometimes, but a full album is just too much bryan ferry.
I had a period in 2025 where I listened to this album almost every day at the gym....I'm a big Bryan Ferry fan and love Roxy Music. They mix things up so well, its like some mix ofg prog, roots rock, country, and cabaret, where it toes the line between campy and sincere. Roxy Music is like Queen, where its a band thats is its own world and some listeners choose to live in that world and others don't. I am a fan
A+ album cover, C music
Enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would based on the cover - really solid production throughout 4
Fine, art pop. Nothing great
Brian Ferry doesn't just make naughty album covers, he's good at music too.
I liked that this had a bit of bombast to it.
At it's best, some songs are a less-weird Talking Heads (Prairie Rose). Most of the time the sound is just kind of annoying though.
Not a top 5 Roxy Music album. Vocals are mixed way too low you're losing your biggest asset. No really catchy songs and no really crazy production. Album cover is very interesting though - raises many questions.
Production quality is good. Nice drumming. The rest of it didn’t really resonate much with me. The album art is cool, but doesn’t fit the music at all. Neither does the title. Everything’s sorta weird! 2.5/5.0
I prefer their early 80’s sophisto- pop era but this album strays strong and has a few good tracks. Solid, not exceptional but it has boobies on the cover 3.2
Fantastic cover. The album is fine. Some good tracks and a couple of stinkers.
I mean it's 70s British rock it's fine I just don't get the hype.
Was kinda hoping the artist would be the two lovely ladies on the cover, but I guess 1974 would’ve been a little early for that. Quite liked a couple songs, like Out of the Blue and Triptych. It’s got an edge to it that elevates it above just good straightforward rock and roll. Call it 3.5 rounded down.
Highlight: All I Want Is You In a nutshell: the godfathers of art rock. After Bowie's personas seeped into American consciousness, listeners across the pond *finally* understood art rock and glam rock. They found Roxy Music. And the band were rewarded with Country Life cracking the top 40 of the Billboard 200 charts. Nothing particularly new for a Roxy Music album. Random sax and strings. Loud piano. Ferry sticking to his vocal range. Curious lyrics. As for the cover, it's a slight departure from the Roxy Music style manual. We had the pleather clad model on the dock with a panther (For Your Pleasure) and a woman in a torn wet dress lying in the jungle (Stranded). Nothing theatrical here. All titillation on Country Life. It's a lost opportunity by Ferry to lean into the album title theme. Probably a rushed idea. That said, I recommend For Your Pleasure or a best of if you're new to Roxy Music. It might grow on you. Overall: 4/10
A nice surprise
Whatever. Good cover.
Typical Roxy 👍
I was expecting better! Don't know why, nothing to dislike.
not a big fan but nothing really to complain about either
This was not what I was expecting. I didn't care for it.
6/10 – Decent
This is my favorite Roxy record by a considerable margin. And I think that is generally accepted, which made it all the more baffling when they only had one song from it on their reunion tour, but 6 from Avalon. But I digress. This is peak Roxy, seamlessly blending the art with the rock to make an accessible yet endlessly interesting record. Before this, they leaned too much on the art and after too much on the pop. It struck me on this listen how unusual it is that the lead instrumental voice is a harmonica, which speaks as much to how much the band was dominated by Bryan Ferry. But in the absence of Eno, Ferry shines in all aspects: songwriting, singing, playing and driving the band to its peak
I just couldn't get into this. 3/5
Not for me. Great musicians I can tell, but too weird for me
This isn't a bad album, but I definitely prefer the albums when Brian Eno was with them.
Roxy’s music always was just a little too country life for me. I’d have liked it more if they had leaned a little bit into the sleazy side of glam. Sure Marc Bolan was the king and David Bowie the queen, but Bryan was just a little to princely with the artier side prevailing over the rock side. The record is certainly enjoyable and at this point in the bands catalog the Roxy sound was certainly set with Phil Manzanera’s intricate guitar work lending jazzy elements to the proceedings. What really stands out for me is that none of these songs evoke any real feeling and thus don’t really connect with me the listener. Not all Roxy records are the as well rounded as this one, but the lack of buzz makes this one miss the mark. Where are songs like Editions Of You which appeared on For Your Pleasure? That was a great freaking record. This record seemed like a step back. Oh well. 3/5
Still early in their careers, so it's not as loungey sdn sleazy (in a good way) as their later ones. But is good, Brian Eno provides some fine melodies and basslines, and it all comes together nicely.
Interesting and unique album. Kinda alternative, kinda classic rock. I liked when the one song switched to german that was silly!
That rocked! I don’t know what more to say about it. Standouts are The Thrill Of It All, All I Want Is You and Casanova.
Great energy but not much stood out that I can think to talk about which isn’t the best sign
Album cover is pretty epic sigma mode Feel like the songs are trying to follow the recipe that made a lot of Bowie songs great but doesn’t quite have all the right ingredients 3
fine in the background? nothing to get too excited about
This sure is a 70’s rock and roll album
Surprised by the unique rock sound of this album, it's familiar but not quite like anything I usually listen to. Fun album but nothing too special. 6/10
Not sure what to make of this one. Music is a bit cliche and kind of all over the place thematically, too hit and miss for my liking 2/5
Review - never like Roxy Music as much as I hope to. Not a bad album but there are a fair few dull songs in the mix. Score - 6/10 Need to listen? YES
nice safe sound not too experimental
2/5 Distracting in a bad way.
Nja... Inte överförtjust i detta. Det är inte direkt dåligt men inte så kul. Out of the blue och Prairie Rose tyckte jag var bäst. Resten lite samma, samma... Gillar Roxy Music från lite senare år bättre. Får jag också säga att omslaget på albumet är lite tröttsamt? Halvnakna kvinnor i någon slags olja, modeller förstås.... Suck...
Middle of the road enjoyable listen, kept wanting a track to really impress me
Ei
not entirely sure what I was expecting, but this was sick! A couple of tracks were very skippable and the mix is a bit muddy but still very very cool
How shocking that this was so middling.
Incredible album cover and opening track, but the rest kinda faded away
Listened sober. Good for summer, I looked at the moon vibes a little, honestly fun and chill. Rock, gives a very 70s vibe. Nice smooth voice. I listened to the song More than this by the same group, diff album, it's really nice too Song 1: very nice, fun Song 2: same vibe but good for the evening. Also a harmonica. Song 6 is almost vampiric? Not my fav? Could be fun in some situations?
Alright
Twice I’ve listened to this album now trying to fathom the main reason it’s on this list- maybe it’s the risqué album cover?!? Anyway it’s not bad but not great either. ‘The thrill of it all’ sounds decent as do a lot of the songs musically, I enjoyed ‘prairie rose’ too. unfortunately vocally and lyrically it’s not for me. I was bored and the album blended into one big sound. Best track- ‘the thrill of it all’ Worst track- ‘Casanova’ 5/10 middle of the road.
Roxy Music - Country Life Thought, without Eno, this would be a lot straighter than it was. But the artschool glam racket vibe can still be heard all over this last 'hurrah' before the attraction of pop sales took over. Thrill of it All, Out of the blue (great violin), the rhapsody that is Bittersweet (David Sylvian must have listened to this a hundred times), Prairie Rose all well up there as standout tracks. But....there is a lot of filler, and I definitely wasn't prepared the theme from Blackadder one to appear in the guise of Tryptich. Best Track - Prairie Rose. Says goodbye to this era of Roxy with a lazy, laconic attitude. Manzanera's slide guitar and Ferry's 'just about bothered' vocal in the coda is a perfect kiss off. Worst Track - Tryptich. Medieval themed interlude anyone? Erm...no thanks. 7/10
eh
Here they expanded their sound, seems more mature.
I gave their self-titled album a 3/5 a couple of years ago, but this one actually has some pretty cool songs. It's definitely worth a re-listen sometime down the road. "If It Takes All Night" is a really cool, bluesy number that caught my ear. They definitely feature a lot of unique instruments across the record, like the timpani, harpsichord, oboe, etc. which keeps the arrangements interesting. The bass line on "Casanova" was great, too. I get major Velvet Underground vibes from some of the music, which gives the whole thing a neat, artsy edge. It's easily one of their best efforts. Favorite song: "The Thrill of it All"
Honestly liked this quite a bit, even for it being a genre I usually detest. I like the instrumentation, I like a lot of the themes, and there may or may not be one other thing here that's kind of very nice too. Gets a little weirder and less enjoyable upon a relisten, but I really have to make an effort to return to this more often. Fave tracks: - The Thrill Of It All - Three And Nine - Out Of The Blue - If It Takes All Night - Casanova - A Really Good Time - Prairie Rose
My least favorite Roxy Music album. Praire Rose is a banger, the rest are very hit or miss, mostly miss.
This is an album that I cannot post the cover of on social media unedited lol. They are not beating the allegations of band your mum likes. It's a good album, I should like it more, especially seeing it's early new wave. It just never hits that much for me.
Visually speaking
Wow. I did not like this. Nothing worked for me except Phil Manzanera's guitar which was pretty great. Not great enough to make me listen again.
I don't really know how to describe this music. It has a few different styles that mix and blend together that gives it a unique touch. It wasn't bad, it was definitely an interesting listen though.
Odd album for sure. Seemed to mix multiple genres together to create a weirdly coherent collection of songs. I wouldn’t say it was amazing but I didn’t mind the listen through at all
A fascinating and unique album, describing this one is a challenge. The style feels somewhere between classic rock and British punk rock, oscillating between the styles while mixing in hints of country, prog rock, and synth pop. Some of the early songs like "out of the blue" were really catchy, while a good amount of the second half fell flat. A couple songs sounded almost Elvis style, while others mixed in harmonica or synths. All around this is an interesting album that I'm unsure of how exactly to rate it. Also the singer reminded me of rocky singing "sword of damocles" in rocky horror picture show.
This album hooked me from the start with it's impressive energy, tempo, and variety. Oboe, saxophone, and a great many instruments combine to support a progressive arrangement of guitar, drums, and bass for an album that is novel and enjoyable. With notes of Queen, Jethro Tull, and new wave pop, I found this album to be a great combination of sounds from its decade, and will listen to more from Roxy Music.
I had never realised that this is from the early 70s. That being the case, this is an incredible album. It's new wave before some new wave artists were out of primary school. It's another album that I really appreciate but wouldn't necessarily choose to listen through from beginning to end in the future. 5/5 without a shadow of a doubt.
I know the cover. Never heard these songs so far and I don’t get the hype.
na un asco de album
It’s good but I feel like other bands have done this but better.
All Roxy Music is good.
Eh fine. I like some of Roxy Musics output but I can never fully immerse myself in it seemingly.
I risk being fired for opening the Roxy Music at work. If only the music wasn't so gosh darn roxy. What does roxy even mean? My word, I am borderline illiterate. I think it's in reference to the "Roxy theatre", but who knows where they got that name or what that even is. Listen, I'm not going down a 1920's theatre rabbit hole. I just can't bring myself to care about that one. Did they hold pro wrestling there? If not, count this dullard OUT. This record is pretty fantastic, actually. Truly unique music. There are seemingly dozens of instruments used to create atmospheres ranging from dense to ethereal, under vocals that warble oddities to form complex and interesting rock music. I feel like a dork for even saying this, but this is music that feels "cool." Current bands like black.midi or Black Country, New Road owe a great debt to this band. I could absolutely see this record being released today, by kids who move to big cities (on their father's dime of course) in search of artistic credibility. Like a bitter pugilist, I must land my jabs at somebody, but not the record. Progressive and satisfying rock music. Excuse me while I wipe this image from my employee hard drive, and replace it with a pdf of uhh bar graphs or something. That oughta smooth things over. 3.5-4 GENRE: Can I say "Serving Cunt-Ry life"??
I enjoyed the front half of this much more than the last album by them. Very Bowie-esque. The back half lost me again
Listened to it twice and I still don’t understand. Roxy Music is…. good?
Really good. Could be right down the middle rock but there’s a slight touch of avante garde and Englishness that makes it feel artsy, without being self conscious or pretentious. I like the most bluesy of the songs (thrill, if it takes all night, prairie rose). Maybe my favorite album cover we’ve seen. The male gaze gets a bad rap. Without it, beauty would get boring.
The album really kicks off with a bang. It fades then picks up with a few more fun tracks Sonically, I love the anthemic rock. It has a Springsteen vibe without giving up the English rock band flavor. Cool to read the backstories here behind the personnel. Prarie Rose (the last track) was my favorite
Really enjoyed this one. Bit of Bowie, and clearly so many downstream influences - Geese even at times with the rock/avant garde mix? Seems like these guys were kind of huge, but never heard of them. Thrill and Takes All Night are my favs. Also pretty silly album cover - Girls Against Boys could take note.
I have a soft spot for the maximalism (and great bass lines) going on here
Listening to this will depend on the day. The art rock navel gazing can be dull sometimes and interesting others
meh nada para destacar
An interesting album. This is my second Roxy Music album. This first one I hated. This one seems to be better. The music is definitely better. The singing is good as well the songs are good so I think this is a better album.
"Hey, guys. So, we don't have that Brian guy anymore. He's off making God knows what, probably some stupid airport music or something. Problem is, we just lost one of the most popular art rock artists ever and our sales are probably gonna tank. What should we do?" "tiddies" "heh, tiddies..." The album then proceeded to outsell anything they made prior.
"Casanova", "Bitter-Sweet" і "The Thrill of It All" - єдині треки які заслуговують на увагу. Все інше скіпаю. Оцінка: низька-середня 5
Nothing new here
If It Takes All Night a bit like Shakin Stevens or Darts. Not sure about the Germanic Bitter Sweet. Or Triptych. Liked Prairie Rose. The rest was alright. 2.8.
Quite liked it. A bit different to the Roxy music i thought i knew. Sounded a bit like Sparks. Probably a grower.
Strong album. Bowie adjacent, maybe a *little" Bowie lite, but could also detect how they were influencing each other around this time Well produced, couple of misses but more hits - look forward to hearing their other albums from this period on this list - my earlier impression of them seems to be unfairly mired in the 80s stuff.
Very surprised to see how early this album was. Influential on peak era Duran Duran for sure! Strong suite of songs which just about scrapes a four
Great cover. Not so great music. 2/5.
Before getting this album, I only knew More than This by Roxy Music, and I didn’t know what to expect. The beginning of the album is powerful, but then I feel it dissipates towards the end. The Thrill of it All is a powerful beginning, with the piano, strings and chanting of OOOOOOOHs. The album then begins to show its alternative rock character, and can be grouped with the likes of Talking Heads and The Beat. It then shows some southern rock, honky tonk vibes, a bit like Fleetwood Mac’s Don’t Stop. Bitter Sweet and Triptych is where you lose me, like a cold shower on irritating music coming through my headphones. God damn the harpsichord. With Prairie Rose it gets fun again. I would revisit this album for some of its songs, but not all.
BOOB!?!?!? OH NO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY PANTS!???!
Poxy music Like a really uncool, not talented Talking Heads
Highlights: The Thrill Of It All, All I Want Is You, Out Of the Blue, Casanova, A Really Good Time, Prairie Rose I have a soft spot for Roxy and Ferry, so it got a bit of an inflated score. If it wasn't for their signature, I would have considered this to be quite average. Overall it's ok, but too artsy and too experimental for my liking. For instance Bitter Sweet with its mood shifts and German bits. Lyrically it's a bit preachy, but I like that about them. It's not a top 3 Ferry record for me, but it was alright.
reminded me of berlin by Lou Reed so i guess I know what art rock is now. The Thrill of it is a banger
twas ok
Alright
like being at a fancy party and not knowing what's going on
Great intro but the rest was forgettable. I seen them live once they were good
Sharp and sexy, offbeat and English - super production (of course)! Favourite tracks: All I Want Is You, Out Of The Blue, A Really Good Time
624/1001 2026.05.28 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
First Listen; 3; This felt like an uneven album. Some parts were catchy and fun, while others were boring and trite. I didn't care for the slower songs or the more country influenced tracks, but thought that it was at it's best in the more straightforward rocking, 1-2-3-4 songs. Favorite Track: Casanova
Honestly pretty good, even if i didn't enjoy it as much on my listen.
I imagine anyone that was a teenager in the 70s is very fond of this album and has great memories of it, despite never actually listening to it.
un 3...
Parts were so good - I happen to love Bryan Ferry’s voice. And parts were not as good, more weird than enjoyable. Still, I liked it overall. I think Roxy Music has better songs out there that aren’t on this album. Wavering between 3 and 4 …
- ....... "Out of the sky came the sun ....." 5 just for "All I Want is You" to "Out of the Blue" -
Honestly, I get a little sick of the luscious art-pop thing the album is doing by the end. But christ almighty, that's probably my fault. Can your lobster be too buttery? Can your caviar be too rich? Alright, it's not THAT good, but it's pretty solid. Track after track of earnest love songs, dry British snark, and proto-new wave rhythms. All wonderful stuff, though I still stand by my point that you can have too much of a good thing. I wish it held back a bit more often, maybe.. maybe I'm just not high brow enough to get it. (Insert witty comment about the album cover here... cuntry life? I dunno.)
Kept me entertained, so I'll grant that, but didn't hear anything too remarkable here.
A decent glam rock album from the band. It doesn't include any really strange or very experimental part, like in "For Your Pleasure", maybe due to the replacement of Brian Eno in the keyboards. While this means they sacrificed a bit of uniqueness, I think it is a great decision as I wasn't a big fan of the weird parts in the mentioned project. The more straight forward song writing makes this a more fun experience. The songs are very fancy, glamorous, lively and rich in both instrumentation and details, but without ever being too extravagant. However, I don't really think this album is very memorable. The melodies and performances are gret, but I've never found anything to be outstanding or super interesting. Maybe in comparison with other glam project rocks, they do have their own sound and personality. Nevertheless, I am not really connecting with it. So in the end, I think it is a pleasant a fun album that doesn't do anything particularly remarkable.
Art rock and glam-tinged pop built from sharp guitars, sleek bass lines, icy keyboards, and stylized vocals feels like walking through a high-fashion magazine shoot staged in a decaying aristocratic manor—seductive at first glance, taking a closer look overly controlled, artitical and in its repetition alien. The sound is meticulously arranged yet emotionally damp, constantly balancing elegance with underlying tension. Its polished surface fascinates at first while the whole thing keeps the listener at a deliberate distance.
It's alright. Nothing spectacular and nothing inherently bad either. 2.5/5 Might listen again
I’m not quite sure why this is four stars for me. But it is.
When I think of Roxy Music I think of light groovy 80’s yacht rock, having never heard this particular album before, I was expecting to hear more of that here. What I heard instead was a harder rock than I expected, some tracks almost verging into southern rock territory. It’s a good album for what it is, but it certainly doesn’t grab me in any of the ways Roxy Music’s earlier music that I am more familiar with does. It feels like this is more of an experiment in different styles than it is a cohesive album, and I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing, but on each individual track it’s pretty easy to point out a very specific artist that influenced it. Some examples include the song “Triptych” which has a clear psychedelic influence reminiscent of bands like the byrds and even the Beatles. “Casanova” sounds, to my ear, like an Alice Cooper B-side. “A Really Good Time” could easily pass for a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. I don’t dislike anything on this record, but it really does feel like throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. 2.5*
I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked Roxy Music’s self-titled album when we reviewed it, so I was expecting this to be somewhere along the same lines. I quickly began to suspect that this album was Roxy Music without Brian Eno and I later found that was correct. ‘Country Life’ lacks the experimental edge of their self-titled album and a lot of these songs basically sounded the same to me.
Not quite what I expected.
It was OK. Pleasant to listen to, but just kinda boring
Nothing really stands out.
This was an unexpectedly enjoyable album. They definitely bounced around in genres and experimented with some techniques that became ubiquitous later on in rock, but it felt natural. None of their forays felt forced. I’ll certainly be back to listen to them again!
I must say, glam rock is quite fun! Nothing too special, though it has the high energy of traditional rock injected with a hell of a lot of pop razzle dazzle (that provided some much needed balance). Didn't know what I was expecting from the cover art, though I came away from this record feeling lighter than I had 40 minutes prior.
mulher pelada jumpscare
2.5
A bit dull
Listened to this three times and although I appreciate it more after the extra listens, I still didn't think it rose up to the rank of 4. Curious to see if there is more Roxy Music on this list. I haven't had any exposure before this and barely any Eno exposure.
Previously unknown. It was OK. Sounded more modern than I expected.
If I liked art rock, I’d like this a lot. As it is, it’s pretty good.
Meh
I don't like this cover. Like what dose it have to do with the album
Great album!
Out of the blue reminds me of something but I can't place it. Zeppelin? Rush? idk Not a fan of bitter-sweet wth is going on Faves: The Thrill of It All All I Want is You
Geef toe, deze kende je van de hoes. Ik in ieder geval wel. Dus welke muziek schuilt er achter deze twee bevallige dames? Een boel artsy-fartsy glamrock-interessantdoenerij, maar wel gemaakt door mensen die weten hoe ze moeten musiceren. Hoewel sommige stukjes op de zenuwen werken (dat gedoe in het Duits, was, wer, wo, wenn, warum?) vond ik het al met al best een genietbare plaat. Niet te hard nadenken over wat je nou gehoord hebt, bei Zweifel die Schallplattenhülle wieder mal beobachten.
Ik ga het niet over de hoes hebben. Ik ga het niet over de hoes hebben. Ik ga het níet over de hoes hebben. Eerdere albums van Roxy Music kregen van mij een 1 en een 2 en van een luistermaatje ook niet erg hoog. Nu zie ik ineens een 4 bij hem genoteerd. Is het deze keer dan toch wat? Nou ja, hij koopt Stef Meeder natuurlijk ook niet voor die prachtige orgelmuziek. Kak... Maar eens aanzetten. Na de eerdere albums valt wel op dat dit ineens acceptabel is. Wat is hier ineens aan de hand. Ah, meneer Eno was inmiddels vertrokken. Je gunt al die muzikanten die met hem samenwerken toch een spoedig vertrek. Niet dat de band op dit album nooit uit de band springt. Zet voor de illustratie daarvan Bitter Sweet maar even op. Nee, vergeetbaar kunnen we het niet noemen. Ook al niet door de hoes. Kak... Misschien door de vergelijking met hun eigen albums of met andere draken uit de lijst. Maar ik neig deze keer toch naar een voldoende. Of speelt onbewust toch die hoes een beetje mee? Kak...
Joetjoep blokkeert het openingsnummer, vanwege een iets te geilig clipje vermoed ik. Al hebben ze weinig moeite met de hoes, waar een zure broeder lyrisch over is. Dit komt hij blijkbaar niet tegen op bumble. Anyway, die openingstrack ken ik wel, en is lekker uptempo. De stem van Brian Ferry stoort me nog niet (en die andere Brian was hier al vertrokken uit de band), al kan dat niet lang duren gok ik. Er zit een artsy fartsy toetertje in. Ik heb al wel een idee hoe de rest van het album gaat klinken. Bombast is meer iets van de jaren 80, maar deze mannen waren er blijkbaar vroeg bij, want het heeft heel veel jaren 80 elementen. De rest van het album is redelijk relaxte artrock. Met de typische zang van Brian en er komt regelmatig hetzelfde toetertje voorbij. Er is niks mis mee, maar ik ben het ook wel weer snel vergeten, oftewel een vergeetbare 3. Het is geen iconische plaat zullen we maar zeggen. Die hoes daarentegen ...
For Your Pleasure is among my favourite albums and I haven't listened to the RM albums after enough. I do need to rectify that. This one was great on a quick listen.
I am a little tired of the same artists getting two albums on when the other album is better.
cool!
Very strange. Experimental, with some interesting songs but overall not good. Claire not impressed
Album cover is the best part of this album lol
Regular, es art rock, el disco es escuchable, no lo vamos a negar, pero no me dice nada, no me transmite absolutamemte nada. Si lo tengo que definir en una sola palabra serie "vainilla" o "soso"
really liked one song, otherwise did not enjoy the singer's voice and the vibe
This one really didn't stand out to me in any particular way. At times it sounded a little odd and at other times it sounded a little pleasant, but I didn't feel like pulled in any particular direction with this album.
A mixed bunch.
Interesting
sla mano.. pqp por que isso tá aqui
Er dette prog med radio-vennlig lengde på låtene? Ikke noe galt med det, men det fenger liksom ikke heller...
Høres ut som et proggete The Kinks. Hadde ikke trodd jeg skulle være så fan av Roxy Music.
Only knowing Mr Ferry’s 80s work, this rocked much harder than I expected.
Al final lo único que está bueno es la portada. Poca bola le di, pero creo que en una re escucha le sacaría alguna que otra cosa buena (si en el futuro cambio por completo de opinión lo gritaré a los 4 vientos).
most guys are getting through this album because the album cover has titties and fair enough. A+ marketing. All I want is you is a banger tho
I’m a huge Roxy fan. This album doesn’t really hit the mark. The cover artwork is awful, even at the time!! All I Want Is You is a great single but the album lacks the weird and wonderful of previous albums.
The music is fine, slightly elevated by Brian Ferry’s distinctive vocals.
I like Roxy, but they seemed to have jumped the shark by the 4th album. The theme of the album cover was just too far. The music is still good but not as good as before. This one is mid.
2,5
Not my favorite Roxy album. I think it makes so many lists due to the cover picture more than the music. Still pleasant though. 3/5
On my first, surface-level listens of Roxy Music, I didn't quite understand what was so exciting and radical about this band other than some of the Eno bleep bloops in the early 70s. As I've learned more about pop music in the late 70s through the 80s, I now hear their influence everywhere. They sat somewhere between prog and glam, but avoided the worst excesses of both genres -- they sound like the first "new wave" band.
Couldn't wait for this to end
I liked this.
🥞
I enjoyed it in parts, but I don’t really like Bryan Ferry’s voice, idk why
Solid Roxy album
Love the album cover, this music had some great vibes
This is far better than the first album by them I heard on this list. I'll give a 3
It was pretty nice, mos to the songs, not really memorable, we're all good
ngl i lost it when it started going german 5.2/10
profoundly mid
Mixed feelings
Potpourri but if there was nice lemons and cinnamon mixed in with dog turds
Much more exciting than living in the country.
I’m sorry but i just couldn’t
mixed bag. there's songs like "three and nine" and "triptych" which have some very fun instrumentation; the latter with that lovely harpsichord. they didn't overly stand out to me, but it was broadly pleasant. on the other hand there's songs like "out of the blue" and "if it takes all night" feel like pretty generic 70s rock that aren't noteworthy at all, or "bitter sweet" which is a neat concept but totally whiffs imo. this is Almost good and instead it's just okay on the whole.
"English 70s rock band" we're so over. "Brian Eno" We're so back. This IS more interesting than the average British rock slop on the list, its got a bit of flavor by merit of being art pop and maybe even the tiniest touch of prog. As it went on the almost glam aesthetic did begin to win me over- I can see a lot of Bowie in some of these songs and googled to learn he was indeed a fan (and also the Eno connection is there). It just feels a little uneven to me. The topics of most of the songs didn't really interest me, some songs leaned too much on the pop end whilst other songs (Bitter Sweet) flat out didn't work imo. With a little more focus this would be a 4 for me, but I don't think it quite reaches that bar.
The Brits are at it again. I could convince myself this was a three despite the fact that soft rock is generally sand paper to my soul. However the weird review here where a guy here keeps comparing glam rock to women’s lingerie has left a bad taste in my mouth, so I’m bumping it down for that.
I like the quite weird vibe of this album, I like the diversity from one song to the onther Fav songs - The Thrill Of It All, Three And Nine, All I Want Is You 4/5
Typical Roxy album.
Even though this was good and I liked it, I felt myself begging them to just pick a genre a go with it. Is it rock? Is it pop? Is it electronic or synth? It’s a little of all of those I guess, but rarely do they fuse it all together. The songs are just different. Again, I liked it and it was a good album (maybe all those things are why people love it?) but it certainly didn’t knock my socks off.
Roxy Music often leaves me underwhelmed. Aside from the striking cover of Country Life—which certainly gets the pulse racing—the music itself rarely sparks much excitement for me. There are touches of glam rock and pop throughout, but I can’t shake the feeling that the album’s reputation owes as much to its controversial artwork as to the songs it contains.
This is the second album I've had on this list from Roxy Music and I still can't put my finger on why other than it's an English band. There certainly don't need to be 3 on the list. The music is fine for what it is, but not as outstanding as I am being led to believe. They're highly regarded and I am guessing that's by people that were living through their existence and not listening to them 30-40yrs later. Everyone's tastes are different, but I much prefer the post-Roxy 80s music of Bryan Ferry to this. Also..... boobs.
this was the first album of my experience that i had a hard time listening to. It started out super fun and listenable, but went down hill so fast.
Quality album
I really enjoyed this album, it has very diverse sounds and keeps me intrigued about what’s next. Sometimes I picture jack skellington singing because the lead singer’s voice reminded me of him.
Liked this more than I expected!! I also hear Jack skellington especially on that one track I forgot thr name
Please god tell me there are no more albums from Roxy Music on this list.
Meh. Plus 1 for half naked chicks on the cover, but the music was mid.
I think my brain associated Roxy Music with Brian Eno so much I assumed this would just be a more upbeat Music for Airports and instead it’s glam rock.
Apart from the last track a relatively dull album. Not keen on the singing voice or the singer. I expected more.
- Not my favourite Roxy Music, but a few good songs and some interesting instrumentation throughout, but especially on Out of the Blue. - The amount of instrumentation was a bit overwhelming, and made me feel anxious. - The songs didn't really make an impact on me, as I can't really remember them and I tried listening to this a few times. - I think the album cover sold more copies than the music did.
The album cover made me think it would at least be two women singing. It wasn't. I was utterly disappointed. The album is okay, but the disappointment was too much. 2/5
meh
Definitely an interesting listen. I really liked the production on this one, but the songs were just okay. Sounded like an offbrand Bowie at times. Quite the album cover though.
Bowiesque. You'll enjoy it you like Bowies music.
The music was good. It’s just that Bryan Ferry’s vibrato singing style just gets raises my hackles as the album goes on.
Ah, the best album cover on the whole list! The music is fine. All I Want Is You was pretty fun. Out Of The Blue and Prairie Rose have good music. If It Takes All Night was really fun. Casanova and A Really Good Time were nice and chill. Best song: If It Takes All Night
Not sure how something so technically proficient can still fail to excite me.
I remember the album cover vividly; the music not so much.
yeah that's pretty fun. perhaps a bit overpolished and occasionally the vocals are a bit to sloppy, but the band has got it for sure.
I liked what they were trying to do with the art rock thing but didn't think they quite pulled it off. "Ooooh, we've got a song in German" - great, but it's not a very interesting song.
I totally vibe with this stuff. No hits but great balanced album
not my favourite.
Nekako sam očekivala da će mi ovo više pasati nego što je trenutno slučaj. Možda je zato razočaranje veće. Mislim da mi vokal ne sjeda nikako, iako glazbeno i nije toliko loše. Sve u svemu, nije najgore ikad, ali nije mi ni zabavno. 2/5, 4/10
The cover really had me wondering what I was getting into. Guessing it was used purely for shock value because the album gives the vibes that it would have been played in a gay club in NYC in the 70s. Overall a fun listen. David Bowie meets Brian Eno with a touch of Queens flamboyance. The lisp got noticeably more present as the album went on and it's all I could focus on at some points like in "A really good time".
Spotify doesn't have this album, I'm guessing due to the breastises on the cover. Do better Spotify.
The Thrill of It All - 5/5 Three and Nine - 4/5 All I Want Is You - 4/5 Out of the Blue - 5/5 If It Takes All Night - 3/5 Bitter-Sweet - 4/5 Triptych - 4/5 Casanova - 4/5 A Really Good Time - 4/5 Prairie Rose - 5/5 Average score: 4.2/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This album art is SO incongruous with the albums content LMFAO. Its solid, pretty British, but there is good composition and production. Not super wild about the lead's voice. The definition of don't judge an album by its cover, I was expecting Bon Jovi sleaze. 3/5
reminds me very much of pre-Tilt Scott Walker, which is obviously a huge compliment! wonderful playing (that rhythm section is wonderfully tight) and Bryan Ferry is hugely fun - wry, theatrical, self-lacerating. i can see how this would run together a bit for someone who isn't already predisposed to like the sound, but i am, so am quite tickled by the twists in the formula, and am also really content to just listen to the band in full glam-stomp mode. it's been hard for me to get a real handle on the lyrics, arch as they are, in so little time, but i'm looking forward to returning to this record (especially Out of the Blue, good lord) and getting deeper into Roxy and Ferry through this challenge!
Pretty well put together but didn’t resonate with me much
Omg breats. Music was a bit too theatrical for me
I have a soft spot for Roxy Music. They were rough at the start, refined themselves into a good rock band, then morphed again into a smooth 80's band. Bryan Ferry grew as a frontman in the very same manner. No kid from the 80's can forget this album in the record store bin... wait, what?! I've listened to the entire album in the past and I enjoy the majority but I am not sure what makes this one stand out from other albums in their catalog. I feel the start of the album kind of all sounds the same. "The Thrill Of It All" goes too long, "Three And Nine" is a glimpse at their futureness, and "All I Want Is You" picks right back up where "Thrill" left off. "Out Of The Blue" is the 'hit' at 4.5M listens but his vocal delivery is still too wordy and staccato, Ferry's coolness isn't on full display yet. "Bitter Sweet" sounds like a circus nightmare, I hated it. Best song was easily "Prairie Rose" or "Casanova". I think the mastermind who created this list missed the mark on this one, there are a few much better RM albums. I don't know what this one did to merit being included (outside of the cover). It was an average album with no hits, no songs that are now considered classics. I don't know the influence it had in England, where so many of these T1001 albums were bigger than they are in the states. 3 stars
4.5
3.5
I'm still not as high on RM as most, but this is my second favorite album of theirs. (8.35) ★★★★
Bryan Ferry has a great voice, not my favourite Roxy Music album, but still good. 3.5 stars
This is a great album from a great band. It's not my favorite Roxy album, but there's some great stuff here. "The Thrill of it All" is one of their best openers, "All I Want is You", "Out of the Blue", and "Prairie Rose" are all great, and "Casanova" is one of their best songs. 4.5 stars.
4.5
Opens phenomenally with The Thrill Of It All and later on Out Of The Blue almost matches it for plush, firm, dazzling, spell-binding art-rocky intenseness so a nice pair of tracks there. Album finishes strongly with A Really Good Time and Prairie Rose so another nice pair as well. In terms of album rating this is more of a medium to low 4.5 but this is going on my 5 star wall anyway.
Mmmmm yeah okay I see it, let's think on this!
This is kinda weird, but not in a bad way. Great album cover.
You could just listen to Bowie
By the time they Roxy Music came to record this, their fourth album, Brian Eno had long gone and they were distancing themselves from the sort of 50s retro glam theatrics of their early period, transitioning into the sleek hit making machine they became by the time of the Avalon album. This starts strongly with The Thrill of It All, All I Want is You and Out of the Blue. Three and Nine is forgettable enough and If it Takes all Night is a kind of bar room honky tonk. It sags a bit with Bitter Sweet, where they go off to The Threepenny Opera for a bit of Weimar Cabaret and then Triptych, where they visit the Renaissance Fair for a song about The Crucifixion of Jesus - bet you weren't expecting that - but it gets back on the rails to finish with the excellent Prairie Rose, Ferry's ode to his then partner, Jerry Hall. So not entirely good, but the high points are so good that you can forgive the lows. 3½ stars, rounded up because I've owned the vinyl for 50 years.
I really really hope this is the third AND FINAL Roxy Music album I'll be listening to in the course of the challenge. I have established that I'm not into this. It's better than the previous two; I thought The Thrill Of It All was good, but it descends into more silly camp glam new wave and I just can't be bothered.
good but not as good as Avalon...
lol my fault for expecting grrl punk
Still can’t figure them out. Three albums now, and I’m not sure who or what Roxy Musis is. Definitely do not hate them. Need to listen to today’s album a few more times. Think Incan come around on it.
Nothing special
Definitely a classic album. I feel like everyone has heard this at least once. At least everyone has seen the cover - probably one of the most famous of all time? This marks #3 from Roxy Music on this list so far, that's probably it for them I would imagine. It's a banger of an album for sure. It's 50+ years old at this point and it's still a great listen. Out Of The Blue, Thrill Of It All, and Bitter Sweet are standouts for me. I would imagine that Roxy Music is not a band that has a whole lot of new fans, and that's really a shame. There's a lot to like, especially on this record. The whole Art Rock or Glam Rock genres basically died at least as far as mainstream music goes. But this is one that I think has a lot of value to revisit and one that I think most people would enjoy. 4/5
Great for what it is, 70’s glam/psych rock but not really my jam. I feel like they have inspired so much of the music of later years that it is hard to go back to the roots of the sound without it sounding like it’s been done before.
3 1/2
Great cover and good music.
I hear some Underworld's DNA in the certain elements like the backing vocals of the chorus to the first track (Is Bryan Ferry saying "calling you calling you calling-calling you calling you"?), maybe I have Underworld Derangement Syndrome (UDS). The high speed octave jumps of the bassline are so in the pocket. 'So I drink my fill, until the thrill is you.' is gonna stay in my head for awhile, no doubt. The space in which the harmonica stands in Three and Nine is like the complete opposite of the harmonica on Bob Dylan's second album, which I find to be a good thing. By the third song in, I notice that there is at least one particular instrument that stands out to me, for example; On All I Want Is You there is the very bright and wide sounding grand piano, covers nearly the whole field of audio. There's this overwhelming flanger effect on God knows what instrument during an instrumental break on Out Of The Blue, also the baseline feels very halloweeny during that part, OooOoOOOoh spOooOky and so CooOoOky. Bitter Sweet starts by hitting you hard in the face with a big amped up stroke of a chord, half expected him to say "I AM IRON MAN". Does anyone know what style of singing that's called on Triptych? I like Texas, I don't think it's dumb. The lyrics on the entire record are very comforting and came at the right time in my life. I wonder why I all these 70s British rock bands had really satisfying basslines, like where did they get that from?
MDS Q CAPA É ESSAA oiiiiiiiiii FAVS (top 3): three and nine, all i want is you, out of the blue mençoes honrosas: the thrill of it all, if it takes all night, a really good time MUITO bom a primeira parte, a segunda meio sla mas a primeira mt boa! ADOREI MUITO out of the blue!!!!!!! foi add na playlist principal nota final: 4/5
With Bryan Ferry's accentuated and articulated theatrical vocal delivery style and the band's bombasticity, this album brings the glam and Bowie influences. Toward the middle of the album there's a bit of chamber/psychedelic flavor with "Tryptic" featuring harpsichord and oboe. Early 70s rock with a bit of weirdness - maybe it's less weird than previous ones, since this one is missing Brian Eno. Nothing particularly grabbed me on this one, but it was OK. I haven't heard any of their stuff except for the later singles, but there are two other earlier albums by them on this list so I'll be getting more exposure sooner or later.
Die Band war bis heute ein blinder Fleck bei mir. Sagte mir gar nix und mir war auch gar nicht klar, wie groß die waren. Werde mir mehr von denen geben.
Weirdly theatrical
Cool listen and liked "A Really Good Time" the most. An album you usually recognize from the cover getting publicity. Glad to have finally knocked this one out.
Didn't catch my attention. A random selection of songs. My mind is still stuck on the album cover