For Your Pleasure is the second album by English rock band Roxy Music, released by Island Records in 1973. It was their last to feature synthesiser and sound specialist Brian Eno.
That cover deserves a better album
Never heard of this band or album, but apparently Brian Eno was a member so I'm intrigued. We're back across the pond now, but this one's quite cool, innit? There's a strange urgency to the singer's voice that I really like, and the instrumentals are the dog's bollocks (that's a good thing). I'd honestly put this over both Bowie albums we've heard so far. It sounds surprisingly modern--if someone told me this was made in this century, I might have believed that. As I'm writing this, I just hit the "but you blew my mind" transition of "In Every Dream Home a Heartache." My god. I'm interested to hear more from this band. Given that they're British, I think this list will grant my wish. Favorite tracks: Beauty Queen, In Every Dream Home a Heartache, Grey Lagoons. Album art: Never seen this before, but I liked it straight away. The combination of photography and drawing is absolutely mental. The woman is real, but for how long? And the panther on a leash is a wild sight. I'm having a hard time looking away. I must note that seeing a woman on the cover, paired with the name Roxy Music, I thought we'd finally have an album by a female artist or female-led band. Alas, not yet. 4/5
A reviewer described Bryan Ferry's voice as an "elegant, seductive croon." Umm... agree to disagree on that one.
What a striking album cover. An all-black white woman with a panther on a leash as if she can control one of the kings of the jungle. I like the album cover but I’m nervous about this album. It’s 70’s rock I haven’t heard of and it’s only 8 songs at 42 minutes so these will be longer songs it looks like. I already don’t like the first song. The band is called Roxy Music, I’m trying to see if they are British, as they certainly sound like it. “Oi Gov, we’re puttin out a’notha album?” “Yeh Mate, collin it for ya pleasha! The ladies will be drippin. A real saucy experience. Trus me.” “Right but..deres hundreds a rock bands out there…will anyone even listen to us?” “Camon mate, even a drop in the bucket gone cause ripples, innit?” “Oh sha tup, Brian, I’m sick o dis band. I bet we end up on some list where American pricks are saying how shite we are.” “Nah mate, were goin down in istory!” I imagine the conversation kind of went like that before recording this album. And despite that conversation being very silly, I still enjoyed writing it more than I did listening to this album. I’ll just highlight the Bogus Man and suggest they’d call this album the Bogus Album.
Some interesting production from ENO but man is Brian Ferry’s voice annoying
When I was about 15 I started collecting records, spurred on by my mate Lewis and my LP hoarding uncle. My dad, however, thought records were crap and belonged in the past where they'd been left. That's obviously changed seeing as he now has a Garrard and about 7 Kallax cubes. But there was a point right around the start when he saw the albums I was listening to and must have realised that I was just as impressionable as he was at 15... and it came to my 16th, (I think! Maybe I was younger...) where he gave me two albums, AM by the Arctic Monkeys and For Your Pleasure. Those who know my dad know he is quiet, outspoken, hard-working, but if you truly find something to share and talk about, you would be surprisingly endeared. I remember talking to dad about AM, why my uncle refused to listen to it, and I truly got the impression my dad thought it to be one of the great British Rock albums - like it truly defines a place and an attitude. He didn't exactly say that, mind you, the conversation was much more curt and pointed... but his quiet conviction made me believe that's how he really felt. I was really pleased to get the Arctic Monkeys. I fucking hated For Your Pleasure. I'm sure I told my dad I liked it, but I really wasn't for the SQUEEK SQUUUANK SQUORK that Brian Eno felt like he had to apply to the most basic harmonica, and Bryan Ferry's warbling, death bird cry. It's not an easy album apart from maybe a few songs, but I think how truly different it was made me want to understand it at some point, whether that was then or now. Now, I truly love it. When I was younger, I would tell myself I didn't like Rap, I didn't like Country, this, that... it's so easy to define things as being out of your wheelhouse if you're convinced they truly are bad. If I'd given For Your Pleasure even five minutes on Spotify when I was 15, I probably wouldn't be listening to Roxy now, but instead I had the LP and had to sit through every second of The Bogus Man. Fucking hell, I'm paying good money to hopefully see them play The Bogus Man in Glasgow tonight. These two LPs represent great change. Both bands created a mammoth of an album, and both bands had to change because it was the peak of what they could achieve in that form. For each group, a magnum opus, and in reality they had to fall apart and reform otherwise they would fail to reach the same great heights. To the same extent, I have changed and learned to appreciate more deeply things that sound bad... to the extent they become beautiful. I wouldn't have that if it weren't for my dad, and probably this album too. I love both, they are dear to my heart.
My favorite Roxy Music album and Brian Eno's last album with band. Opening with "Do the Strand", the band launch into a crazy dance song (sure to replace the mambo) with and driving instrumental break in the middle. The second track "Beauty Queen" is a slower ballad but still contains an exciting instrumental break between the verses that features Eno and Manzanera. The third track "Strictly Confidential" is an easy one to overlook but after a few careful listens the desperation and guilt in the lyrics come through and show just how brilliant the song is. "Editions of You" is the rocking 4th track. This features a siren solo by Eno during the instrumental break which comes right before the lyric that references sirens. The end of side one and fifth track is one Roxy Music's greatest tracks: "In Every Dream Home A Heartache." A song about a man's love for his blow-up doll, it depressingly depicts a lonely twisted man that appears to live in a paradise but with a deep dark secret. Side two starts with "The Bogus Man", another often overlooked track on the album (mainly due to its length). The song seems to depict the point of view of a serial killer and the instrumental breaks in the song just add to the insanity of it. "Grey Lagoons", the second track on side 2 is probably the weakest track on the album but it's still a great track. Just a fun rocker between two serious and dark tracks. It's placement on the album helps keep the mood shifting and not remaining too dark for long. The final track on the album is the epic title track "For Your Pleasure." The lyrics to me talk of leaving your old life behind, perhaps with a bit of regret, hence the final lyric on the album "Ta-Ra" repeating over and over again as it fades until the Judy Dench voice at the end saying "You don't ask. You don't ask why." Roxy Music found themselves on this album and it is by far their most experimental. The risks paid off however.
Falls into the same trap as S/T before it - several stunners on here, but buried in between overlong ballads or operatic tracks that well overstay their welcome. Still manages to be much more entertaining overall than its predecessor, though
Really interesting album. I never listened to this album before even though I'm familiar with some Roxy Music songs (e.g., Virginia Plain). I found it amusing that the 1001 Albums book describes In Every Dream Home a Heartache as "plain ponderous." I really enjoyed that track! Other standouts were The Bogus Man and For Your Pleasure. The sounds used in the latter track make me think a lot of Eno's solo work. Do the Strand and Beauty Queen have that classic glam sound. Love Phil Manzanera's guitar solos in Editions of You and Grey Lagoons. Bryan Ferry is a great and unique singer and I see he's credited with writing all the songs. There isn't a weak track in the bunch.
Big fan of the early Roxy Music output. They were a brilliant band up until Eno left them, at which point they transformed into almost unlistenable.
Am I just a sucker for raunchy saxophones and sinister sounding music?
Used to think this was the worst Roxy album, sagging under the dumb bloat of Bogus Man and infantilism of Every Dream Home. While those two are still on the wrong side of prog, they're actually closer in quality to the rest of the songs than I remembered, which ocassionally reach very good but mostly coast around just-good. I get the sense Roxy sublimated their fun qualities to whatever they were trying to achieve here. Sadly, that means Ferry's voice isn't as bonkers as on the debut, Eno's weirdo effects play second fiddle to stolid rhythms, and the lyrics veer into absurdist settimentality just a few times, mostly on Beauty Queen, e.g. "Deep in the night / Flying very strange cargo / Our soul-ships pass by / Solo trips to the stars... in the sky". Maybe this should be a two, but I gave that to Tubular Bells which, to be honest, was totally whack and definitely much worse than this. So I'm gonna go three and get back to protecting my two stars from here on out.
What a great album and a joy to listen to. Clever music, very rocky and with lyrics that actually made me laugh.
Love the overall sound
This is a fantastic album, every track is a winner, though standouts include 'Do The Strand' and 'In Every Home...' Sadly this was the last Roxy Music album with the great Brian Eno.
Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno made this Roxy Music a masterpiece of an album.
- this is good - yes - damn, cool !! - I listened to this 3 times in a row. Every time I found a new song to be my favorite. -another time the next day
This was an album whose ideas formed two tribes, Brian Eno with experiments and synthesisers and Bryan Ferry’s glam rock direction and almost crooner-like style of vocal delivery. These two tribes fight with each other yearning for a split that was ultimately delivered after this album. These two distinct styles both did and did not work well together and that’s what makes this album incredible. The general unease of it all regarding subject matter, themes and instrumentation makes for a fascinating and unique listen that must be undertaken by anyone who considers themselves “into their music” at least once in their respective lives.
On this album the band was finding their sound just a bit more. Do The Strand being the main and only single here. The rest of the album feels a bit more experimental and the sounds get weird! That being said, the songs are very cohesive and work extremely well. Brilliant band. 8,5 out of 10
This project has made me a Roxy Music fan and this album is one of the best I’ve listened to from them so far! There’s some great quirkiness in the songs and lyrics that really appealed to me from the opening new dance craze “Do The Strand” to that very weird ending “For Your Pleasure” featuring Judy Dench (!!!). The Amanda Lear cover totally seals the deal for me. Fantastic!
From '72-'75 Roxy Music recorded five classic albums; this is album number 2. Its widely known, so not much to say other that than it is yet another iconic pop album from the seventies, like practically every 70s album on this list. (From some reason, after 200+ albums, the generator is still feeding twice as many albums from the seventies than literally every other decade, and all these albums are way better than the average 21st century album on the list.)
What an amazing album this is. As several reviews have pointed out, the three-way tussle between Ferry’s croon, Eno’s electronic textures and Manzanera’s rocking out gives RM a drive and tension most bands could only dream of. How much more interesting bands are (Beatles, Radiohead) when they’re not dominated by one musical genius with some backing musicians he/she are mates with, or four clones. The first five six tracks are awe-inspiring. Do The Strand opens by repeating the Virginia Plain stop-start rhythm to equally great effect. Editions of You is a real band wig-out. Everything appears to lead up to album centrepiece In Every Dream Home A Heartache, the title a homage to British popart icon Richard Hamilton. Over a subdued cyclical melody Ferry describes how his dream home, with every modern convenience, is empty - until he found true love with a blow-up sex doll. I blew up your body, but you blew my mind. Cue instrumental freak-out. One of the greatest drops in modern music and a song that’s beautiful, sordid, political, funny and lots more all at once. If the last couple of tracks can’t keep the impossibly high level up, they would be highlights of nearly every other Roxy album. A lot of hand-wringing appears about how fake Roxy Music were. As if being ‘genuine’ was any guarantee of interesting music. In fact the later career of Roxy demonstrates this exactly. The more ‘genuine’ a MOR FM pop band they became on Flesh and Blood and Avalon, the less exciting they became. Ferry’s faux-crooner persona in the dinner jacket had become so all embracing he forgot it was just that, a persona. Think about it this way: RM were genuinely futuristic in the early seventies. Not futuristic in the sense of singing about rocket ships, but in the sense of a sound that sounded like it came from the future. You can imagine Roxy performing in the space hotel in 2001 while Dave makes a video call home, or in some neon-soaked dive bar in Bladerunner.
Roxy Music have plastered a massive dopey grin on my mouth, stuck on with sleaze and grease. I'm not sure when I'll be able to wipe it off. I'm not sure I'll ever want to.
the album is masterpiece
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Sinister, seedy, campy, eerie. One of the best art rock albums ever. Beauty Queen is probably the best song Bryan Ferry ever wrote. This album sounds like nothing else, it’s truly an original.
A must have!
5/5. This is a pretty full and diverse album. No song feels out of place though and it just feels complete, each song is weird and artsy. Sure it can seem pretentious, but these are just well-written songs in general so hard to see how it matters. The riffs are great and the vocals are not something to write home about but they fit the vibe of the music. Kind reminds me of some progressive rock as well. I wouldn't say it's perfect since the last song can drag on a bit and it's not an always listen kind of album, but it's still dang good that I think it gets a 5. Best Song: Do The Strand, Strictly Confidential, The Bogus Man
Darker then I expected this record to be. But it’s so great that it does not matter.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM.
Pretty fun lots of cool grooves
Brian Eno and proto-Dresden/post-Doors sonicism in a blender with 80s new wave come in a decade early.
This was an unexpected delight. In many ways, it sounds like a seedy alternative to Dark Side Of The Moon. There's some decent songwriting, plenty of analogue electronic sounds with some complex arrangements and plenty of experimentation. It's albums like this that remind us why Prog-Rock was so popular in the early to mid 1970s.
Art school music done right. Very right.
Five stars just for "In Every Dream Home A Heartache". No, wait - five stars just for Bryan Ferry's pronunciation of the word "deluxe" from "In Every Dream Home A Heartache"! 😆 This really hits the weirdness sweet spot for me - plenty to come back to and enjoy again and again. Fave track - well, as well as "In Every Dream Home A Heartache", I really dug the psychedelic outro of the title track!
1973 was a good year, wasn't it?
Have been putting off reviewing this and have listened to it a few times to try and make sense of it. It's campy and a bit punk and I very interesting.
One of my all time favourite albums
This teeters upon the edge of a three and a step up for me, but I think I'm going to give it to the latter purely because of how much of a step up from the debut this is for me. It isn't as predictable, nor as safe, as their self-titled LP, and because of that the final escapade that is the B-side doesn't totally work for me, going for something more ethereal that Eno would do better in his own work over the course of the rest of the decade, but the A-side features some fascinating moments in rock history, with ominous build up and freaky delusions poured into a glam coating, which admittedly feels like an alternate reality Jello Biafra, but it works, and makes nearly every track there at least somewhat worth the listen. I still think Roxy Music comes off as a B-list glam act, but this album did at least pull through and give something that leaves a better taste in my mouth after the disappointing debut.
I always see this band pop up in interviews with some of my favorite bands when they discuss their influences, and I never quite got it. I've only heard a handful of Roxy Music songs and a couple of Brian Ferry's solo tracks and never really connected with them. They seemed to be pretty generic and cheesy 80s songs. I still don't love them after listening to this album, but I can finally see why they're influential. The Eno years of this band are just different, and I'm assuming a lot of the praise comes from his mark on the songs. This album sounds very ahead of its time. I would've expected this to have come out in the early 80s, not 1973! It definitely sounds influenced by Velvet Underground and Bowie, but it also sounds much more modern than something I would have expected from the time. I can absolutely hear how this influenced Talking Heads, The Cure, Peter Gabriel, and other huge bands from the late 70s and 80s. That said, the album itself was interesting, but a lot of it isn't really my cup of tea. The first half is okay, but it's too musical theater-ish for me. A lot of it sounds like it could be from Rocky Horror Picture Show — not bad, just not necessarily something I want to listen to all the time. I'm not a huge fan of Brian Ferry's style of singing. The second half was way more interesting to me. Starting with "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (the best track on the album, in my opinion), it gets darker and more experimental. The mentioned track is almost proto-goth, which makes sense given the Lou Reed influence. The lyrics are like a darker, more sinister version of The Clash's "Lost in the Supermarket" and then it ends on a crazy psychedelic journey a la Hendrix. From there, the album continues on the darker path and also throws in some cool instrumental pieces. I'm tempted to give it a 3.5 because it's not my favorite, but I'll bump it to a 4 because the experimentation is cool and they really do deserve points for innovation. 4/5
I feel like Scott Walker should have been in this band. It wasn't really what I expected, and I didn't hate it.
The Good: 2 Bryans. The Bad: different spellings of the name, resulting in different styles. The Ugly: different styles are preventing the listener to get into a flow. Though the above seems negative, I find the album pretty enjoyable to listen to over and over. But it remains difficult to shake off the feeling that, instead of embracing the Glam they eventually would, here they are trying to be too many things at the same time... Do The Strand is classic RM, In Every Dream Home A Heartache is classic LZ IMHO... Would give it 4*...
I have to say this - never been a big fan of Bryan Ferry's vocals. I'm not sure why they are so off-putting to me, maybe because they are a cross between a crooner and Peter Hammill's. But I have never liked them. The instrumentation is unique, and I liked how the sax blends with the other instruments, but Ferry's vocals just turn me off to the rest. I don't know why, it just does. So 2.5 rounding up to...
who gave will wood an album and then made it rocky horror picture themed and then made all the songs 7 minutes long. There is one really good song on this album and it’s In Every Dream Home A Heartache and other than that this album is just okay
Roxy Music never really resonated with me for some reason, although I can appreciate the talent, the uniqueness, and the production. I think it's Bryan Ferry's voice that bugs me. This is a good album though, definitely interesting. 3 stars.
It’s just too Rocky Horror. Even ENO can’t save it.
Unhinged Dracula core. 4/10
Some of these tracks got a little wild, but in general I don't "get" Roxy Music. I don't "get" how it fits into the larger scene of the era, and I don't "get" why they are constantly referenced among the greats.
Two Roxy Music albums within one week are just too much for me. The first one was OK, this second one feels a bit overwhelming already. Didn't feel like listening to it completely.
Reminds me of the Talking Heads. Kind of meh for me. Not compelled to listen to more.
Huh, kind of weird. It veered between pretty cool and pretty annoying. I was going to reserve judgement and go with 2.5 rounded up, but the scales were tilted more toward annoyance by the end of it.
I listened to this twice. But I feel like I haven't. Generally like early Roxy Music and this was fine, 'Do the Strand' and 'Editions of You' I knew already, not much esle jumped out... ok maybe some weird Eno synth noises jumped out, probably not in a good way. Probably better than it sounded after 2 listens but not that engaging for me.
Insipid
It keeps getting more and more indulgent as the album progresses.
nothing, just empty
Much better than the first album by this band and far better than anything they produced afterwards ( possibly because of the influence of Eno on this one). This certainly deserves a place on this list as, in my opinion, it is one of the most unique albums of the early 1970s.
4.5
The apotheosis of Roxy brilliance. Outrageous, experimental, wickedly funny and lyrically cheeky. Out-weirding the first album, it's never topped by the later works. Has to be in everyone's top fifty from the 70s.
Roxy Music at their best. One criticism, I'm not sure the first 6 minutes of the bogus man have enough going on to justify the length.
9,2
I loved this album. I really liked the one we already listened to by Roxy Music (even though nobody else did apparently) and I really, really enjoyed this one too. The lyrics were fun, interesting and kinda poked fun at various areas. The random saxophone solos were an unexpected and fun little surprise that I liked. The other instruments sounded really good, the production on this thing was really great. I will admit the last three tracks were probably the weakest on the album but overall very solid album and one I would definitely listen to again. Nice little surprise this one.
Weird and fun and catchy and everything I want from Roxy Music!
++: Do the Strand, Beauty Queen, Editions of You, In Every Dream Home a Heartache, The Bogus Man, Grey Lagoons +: Strictly Confidential, For Your Pleasure 9,1/10
EXCELLENT
THIS SHIT FUCKSssss
I enjoyed this wild ride a lot more than I thought I would. It has more coherence than earlier album by Roxy Music and show that Brian Ferry was a wild guy once.
Great and weird, loved the saxophone, I particularly enjoyed "Do The Strand", "The Bogus Man" and "Grey Lagoons" I listened to this twice so yes I would definitely listen again
I know this album and worship the glory that is Eno. Great vibe and love the whole 70's feel.
Mér finnst með aldrinum In every dream home a heartache vera síst til hlustunar, þótt það sé flott concept og komi á óvart fyrst þegar maður heyrir það. Allt annað finnst mér geggjað.
Farewell to Brian Eno, the mastermind behind Roxy Music and a legend of the industry. At the top of British albums.
This is a fantastic album. I can't believe I wrote it off when I first listened to it 10-15 years ago. I think I was put off by the first 2 songs. I still find those two a little dull, but from "Strictly Confidential" on, this album is almost perfect. Some really interesting sounds and melodies on here, inventive use of the synth and horns as well. I can see now why they were so influential; several of these songs sound almost 10 years before their time. From what I know of Roxy Music's singles, they did get a bit less interesting after Brian Eno left, but I'll definitely be giving their earlier stuff a second chance now.
If this is what all glam rock sounded like, it would still be at the forefront of the music scene. Brilliant stiff. A
I listened to their self titled debut and HOLY SHIT I feel like I fucking transcended This album was a little bit different but still incredible and I love it just as much both these amazing albums are a 10/10 I don’t care much for the artwork, it feels like all their albums are just trying to bring in a horny audience and that’s why I went in with low expectations, but Jesus Christ they fucking sounded so much better than I ever could’ve imagined
Over the grey lagoons, the Bogus Man and I had a conversation. Escaping from every dream home where there is heartache, we explored all the directions to where we could go next. I cannot tell you much about that, for it was strictly confidential. I will say this, though: a beauty queen strode by towards the end of our talk; another fine edition of you. She stopped by to tell us to Do the Strand. "For Your Pleasure" she said.
Elegant and strange, alluringly sleazy, mildly challenging, effortlessly cool. Toeing the line between prog and soulful pop, inventing a whole new sound in the process. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Editions of You, Beauty Queen, Do the Strand, In Every Dream Home a Heartache, For Your Pleasure, The Bogus Man, Grey Lagoons, Strictly Confidential
I love this first phase of Roxy Music (with and without Eno). Art rock that actually rocks. Everything is just a bit weird and sideways, without being completely off the wall. I have checked my collection, and I don't own a copy of this record, which is strange because I am really familiar with the record (especially side 1). I don't remember where I came across it; did a friend recommend it to me? Did a flatmate play it incessantly? Was it a favorite of an ex-girlfriend? Was it playing at some pivotal life moment? Not that I can think of, but I _know_ this record somehow. It's a mystery... This album fits right into the pocket for me. It's amusingly weird without losing sight of the need to actually rock and have a few tunes you can sing along with. The band is pretty powerful, and they can rock along in an unpredictable way without getting too clever-clogs. It's a got enough Eno in it to be surprising, without having completely disappeared up its own backside. It's a smart record you can dance to, and it's hard to ask for more than that. For some reason, side 2 felt like I hadn't heard it so much, and I enjoyed the krautrock-lite stretching out of Bogus Man. This is going on my "to buy" list. I don't understand why I don't already own this record...
Not sure why I bought this album instead of Roxy Music's first album back in the day, but I'm so glad that I did. From the opening "Do the Strand", to "In Every Dream Home a Heartache", "The Bogus Man", and the closing title track "For Your Pleasure", this still remains one of my all time favourite albums.
Art rock / glam rock classic, with songs about undefinable dances, blow-up dolls and weird stalkers. Bryan Ferry's histrionic vocals are an acquired taste, but once you *do* acquire it, it becomes easy to see its merits. And the same goes for some goofy chord successions here and there and the intricate instrumentation everywhere (with quie a lot of saxophone!). "Do The Strand", " Edition Of You", "Grey Lagoons" slap in their own idiosyncratic ways--leaving some classic glam rock moments in their trail--but it's when Roxy Music fully embrace their art-rock DNA that they make this record the "legend" that is is (eerie "In Every Dream Home A Heartache", Krautrock-adjacent "The Bogus Man", "For Your Pleasure" and its proto-"ambient" conclusion). Those track probably owe a lot to synth whizz Brian Eno, about to leave for a stellar solo career, here foretold in many salient points of those "experimental" tracks. For our pleasure indeed. Number of albums left to review: less than 300, approximately (I've temporarily lost count here) Number of albums I'll include in my own list: half so far, approximately (including this one) Number of albums I *might* include: a quarter, approximately. Number of albums I'll never include: another quarter (many others are more important to me)
A perfect introduction to Roxy Music! "Do The Strand," "Editions of You," "In Every Dreamhome a Heartache," and "The Bogus Man" are my fave tracks.
I really liked this album, very nice variation in songs yet very cohesive. Iconic.
An album I've owned for quite some time. I love it. Roxy Music sound like art rock beamed down from another planet - hipper, slicker, weirder and frankly more sexy than the plodders around them. The music takes unexpected turns, oboes absolutely belong in rock music, and Eno's squalls of electronic dissonance rule. And then you've got Bryan Ferry. Oddly, whenever he's mentioned to me, the abiding memory of Ferry I have is his sweaty face in a newspaper, caught on camera during some hullabaloo on a flight over Africa. But here, he's the king of the demimonde, a louche adventurer of dark lounge bars and discrete side doors. And on For Your Pleasure, he sounds like a particularly dissolute iguana. Lovely stuff!
A genre all of its own top pleasure.
Roxy Music is on my all time top five bands and this is one of if not their best. This is their second release and last with Eno. It shows the two directions Roxy was pushing. Ferry's more conventional song structures and Eno's more experimental pitch bending. Both to great effect and hugely influential, albeit different directions.
Great album. Loved listening to it. I like the clarinet in background and unexpected sound
Greatest song ever written about a blow-up doll.
I was in love when this came out , I'm still in love!
Listen to it with the woman that I spent the night with lying in bed the next morning with coffee. She loved it
What a band!
Das sind natürlich ganz klar 5 Punkte für mich. Und das, obwohl ich das erste und das dritte Album von Roxy Music noch besser finde.
This is great. So weird. Vampires playing Jesus Christ Superstar.
Phenomenal sleaze.
One of my favourite albums ever. I loved the first album, it was so different from all the other artists out there at the time but this took Roxy Music to a higher level. Could not recommend it more. Would give it six stars if possible.
Life-changing album; thanks to Oscar, you blew my mind.
A great album. Blends their art rock sound with the styles of Can
What an amazing album, and such a unique sound. Very happy to have discovered this.
Mannered, clever, pop art!
Fun experience. Not a perfect album, but a couple of really cool tracks (The Bogus Man).
Great album, though there are a couple of weirder ones towards the end that keep it from being perfect.
Good enough that I bought it
Roxy Music have always been hovering around in the outskirts of my musical interest. I have a couple of their records but I never truly made a deep dive into their discography; and I don’t think I ever heard this album in it’s entirety before.. But being a child of geniuses, Ferry and Eno, I’m a fool for not have done it earlier. Ferry’s vocal is absolutely breathtaking throughout the entire album; especially on the haunting and stunningly beautiful “In Every Dream Home a Heartache”. But even with a vocalist as strong and unique as Ferry every other aspect of the group has plenty of time to stand out. The presence of Eno is obvious throughout, while Mackay’s saxophone and Manzanera’s guitar never misses the mark. “The Bogus Man” is obviously way too long and “The Beauty Queen” does nothing for me, but with songs like “Strictly Confidential”, “Editions of You” and the title track I really don’t care that much.