Reviews (page 2 of 8)
I'm a little suspicious to review this band; I'm a such fan of Roxy.
I wasn't sure at first, but the longer this went on, the more I liked it This went from a 2, to a 3, to a 4 Well done Roxy Music. Good job
Nope
Some good tracks, but a bit too much Brian Eno experimental twaddle for my liking. Spoiled the good bits.
Pretty forgettable - not my thing.
Maybe it was because I just had a busy day and so I had to listen to this in pieces, but nothing really stood out to me as great from this record. I remember everything being okay.
Fuck, thats annoying Best Song: Every Dream a Heartbreak Rating: 3/10 Stars: 2
Not the worst, but not enjoyable
Little monotonous but still a fun experimental album. Vocals could get irritating but overall a decent.
3.5
Just some tomfoolery in the studio.
Why is it that every Roxy Music album I've heard has had at least one woman in a promiscuous situation on the album cover? I would start to question why I even like this band at all, but then I listen to the album and remember that the music is really good, so I stop questioning. But yeah, For Your Pleasure is really good. Do I dare call this the band's best album? It's up there. For Your Pleasure was the band's last album with Brian Eno, so that's interesting. Of course, Country Life proved that the band was more than capable of making great music without him, but it's still nice to feel his presence on this album. For the most part though, this album is pretty much the same as the other two albums of theirs I've heard. I like the energy. The band sounds great. The songs are cool. This album has more sax than I remember the other albums having, so that's fun. "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" is pretty fascinating as a song for a couple of reasons. For one, the song is really freakin' good. It has this really cool sense of progression and the last two minutes or so are sick as hell. It's probably the best song on the album and one of the best in the band's whole catalogue. It's also a song about fucking a blowup doll. You know, I'll give it credit for this. I think this is the first song I've ever heard about fucking a blowup doll. It's also the best one by default, but I can't imagine anyone making one that's better. Maybe if Ween did one it would be better. This album is definitely on the quirkier side, but it's got charm to it. I eat this shit up, okay? These guys aren't my favorite band ever, and I do think that three albums is a bit much for them on a list like this, but I'm not upset at all that I did hear three albums from them, especially when they're this good. Solid 4/5.
Okayy
Didn't like it much.
Just ok
3.5, great voice, fun music
Not great. Felt too experimental without any of the payoff
I am not a huge fan of glam rock and this did not change my mind, but there were a few songs here that I did like, that were obvious progenitors of Goth and Punk Rock.
The album cover made it look cooler than it actually is.
I only knew them for the "Love Is The Drug" song. This was a big surprise, and I liked it a lot more than that later single from them. In Every Dream A Heartache seemed to pull too much from Cream's "White Room" in it's vocal structure and rhythm, taking a lick of White Room and building the entire song around it. Very David Bowie-esque. Good and I appreciate it for what it is, but certainly not love.
The only song by Roxy Music I know is More Than This. It’s a good song so I had some high hopes, but I found this kind of middling. There was a lot of noodling lengthy bits in songs that were uninteresting. In Every Dream Home a Heartbreak was one of those, but ended strong. Bogus Man was bogus, man. None of it really hit me in any significant way. It’s just fine. It’s well produced and there’s good musical bits in there, but the overall experience doesn’t grab you.
The incessant monotony of the drum beat and his theatrical vocals did not do it for me.
a lot weirder than i expected but very good! another that was already on my list of stuff to check out, mostly because of brian eno, but this was nothing like i expected it to be. quite honestly, i don't really understand what this band is doing, all i know is that it sounds good and i like it. very high 4/5, will likely come back to this, and likely deserves to be here, although they have three albums and this is the lowest rated of them so i'm not completely sure if they need to have three and if this one should be kept
Second Roxy Music album in 2 days, I still like it.
The music was okay. It’s just that Bryan Ferry’s voice has a weird vibrato that I do not like.
It was moody and melodramatic and synthy. But 10 minutes after completing my listen, I couldn't remember a thing about the music.
1. "Do the Strand" 2. "Editions of You" 3. "In Every Dream Home a Heartache"
Another album from Roxy Music I couldn't get into. Unsure why this band appears on this list 3 times?
Not for me - over exaggerated way of singing that just sounds daft. Very glam rock 70’s mixed in with art school (which is basically their premise).
Not necessarily bad, just boring.
Mit ihrem zweiten Album festigte die englische Band Roxy Music, aufgenommen im Februar 1973 in den AIR Studios in London und veröffentlicht bei Island Records, ihren Ruf als Vorreiter eines theatralisch-avantgardistischen Art Rock. Bryan Ferrys manierierter Gesang und Brian Enos experimentelle Synthesizer-Texturen – sein letztes Album mit der Band – treffen hier auf eine deutlich konzentriertere Songstruktur als noch auf dem Debüt, ohne dabei an Wagemut zu verlieren. Stücke wie „Do the Strand" eröffnen das Album mit tänzerischer Dringlichkeit, während „In Every Dream Home a Heartache" mit seiner monotonen Orgellinie und der bizarren Ode an eine aufblasbare Puppe zum eigentlichen Herzstück wird – kühl, unheimlich, und von einer Ironie getragen, die bis heute nichts von ihrer Wirkung eingebüßt hat. Der Titeltrack „For Your Pleasure" beschließt das Album in fast zehnminütiger, hypnotischer Auflösung und zeigt die Band auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer frühen, unberechenbaren Phase. Was dieses Album auszeichnet, ist die Balance zwischen Glamour und Verstörung: Nie klingt Roxy Music dekadenter, aber auch nie kalkulierter in ihrer Kunstfertigkeit. Es ist ein Album, das sich seiner eigenen Künstlichkeit bewusst ist und genau daraus seine Spannung zieht. Ein faszinierendes, kompromissloses Zeugnis britischer Art-Rock-Avantgarde der frühen Siebziger.
Ok
meh
I really just thought this was a kinda weird, cheesy album at first and pretty quickly resigned it to being nothing that interesting, UNTIL, the song "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" came on. This track is absolutely incredible, and it had my attention from start to end. The story told of this man crooning his love to an inflatable doll was so unnerving, and the melody and instrumentation created such an eerie vibe. This is easily one of the best new tracks I have heard listening through the albums on this list. And when I did go back to listen to the rest of the album, I found there was a lot more that I enjoyed overall, even if none of the tracks quite hit that same benchmark. It's a strange album, and a really interesting look into the early career of Brian Eno, definitely worth the listen Fav Track: 5 - In Every Dream Home A Heartache
Not rock music, not sure what it really should be categorized as. Electronic but not.
Really hard to follow up on the masterpiece of a debut album, this had a way more jam band feel to it.
Musically it does have its moments, although I'm not a fan of the saxophone here. Still don't like Ferry's singing either.
There’s definitely some good stuff in here. I do wonder if it’d be better with a different singer.
I guess I was indifferent to this album, as I didn't even notice it finish.
Wie Rockmusical
Second album proposé après ‘Country Life’ que j’avais plutôt apprécié (noté 3/5 - excellent bassiste et quelques morceaux originaux). J’ai reconnu « do the strand », que j’ai vraiment apprécié (harmonie, cuivres, plage instrumentale et chorus). Les morceaux suivants sont … variables. Les lignes de basse sont intéressantes, mais suivant les cas le résultat n’est pas toujours au niveau du premier morceau, même si globalement l’album est plus original que la majorité des 1001 albums … À réécouter, mais sans forcément l’intégrer à ma collection. =>3/5
More less.
I always found his voice a bit annoying when I was kid but over the years I have grown to quite like it and dare say I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I am not now a Bryan Ferry or Roxy Music fanatic but I can appreciate some of the great songs of the 70’s and 80’s they conjured up.
Another miss for Roxy Music, but the last few tracks were better than the rest.
The album dragged on for me until the last two songs which were excellent.
"For your Pleasure"? More like "For your Pain and Torture"! Brian Eno should divorce himself from this band post-haste. Brian Ferry has the musicality of a three-year old. If I gotta hear that man warble one more time (and I do) I swear I'm gonna go spare. He sounds like Tim Curry reprising Frank-n-furter, complete with the leather bustier, doing way over the top camp just because he can. It's weirdness for the sake of being weird, and doesn't go anywhere. The "melodies" are abrasive. Maybe I just don't like avant garde. I definitely don't like art-school glam. There's no reason for anyone to hear this before they die. You might actually be happier if you don't. My rating: 1/5
I didn’t know anything about Roxy Music until I went on a glam rock dive recently. I’m sure this record deserves more than I’m giving it, but it’s a busy day and I couldn’t give it my full attention.
Not what I was expecting at all, thought it would be uplifting pop rock but it's actually a bit deeper than that. Trippy in places. Not sure I'd listen again but not too bad
a more sinister side of bryan ferry's vocals, a crooning sax, this is great through and through. all roxy is great in my books but the eno stuff really has its own character that is hard to not like
Great art rock album. Some brilliant songs in here (special shout-out to in Every Dream Home A Heartache and Grey Lagoons)
Not impressed. Also didn't listen to it too carefully, so I will be moderate with my rating.
In honor of listening to the third and final Roxy Music album on this list, both of the others of which have also garnered a 3 from me, I will give this one a 3 as well.
This was not for MY pleasure; I did not like it.
Do the Strand Beauty Queen Editions of You In Every Dream Home a Heartache For Your Pleasure
I hated this so much. It’s like a musical but worse. DNF (1)
Häftigt, men tappar mot slutet
Bra men kändes inte som att det riktigt hade det.
Svag 4a. Mycket behagligt men saknar de riktiga hitsen.
One of my all time favourites. I don’t think any of the other Roxy Music albums hit with me quite like this one does.
I have learned Roxy music just does not bring me pleasure.
Is this better than Avalon? I do put some value on crazy oboe, so perhaps.
The last 20 mins got weird
Maybe I don't like Roxy music as much as I thought I did
How did that opening riff in Editions of You not get sampled by Timbaland or someone and turned into a 2000s smash hit?! Love that song, awesome synth tones and solo, the main riff reminds me a bit of Genesis era Sonic tracks, it’s great! But I think I prefer the first album. I get why this one is generally considered to be better, it has a more focused sound, there’s a little more experimentation, it has Editions of You on it, etc. But I don’t know, I didn’t have as much fun with this one, maybe I was just distracted.
no :/
Started decent, got bit boring, no doubt Eno to blame as his Bowie stuff suffers similarly
Not sure I get art rock all that much, the title track was okay but the rest just was a bit eh 2.5
Not my pleasure
1. 4 2. 4.5 3. 4 4. 4.5 5. 4.5 1. 3.5 2. 4.5 3. 3
Sounds like the Rocky Horror Picture Show (not complimentary)
There are parts of this album that hit sooo hard
Сара 3,5 Марко 4
🙂
Cool, but not something I find myself revisiting in full
2.0
Didn’t listen, was hungover, but will aim to revisit this. I love Roxy music so expect I’ll enjoy this
no está mal
Очень неплохо.
everything brian eno touches 🧑🍳💋
I liked this. Quirky and original, and I never really got bored during listening. Solid 3.
Alright
Eno's last album with Roxy Music, makes sense as this was very forgettable, to the point where I don't understand it's inclusion in 1001
I'm not the biggest fan of glam rock, but this is undoubtedly an excellent album.
Meh
Would I listen again: nah Like a cross between bowie and talking heads but mid
It started so well, but then these extra annoying instrumentals came...
I don’t know how I feel about this
Wisselvallig: soms cool, soms langdradig, zang ook niet altijd nice - 2,5
3.0
Good Roxy Music but not my favorite, I think I prefer Avalon.
3.5 - Good
A wonderful album from an era of exceedingly strong competition in this field. It was the last album featuring the sonic oddness of Brian Eno's synth, as two Brians in a band were never going to work (!), and also the last one before Ferry started to (rather blurringly) alternate between Roxy and his solo work. It is methodically structured between the vinyl sides - the glam songs are on side one (including the entirely unique live favourite 'in every dream home a heartache') and sandwiching 'grey lagoons' between the more progressive 'bogus man' (a tad long but with great sound) and the live closer title track (TA-RA). They could never really be tagged 'glam rock' with their disparate member's contributions and they retain their legend and mystique with time.
Talvi/syksy omia 10/10
Definitely not the best of Roxy Music. Too jazzy, maybe.
I really dont like Bryan Ferry’s vocals. ‘Do the Strand’ sounds like the music is veering toward being out of tune following those vocals and is just a din. ‘Beauty Queen’ sounds like a sheep impersonating Elvis, but not as good. Even looking past the vocals, the music is not enjoyable. My god ‘The Bogus Man’ is just horrific
There are some Roxy Music songs that I like. None of them are on this album.
I didn't like the last Roxy Music album and I don't like this one either. At least I'm consistent. 1/5
blech
Really hate this guy's voice. Despite the sleek musicianship, so many of these songs are downright unsatisfying, draining, and just not fun to listen to. The Bogus Man is the lowest sink on this album, such an unpleasant sounding outro.
Approximately a week ago I had their first album. Sorry, but this is not any better. It's not bad but for me simply nothing special.
⭐⭐ Tredje albumet i den är listan från Roxy music och gillar dem fortfarande inte även om nog detta albumet är det som jag ändå kan acceptera mest av de tre. Roxy Music känns som de är pretentiösa och svåra för sakens skull. Om Avalon hade varit ett av albumen så hade jag kanske kunnat vara lite mer mottaglig. Tycker mest att Brian Ferrys sång är irriterande för att inte tala om blåset och keyboarden på Editions of you. Det bästa med att jag lyssnat på det här albumet är att det inte finns fler Roxy music kvar på listan, hur kan de förresten ha tre? Bäst är The Bogus man
I didn't have a lot of thoughts about this one while listening. It has some good hooks in there. It's a little new-wave, a little glam rock, a little straight up rock. Not bad.
Maybe I didn’t get it. My Aunt loves Roxy music and she has some pretty good tastes in music but this one just didn’t cook my bacon.
I liked Country Music when I listened to it so I was expecting more of that, but this was too out there for me.
This album is like when your alarm goes off in the morning and you can hear it in your dream, but it hasn’t yet woken you up.
Generic rock with a saxophone. Just felt tired and uninspired.
This one is an acquired taste on all fronts, from the sort of distant, night-on-the-town aesthetic present in both the spacey production and suave cover art to Bryan Ferry's scattered crooning vocal performance. It's a rock album unlike any other, one that owes as much to Engelbert Humperdinck as it does the Rolling Stones. Much of it is owed to keyboardist Brian Eno, (yes, that Eno, from the Windows XP sound suite) whose sweeping soundscapes elevate this album far beyond the vast majority of Roxy's glam rock contemporaries. Despite the musical ambition, Roxy was just as fuelled by coke as the rest of the glam scene, only they chose to be tasteful about it, sipping a glass of Cheval Blanc while dressed in a fancy housecoat while sat out on a swanky balcony. Musically speaking, this is an album that wears a fair set of colours, a fact betrayed by that iconic, near-monochrome cover image. If I could convey the songwriting in a sentence, it would probably be something like "breakup songs sung like wedding proposals." So much of the sophistication and glitz the album conveys falls apart the minute you listen closely to what Ferry is saying: check out "Beauty Queen" and "Every Dream Home" for the best examples. The latter song is the high point of their career, offering a perfect encapsulation of their ethos. The song describes the daily horrors hidden just underneath the veneer of modern luxury and performative sophistication. The entire impression of wealth as a sign of merit is entirely torn apart by the increasingly tense keyboard work from Eno and the eventual searing solo that closes the track out. Other artsy rock achievements found here include an extended krautrock jam in "The Bogus Man," which is more direct in its theme of describing a stalker, and a straightforward pair of rock songs in the opener "Do the Strand" and "Grey Lagoons." You'll definitely find a little bit of everything glam on this album, and that's what makes it the peak of the genre to me. A shame Eno left the band after this to do his own thing; Roxy Music never again reached this peak, though they got close on a few occasions. Key Tracks: Do the Strand, Beauty Queen, Editions of You, In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Not bad. Kind of theatrical. Sounds ahead of its time. Several goods songs, some I didn’t care for and were more experimental. 3.5 probably.
Such a good album. Important for the history of glam, filled with danger and seduction. And a lot of saxophone solos.
M’oui
J'ai pas kiffé
I thought I knew Roxy Music but I had not heard this record before. There is some mad shit going on here. Such an odd and interesting record. Maybe doesn't have the hits needed to stick in the mind but it's an unusual, warbling adventure nonetheless.
Art Rocky proggy pop with a dark, dramatic, weird but recognizable tone. Almost in the vein of weird Peter Gabriel stuff. Here, Roxy Music are experimenting with more out-there atmospherics, textures over melodies, repetitive semi-trippy jams…sandwiched between pop structures and occasionally catchy songs. Certainly an interesting listen that I’m tilting back and forth between if I really dig it or just found it to be aurally fresh. Time will tell, but for now I’ll say intriguing 3.
2,6 Highlights: Do The Strand, Beauty Queen
aight
# Album Name: For Your Pleasure # Artist: Roxy Music # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: At first i was thinking, wtf is this. Then i had it on again when i was cooking tea. Thats when it clicked. Very good album, albeit, a tad odd. # Top Tunes: Whole album # Would I listen to it again? Yes
de la musique bien compliquée pour rien 2+/5
tällaista jammailua ja hengailua jossa puhallinsoittimia ja sessiomeininkiä.
Bien.
3.5, fun but a little bit laggy at times
Pretty good.
Passable...
Embaucador
Ugh it's that guy that puts women on his album taking my hopes high and then it's just some guy singing boring songs. Okay so this album isn't as bad as the other one I'd gotten. 3/5
Absolutely not I’m sorry
Really didn't enjoy this one much- there were some good moments (especially a surprising guitar solo or two) but overall it felt like it was trying too hard to be artsy.
not bad, quite individual, though some of the songs sound allike
Can tell the two singles here. Actually checked and Editions of You wasn’t one. Should’ve been. Also liked In Every Dream Home A Heartache and the avant garde The Bogus Man. Not sold on the title track. Listened a second time and felt it now deserved a 4. Had been considering a 3. Better than the other RM one.
Not really into the new dance opener. B52s Dance This Mess Around has 16 dances, names 8 of them and all of them sound more fun than the Strand. Rest was a little too saxy, a little too glam-y but grew on me enough as it got a little more experimental to edge a 4.
Fantastic album. Cemented Roxy Music as one of my finds of this journey. A strong 4. In every dream home a heartache is a track for the ages!
Pretty enjoyable
besides the last three tracks descending into repetitive intrumental for the second half of them, pretty solid.
- Upbeat, but eerie. It's an interesting mix. I think I like the more eerie tracks more than the more manic ones, but I don't really dislike anything. - I usually don't love sax, but it was used in a really cool way here because the sax wasn't the typical jazz sax, but more as a crazy, kind of shrill, sound effect. - I'm not into Bryan Ferry's warble, but other than that, I like his emotive voice. - That all said, I can't really see myself reaching for this album very often.
So I was leaning towards 3 because I’ve never much cared for Bryan Ferry, but I have a fondness for early ‘70s glam and Wikipedia’s note that he was briefly engaged to Amanda Lear sent me down a rabbit hole.
The one flaw of this list is how much weird early British shit is on here for no reason. I’m looking past this one.
This is definitely one of Roxy Music’s best albums. They were really ahead of their time, especially in how they mixed the experimental nature of their music with pop elements. This was also the last album to feature Brian Eno before he left to pursue his solo career. 4⭐️
I did not like this.
Arty Glam rock equal parts Eno and Ferry. Also: sex with a blow up doll.
I really enjoy the more upbeat songs. Not sure on the rest but will plan another listen.
Je suis dans l’album mais pas à fond Dommage j’avais une bonne impression au début 6/10
Super hit or miss, wasnt feeling it
I was feeling dismayed by this album, and then Editions of You came on. Great song! Unfortunately that and the last two were the only ones I enjoyed. 2.5 stars.
Not what I expected.
Jeg trodde jeg ikke var noe fan av Roxy Music, men denne plata var temmelig nice.
Dramatisk og jevnt over veldig bra. Dette burde jeg plukket opp tidligere.
Ikke min pleasure. Dette er helt på grensen til å være musikk jeg hater. Snill toer.
me embolo, no pude entrar
Déjà écouté avant. La décadence glam passé à la moulinette des inflexions pop de Bryan Ferry et du génie expérimental de Brian Eno. Une rencontre sous tension entre deux ambitions créatives arbitré par la guitare définitivement ancrée dans le rock de Phil Manzanera. Oui, le son touffu et les morceaux longs peuvent sembler prétentieux à certains, déroutants à d'autres, mais passer à côté de For the Pleasure, c'est passer à côté d'un des sommets du glam rock, et un de ceux qui préfigurent une partie de son évolution vers des territoires plus complexes musicalement. Top : In Every Dream Home a Heartache Flop : Strictly Confidential
For Your Pleasure is probably the weakest of the Roxy Music albums but i still think its decent. This was the last Roxy Music album with Brian Eno and his contributions to this album are on full display here. The album has a very jazz rock feel to it with a few synths here and there which i like in theory but the songs here tend to get self indulgent and try so many things that just don't work all that well, they were never really aggravating but it does tank my enjoyment somewhat, I'm also not a fan of the vocals and they certainly didn't help the self indulgent moments but i have heard worse. Overall, its an alright listen but it didn't need to be on this list when we already have both the self titled album and Country Life from these guys here. Best Song: In Every Dream Home A Heartache Worst Song: For Your Pleasure Side note: All Roxy Music albums are done, you know what that means: 1. Country Life 2. Roxy Music 3. For Your Pleasure
I don’t like Bryan Ferry’s voice, so it’s a no from me
Not bad. ★★★
Good enough 3/5
3.5/10
not really a fan of songs over 8 minutes outside of ambient music and Bogus Man really could've been scratched off of this album and I would've appreciated the album a bit more. I like the instrumentation, not a huge fan of Bryan Ferry's vocals. eh. 3. Cool album art!
Nope
This was another one of those gaps in my knowledge - a major band I'd never really listened to. It's OK, more interestingly experimental than the prog I've heard from the same period. Don't like his voice though, and it's still a bit pretentious for my tastes.
The vocals ruined an otherwise “ok” album. Sounded like Jello Biafra in the wrong musical context.
This is the most three star music that has ever existed. I have no opinions on it. It just sort of hovers there as sounds which happen into my ears. It's all pleasant but I feel nothing and the music doesn't care and neither do I. Three stars.
Some guitar work was good. The vocals were not.
Gets Rocky Horror Picture Show vibes immediately — theatrical, glam, deliberately decadent. I understand why people liked it. In 1973 this kind of sexually ambiguous art rock was genuinely provocative and new. The shock has worn off, what's left is a very stylised performance that doesn't quite work for me outside of its historical context. Brian Ferry croons over it all like a man who has decided he is very interesting. Maybe he was. I couldn't quite get there. 2/5 — makes more sense as a document of its time than as a listen.
Not for me. In my ears, the ingredients don't fit together, and the voice is annoying. "The Bogus Man" wasn't bad, but too long. 1.5/5 - weak
Did not like this. No heart in the music, style was whispy and kind of boring.
I love the way he sings. Do the Strand and In Every Dream Home a Heartache are both excellent songs. Strictly Confidential is great too! I am so glad this was on the list!
I kinda get down with them I guess Will I listen to again: 90%
Some ok. Most bad
For years, Roxy Music has been one of those bands that I've felt like I should know. Had no guess whether I'd like them or hate them, didn't have a good idea what they'd sound like. Somehow I didn't really connect them to the song "More than This" or its sound. In other words, this is the kind of band that I really did come looking to hear. And it's right up my alley: from the first notes of "Do the Strand" it's weird and wild, skronky and noisy, but also with a firm rock and roll groove. Everything about it is both perfectly right and uncannily wrong. David Ferry's classic croon, with an unsettlingly rich vibrato. Slick horns and woodwinds that will suddenly stab and screech. Hearing this album is like finding a puzzle piece I didn't know was missing from my understanding of rock music history. Bauhaus sounds like a direct descendant of Roxy Music rather than a gloomy offshoot of punk. Definitely didn't expect to be giving this a 5, but it's definitely deserving.
Nope.
I liked this one- it was a good
I liked the Bogus Man, the rest is utterly forgettable.
For a while, I wore a white dinner jacket whenever I went out. It did not make me Brian Ferry, disappointingly. Sometimes I wonder if the UK produces so much great music has something to do with how working class kids could go to art school. Is that still true?
Pretty fresh for the time period! Mixture of Bowie and late 60's rock punk startup. Would never be my go to, but led to a lot of what I like about the 80's and 90's post pun kalt goth scene.
Another not bad, quite unusual album, and another one that I fail to properly warm to. Some tracks are quite good, with some thrust and oomph to them. Others are a bit meandering and not really popping that much. It's another 3/5 for these guys. Higher and more deserving than 'meh', but still not exciting me.
Country Life is better
It's certainly an album you could listen to. 2.3/5
This is another record that I know fairly well. There really isn't a bad Roxy Music, but the early records are particularly exciting. That quality is often attributed to Brian Eno who was on the first two albums, but that ambition can be seen on the two records recorded after he left. This is the last of the records made with Eno and it's really fantastic. It builds on the qualities of the excellent debut and is perhaps even better. As a high glam album, it has a foot equally in the history of rock and roll and the avant garde. I really appreciate the use of horns on this record, the romantic and post romantic melodies, and the really strong songs. It would seem that Bryan Ferry's voice is quite divisive because of its theatrical and unconventional qualities, but I really like it and its perfect for the record. I have this on CD but I really need it on lp.
Peut être que j'ai rien compris mais j'ai pas vraiment kiffé de fou
Des sons de partout j'ai bien aimé
Crazy man
I liked parts of the songs on this album. There were nice saxophone and rock interludes but I didn’t like the voice of the singer. I forced myself to finish listening to the album
I think I liked it more than the average 3, so maybe 3.5/5.
Do The Strand - 3/5 Beauty Queen - 3/5 Strictly Confidential - 3/5 Editions Of You - 3/5 In Every Dream Home A Heartache - 3.5/5 The Bogus Man - 2.5/5 Gray Lagoons - 3/5 For Your Pleasure - 2/5
Solid art rock / glam record, still sounds fresh to me.
This was a surprise! Not the crooning of Bryan Ferry. Some good songs. Some weird ones. 3
This guys voice drives me up a wall
I liked the first Roxy Music I listened to on the list, but this one is just weak. Totally forgettable and unremarkable.
5 stars for a 4 star album - bump up for cover, culture significance and Ferry/Eno
Loved it! Never heard it all the way through and it's a hoot!
A fascinating, occasionally frustrating listen. For Your Pleasure feels like Roxy Music leaning hard into their art-school instincts—sometimes brilliantly, sometimes a bit self-indulgently. The sax really is abrasive in places, cutting through tracks in a way that feels more confrontational than musical, and Ferry’s voice can grate when he pushes the theatricality too far. But there’s plenty to love: the guitar work adds real bite and texture, grounding the album when it threatens to drift, and Eno’s fingerprints are all over it—those strange synth textures and sonic experiments give it a distinctive, unsettling atmosphere.
Arrancó mejor de lo que terminó, pero estuvo bueno.
In every dream home a heartache is one of my favourite songs, and I really enjoy the album
Don't like that
cusp of 4, just a little too inconsistent
I love glam, and have always had Roxy Music as a band to “explore more” but haven’t ever really committed to making the time. Took this opportunity to really listen to the album. All of the ingredients are there for me to love it: layered guitars & synths, punchy lyrics, driving percussion, and inventive melodies. However, I do feel that the horns are often more distracting than additive. It’s clear to hear their influence on other acts that I love: Talking Heads, Nick Cave, Pulp, the broader Cool Britannia scene and many more. There’s just something keeping from really being able to connect.
Best Track - "Editions Of You"
This album is bogus bruh
Two Roxy Music albums two days apart from each other - what a coincidence. This one stood out a little more than the other one - better sounding songs overall that grabbed my ear a little more. I feel like the oddness that I heard on Country Life was on here as well, but it just "worked" better with how their songs were set up. It was a better listen overall, but still just alright.
Really great album. Glam rock at its best and whose sound design is super charming. I’ve never been a massive fan of ferry’s voice tbh in the early Roxy stuff, but he undeniably is super influential and charismatic as a front man
Even better than I remembered! This must’ve been on our 70s list because I love do the strand already, but the back half of this album is also SUPER strong.
A pretty good but weird rock album.
I'm just a fanboy
It's pretty OK. There are shades of punk, and shades of glam - neither genre I'm particularly fond of, but it does it in a fairly interesting way. I don't think I'd listen to it on purpose, but I'd have no issues with it playing in the background.
Why does this sound so much like it was released in the early 80s (derogatory). Some interesting stuff in the middle of the album but never worth it. Lean run for me on this list. RYM: N Saved a song: N
70’s New Wave ⭐️Strictly Confidential
WTF, no.
I took one look at the album cover and the year this album came out and immediately categorized it as some sort of jazz or soul record from the 70s. The second I clicked track one, I was instantly startled. The opening track swifts you off your feet and introduces you to this uneasy, zany atmosphere. I really like Brian Ferry's fancy croon that he delivers throughout the album; it's very fitting for the material. The record continues with banger after banger; pacing absolutely outstanding with wild extravagant tracks being placed between beautiful genre diverting ballads. The mixing is also fantastic. I really like Strictly Confidential. It's funky, it's flamboyant, it's beautiful, it's original; I'm definitely listening to more Roxy Music.
I liked Bitter End a lot. Overall a little too experimental for me to want to listen to as just an album
This was a thinker! I kind of love ‘songs about dances that aren’t line dance songs’ as a genre so a fun first track. As a whole though, I felt like the album jumped around a little too much to be more than the sum of its parts. This whole listening experience has given me a new appreciation for entire album runs!
I like glam rock usually but god I’m sorry I hate this man’s voice 😭
So I guess having heard their later singles tainted me against Roxy Music. Their early stuff is great.
The Bogus Man is at your heels ... now clutching at your coat ... you must be quick now hurry up ... he's scratching at your throat! Interesting this album was financially more successful than the debut. For me the first album is gold ... this one is definitely silver.
So, I mean, I get it. “For Your Pleasure” is sexy, kind of dangerous sounding music. That’s why you have a pretty lady on the cover with a wild jungle cat. That’s cool if that’s what you’re into. But I am fine with just the pretty lady. She can leave her jungle cat at home. “Grey Lagoons” is a good song but the rest of this album did nothing for me.
Like it was fine idk. Keep getting some bullshit
All around this really did just feel like a pretty generic new wave album, and to be honest I don't really know what it was even trying to achieve. So many moments just drag on for agggeeeesssss and nothing really comes of them by the end. Considering how much people hype up Roxy Music, I really felt disappointed by this, as it just lacks the originality and substance of all the other top of the line new wave that was around at the same time.
Listened to the entire album thinking - probably due to a shortlived dyslexia - that I was listening to Dexys Midnight Runners. Obviously very far from that band though. Fun, in its own way.
I don't know why, but it took this record for me to kind of jam out to Roxy Music. None of their stuff was bad in terms or production to me but the songs just never hit at the right time. This one though, cool glam rock/experimental jams all over it.
Escuché For Your Pleasure de Roxy Music y honestamente no me gustó nada. No lo entendí en ningún momento, y no conecté con el sonido. También influye que no es mi género ni el tipo de música que suelo escuchar, así que se me hizo todavía más difícil meterme en el viaje del disco. Sentí que iba por un lado que simplemente no es para mí. En fin, no es lo mío para nada. 1 de 5.
The first track sounded familiar to us, but the rest didn’t. I prefer the later work, but still three stars...
I loveeee Roxy Music. But a fan of their 80s era. This sound was so different for its time. I appreciate that.
Thought this was krokus for a bit…or the rocky horror picture show. It was decent. Good use of saxophone.
27/04/2026 To be honest, I have no real love or hate for this album. Bang average I would say. Spotify listeners: 3.1 million
Superbly wonky. Camp without without becoming farcical. Elegantly sincere but doesn't insist on your love 4.4
Better than the self titled, but the vocals still rub me the wrong way.
This album just didn't work for me. It felt too long and the songs felt wierd and just thrown together with no thought. The only positive thing to me was the synth work on some songs like Editions Of You and In Every Drean Home A Heartache but as whole this album was a slog to get through.
Some decent instrumentals (the lead guitarist is really cooking on some of these tracks), but let down by the vocals and random injections of artsy weirdness (eg the outro on the final track rather spoils the whole thing). Overall this was fine, but nothing special
One of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands ever. Of course, Eno was still in Roxy Music at the time, adding texture, but it also just showcases Bryan Ferry's mix of many genres, helping to create glam rock and a whole scene that lasts to this day. Many people don't know Roxy Music or this album, but the impact on so much music they listen to is still there.
I liked about half of this. The album with Love is the Drug is not one of the 3 albums by this group in our 1,001. That’s a bummer.
That tremolo had me questioning whether or not my ears had Parkinsons. What a terrible day to be hearing. The sax was nice. 2/5.
Interesting. Never heard of Roxy Music before.
teško mi je ocijeniti... ima nekih fora momenata i ne mogu reći da je loše, ali glas i način na koji pjevač pjeva jednostavno nije za mene
Quite glam but didn't capture me.
Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind, but just could not get into this
Disappointingly pretentious
OH MY GOD THIS WAS SOO GOOD!!!
points for cool album cover and for being their last album with Brian Eno. I can hear the Velvet Underground influence a little but some blues rock too. In Every Dream Home A Heartache which I've just read is about a blow up doll is probably the standout track for me. Also enjoyed Beauty Queen and Grey Lagoons. Would probably take a few more listens to really digest this. Also so much saxophone!
1. ztrand - 0 2. queen - 0 3. confidential - 0 4. editionz - 0 5. home - 0 6. boguz - 0 7. grey - 0 8. pleazure - 0
This is a pretty great slice of genre-hopping across prog, glam and synth rock that sounds about ten years ahead of its time. It's a bit of a shame that almost ten minutes of side 2 is taken up with one of its weakest tracks.
This was a strange album. There were some moments I really liked - The Bogus Man almost sounds like proto-Khruangbin. There are other moments that get a bit boring though, and the album didn’t feel very consistent. Still and enjoyable listen, and an album that feels quite innovative for the time.
They call Brian Eno 007: 0 bangers, 0 charisma, 7 shitty albums on this list for some reason At the very least this one’s not absolutely horrible, as in I never got the urge to skip any songs on this one. Even though it’s not my thing I can tell these guys are pretty talented, so at the very least I’m not surprised a lot of other musicians really like them Personally I really don’t get the appeal, it’s just not fun and no tracks really groove. It feels like AI music at times where it’s just soulless and fails to leave an impression on you. It’s better than the previous album in the sense that I didn’t have active hostility towards the artist while listening, I just wanted it to be over
Yuck. Great album cover, but that music was awful.
Second studio album by Roxy Music, last album to feature Brian Eno. That being said, there were SO MANY strong albums in 1973 that I'm not sure if I'd have had time or space to discover this if I were around in that era. I know Roxy Music was groundbreaking. Kind of shocked that this New Wave sound was recorded in 1973. Other than influencing Talking Heads and B-52's and others, this didn't do a lot for me. I'm kicking it up to a 3 just based on historical significance and influence.
This album kind of sounds good, but it still got so boring and repetitive to listen to. There would be good moments in a few songs, but then I just sit there, expecting something new and exciting to happen in the music and it didn’t really excite me that much.
Wow, another David Bowie album.....wait this isn't Bowie? But seriously, this album sounds like something Bowie would make, so that means its pretty good, even if it is somewhat derivative of all the art rock staples, and is strangely reminiscent of Velvet Underground and similar artists. I like the non linear song progressions and the strange vocal performances are pretty captivating, but I wish there was more melodic meat to the tunes. The experimental songs with longer run times were my not my favorite because there were some very ultimately unsatisfying build ups and break downs. This album felt a lot longer than it was, because there's something very dense about these songs, it makes a 4 minute song seem like 10 minutes, and a 10 minute song feel like 30 minutes. Overall, it was solid but I was left wanting something a little bit more in terms of the melodies, nothing really hooked me but it still held my attention because it was interesting conceptually.
5 for in Every Dream Home alone. My plain wrapper baby. Watch the live version on the Old Grey Whistle Test. If you still one star this album, come fight me.
Reading about glam rock, it can often sound like it should be one of the coolest movements in rock history, but it rarely ever lives up to that promise. For example, on this album, Roxy Music kind of comes off as sounding like one of those rock musicals like Hair or whatever, except with a composer who is a bit contemptuous of rock audiences. Which honestly, that *also* sounds like something which should be cool, but it's really not, honestly?
Quite unfortunate that the most remarkable aspect I can point out about this album is the fact that Brian Eno is in here, and to see where he comes from. This doesn't mean this album is bad, but I certainly wasn't a big fan of some of the ideas here. The record has a great start with the song "Do the Strand", an art rock track which has a nice contrast between the mysterious sounding verses and the lively choruses. I liked Brian Ferry's funny, charismatic and with personality voice, and the very playful instrumentation. The next two songs have a drastic tempo slow down, with "Beauty Queen" being very static until they introduce the solos in the middle of the track, and "Strictly Confidential" being even more monotonous than the previous one. Then comes "Editions of You", which is very cheerful, infectious and fun with some really interesting saxophone and synthesiser solos and melodies. It is from this point I lose the interest : "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" has me on the edge of my seat with a very static first half (and not in a good way, as I was waiting for the next part to start), having only voice, synths and saxophone playing, until the drums come with an underwhelming guitar solo in the middle of the song. "The Bogus Man" is a tedious nine minute song that is mostly uninteresting improvisation, even though the rhythm is a little bit groovy. "Grey Lagoons" may bring back a bit of energy with its saxophone, guitar and harmonica solos, but it isn't as uplifting as the tracks I highlighted before. Finally, "For Your Pleasure" is also an incredibly slow and static song that stretches to almost 7 minutes without doing anything particularly interesting. It seems like it tries to create a mysterious and immersive atmosphere, but I honestly didn't find it captivating. As I said, the only thing that captured my interest about this project is that Brian Eno was in this group. As an art rock album, I've heard more appealing and interesting records.
Bad singing. Didn’t enjoy it.
Didn’t finish the album. I just couldn’t connect with the lyrics, rhythm or sound
Maybe your pleasure but not mine. Sax redeemed it just a bit. Any band with Roxy better have a sax. They got that right anyway.
I knew that Roxy Music’s Avalon —the first album of theirs that I heard as a young teen—was not typical of the band’s sound. However, that was my only exposure to the band for decades. Knowing that I probably wouldn’t appreciate the glam rock they’re known for, I still welcomed the chance to hear their second album. This was such an interesting phase in 70s rock music. I think about David Bowie, who, in my mind, made the sound work, and Queen, which usually made it work, but still sometimes sounded silly (my opinion only, of course). But as I listen to Roxy music, I considered that this band and perhaps the whole genre foreshadowed and inspired later Broadway musicals, like Hedwig and the Angry Inch and other storytelling musicals. It’s dramatic and out there and queer and proud, a vanguard of what would become possible. That said, the music doesn’t do much for me, but I don’t have to love it to see how it shaped later music and maybe even theater (I have no idea if there was an actual impact or if I’m connecting two separate threads.)
I knew from my previous experience with these guys that I was in for a terrible Monday morning, since this list includes every piece of garbage Brian Eno ever spewed into a recording device. Right from the first note, my suspicions were confirmed. Over the top instruments, dumb singing, dumb lyrics. Just loosely controlled noise, but in a circus type way, not in an aggressive metal-like way. Even when there is a half decent groove, like in Editions of You, the guy's voice ruins it. And then the stupid sax solo hammers the nail into the coffin. Clear 1/5. I'd give it a zero if I could.
Another good one
Favorite songs: Beauty Queen, Editions of You, For Your Pleasure
I saw Widespread Panic cover "Love is the Drug" at Madison Square Garden on Halloween in 2003. Otherwise, I don't know shit about this band, except that Bryan Ferry is involved and apparently they were pretty influential. I found this album to be ok. 3
somehow both weird and boring
Decent but not what I was expecting? Lol not bad
My third Roxy Music album on this challenge, and one of the biggest takeaways so far is just how much I’ve grown to love them. I’m now a proper fan. After scoring previous Roxy albums 4s and 5s, today’s listen is For Your Pleasure, which I’ve actually been playing quite a lot recently anyway. Instrumentally, this album is superb. It’s the last one before Brian Eno left the band, and you can really hear his influence all over it. This is only their second album, but it feels like the moment they truly found their sound. It’s experimental, creative, and full of confidence. There are so many great songs here. Do the Strand is a brilliant opening track, fast, vibrant, and full of energy, with a great instrumental section in the middle. It sets the tone perfectly. Beauty Queen brings things down into something more delicate, while In Every Dream Home a Heartache is dark, strange, and completely captivating. The variety across the album is what really stands out, it never gets boring. Favourite tracks: Do the Strand and In Every Dream Home a Heartache Least favourite tracks: Not a weak song on the album Album artwork: Iconic cover. Roxy Music really don’t miss when it comes to artwork.
no lo escuch
Bit of a slow start but picked up in the middle. Was expecting worse than it was.
Considerably better than I expected. I guess I associate them/him with naff 80s but clearly the Eno effect helped in their early days.
Now here we have a classic example of a timeless problem. Namely, it’s just not as good as the excellent first album. ‘In every home…’ is still an absolute classic, but they’ve smoothed some edges and gone a bit too poppy for me.
I dont know if 1001 is wearing me out of Brit Rock (been getting a lot of this lately), but I found myself tired of listening to the album by the end of it. Favorite tracks: Do The Strand, Strictly Confidential 6/10
Bit much but sure. His voice is awful
Somehow this music makes me feel uncomfortable. I only liked In Every Dream Home a Heartache
So I understand the concept of being alternative, rebellious, and going beyond the usual boundaries. I listen to post-punk, although I’m not sure if this can even be classified as such. Unfortunately, this time it didn’t work out, even though I understand the idea—that’s why it’s a 2 rather than a 1. 3/10
Un des rares albums qui finit mieux qu'il commence. Pas de quoi se lever la nuit cela dit.
Not my favorite glam rock but still not bad. 2 or 3 really good songs.
Still can't quite get purchase on this group, but this is my favorite of theirs by far. It's full of creativity, experimentation, and big swings.
I would argue that this is the most under-appreciated album of the 70s, at least in terms of what has made it into the Rock Canon circa 2026. Maybe because it doesn't belong to any one genre? Or because it sounds more like a musical than a hard rock Ebenezer? Or maybe just because nothing here really works as a single, so it never had the radio legs needed to stick in the zeitgeist. Whatever the reason, this is a momentous work of genius, overflowing with creativity. I could listen to this a thousand times in a row and find something new to delight in each time.
Found this one interesting and somewhat enjoyable
This is an album I've never heard, which I have now enjoyed, and I thought it was pretty good.
Dramatic schlock with a bit of a bit of a punkness to it. Don’t get it.
Meh.
Great album
Ei iskenyt. 1,5/5.
What I've heard from them has been good but I've just never been able to get into their music. The glam rock to new wave electronic angle is great, but their song list just lacks peaks. One of those groups your parents are into that you don't mind.
Rock but weird, arty. Not into it.
Absolute bangers would listen again
2.5/5
Interesting. Not bad.
It's ok, maybe too are leaning whilst sacrificing listenability
A beautiful album, perfectly mixes experimental music with a dash of commerciality to give it mass appeal. Eno's last one with the band. Ferry's melancholic vocal delivery, coupled with some properly creepy lyrics make this a compelling listen. In Every Dream Home A Heartache is my favourite RM track. Do The Strand failed to dent the charts at the time but has since become one of their most recognised tracks. The eeriness continues through The Bogus Man and the closing title track. Essential album in any collection
Im not high enough for this
I had no idea Bryan Ferry's voice was so bad on these early albums.
I don't know what that was... Different sure, artistic yes.
Decent. Didn't rock my world.
Meh. Very prolonged. felt like the same song for the entire album
not a fan of that voice... and yes, that cover made me more excited than the album did.
Theatrical art-rock! Loved the album! I also loved the album visuals. "They had a fascination with fashion, glamor, cinema, pop art, and the avant-garde, which separated the band from their contemporaries." ,Spotify. Roxy Music drew on cinema and Pop Art through specific figures and styles: Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Film noir, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, retro sci-fi cinema and futurism; alongside Pop Art influences from Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, and glossy fashion photography/magazine aesthetics.
Not a big fan 2/5
I'm starting to wonder how many albums on this list have some sort of involvement from Brian Eno. A significant percentage I'd wager. Kind of like asking how many hit songs from the late 90s on were written by Max Martin. But that's neither here nor there. Early glam rock was kind of hit and miss. I suppose this would be considered glam rock, maybe more art rock? I'm not sure if it really fits into either of those categories. I don't think I'd ever heard this whole album before, but I am fairly familiar with Roxy Music. In Every Dream Home A Heartache is the standout here for me. That song is unreal. It's a little saddening that it was more of a one-off and they never did anything else in that same vein. I remember the first time I heard it I didn't really know what to make of it and it's still one that is sort of challenging to understand - it's funny, it's musically odd, the fade out/back in makes no sense. There's such a surreal quality to it, very like Nick Cave later on. But the whole album sort of goes back and forth between that kind of sound and more straightforward rock with a bit of a punkier edge balanced by some weirdness from Eno. I really like it. It's another that's really hard to rate for me. I don't think it quite makes a 5 but it's more than a 4. So 4.25/5 it is.
Yeah, this website is losing me.
For Your Pleasure is a record that rewards study more than it rewards listening. The Eno fingerprints are everywhere — strange textures, unsettling production choices, a sense that the sonic palette is being stretched in directions that would influence a decade of music to come — and that historical importance is genuinely audible. You can hear the DNA of countless things that followed in almost every track. But Bryan Ferry is the sticking point. His vocal delivery is less a voice than a performance of a persona — arch, theatrical, and deliberately artificial. That’s clearly the point, and intellectually it’s interesting. Emotionally, though, it keeps the record at arm’s length. There’s no human warmth at the center pulling you in, just a very well-dressed concept looking coolly back at you. The album’s best moment is “Grey Lagoons,” which is also its most anachronistic — boogie woogie piano, harmonica, and a thumping bass that give it a physical, almost joyful quality the rest of the record deliberately withholds. It’s the track where the band sounds least like a concept and most like musicians having fun, and it stands out precisely because of that contrast. The saxophone work throughout is intriguing without being fully satisfying — unsettling on “Bogus Man,” more conventional and welcome on “Grey Lagoons.” The closing title track asks for an emotional investment the album never quite earned. A respectful three — admired from a comfortable distance.
Loved!
This was great. Got a bit experimental at the end but I like that.
Plodding, pretentious, dull. There is nothing that makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills more than the praise heaped on Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno.
I thought this was my favourite Roxy Music record but I actually think I prefer their debut. Nonetheless I would agree this is a must listen for ‘In every dream home a heartache’ alone - what a tune!!
Loved this album. It’s very interesting and fun.
Decent album but nothing really clicked with me.
No strong feelings for this album one way or the other.
I wasn't sold on the first couple of tracks, but Editions Of You was great, and I loved The Bogus Man which sounded like it could be by Can. Similarly loved the title track.