For Your Pleasure

I get the musicality of it but just not for me.

I'm going to repeat my Country Life review: I thought it was good, but very little of it was great. This album is a bit better than Country Life. There's too much experiment in experimental for this to be great.

2/5

Probably one of my least favorite Roxy albums. Not because it’s bad, it’s just a little too experimental as far as their sound goes for what I usually like. The guitar work slaps here though, and editions of you and the strand are awesome.

Rocky horror core Dude I hear king gizzard so much in this record I also clearly here the dark rock that influenced Rocky Horror and even some of the other stuff like New Order and The smiths. Also songs here get really long but the instrumentals are off the charts like genuinely. Bogus man is just an iconic track that spans 9 minutes and it’s so scary. This is a perfect Halloween record as well. I like the saxophone on here and it’s got me excited to hear more from this band. Dude you can’t tell me the Bogus man isn’t King Gizzard like actually. It’s rock and roll but it adds a new layer of gloom to it. Editions of you sounds like so many songs to come out of the 80s and yet it’s here decades earlier wow. I like this and I don’t mind it at all. Brian Eno is fascinating I can’t wait to hear more

Quite good

Sounds like Ziggy-era Bowie if Bowie had a completely different vocal style.

Seems to pick up where Rocky Horror leaves off. The reason it’s on the list is obvious, as they work the line with noise being music.

Fine but didn’t hook me.

Niets voor mij

Please no more Roxy Music

I’ve had 3 of their albums now and I can determine officially that Roxy Music does not click for me. I guess they’re supposed to sound sophisticated, or even “sexy,” but all their music sounds like some rich guy who’s thrown a bunch of money into making some country club-ass “experimental” rock music. I know that’s not what they are, but that is their vibe nonetheless.

This hit the spot, but it’s a spot I didn’t know needed to be hit. I like it, but I don’t know that I’ll seek it out again. Definitely unique and original: sounds that soothe in an uncomfortable way.

Listened before?: never. i believe this is the last Roxy Music album to listen to off this list so we'll see how this compares to what i've heard in the past Do the Strand - 4/5 Beauty Queen - 4/5 Strictly Confidential - 4/5 Editions of You - 5/5 In Every Dream Home a Heartache - 5/5 The Bogus Man - 2/5 Grey Lagoons - 4/5 For Your Pleasure - 3/5 Average score: 3.9/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ranking (greatest to least): Country Life > For Your Pleasure > S/T

Is this a Halloween album? Because what the fuck are these spooky vocals? This is satirical? Right? I love that people are giving this a 5. I don't understand AT ALL, but that's music

This album feels like the out/alt takes of mythical greater album. It isn't that the album isn't good. It is. It is masterfully produced by Brian Eno. It has some solid tracks, but it is just quirky enough to make you feel like there is something better out there that the album just doesn't capture.

Wasn't digging it at first, it grew on me by the end.

Considerably all over the place and experimental and freaking AwEsOmE.

I liked this well enough

For only being exposed to Brian Eno previously though his “sleep” album, this project is drastically course correcting. Not , not something I’d reach for.

The fourth track reminds me of the saying a cacophony of noise.

Flits between being good fun and being pretentious and boring. I suppose some would argue that variety is what elevated this over typical glam rock albums, but I wish it was more fun

Hard to feel much passion about. Fine.

Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure (1973) On Day 289, this record started with real promise frontman Bryan Ferry’s theatrical vocal delivery bears an eerie, captivating similarity to David Bowie but the instrumentation frequently derailed the momentum. Many tracks set up strong foundations only to suffer midway through from excessive, competing experimentation. The sudden collisions of blaring saxophones, erratic guitars, and abrasive synth treatments often felt overcrowded and distracting, especially on numbers like "Editions of You." However, when the band scaled back the chaos and leaned into moody, structured arrangements, the music shone. "Beauty Queen" and "Strictly Confidential" served as the clear standouts, offering gorgeous, atmospheric melodies that let the vocals breathe. A decent art-rock session bogged down by occasional sonic clutter. A solid 3/5.

The debut was better for sure. Regardless I did enjoy this one quite a bit.

Perfectly fine glam rock album, with the highs and lows you'd expect from such an album. Stronger when it leans more into the "rock" than "glam", but that just comes down to personal taste. Not bad, but I've heard better. Top tracks: Beauty Queen, In Every Dream Home a Heartache, Grey Lagoons

While I respect Roxy Music's creative risks, I do not think their dadaist lyrics and genre smashes work all that often. I feel this band went a long way on image and provocative album covers more than the actual musical quality within. Eno does the best he can with what they've got, but I far enjoyed Eno's solo and production work after he left Roxy Music, and not as much of the stuff he did while in Roxy Music. For the most part, I detest Bryan Ferry's voice. You replace Ferry with almost any other more expressive and quality singer and this band could have been so much more interesting. He voice really only works on "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" where it gets used to its creepy maximum, or "The Bogus Man" where it is disguised within the harmonies. Someone else on here nailed it, when they said that Ferry's voice sounds like the The Muppets' character The Count, and not in a good way. Most bearable: "Editions of You", "In Every Dream Home a Heartache", and "The Bogus Man"

What was this? Some good songs, but too many meh songs

This one was one of the most difficult to rate so far (#104). Some of the songs were great, others boring as fuck. Ferry's voice ranges from wonderful to just fucking weird. Let's go down the middle. 3.

In every dream home !

Not my favorite Roxy Music album but it's still pretty good. It's an album that I don't hear often despite being a fan of their work. Kind of has a different vibe from their other stuff, not in a bad way though. This album just doesn't have the hits that some of the others do.

I liked this a lot more than I was expecting. It was very incentive and each song has its own identity. Really cool music that will be sure to only grow on me. Favourites: Strictly Confidential In Every Dream Home a Heartache The Bogus Man

I really loved Country Life, but this is a lot more hit and miss.

3,5/5 - há mt potencial

Not the worst. Also not the best.

I hadn't really considered Roxy Music as being glam until reading the wiki for this. Pioneering for sure.

Hell.yeah. Love this shit, In Every Dream Home is an all-time favorite.

Freaky Floyd-ish sounds. I like it. 4/5

It's fine, I guess. The music and singing do not live up to the glamor and intensity of the album cover.

Not good.

The Bowie vibes were strong. Loved it!

This dude sounds like Count Chocula

Not the best Roxy but and alright listen,

A bit hard to follow because of fucking localisation, but there's some good songs on that.

I love Avalon, so I thought this was going to be great. Alas, it is not only not great, it is basically crap. It reminds you of Avalon and sometimes it even threatens to be good (or at least interesting). But the band is very quick to realize that they need to fix that and they insert some discordant noise to make sure no one will accuse them of "selling out." Well, I have news for you - it is not necessarily "selling out" to make a song that people want to listen to...

Amanda Lear appears on the cover, her hair by smile or perhaps Antony Price as he was a talented image maker who made and styled the clothes and quite likely applied the make up or at the very least art directed it. Bryan, fine art trained, takes credit for the idea with the help of his contemporary Nick De Ville and photographer Karl Stoecker. CCS put the artwork together. It was compulsive at the time along with the music, with shades of Bowie it is still mesmerising.

Not sure why I liked this so much but I did.

"it grows on you" (sebi) würde es wieder zum kochen hören (freia)

This is what I imagine prog rock sounding like if I didn't like prog rock 2/5

Actually enjoyable but nothing special. More 2.5

It was fine. Kinda was expecting more

Similar reaction to this and the last Brian Eno album. I feel like there are some really great bits to this , and also tons of creativity and boundary pushing experimentation that mostly pays off. Where this doesn't work for me is the vocals. I found them jarring on the first track, just a little too over the top and theatrical. I expected to get used to them and be able to enjoy the rest of the album but really couldn't get passed it. It's unfortunate because I actually think this could be pretty great, but as is, this really didn't work for me.

One of the things I’ve learned through this project is that I have a soft spot for experimental glam rock. I just like weirdos being weird. This is no different. Kind of feels like a glammier version of The Velvet Underground. I dig it.

Bryan Ferry's voice is fucking annoying. Which maybe I could get over if the songs weren't just as shitty as his voice!

Didn't like much. Great cover, by the way! Thought it was a montage, but the panther was really there! Full of valium, ok, but nevertheless, a real panther...

Another album I don’t have a huge amount to say about. It’s kinda fun.

A bit like a really camp cabaret Talking Heads. I love Talking Heads. I don’t love camp cabaret.

quite shit

2.5

I’m not really sure what to make of this album, aside from the fact that it just wasn’t for me. 2/5.

Grey Lagoons was the only song I liked. Really didn't like the singer.

This music was not made for me

Bizarre but fun and silly

Nice strange synth and guitar sounds. Still not fully into the vocal style.

Really liked this, the songs and performances are great and the production/instrumentation is very exciting. A few of the tracks feel a little long on the second and third listen, but something interesting is always at play none the less. And I love the overall glammy creepiness. Makes you feel like you're hungover at a party. 8.5/10

Miles away from Avalon, that would come 10 years later, this is more of a romp than a ride. Fun all the same!

Do I hate it? Do I love it? Are they trying to be Pink Floyd, or Talking Heads? All of it or none of it? *exasperated groan*

The Bogus Man stood out. That song was pretty cool. Overall not really liking this album. 2/5

More glam than I remember. A bit antagonistic, tbh. Long annoying songs in between thebsingles

Decently produced, radio friendly fluff. 3/5.

Grey Lagoons was good but it truly was not worth listening to someone sing about their sex doll.

I am not a big fan of most of the Roxy/Ferry/Eno music I have heard but I liked this album. I really like "Beauty Queen" and I was sure I had heard it somewhere before - movie or TV show? - but I googled it and did not see anything I would have seen it in.

Wack ass saxophone ruined it

More good tunes from these guys

вообще. но ночной вайб может и присутствует

It is really good, even though I have little understanding what scene this would be part of. what does a roxy music gig look like?

It's a pretty good album, definitely better than one of their other albums I listened to on this list but nothing really pulls me in for another listen

Borderline unlistenable

Not for me

I see the attraction but a bit too wacky and out there for me. Bryan Ferrry could do better, and indeed he did...

TL;DR: Bowie-style weirdo art-rock elevated by its musical experimentation but occasionally let down by its songwriting. BEFORE: I am struggling to summon any enthusiasm for this but trying to stick with the work. So much 70s rock made by so many white dudes and the cover is off-putting. AFTER: Like my recent Eno solo album, this was a pleasant surprise. Some of the composition and instrumentation is genuinely experimental for the era and there are plenty of excellent songs here alongside a couple of more mediocre efforts. You can definitely hear the influence of this music on British alternative rock in the 90s and 00s. HIGHLIGHTS: Do The Strand is an engaging and energetic opener. Strictly Confidential is moody with jagged guitar leads and one of the few successful deployments of an oboe in rock. In Every Dream Home A Heartache is unremittingly bleak and almost lives up to the promise of its title. The Bogus Man is sinister but weirdly funky with an oddly syncopated bassline. The title track is an experimental epic - an incredible showcase and suitable farewell for Brian Eno. LOWLIGHTS: Beauty Queen is generic and dated, mostly carried by its arrangements. Grey Lagoons is more an excuse for a series solos (including a particularly grating harmonica solo) than a fully realised song. I would probably enjoy them both more with repeated listens. VERDICT: It's a solid 4 star album to me. I understand why it's on the list and might even enjoy it more after a few more listens.

3.4

Fun, but not so distinctly memorable

And I ended up walking into something I didn’t really expect, an encounter with a glam rock album. Honestly, even though I wasn’t really big on everything on this album, it wasn’t as awful as other albums I’ve listened to so far. Going in, I did know that Roxy Music were some sort of glam rock band, so I wasn’t too excited seeming as I’m not too big on glam rock outside of David Bowie and maybe T-Rex. After listening to it though, I didn’t find everything enjoyable, but I definitely feel like this album did have some good highlights. Plus, the album has Brian Eno on it, and most things that the guy puts his stamp on at least have some good to them. Firstly, Bryan Ferry’s singing, I like it on some songs, and dislike it on some. I feel like when he’s trying to do the punk/glam rock aggressive singing like on Do The Stand, I don’t enjoy it as much, at least in most of the songs, but when he’s trying to be more melodic, like on Strictly Confidential, my first standout track, I feel like it gives the songs more depth. Even if in this song he kinda sounds like he’s singing like Dracula…I still feel like it works, though. Even though I enjoy his more melodic singing, I can’t deny that Editions of You, my second standout, is a rocking song, especially with that opening(I assume) synth riff played by(I assume) Brian Eno(since Bryan also plays keyboards on the record. Either way, it still has an incredible opening, and Eno’s synth work on the album does make most of the songs pop. I do, however, think that the album is kind of long-winded in some spots, especially on The Bogus Man and the title track, which are 9 and 6 minutes respectively, when I really don’t feel like are interesting enough to be deserving of that kind of length. As with In Every Dream Home A Heartache, which has catchy instrumentals, a good solo, and a cool, creepy atmosphere at the start, but the lyrics feel like they drag too long. I also do have to give credit to Andy Mackay for his sax playing on Grey Lagoons, it feels very Clarence Clemons-esque. Overall, I did enjoy some parts of this album, the whole thing didn’t really speak to me, but it’s not awful. Now, I hope this next album actually is for my pleasure.

Not their best but still fun

Heard it before. Not entirely sure why this album is here because it's not even one of their best. I mean can't hate Roxy Music but come on, focus on the best stuff 2/5

I think this could be so much better with a different singer. The music itself is good, and there are some interesting things happening throughout the album, but Bryan Ferry's vocals are strange more than they are good.

Before I started this list I barely knew who Brian Eno was. The creator of this list must be in love with the guy, because every album he ever touched is on this list. It’s annoying, because he’s not the second coming, and frankly most of work only appeals to wonks. But all that aside, this album, it’s release in 73, and its styling means I can peg it to the rise of Disco, and for that reason it should be shunned.

VERY 70s. not for me

this music sucks

I enjoy Roxy Music generally, but this album was not like any of the later stuff of theirs that I was familiar with. Not a huge fan of this one.

Wild to get another Roxy Music album this quickly. Also great!

A+ album cover but did not get me grooving

Was it too good to be true? A 4 star album for an outfit that I really didn't expect to like was a surprise those few weeks ago. Now, they have another woman on the cover with a sick-ass panther and I am nervous. Not just because of the very real threat of panther mauling, but because I can't fathom a band called "Roxy Music" that recorded an album in 1973 being decent, let alone as good as they were TWICE. Can these young upstarts impress this grizzled old miser once again? YUP. This thing rules. From the cover, to the jazzy intro, to the warbling eccentric prose that makes up the lyrical spine of this record, it is very, very good. I can't sit here and put a 5 on it, but with repeated listening, and perhaps more threats from large feral cats, I think I could be persuaded. This is decades ahead of its time, and a truly unique entry into a list that is overflowing with cookie cutter tripe. AHHH THE PANTHER LOOKED AT ME. OK OK. 5 HIGHLIGHTS: They make ME walk my jaguar outside city limits. Viva Las Vegas

It had a few exciting moments throughout, and I liked Strictly Confidential, but in the end I couldn't get into it.

Ei ollut mun kuuntelutottumusten kaltaista musaa. Hivenen erikoista. Bryan Ferryn äänestä kyllä tykkään.

In Every Dream Home a Heartache has always had a Venus in Furs-like effect on me. I think it's a perfect song that accomplishes everything it sets out to do and still creeps me the fuck out now and then (highest compliment). That's definitely the peak of the album for me but collectively, it' still a lot better than their debut. Brian Eno is a genius and the world is significantly better and fuller because of him.

Big improvement over their debut. Gets into a way nastier groove than before, letting Brian take the wheel. Reminds me more of his pre ambient solo stuff which I do like.

sleezy asl. i liked it more than expected

Surprising. I was expecting to hear boring electro-pop. Actually, I really liked a few tracks, especially the song “The Bogus Man.” I’ll definitely listen to that one again. I don’t think that applies to the rest of the album, though. 3/5