Right from the opener you can hear the tension here: Bryan's lyrics fighting for attention with Eno's music. It's a glorious clash of styles. This is such a cocky second album. Do The Strand swaggers along. It stalls a little towards the end. Eno seems to have won that battle for one final time.
Half of this is amazing - Strand & Editions are amongst Roxy's best. And In Every Dream Home is amongst anyone's best. I fond the B side a bit more of a struggle, the sort of vaguely motorik extended pieces not really gelling for me. I do prefer Roxy with Eno, but this is an interesting transition, and you can't knock Ferry's voice & persona.