Roxy Music

Their first album and for me, the most inventive and best album.

Classic

Roxy's debut album, released in 1972, is full of fascinating ideas although, as other reviewers have suggested, it isn't until the release of 'For Your Pleasure' that Ferry & Co. really hit the ground running in terms of nailing a great album. Even so, there are some fascinating tracks here including the likes of 'Re-Make/Re-Model', 'Ladytron', 'If There Is Something' and the classic 'Virginia Plain' (magnificently restored to the running order despite only featuring on the US version originally). This is definitely worth buying although the sheer quirkiness of the material may well come as a shock to fans of Roxy's later, more commercial output.

Full of great lyrics and electronic music from top artists who are still producing wonderful music individually or in other bands

A good priced CD of Classic Roxy Music, if you want a CD of Roxy Music there's no reason not to buy it.

Ladytron and Virginia Plain are classics but the rest age less well and I lose interest after track 4...that said it does have the young Eno coming to the fore and he did go on to produce some wonderful work with Bowie, Fripp and solo...but not the classic album I thought I remembered I am afraid

It was Friday 30th June 1972 when Roxy Music and Alice Cooper (whoever put these two bands together in the same gig was either a fool or a genius), appeared at Wembley Arena. I had followed Roxy for about a year before Wembley and felt they were one of the most original British bands of their time. The contrast between Alice's theatrical performance and Roxy's eclectic mix of avant-garde, classical, progressive rock and folk music, was destined to result in strong and widely divided opinions.The Ziggyesque, glam-rock, stage appearance of the band members was undoubtedly a put-off to many the moment they took to the stage and it was pretty clear to me that few at the gig even seemed to know who they were. Exactly a week before Wembley on the 23rd June 1972, Roxy Music had appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test, so not everyone at the gig was there just to see Alice, but admittedly most were.Personally I had always believed that Roxy would become a huge commercial success and post-Wembley their support went into overdrive. Rolling Stone Magazine lists Roxy Music in their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and there is little doubt that they influenced many "New Wave" and electronic bands that followed. We do not (nor should we), all share the same taste in music, but whether you love or hate Roxy, you cannot deny their achievements.This album may have lost the jaw-dropping effect it had when it was released in 1972, it is nevertheless an amazing début, simply one of the best début albums of all time. Its release marked to many people a unique moment in musical history, So much did they influence other bands one could even consider music of The Seventies, as being pre or post Roxy Music!

This debut album is a good as any, and laid down the foundations of art rock, with searing electric guitar, vibrato voiced clever lyrics, oboes and saxophones, and electronic noises and treatments not heard before , all mixed together, creating one of the most original sounds of popular music. This is Roxy Music at its raw, unpolished best, a complete juxtaposition to the more familiar slick West Coast sounds of their Eighties work. And its none the worse for that. Made with very little money Ferry wanted a definitive look and used his designer, and art friends, to come up with an album cover which looks more like an established bands cover, an arrogance born from confidence, seen by many at the time as pompous, but paved the way for the Roxy image we are now used to. You get a sense of the energy within the band, its eagerness to impress the Roxy Music style on the listener, the dam that is about to burst with creativity. The songs are constructed with little regard to convention, combining 50s rock and roll beats with heavy 70s guitar riffs, jazz influenced oboe twitterings, and Eno just starting to get to grips with electronics, tapes, and a very early synth, whilst trying to live produce the bands sound. Ferry starts his career on this album with lyrics which are cleverly put together, setting scenes, creating moods, cutting comments, wit, sadness, his journey to find his lusted after fame and fortune style, whether in Bel Air or on an English country estate, starts here. This band created their image, wrote their music and lyrics, and could all play exceptionally well, which is incomprehensible to the young x factor audience of today. They don't know what they are missing!

to entertain myself

La primera vez que escuché el nombre de Roxy music fue por un álbum de una banda electrónica llamada Ladytron, nombre que adoptaron de una canción de álbum homónimo de Roxy Music. El primer disco que compré de Roxy Music fue Country House y me encantó. De ahí empecé a comprar la mayoría de sus discos. Este en especial me parece una obra maestra. Sin duda uno de los grupos más innovadores e influyentes de la década de los 70's.

Pour qui aime Roxy Music.

Conosco i Roxy Music dal 1970 i primi due album sono eccezionali con Brian Eno poi si sono commercializzati e non li ho più seguiti.

lo escuche en un programa de radio 3 y me flipo. por eso me lo compre y no decepciona. toda la mezcla de bryan ferry, brian eno y demas, en un disco con toques progresivos y glam. muy bueno.