Roxy Music - Various SHMCDs

Roxy Music – Roxy Music

Arriving seemingly perfectly formed from nowhere, Roxy Music’s self-titled debut instantly propelled the band into the affections of both the music-buying public and the serious music press – no mean feat in 1972. Frontman Bryan Ferry’s lyrical evocations of romance and glamour, pop-art references and allusions to both old Hollywood and future shock sci-fi came showcased against an eclectic and unique musical soundscape forever immortalised in the record’s 1950s-style album cover – one of the most iconic record sleeves of the 1970s.

Debuting inside the UK Top 10 the album would go on to be seen one of the most pioneering and important debut albums of all time. For this 50th anniversary edition ‘Roxy Music’ has been given a fresh half-speed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios in London. To reflect the enhanced audio, the album artwork has been similarly revised with lyrics and a deluxe gloss laminated finish.

This isn’t just a record; it’s a piece of modern art.

Remastered Edition. Including Japanese translations of the lyrics.

Tracklisting:
01 Re-Make/Re-Model
02 Ladytron
03 If There Is Something
04 Virginia Plain
05 2HB
06 The Bob (Medley)
07 Chance Meeting
08 Would You Believe?
09 Sea Breezes
10 Bitters End

Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music followed up their stunning debut with ‘For Your Pleasure’, an album that’s come to be regarded by many as the ultimate musical expression of Roxy Music’s early period. For this record the band found the freedom to develop the songs along experimental lines in the studio, resulting in an immensely satisfying musical statement. Added to Bryan Ferry’s alternately seductive and dystopian imagery, Eno’s other-worldly synth sounds and tape loop effects were propelled by the virtuoso musical powerhouse of Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson.

Ultimately, the sum of these parts continues to earn ‘For Your Pleasure’ a place in many ‘Best Albums Of All Time’ listings and its music is as timeless and fresh today as first heard back in 1973.

Remastered Edition. Including Japanese translations of the lyrics.

Tracklisting:
01 Do The Strand
02 Beauty Queen
03 Strictly Confidential
04 Editions Of You
05 In Every Dream Home A Heartache
06 The Bogus Man
07 Grey Lagoons
08 For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music – Stranded

‘Stranded’, the third long playing outing from Roxy Music, not only gave the band their first No. 1 album in the UK but was also the first to come to the wider attention of US audiences. An incredibly accomplished and consistent collection of songs, ‘Stranded’ thrills from start to finish – from the definitive album opener (and hit single) ‘Street Life’ to the affecting ballad ‘Just like You’, the smouldering ‘Song For Europe’ and the epic (and one of the all-time great Bryan Ferry compositions) ‘Mother Of Pearl’. From its Antony Price-styled sleeve in, “Stranded’ is nothing short of a musical hothouse, brim-full of colour, drama and exotica.

Remastered Edition. Including Japanese translations of the lyrics.

Tracklisting:
01 Street Life
02 Just Like You
03 Amazona
04 Psalm
05 Serenade
06 A Song For Europe
07 Mother Of Pearl
08 Sunset

Roxy Music – Country Life

The first Roxy album to break the US Top 40 demonstrated that, four records in, the band were every bit as hungry, audacious and pioneering as on their debut two years earlier. Opening with the urgent, propulsive ‘The Thrill Of It All’, ‘Country Life’ effortlessly embraces avant-garde song structures, touching ballads, English nostalgia, visceral hard rock, European influences and even medieval Christian references without skipping a beat. The resulting album is yet another immensely satisfying musical experience. Compared to their peers, it’s almost frightening what sounds Roxy Music could perfect and make their own.

Remastered Edition. Including Japanese translations of the lyrics.

Tracklisting:
01 The Thrill Of It All
02 Three And Nine
03 All I Want Is You
04 Out Of The Blue
05 If It Takes All Night
06 Bitter-Sweet
07 Triptych
08 Casanova
09 A Really Good Time
10 Prairie Rose

Roxy Music – Siren

Heels click on a pavement, an ignition key turns in a lock, a prowling bassline heralds the revving of an engine and as the stalking ‘Love Is The Drug’ settles into its groove we are well and truly off.  Opening with one of the all-time great dancefloor singles of any era, and containing a collection of songs described by Greil Marcus as “perhaps the most perfectly crafted album of the decade” the fifth Roxy Music album in three years showcased all of the band’s fearless musical virtuosity to date and hitched it to an intense, rhythmic rock-based sound on dervishes like ‘Whirlwind’, ‘Just Another High’ and – yet another classic single – the pulsating ‘Both Ends Burning’. “Hell, who can sleep in this heat, this night?” pleads Bryan Ferry as the latter reaches its shimmering climax, encapsulating ‘Siren’’s overall atmosphere in a single phrase.

Remastered Edition. Including Japanese translations of the lyrics.

Tracklisting:
01 Love Is The Drug
02 End Of The Line
03 Sentimental Fool
04 Whirlwind
05 She Sells
06 Could It Happen To Me?
07 Both Ends Burning
08 Nightingale
09 Just Another High

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