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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jun 29, 2021 12:45:33 GMT
Listening to it again now (it's been absolutely ages and I don't know why) what strikes me is the confidence they all seem to have. It's really not at all mainstream, there's nothing here close to Carole King, yet they're pushing their weirdness at us at the tops of their voices. I suppose Bowie was just as bold around the same time - maybe there was a kind of mutual respect there that helped gee the other lot along, in a way the Beatles and the Beach Boys did in the mid 60s). Mind, when you think of Sweet, they weren't massively dissimilar - but they'd never have thought of a 'In Every Dream Home...'. I know I don't need to tell you this, but it's a remarkable album, musically inventive and rich, sufficiently varied yet occupying the same sub-genre (space-age synthetic romantic) that made the debut such a thrill. Shame they lost that with the next LP, really. Paul Thompson is fucking A throughout. Do you still listen to it? What are your favourite tracks (you can vote for three)? Anything you skip?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2021 12:51:00 GMT
Ponce!
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jun 29, 2021 12:51:56 GMT
That was on Ferry's first solo album I believe Markio
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2021 12:54:10 GMT
There's a surprise, the only way it could be a bigger surprise is if it was any good.
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Post by rayge on Jun 29, 2021 13:04:13 GMT
Their best by some distance - there was something a little off-putting about their first and something lost along with Eno thereafter. Haven't played it in a long while, like 99.9% of the albums I own(ed). When I did, in the 70s and 80s, I played side one much more often than side 2, which isn't to say I thought it the latter was bad, exactly: the title track is excellent, but the lugubrious Bogus Man goes on a bit too long for me, while Grey Lagoons is notable for their rocking out and some great sax, guitar and Eno alterations in the second half, but the actual song never sticks. The two absolute standout tracks for me are Do the Strand, on a par with their first two singles as great alien art school pop, and In Every Dream Home, but Editions of You isn't far behind. It's not really about the individual tracks, though, it's a wonderfully atmospheric album, that wouold probably nestle comfortably in my top 30 if I ever did anything like that. And of course, one of the greatest sleeves Evah.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2021 13:17:41 GMT
Their best by some distance - there was something a little off-putting about their first and something lost along with Eno thereafter. Haven't played it in a long while, like 99.9% of the albums I own(ed). When I did, in the 70s and 80s, I played side one much more often than side 2, which isn't to say I thought it the latter was bad, exactly: the title track is excellent, but the lugubrious Bogus Man goes on a bit too long for me, while Grey Lagoons is notable for their rocking out and some great sax, guitar and Eno alterations in the second half, but the actual song never sticks. The two absolute standout tracks for me are Do the Strand, on a par with their first two singles as great alien art school pop, and In Every Dream Home, but Editions of You isn't far behind. It's not really about the individual tracks, though, it's a wonderfully atmospheric album, that wouold probably nestle comfortably in my top 30 if I ever did anything like that. And of course, one of the greatest sleeves Evah. Pretty much agree with all of this, although Grey Lagoons is one of my favourites. Can't be arsed with The Bogus Man.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jun 29, 2021 13:25:05 GMT
There's a bit in the Bogus Man where the bass shifts from being dum-dum-dum to a kind of twisting, deft bit of playing. It's tiny but it's SO great!
(about 1:40, but you need the build-up really)
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jun 29, 2021 13:28:32 GMT
And yeah - what a sleeve! absolutely one of the very best ever
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jun 29, 2021 13:54:00 GMT
decent, Bogus and Strand are filler
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jun 29, 2021 14:12:03 GMT
It's a masterpiece, yeah. It has that cocksure confidence and swagger that separates the also rans from the true greats. A weight, a certain presence. It feels like an important record, a real statement album, a singular vision, a sculpted peak of 70s rock. That nexus where Art and Commerce combined to spectacular effect. Songs and experimentation. Hooks and weirdness. This is who we are and this is what we do, we are ROXY MUSIC...now match us.
The sleeve sums it up really....a seductive supermodel, a panther on a leash, a neon cityscape on the horizon beckoning the listener into Roxy's nocturnal world of chic noir European glamour. The clubs, the models, the cocktails, the drugs, that 70s combination of old world sophistication and new world hedonism (the city could easily be Las Vegas) but with an undercurrent of nocturnal perversity in there too (is that dress made of rubber?).
Three faves? Do The Strand, Beauty Queen, In Every Dream Home.... but wonderful, thrilling moments abound and great songs throughout.
The Bogus Man is a real cinematic jam. Roxy channelling Chandler. Grey Lagoons is bonkers and recalls the more outro moments of the debut. The climax of the title track takes your breath away etc. By the end of the album you'll be exhaling that post coital fag like Ferry does during the Bogus Man.
To think We used to produce music like this. Ach well. Cheers lads.
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Post by rayge on Jun 29, 2021 14:21:42 GMT
The sleeve I'm referring to as Great is the gatefold of the vinyl abum, with Brain Furry in chauffeur's uniform leaning on the open door of a Roller on the back, and on the inside the whole band posturing in their futuristic finery in what always seemed to me to be a riposte to the inner of Sergeant Pepper
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Post by fange on Jun 30, 2021 8:36:57 GMT
Love it. I went for Editions, Strand and Home, but i don't think there is a single filler track on there.
Growing up when i did (I was 11-12 when Avalon came out), i got to the early Roxy albums a significant time after i'd come to love songs like 'Over You', 'Flesh + Blood' and 'More Than This', so hearing the first 4 properly later properly blew my mind. They were like a different band, but still kickarse in a different way.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Jun 30, 2021 13:13:44 GMT
Love it. I went for Editions, Strand and Home, but i don't think there is a single filler track on there. Growing up when i did (I was 11-12 when Avalon came out), i got to the early Roxy albums a significant time after i'd come to love songs like 'Over You', 'Flesh + Blood' and 'More Than This', so hearing the first 4 properly later properly blew my mind. They were like a different band, but still kickarse in a different way. I discovered them in the same fashion (the same way I did with King Crimson ). After hearing all those smooth, smooth sounds, their first albums were a revelation. I wouldn't want to get rid of a single track on FYP.
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Post by Sneelock on Jun 30, 2021 19:26:53 GMT
I guess I didn't really hear it in one setting until I'd been keen on the debut for a while. I did hear "Editions of You" when it was new and I nearly shit my pants with excitement.
I really had high hopes for the rock & roll album after hearing albums like this. I don't get that feeling often these days but it's always nice when it happens. it's got SCOPE, you know?
front to back it's a wonderful, exhausting, life-affirming sort of thing. I like the next few Roxy l.ps plenty but "Art Rock" has a special place in my rock garden & this one is pretty hard to beat.
I like a rock album that folds, bends & mutilates me. I can't imagine hearing it on drugs. I might have trouble standing up afterwards.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jul 2, 2021 11:47:47 GMT
Amazed 'Do The Strand' isn't winning.
I implore you to listen to it right now.
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