Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood (1980)

Artist:  Roxy Music
Title:  Flesh + Blood
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  E.G. Records
Catalog#  2302099

“Flesh + Blood” is the seventh studio album by Roxy Music and was released in June 1980.
 An even slicker record than “Manifesto”, “Flesh + Blood” precariously balances between alluringly seductive, sophisticated soul-pop and cloying, radio-ready disco-pop. At its best, the album is effortlessly suave and charming. “Over You” is one of their greatest singles, and “Oh Yeah” is nearly as persuasive, but much of the record is devoted to ill-formed, stylish lounge-pop. In particular, the reliance on reworked covers of “In the Midnight Hour” and “Eight Miles High” is distressing, not only because it signals a lack of imagination, but also because it suggests that Flesh + Blood is simply a lesser solo effort from Bryan Ferry. And even the handful of undeniably strong moments can’t erase the feeling that Roxy Music were beginning to run out of ideas.


Side one
1.   In the Midnight Hour   (3:09)
2.   Oh Yeah   (4:51)
3.   Same Old Scene   (3:57)
4.   Flesh and Blood   (3:08)
5.   My Only Love   (5:16)

Side two
1.   Over You   (3:27)
2.   Eight Miles High   (4:55)
3.   Rain, Rain, Rain   (3:20)
4.   No Strange Delight   (4:44)
5.   Running Wild   (5:03)

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