Roxy Music - The High Road (1983) - Lp

Side one
1. Can't Let Go  (5:29)  
2. My Only Love  (7:23)

Side two
1. Like A Hurricane  (7:36)  
2. Jealous Guy  (6:10)

Release: 1983
Genre: Art Rock
Format:  LP
Label:  Polydor Records
Catalog#  2335269

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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Roxy Music - Manifesto (1979)

Artist:  Roxy Music
Title:  Manifesto
Release:  1979
Format:  LP
Label:  Polydor Records
Catalog#  2310651

“Manifesto” is the sixth studio album by Roxy Music, and was released in 1979.
Returning to action after four years of solo projects, Roxy Music redefined its sound and agenda on “Manifesto”. More than ever, Roxy sounds like Bryan Ferry’s backing band, as the group strips away its art rock influences, edits out the instrumental interludes in favor of concise pop songs, and adds layers of stylish disco rhythms. Although the songwriting is distressingly inconsistent, there are a number of wonderful moments on the record, particularly in the sighing “Angel Eyes” and the heartbroken “Dance Away.” Still, trading sonic adventure for lush, accessible disco-pop isn’t entirely satisfactory, even if it is momentarily seductive.
The first single from “Manifesto” was “Trash”. The second single, the disco-tinged “Dance Away”, returned the band to the top, it became one of the band’s biggest hit. The song was also released as a 12? extended version (running at six and half minutes), a format that had started to become popular in the late 1970s. The third single from the album was a re-recorded version of “Angel Eyes”, which was far more electronic and “disco” in nature than the power-pop album version.


Side one
1.  Manifesto  (5:29)
2.  Trash  (2:14)
3.  Angel Eyes  (3:32)
4.  Still Falls the Rain  (4:13)
5.  Stronger Through the Years  (6:16)

Side two
1.  Ain’t That So  (5:39)
2.  My Little Girl  (3:17)
3.  Dance Away  (4:20)
4.  Cry, Cry, Cry  (2:55)
5.  Spin Me Round  (5:15)

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Roxy Music - Greatest Hits (1977)

Artist:  Roxy Music
Title:  Greatest Hits
Release:  1977
Format:  LP
Label:  Polydor Records
Catalog#  2310575

The first Roxy Music hits collection, released during the hiatus that divided “Siren” from “Manifesto”, was a straightforward rendering of all but one ("Both Ends Burning") of the band's UK hits, buoyed by an intelligent selection of key album tracks - US radio fave "Do The Strand", the pulsating "Editions Of You" and so on.
Divided neatly between the Eno and Eddie Jobson eras of the band, Greatest Hits was most valuable at the time for finally placing "Virginia Plain" and "Pyjamarama" on a British album release (the former was included on the American edition of the band's debut) - hopes that the set might also find room for the string of non-album b-sides that graced the band's 45s were, however, dashed as Greatest Hits went for the commercial, rather than the collectible jugular.
The edited version of "The Thrill of It All" is unique to this release, while the single version (3:20) is available only on 7" 45 RPM single. "Mother of Pearl" is an edit in that it does not crossfade into the next song, as it does on “Stranded”, the album on which it originally appeared.


Side one
1.  Virginia Plain   (2:56)  
2.  Do The Strand   (4:00)  
3.  All I Want Is You   (2:51)  
4.  Out Of The Blue   (4:48)  
5.  Pyjamarama   (2:52)  
6.  Editions Of You   (3:47) 

Side two
1.  Love Is The Drug   (4:07)  
2.  Mother Of Pearl   (6:45)  
3.  A Song For Europe   (5:45)  
4.  The Thrill Of It All   (4:20)  
5.  Street Life   (3:24)

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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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