Indeed I feel that this album has its moments, especially on the first side which contains some pop classics that boast unrelenting danceable groove, including my favourite from the album, ‘Same Old Scene’ – mostly due to its fantastic saxophone sections. Some of the fans of the later incarnation of Roxy Music, however, might hold this album in higher esteem as the album that holds the sing-along classic ‘Oh Yeah!’. Most Roxy Music fanatics will likely not be so surprised to find Flesh and Blood at the bottom of the pile here. Roxy Music albums ranked worst to best: 8. So, without further ado, here’s our list of Roxy Music’s studio albums ranked in order of greatness. With a couple of key lineup changes and a four-year hiatus thrown into the mix, Roxy Music’s eight releases offer a rollercoaster journey, from the glamorous and experimental art-rock of the early 1970s, through to the refined dance-pop of the early 1980s. As Andy Mackay once said: “We certainly didn’t invent eclecticism but we did say and prove that rock ‘n’ roll could accommodate – well, anything really.” The group did indeed pioneer a new path for rock and roll to trickle down, most notably with the early contributions of Brian Eno who would become one of the earliest synthesiser players to be positioned with a central position on stage during live shows, tampering with the input audio of his bandmates to produce other-worldly and abstract soundscapes.Īs a band with a history spanning such an effervescent moment in music, their style naturally morphed a lot throughout their ten year run of album releases between 19. Their first album, released in 1972, would embody a platter of eclecticism from which they would launch into an impressive career. Shortly before recording their debut album, they became complete with the addition of the Latin American classically trained guitarist Phil Manzanera. In 1971, after the group had begun working on some of Ferry’s songwriting in practice sessions, Paul Thompson was welcomed as the drummer, chosen for his energetic style that would suit their arrangements perfectly.

Despite liking Ferry’s voice, Robert Fripp and Pete Sinfield had decided it wasn’t a good fit for their band.įerry and Simpson soon recruited saxophone and oboe player Andy Mackay and the now-famed producer and master of ambient music, Brian Eno, who began his musical career as a synth player who, as he put it, “treated” the other players’ instruments through his synthesiser. The band was originally formed by vocalist Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson in 1970 after Ferry had failed an audition to join King Crimson as a replacement for Greg Lake. Roxy Music very quickly became the epitome of art-rock following their genesis in the early 1970s.

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