Author:Michael Kulikowski, Opher Goodwin
In 1972, Roxy Music hit the music scene like a breath of fresh air. Their debut album sounded quite different from anything else that was around at the time. This trend continued with 1973’s excellent For Your Pleasure, and just a few months later by its follow up Stranded – three fantastic albums in less than two years. For me, the subsequent two records, Country Life and Siren aren’t as consistently strong although they still contain plenty of good songs – in addition to the hit singles there are fine songs such as Out of the Blue and Just Another High. After a four year hiatus they returned but as a quite different band, with a sophisticated and more mainstream sound that Ferry used as a template for his solo efforts in the following years. Although there were still some great songs, Dance Away, Avalon, Oh Yeah, the creativity and inventiveness had mostly gone, replaced by the dreamy almost world weary feel that became a new trademark. I really enjoyed reading this potted history of their career, which has been thoroughly researched and gives plenty of background detail as well as looking at each song individually, » Continue Reading.