I really love this band after finally familiarizing myself with their whole catalog. They've had quite the varied discography and suit my tastes quite well. Do whatever you want with this thread, but appreciate this band here! Lists are always welcome, whether they be top 10 songs, ranking the albums, ranking the album covers or anything else.

I'll rank the albums first.

1. For Your Pleasure
2. Roxy Music
3. Avalon
4. Stranded
5. Siren
6. Country Life
7. Manifesto
8. Flesh + Blood

i don't even know - i'm just still very shocked listening to their first two albums (which were ever so generously given to me earlier this year ), because they're nothing like the music that i've always associated with roxy music. i'm still digesting it!

I love them too. And it was so cool to get into them at the same time. Glad you get it and didn't let the voice hang you up.

They're brilliant. I still think their first 2 albums contain some of the most mind-bendingly original musical thought commited to tape.

I'd probably rank their albums this way.

1. Roxy Music
2. Stranded
3. For Your Pleasure

it's tough between those 3

4. Siren
5. Country Life
6. Avalon
7. Manifesto
8. Flesh and Blood

Their box set is killer too.

Anxiety said:

Glad you were surprised. Hopefully it was a pleasant one.

Now I'll rank the album covers.

1. For Your Pleasure:

2. Siren:

3. Stranded:

4. Flesh + Blood:

5. Avalon:

6. Country Life:

7. Roxy Music:

8. Manifesto:


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GangstaFam said:

very much so. and it's interesting to go from those roxy music albums to the early eno solo albums that i've been getting over the past year.

Anxiety said:

I still don't have the first 2 by Eno. Are they related to the Roxy? I've heard they're quite wild.

Moonbeam said:

You know Siren is my shit. I love Jerry Hall!

Moonbeam said:

CORRECT

GangstaFam said:

wild? i dunno about that. they're very much brian eno, only with slightly more ragged edges. i'm sure that didn't help at all.

they're a lot less glam than those first two Roxy Music CDs...he's definitely got the whole icy/pristeen sound going on in the early solo stuff.

Roxy (Ferry) held eno back. Eno's solo output is legendary. Eno Rules.

My fav. album of theirs is Avalon - so dreamy.

I could feel at the time there was no way of knowing.....

Top 30 Roxy Music Songs:

1. Editions of You
2. If There Is Something
3. Ladytron
4. The Bogus Man
5. Remake/Remodel
6. A Song for Europe
7. Strictly Confidential
8. To Turn You On
9. Virginia Plain
10. Psalm
11. The Main Thing
12. Do the Strand
13. Both Ends Burning
14. Avalon
15. Mother of Pearl
16. In Every Dream Home a Heartache
17. Street Life
18. Sea Breezes
19. More Than This
20. Prairie Rose
21. Sentimental Fool
22. Sunset
23. While My Heart Is Still Beating
24. 2HB
25. The Thrill of It All
26. Take a Chance with Me
27. Amazona
28. Manifesto
29. The Bob (Medley)
30. Casanova

lilgish said:

It's probably my 2nd favorite album cover of all time.

Moonbeam said:

now, I must know the first

lilgish said:

Moonbeam said:

Transformer

lilgish said:

That one's top 5.

VoicesCarry said:

...Fallen leaves in the night who can say where they're blowing.


You know i'm there...



...


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

I don't think Roxy ever gets credit for being one of the founding fathers of New Wave/New Romantic. But I will go on record and say that withouth them, do you think there will be a Spandau, Blow Monkeys, or ABC, or the likes of those?

NWF said:

So it's Roxy Music's fault?





tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

HAH HAH HAH HAAAAAH HAAAAAH I know this much is.....TRUE!

Moonbeam said:

Your pictures aren't showing up Ian. Is it Aladdin Sane?

NWF said:

"Love is the Drug" sounded like Duran Duran like 7 years before they made it big.

TRON said:

Yup. Are any of my Roxy covers showing up?

Moonbeam said:

Nope.

Roxy Music are one of the greatest bands of all time. They never made a bad album (even though a couple are weak by their standards) and Bryan Ferry hasd never sung a bad note. Innovative and influential beyond measure, consistently interesting and challenging, always nine steps ahead of the competition.

My favourite Roxy albums are:

Stranded
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
Avalon
Manifesto
Siren

... but if you start buying them, buy the lot. Same with Bryan Ferry's albums.

GangstaFam said:

How about now?