VoicesCarry said:

Avalon is a perfect pop album, but it doesn't have one tenth the guts that the early albums do. Don't get me wrong: I love it. I'd rank it 3rd or 4th. It's definitely their most easily listenable.

I'd put Flesh + Blood over Manifesto. Both have their moments, but are the black sheep in the Roxy family.

VoicesCarry said:

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lilgish said:

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Oh Gosh..I forgot..I have Manifesto also. I LOVE MANIFESTO.....Flesh and Blood Rules also. I am so Remembering my Collection Now. Good Music. Real Music....

Moonbeam said:

Guess that's why I like it. Early on they were too needlessly indulgent and self-consciously arty. Give me a great listenable record over pretentious stuff that's a difficult listen any day. When I come home and put my feet up, Avalon is what goes on first, ergo it's their best, for that is the point of music, after all.
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theAudience said:

lilgish said:

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VoicesCarry said:

Not necessarily. Sometimes new ground needs to be broken. I will agree with the setting for which Avalon is their most perfect album, but there are many other settings for music as well. Sometimes, a good raucous affair is needed.

Moonbeam said:

That's why it's my opinion and not yours.

Honestly, some of the stupid bullshit on For Your Pleasure bores me to tears. Eno & Ferry's warring egos are just grating.
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VoicesCarry said:

Well, when you say it is their best, it doesn't sound like an opinion. I'm guilty of that too.

I lap up For Your Pleasure like a dying man in the desert.

I can listen to "Editions of You" for hours on repeat.

And I have.

Moonbeam said:

You have no idea how much I want to slap those two dudes whenever The Bogus Man comes on. I mean, just punch them in the fucking face If there ever was a mutual jerkoff caught on tape, THAT SONG IS IT

VoicesCarry said:

It is exactly that, and I love it, indulgence and all. I can't help but bop to it. I like how sneaky it is.

theAudience said:

We share similar values when it comes to melody.

Moonbeam said:

You and the two Brians!

VoicesCarry said:

Sometimes, drawn out grooves are my shit!

Need I remind you that 1999 is my favorite album of all time?

Moonbeam said:

See, I love that record. I just don't think I could ever bring myself to call The Bogus Man a "groove"

VoicesCarry said:

You got that right.

On Avalon they sound mature and sophisticated.
Like they really know what they're doing.


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theAudience said:

So true.

I'm with you Ian. Their first 3 albums are their best. "Avalon" is good, but it's not what I think of when I think of Roxy Music.

Roxy Music's debut is a masterpiece - as are their next two albums. In fact, apart from Flesh and Blood, which was patchy, I'd say that Roxy Music never made a bad album. They're recording a new album, which I'm actually looking forward to hearing. I saw them play the Koko in Camden a year ago and they were absolutely stunning.

Oh and I totally "The Bogus Man".

Hah, I was quite young when I bought this on CD and thought there was something wrong with the album because the sound quality was so dysmal. So I took it back to the store.

Novabreaker said:

go get the remaster.

GangstaFam said:

Well, the original was intentionally processed through several sound-degration stages to make some of the songs sound like they were from the 30's or the 40's. I just didn't know it at the time, and thought I has somehow got a "defected" copy.

Novabreaker said:

Like I took back TWO copies of Sign "O" The Times cuz there was a scratch on the intro of Housequake :blush:

The three first albums rocks, btw.