Album
For Your Pleasure
1973 · Rock
41 collectors on Gatefold own this
For Your Pleasure is a Rock album by Roxy Music, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 188 pressings tracked, owned by 41 collectors.
About
A sister album to Roxy Music’s dazzling debut, <i>For Your Pleasure</i> marks the last stand of the band’s original lineup: Brian Eno would leave shortly after its release. This album shows Roxy's early chemistry at its bubbling best. Shades of Cole Porter’s craftsmanship collide with screaming guitars and gurgling keyboards. “Do the Strand” and “Editions of You” are two of the band’s most aggressive performances, showing that Roxy was tapping into the sensations of punk long before the genre blossomed. But this was a group that was never content to merely rock out. “The Bogus Man” is indicative of Roxy's unusual creativity: it sounds like ZZ Top jamming with the Miles Davis band circa <i>In a Silent Way</i>. And how to describe “In Every Dream Home a Heartache”? Black Sabbath meets Funkadelic? Ultimately, Roxy’s best look was its stately mid-tempo ballads. “Beauty Queen,” “Grey Lagoons," and “For Your Pleasure” hit the perfect mixture of Phil Manzanera’s guitar majesty, Bryan Ferry’s lascivious funk, and Eno’s unearthly atmospherics.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Do The Strand4:00
- A2Beauty Queen4:35
- A3Strictly Confidential3:42
- A4Editions Of You3:40
- A5In Every Dream Home A Heartache4:25
Side B
- B1The Bogus Man9:22
- B2Grey Lagoons4:11
- B3For Your Pleasure6:58
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- lush
- cynical
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew T. MackayOBOE, SAXOPHONE
- Andy MackayOBOE, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE, OBOE
- Brian EnoSYNTHESIZER, KEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZER, KEYBOARDS, TAPE OP SYNTHESIZER, TAPE
- Bryan FerryCOMPOSED BY, LYRICS BY, VOICE, KEYBOARDS COMPOSED BY, LYRICS BY, VOICE, KEYBOARDS, WORDS BY, MUSIC BY KEYBOARDS, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- John PorterBASS BASS , GUEST BASS, GUEST
- Paul ThompsonDRUMS
- Phil ManzaneraGUITAR
41 collectors on Gatefold own this · 188 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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