Album
Country Life
1974 · Rock
46 collectors on Gatefold own this
Country Life is a Rock album by Roxy Music, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 185 pressings tracked, owned by 46 collectors.
About
Four years and four albums into their career, Roxy Music were still developing at an astonishing rate. <i>Country Life</i>’s swagger and adventurous spirit are all the more remarkable given the growing pressures on the band. The departure of founding keyboardist and randomizing element Brian Eno raised concerns the British art-rockers would adopt a conservative route more akin to Bryan Ferry’s guise as a glam-era Sinatra on his solo album. Roxy Music’s inability to crack the U.S. with 1973’s <i>Stranded</i> despite continued stardom at home also raised the stakes when they began <i>Country Life</i> in the summer of 1974. But from the combined surge of orchestral swells and Phil Manzanera’s guitar heroics on “The Thrill of It All” through to the funky, horn-driven closer, “Prairie Rose,” <i>Country Life</i> brims with confidence. The cocksure likes of “All I Want Is You” and “Casanova” bolstered the band’s commercial appeal, helping this to become their first Top 40 album in America even though it initially came packaged to obscure its racy cover image. .
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Tracklist
- 1The Thrill of It All6:24
- 2Three and Nine4:04
- 3All I Want Is You2:53
- 4Out of the Blue4:46
- 5If It Takes All Night3:12
- 6Bitter-Sweet4:50
- 7Triptych3:09
- 8Casanova3:27
- 9A Really Good Time3:45
- 10Prairie Rose5:12
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- polished
- swaggering
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy MackayOBOE OBOE, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Bryan FerryART DIRECTION, KEYBOARDS, LYRICS BY, VOCALS ART DIRECTION, KEYBOARDS, LYRICS BY, VOICE ART DIRECTION, VOICE, KEYBOARDS, LYRICS BY
- Eddie JobsonKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, STRINGS, SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER, STRINGS
- John GustafsonBASS
- Paul ThompsonDRUMS
- Phil ManzaneraGUITAR
46 collectors on Gatefold own this · 185 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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