Album
For Your Pleasure
1973 · Rock
45 collectors on Gatefold own this
For Your Pleasure is a Rock album by Roxy Music, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 189 pressings tracked, owned by 45 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
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Original UK release in fully laminated gatefold cover on 'pink rim/palm tree' labels.
Inside gatefold still has Island "i" logo with text below: "island records ltd, basing street london wII".
• Later editions omit this address, as the move to St Peters Square was expected.
Recorded at AIR Studios, London, February 1973
"For Your Pleasure..." subtitled "The Second Roxy Music Album" inside gatefold and on labels.
• Produced by Chris Thomas and Roxy Music for E. G. Records, Special thanks to John Anthony [inside gatefold] but:
• Produced by Chris Thomas and Roxy Music for E. G. Records Ltd. [label side A] and
• Produced by John Anthony and Roxy Music for E. G. Records Ltd. [label side B].
Runouts are stamped.
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
- John PorterBASS, GUEST
- Paul ThompsonDRUMS
- Phil ManzaneraGUITAR
45 collectors on Gatefold own this · 189 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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