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Roxy Music - Avalon [CD+SACD] (1982)

Genre: Rock

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The ethereal, otherworldly atmosphere that permeates Avalon makes for a lovely and striking pop album. Here, Bryan Ferry has hit upon the inextricable link between love and tragedy, delivering his words of love as a spirit fading in and out of our world, flotsam on the ectoplasmic ebb and flow of music. It’s a different album than anything Roxy Music or Ferry had yet made, inviting comparison as much to Brian Eno’s languid Another Green World as the wilting romance of Flesh + Blood. The difference may be that Mackay and Manzanera are fully engaged here; the perfectly placed guitar parts and spectral keyboards are equal partners in the ultimate outcome, defining Avalon as much as Ferry’s voice. But Avalon’s real achievement is its songs: “More Than This,” “Avalon,” “Take A Chance With Me” and “To Turn You On” are so sophisticated that the love songs from Manifesto and Flesh + Blood pale in comparison. These are the album’s centerpiece, around which more visceral tracks like “The Main Thing” and “The Space Between” simply act as a buffer. Also included here are a pair of instrumentals that reinforce the album’s wistful, delicate mood. After an album this spectral and spectacular, the band’s imminent demise carries less of a sting. It’s the crowning achievement of the band’s second coming, and by far the most flattering setting that Ferry has found for his romantic muse.

Tracklisting:

1. More Than This (4:30)

2. The Space Between (4:30)

3. Avalon (4:16)

4. India (1:44)

5. While My Heart Is Still Beating (3:26)

6. The Main Thing (3:54)

7. Take a Chance With Me (4:42)

8. To Turn You On (4:16)

9. True to Life (4:25)

10. Tara (1:43)

Total Time: 37:26

Line-Up:

- Paul Carrack / piano, keyboards

- Bryan Ferry / synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, guitar (synthesizer), guitar synthesizer

- Phil Manzanera / guitar

- Jimmy Maelen / percussion

- Yanick Etienne / vocals

- Neil Hubbard / guitar

- Neil Jason / bass

- Andy Mackay / oboe, saxophone

- Rick Marotta / drums

- Kermit Moore / cello

- Andy Newmark / drums

- Alan Spenner / bass

- Fonzi Thornton / vocals

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1983 CD (9 23686-2):

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2003 SACD (ROXYSACD 9):

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Password: & 119;& 119;& 119;& 46;& 65;& 118;& 97;& 120;& 72;& 111;& 109;& 101;& 46;& 114;& 117;

5% Recovery record included

Rating:
2.5 out of 5 by Book123