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Fantastic DebutOne of the most powerful and important debut albums of all time,along with The Velvet Underground And Nico,The Stooges, and Beefheart's Safe As Milk. Roxy Music brings an edge with sophistication to the music. Part progressive,part early rock n' roll,part experimental, this material is almost unclassifiable."If There Is Something" is powerful and hypnotic."Virginia Plain" is like quirky new wave pop that brings to mind XTC,Devo,and The Cars, 5 years before such a thing existed. Phil Manzanera sh…
Possibly the greatest debut album in the history of rock......and yes that is quite a statement. No other debut album that I can think of was as cohesive, innovative, quirky, or just purely enjoyable. With their first album Roxy Music came out of the gates like a rocket, with absolutely stunning avant-glam songs as Remake/Remodel, If There Is Something, Virginia Plain and 2HB. Admittedly an uneven album (hence the imperfect score), and not as concise as it could be, the band is given room to breathe and play more than any debut I can personally recall.…
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format: 1 x CD catalog number: 47447 release dates: 1972 in United Kingdom, 1984 in United Kingdom view details |
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format: 1 x CD record label: Reprise Records catalog number: 9 26039-2 release dates: 1989 view details |
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