Roxy Music - Avalon

Artist:

Roxy Music

See Also:

Manzanera, Phil Kraftwerk Ferry, Bryan Dylan, Bob Eno, Brian Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - More Than This: Best of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Various Artists - Roxy Re-Modeled [Digipak]

Description:

Personnel: Bryan Ferry (vocals, guitar synthesizer, keyboards); Phil Manzanera, Neil Hubbard (guitar); Kermit Moore (cello); Andy Mackay (saxophone); Paul Carrack (piano); Neil Jason, Alan Spenner (bass); Rick Marotta, Andy Newmark (drums); Jimmy Maelen (percussion); Fonzi Thornton, Yanick Etienne (background vocals).
Recorded at Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas and The Power Station, New York, New York.
Digitally remastered by Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisc).
This is a limited edition "Album Replica" CD of AVALON specially packaged to simulate the original LP design.
Personnel: Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Phil Manzanera, Neil Hubbard (guitar); Kermit Moore (cello); Andy Mackay (oboe, saxophone); Paul Carrack (piano); Alan Spenner, Neil Jason (bass); Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta (drums); Jimmy Maelen (percussion); Fonzi Thornton, Yanick Etienne (background vocals).
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel: Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Phil Manzanera, Neil Hubbard (guitar); Kermit Moore (cello); Andy Mackay (oboe, saxophone); Paul Carrack (piano); Alan Spenner, Neil Jason (bass); Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta (drums); Jimmy Maelen (percussion); Fonzi Thornton, Yanick Etienne (background vocals).
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
From 1975`s SIREN through the rest of Roxy Music`s albums and his concurrent solo work, Bryan Ferry was leading up to AVALON. The last Roxy Music studio album (it was followed by numerous collections, both live and otherwise), it is the perfect culmination of Ferry`s constant striving for the ultimate sophistication. On AVALON, the styles that the band had explored in the past--funk, jazz, and rock--come together to create a texture of remarkable subtlety. The title track is Ferry`s finest moment. His suave voice turns the romance all the way up, while the band plays in a smooth, light jazz-funk groove and guitar notes shimmer like the sun on water.
"While My Heart is Still Beating" features Andy Mackay`s saxophone drifting in around Phil Manzanera`s languid guitar lines. "True to Life," a ballad shot through with reverberation, is the kind of song aching to be played late at night with the lights off. From the almost jaw-dropping elegance of the opening track, "More Than This," to the closing "Tara," a sparse, evocative instrumental, AVALON is Roxy Music`s masterpiece.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. More Than This
2. Space Between, The
3. Avalon
4. India
5. While My Heart Is Still Beating
6. Main Thing, The
7. Take a Chance With Me
8. To Turn You On
9. True to Life
10. Tara
11. Always Unknowing - (bonus track)

Album Information

Release Date:

10/21/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Virgin Records (USA)

Producer:

Rhett Davies; Roxy Music

Catalog Number:

83871

Original Release Year:

1982

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Multi

Guest Artist:

Paul Carrack; Phil Manzanera; Andy MacKay

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