*. Roxy Music .* (SHM-CD Japan Remaster 2013)

Album: For Your Pleasure (1973)(SHM-CD Remaster 2013)
Genre: Prog Rock (Crossover/Art Rock/Glam/Pop/Rock)  /  UK

Experimental Rock: is the perfect tagging; for first time guests. An 1973 Experimental Art Rock project... So by know; the underworld non-mainstream (one step below;below) music of Rock; knew about this low-budget experimental Art Rock band (yes; that was the tag back then); who dressed as visitors from Venus and made "strange" up-beat/off-tempo Rock music; with all kinds of instruments around the threaded stories of the singer/composer who seems like in pain and anguish most of the time. (in fact that is how I will have described ROXY 1) with great penned/impro-like songs to move around the environments they suggest. This environments are personal and intimate ( not universal; lets not fool ourselves) so one has to have the disposition to accept such an invitation; I would have added. On "FOR YOUR PLEASURE" on the other hand I found a singer who had lowered down his scream-like voice approach and now; without stopping to sing; changed his whole style for better and for long. (still does; still great!). Of course I am referring to Bryan Ferry; out in the open "Planet Roxy" dictator: Master-mind; master-planner, master-songwriter and best of all Visionary Master. So as any Avant-Garde, Experimental, RIO, art band; they wanted to set their own standards of language and therefore composition musical of course. As any self proclaimed artist in any field. This Roxy is as best as it gets with former; soon to be exiled; member: Brian Eno; the other effort "Roxy 1". Unavoidable reference. You could build a different music-band with each song of this record. As it sounds. So different one song of the other; so rich each one and yes! irreverent! That decieved a lot of "Art" rockers and not. There is game, wits, language (the original kind; my favorite), but also there is "Elvis" of the bizarro planet, feathers, superflous glam and glitter and all tipped by a great sense of humour. I mean; a love song for an inflatable doll and pull it off to become one of my favorite (and followers) Roxy songs: "In Every Dreamhome a Heartache" and then immediately turn to an "african chant lullaby like song "Bogus Man"; which is also a favorite as the next and on and on. If not for its symbolism; I would have skipped "Do the Strand" and rate this one a 5 prog-archive star. 
Review by "admireArt" (Prog Archives).

RATING:  8.5 / 10

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