Roxy Music: The Best Of Roxy Music

Roxy Music was an innovative English rock band during the 70s, bridging glam rock, British pop, and punk rock to create a unique sound of their own, later to be known as new wave. Legendary artists Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno were original members of the band and responsible for creating some of Roxy Music’s best work.

Roxy Music cycled through many band members throughout its lifespan, breaking up twice as they struggled to find that breakthrough hit. Ironically, their biggest commercial success came with the release of their last studio album, Avalon. While commercial success at the level of Zeppelin, the Stones and the Beatles eluded them, they did create some worthwhile and memorable songs.

The Best of Roxy Music is pressed on 180g vinyl and mastered at half speed at Abbey Road Studio.
While it is a very good compilation of their best work, like many Abbey Road half speed masters we’ve heard recently, the mastering is blah. Hollow and very thin sounding.Nothing stands out. This record is a big miss! Maybe it’s because, like most “best of” records, a digital master was used to press this vinyl release. Regardless, it’s nothing impressive and certainly not worth the vinyl investment.

TRACK LIST
1 Avalon
2 More Than This
3 Jealous Guy
4 Over You
5 Same Old Scene
6 Oh Yeah
7 Angel Eyes
8 Dance Away
9 Both Ends Burning
10 Love Is the Drug
11 Out of the Blue
12 All I Want Is You
13 Mother of Pearl
14 Street Life
15 Do the Strand
16 Pyjamarama
17 Virginia Plain
18 Re-Make/Re-Model

A digital download would be as good, if not better. 💸

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