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Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson.By the time the band recorded their first album in 1972, Ferry and Simpson were joined by saxophonist and oboist Andy Mackay, guitarist Phil Manzanera, drummer Paul Thompson and synthesizer player Brian Eno.
Roxy Music, particularly the album's LP incarnation, has been released in different packages over the years. The album's original cover, as issued in 1972 by Island Records, featured a gatefold sleeve picturing the band (including original bass guitarist Graham Simpson) in stage attire designed by Antony Price, [5] and did not include the track "Virginia Plain".
The art-rock pioneers play the Kia Forum on Wednesday, part of their first U.S. tour in two decades. 'Time flies when you're having fun,' says Bryan Ferry.
These Foolish Things is the debut solo studio album by Bryan Ferry, who at the time was still Roxy Music's lead vocalist. The album was released in October 1973 on Island Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in the United States. It is considered to be a departure from Roxy Music's sound, being made up of far more 'straight ...
The Ultimate Collection (Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music) Released: 7 November 1988; Label: E.G. Formats: CD, LP, MC; 6 11 — — 43 31 — 15 23 — UK: 3× Platinum [12] AUS: 2× Platinum [25] More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music (Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music) Released: 30 October 1995; Label: Virgin; Formats: CD, 2×LP, MC; 15 9 ...
Band leader Bryan Ferry took the album's title from the British rural lifestyle magazine Country Life.. The opening track, "The Thrill of It All", is an uptempo rocker that builds on the style of previous Roxy Music songs such as "Virginia Plain" (1972) and "Do the Strand" (1973); it includes a quote from Dorothy Parker's poem "Resume": "You might as well live".
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Street Life: 20 Great Hits is a greatest hits album by Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, released on 14 April 1986 by E.G. Records. [3] The album reached number one on both the New Zealand and UK Albums Charts in 1986.