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SE 2, EP 25: Roxy Music - Avalon


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On this episode, we dive into the last album by the highly influential band, Roxy Music, 1982’s Avalon. Avalon was free of the experimentations found on the group's earlier records. The synthesizers are more atmospheric and provide the bed where the other instruments can find space and be heard. Sonically, it is beautiful, and the musicianship and recording are first-rate. Roxy Music, now down to a trio of Bryan Ferry (keyboards and vocals), Phil Manzenara (guitar), and Andy Mackay (saxophone) are augmented by over a dozen supporting musicians. The album is as influential as anything the band ever did, and its fingerprints are all over the New Romantic movement of the early 80s. The songs are full, at times propulsive, and even danceable at times, though it is probably not an album to play while you're drinking beers with your buddies.

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