For Your Pleasure - ROXY MUSIC****

Do The Strand/Beauty Queen/Strictly Confidential/Editions Of You/In Every Dream Home An Heartache/The Bogus Man/Grey Lagoons/For Your Pleasure

For Your Pleasure was the follow up album from the art rock band Roxy Music. This would be the last to display the experimentalism of Brian Eno as front man Bryan Ferry took control of the group’s future direction. (US:193 UK:4)

“Roxy Music's second LP, and last with Eno, is quite possibly their greatest achievement. The entire album is wrought with tension and angst. Sonically it is fantastic, with Eno treating the various instruments electronically, which leads to a very alienated feeling by the listener.”

“This is pleasure listening to indeed. This time, Roxy Music, would make some of their most experimental work ever; there are many quality songs on this one. It may not have a stand-out hit single, but it is a joyful listening experience nonetheless. My favourite track is Grey Lagoons Ferry’s impeccable vocals, along with the outstanding work by the band, make this memorable.”

“Certainly up there as one of Roxy Music's finest long players. This is a great place to start for anyone wishing to investigate this classic British band for the first time. More polished than their debut, and more creative than later albums. For Your Pleasure features some lesser known, but all the same great, Roxy Music tracks.”

“For Your Pleasure is the album where glam rock is at its most glamorous and where it is lifted to the level of art rock. Generally speaking the entire collection is a powerful hymn to the nightlife.”

“Roxy's second and final with Brian Eno is arguably their best. Kicking things off with the perfectly pompous Do The Strand, the album is full of strange noises that land in between Ferry's traditional pop leanings and Eno's experimental uses of texture and mood. Throw in some great playing by Andrew MacKay's saxophone and you have the quintessential 70s glam rock album.”

“Weirdly wonderful and seductively strange, For Your Pleasure presents Roxy Music at their avant-garde best, before Brian Eno left. There are several stellar songs here; my favourites are Do The Strand and Editions Of You. The album is suffused with off-kilter music and vocals with odd obsessions. Whether you consider this glam, art-rock or progressive, For Your Pleasure is at the cutting edge.”