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Jeremy Riggs


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Rolling stone says:

The utlra-cool murmur of Bryan Ferry's voice could not be better suited to the warm musical setting offered by guitarist Phil Manzarena.  LIFE brims with romantic pop and sleek arrangements that hint at a lifestyle of luxury, style and erotic allure; "Thrill Of It All" is a high-water mark for art rock and glam.

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ALLMUSIC GUIDE REVIEW:

Continuing with the stylistic developments of Stranded, Country Life finds Roxy Music at the peak of their powers, alternating between majestic, unsettling art rock and glamorous, elegant pop/rock.

At their best, Roxy combine these two extremes, like on the exhilarating opener "The Thrill of It All," but Country Life benefits considerably from the ebb and flow of the group's two extremes, since it showcases their deft instrumental execution and their textured, enthralling songwriting.

And, in many ways, Country Life offers the greatest and most consistent set of Roxy Music songs, illustrating their startling depth. From the sleek rock of "All I Want Is You" and "Prairie Rose" to the elegant, string-laced pop of "A Really Good Time," Country Life is filled with thrilling songs, and Roxy Music rarely sounded as invigorating as they do here.

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  AMG Pick 1 Listen Now! The Thrill of It All Ferry 6:24
    2 Listen Now! Three and Nine Ferry, Mackay 4:04
AMG Review AMG Pick 3 Listen Now! All I Want Is You Ferry 2:53
AMG Review   4 Listen Now! Out of the Blue Ferry, Manzanera 4:46
    5 Listen Now! If It Takes All Night Ferry 3:12
AMG Review   6 Listen Now! Bitter Sweet Ferry, Mackay 4:50
    7 Listen Now! Triptych Ferry 3:09
AMG Review   8 Listen Now! Casanova Ferry 3:27
  AMG Pick 9 Listen Now! A Really Good Time Ferry 3:45
  AMG Pick 10 Listen Now! Prairie Rose Ferry, Manzanera 5:12


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Jeremy Riggs


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I do believe this is the first album we've covered that I do not own, although I do have a ROXY MUSIC greatest hits CD.

I can't even really talk about this album or this group, because I've never really listened to them at all.  I do know I've hear some of Ferry's solo stuff and been unimpressed.

Still, I may have to pick up this album to add to the collection and maybe give it a fair shake.

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I know none of these. Just know the Avalon Album, which really had unessesary and non-relevant artwork I feel. Some sort of weird blue-metallic round bird thing I think...

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ah-like this?

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yea thats it- the falconer thing.  didn't make sense to me for that album. I dunno I like some roxy music- love is the drug, More Than This was phenomenal...but they do seem relatively obscure. I felt some of their stuff was really directionless..  

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I think the 2 songs JD mentioned are all I am really familiar with.

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Same here, I'm not really familiar with this album.

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I like when Jerry Hall is on their album covers. smile.gif

Riggsy - I'm surprised you don't know more of their stuff. MTV used to play "Angel Eyes", "More Than This" & "Avalon" all the time!

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oh i know Avalon too, i forgot

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Never was a big RM fan...and therefor never bought any albums. There are one or two songs I like (Avalon is one), but never invested in Roxy or Ferry!

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I'm not familiar with them at all, though my husband always liked their music.  He has one of their albums, but it isn't this one.  Maybe I should give it a listen and see what I think. 

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