For Your Pleasure
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| Studio album by Roxy Music | ||
| Released | March 24, 1973 | |
| Recorded | Air Studios, London, February 1973 | |
| Genre | Glam rock/Art rock | |
| Length | 42:16 | |
| Label | E.G. Records | |
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas, John Anthony, Roxy Music | |
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| Roxy Music chronology | ||
| Roxy Music (1972) |
For Your Pleasure (1973) |
Stranded (1973) |
For Your Pleasure is a 1973 album by the British glam and art rock group Roxy Music. The band's second album, it was also their last to feature synthesizer and sound specialist Brian Eno, who would later gain acclaim as a solo artist and producer.
The group were able to spend more studio time on this album than on their debut, combining strong song material by Bryan Ferry with more elaborate production treatments. For example, the song "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (Ferry's curious ode to a blow-up doll) fades out in its closing section, only to fade back in again with all the instruments subjected to a pronounced phasing treatment. The title track fades out in an elaborate blend of tape loop effects. Eno remarked that the eerie "Bogus Man" displayed similarities with contemporary material by the krautrock group Can.
Of the more upbeat numbers on the album, "Do the Strand" and "Editions of You" were both based around insistent rhythms in the tradition of the band's first single "Virginia Plain". "Do the Strand" has been called the archetypal Roxy Music anthem, whilst "Editions of You" was notable for a series of ear-catching solos by Andy Mackay (sax), Eno (VCS3), and Phil Manzanera (guitar).
As with the debut Roxy Music album, no UK singles were lifted from For Your Pleasure upon its initial release. A single-only release, "Pyjamarama" b/w "The Pride and the Pain", was used to promote the album in Britain, making #10. "Do the Strand" b/w "Editions of You" was released as a single in the US and Europe; it was finally issued as a UK single in 1978 to promote Roxy's Greatest Hits album, released in December the previous year.
The cover featured Bryan Ferry's girlfriend at the time, singer and model Amanda Lear.
For Your Pleasure made #4 in UK charts in 1973. In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 33 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 394 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was one of four by the group that made the list (Country Life, Siren and Avalon being the others).
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Bryan Ferry.
- "Do the Strand" – 4:04
- "Beauty Queen" – 4:41
- "Strictly Confidential" – 3:48
- "Editions Of You" – 3:51
- "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" – 5:29
- "Bogus Man" – 9:20
- "Grey Lagoons" – 4:13
- "For Your Pleasure" – 6:51
[edit] Personnel
- Bryan Ferry – vocals, piano, Hohner Pianet, Mellotron
- Brian Eno – VCS3 synthesizer, backing vocals
- Andrew Mackay – oboe, saxophone, Farfisa electronic organ
- Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
- John Porter – bass guitar
- Paul Thompson – drums
[edit] External links
| Roxy Music |
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| Bryan Ferry | Andy Mackay | Phil Manzanera | Paul Thompson |
| Brian Eno | Eddie Jobson | Graham Simpson | Paul Carrack | Andy Newmark |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Roxy Music | For Your Pleasure | Stranded | Country Life | Siren | Manifesto | Flesh and Blood | Avalon |
| Live albums: Viva! | The High Road | Heart Still Beating | Concert Classics | Concerto |
| Compilations: Roxy Music Greatest Hits | The First Seven Albums | The Atlantic Years | Street Life 20 Great Hits | The Ultimate Collection | More Than This | The Thrill of It All | The Early Years | Slave To Love | The Best of Roxy Music |
| Related Articles |
| New Wave music | Glam rock | New Romantic | EMS VCS 3 | Chris Thomas |
