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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
On my "My Fifteen Favorite Albums Ever" list, September 1, 2003
The second, and best, Roxy album, and the last before Eno left the group. For me, this choice is the most rooted in personal nostalgia. While I do think it stands worthy in a top 10 list, its presence here is admittedly partly because Roxy Music was pivotal for me, and this album more than any other. As an early teen, I was blindsided by this lush, complex, and defiantly sexy sound. Half from Brian Ferry's James Bondish presence, half from the experimental rock backing him, I was changed. I would lay in my room at night with headphones on listening to Roxy Music for hours. In Every Dreamhome A Heartache is simultaneously beautiful, silly, sexy, absurd, epic. It just dares you to not smile, and swoon.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply amazing, August 6, 2004
Roxy Music's second album, and last with Eno, is quite possibly their greatest achievement. The entire album is wrought with tension and angst. Sonically its fantastic, with Eno treating the various instruments electronically, which leads to a very alienated feeling by the listener. This CD has no filler, 8 tracks 8 classics, but 8 very very different songs. Blue Lagoons is the closest thing to upbeat this album has to offer, and even that has its weird moments. However, songs like Do The Strand, Editions of You, In Every Dreamhome a Heartache and Bogus Man each show a VERY different side to Roxy Music, each very dark and deliberate in their delivery. The piece de resistance though is the closer/title track, which devolves from a sad song to a cacophony of delay feedback and warped piano tones.
Along with Country Music, this album defines what Roxy Music was about, what they could do, and why they continue to inspire musicians today.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The "Pleasure" Is Ours., August 23, 2005
1973's "For Your Pleasure" is the second and final album Roxy Music performed with Brian Eno, who left the British band over what seemed to be creative differences. As far as this reviewer is concerned, just about every Roxy Music album of the 1970s is a must-own, but "For Your Pleasure" is a standout in its own particular way. After their excellent self-titled debut, these guys could have played it safe, but they instead pick up where they left off and venture intro uncharted territory. Brilliant glimpses of bold avant garde rock highlight key tracks such as the brash and confident opener "Do the Strand," the elegant "Beauty Queen," and the signature cut "Editions of You." As any great band would, Roxy Music isn't afraid to get a little weird on us and test our patience; case in point is "Bogus Man," an instrumental that takes its sweet time during its 9 minute running time. But another distinguishing feature is Bryan Ferry, who succeeds in equal parts as both a suave singer and clever lyricist. In "Beauty Queen," he sings, "All of my hope and my inspiration/I drew from you/our life's pattern drawn in sand/but the winds could not erase/the memory of your face." While they were revered and wildly successful in Europe, Roxy Music never got the American recognition its colleagues Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin earned in the 1970s. Still, "For Your Pleasure" is a smashing record whose occasional strokes of genius must be acknowledged.
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