For Your Pleasure

Occupation

For Your Pleasure is a 1973 released album by the British glam rock band Roxy Music.

It was the second album of the band, and the last on which the synthesizer and sound specialist Brian Eno played, who later became a famous solo artist and producer was.

Genesis

The group had spent for recording this album more time in the studio for their debut album and song combined material from Bryan Ferry with sophisticated recording techniques. In the song In Every Dream Home a Heartache, Ferry's Ode to a Blow-up Doll ("I blew up your body / but you blew my mind! "), For example, hide the music to be on it again appears with all the instruments, the all are clearly out of phase. The title track will be hidden with a prepared mixture of tape loop effects.

During the recording process were the artistic and personal tensions between Eno and Ferry to days. The creative tensions that the debut album could be a classic, were insurmountable, and so left Eno after the recordings the band.

The more optimistic pieces of the album, Do the beach and Editions of You, were both built around the haunting rhythm of the first single of the band: Virginia Plain.

The cover shows Bryan Ferry's girlfriend at the time: singer and model Amanda Lear.

For Your Pleasure reached number 4 in the UK charts in 1973. In 2000, Q magazine chose the album at number 33 of the best British albums of all time.

Title list

All songs were written by Bryan Ferry

Song Info

Do the beach

Do the beach is one of the most played songs from Roxy Music. It was released in most of Europe, Japan and the U.S. as a single. In Britain it was not published until 1978 as a decoupling of the greatest hits album. The album version is 4 minutes, the longest, there is still the shortened single version (3 min 40 s ) and the " Street Life Compilation Version" 3 min 19 s In Germany the song reached number # 41 of the singles chart. The song is meant to describe the beach as a kind of dance. Do the beach was called Roxy Music's original anthem.

Beauty Queen

Beauty Queen treats a model from Newcastle named Valerie Leon, also known as a B- movie actress and ex-girlfriend of Bryan Ferry was.

Editions of You

Editions of You was the B-side of Do The beach. The song contains a series of solos by Andy Mackay (saxophone), Brian Eno ( synthesizer) and Phil Manzanera ( guitar). It is often called the first punk song of all time. The text is written in a bygone lovers in the style of a love letter. Well-known cover versions come from Mudhoney and Men Without Hats.

In Every Dream Home a Heartache

From the song, there are several cover versions, including by Fields of the Nephilim and Rozz Williams. It served as the namesake for the tribute album Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking / Remodeling Roxy Music, which was created by Nigel John Taylor.

The Times wrote about the song:

" In Every Dream Home A Heartache is the Coupe de Grace, a chant, ballad ... laconic, scary, brilliant observed and nuanced to perfection, it is a modern masterpiece. Ferry is the man to bring true intelligence into the pop. "

For Your Pleasure

At the end of the sentence "you do not ask why" by Judi Dench is heard. The set is a response to " Well, how are you? ", A line of the song Chance Meeting from the debut album, which was sampled here in 1975 appeared on the song of the Both Ends Burning single B-side. The song was covered by the Simple Minds.

Record label Genre Rock music Singing Chris Thomas (record producer) Stranded (Album) John Taylor (bass guitarist)
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