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Today's album of the day

Roxy Music by Roxy Music (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1972.
Overall rank: 603.
Average rating: 79/100 (from 88 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Re-make/Re-model
2. Ladytron
3. If There Is Something
4. Virginia Plain
5. 2 H.B.
6. The Bob (Medley)
7. Chance Meeting
8. Would You Believe?
9. Sea Breezes
10. Bitters End

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[Guest]

Ah, the superior American issue with 'Virginia Plain' squeezed in before '2HB'. Good, not their best, and certainly not as good as any of the first 6 Eno solo albums (although it is unfair to compare it to some, if not all, of those). But I think early Roxy has dated pretty well. Certainly enjoyable, and better than virtually everything else tainted with that stupidest of labels, "glam rock".

[joedec]

great debut album

[goodtunes]

This is the early Roxy Music. This album is what I like to call 'Roxy' music, simply because it is like no other music. It cannot be classified. It's not true 'glam', it's not hard rock, it's not space rock. It's simply Roxy Music. The band chose their name because they wanted something that reflected the glamour of the 1930s and 1950s moviehouses, to remind people of the glamours movie stars and beautiful women, so thus Roxy was the word. It also reflected the somewhat campy lyrics, and 1950s sound seen in some of their songs, yet at the same time putting their music in a class all its own.