Siren
by Roxy Music

Album
Siren by Roxy Music
Year: 1975
Release date: 1975-10-24
Overall rank: 2,189th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 257 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (34th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (390th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,189th)

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Roxy Music bestography

Siren is ranked 6th best out of 21 albums by Roxy Music on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Roxy Music is For Your Pleasure which is ranked number 499 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,434.

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Siren track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Love Is The Drug
Average Rating: 88 (113 votes)Comments: View 1
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End Of The Line
Average Rating: 80 (54 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sentimental Fool
Average Rating: 79 (51 votes)Comments: View 0
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Whirlwind
Average Rating: 80 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
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She Sells
Average Rating: 82 (55 votes)Comments: View 0
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Could It Happen To Me?
Average Rating: 79 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Both Ends Burning
Average Rating: 85 (71 votes)Comments: View 0
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Nightingale
Average Rating: 80 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Just Another High
Average Rating: 80 (48 votes)Comments: View 0

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Siren rankings

Siren rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,189th | 1970s rank: 390th | 1975 rank: 34th  Overall chart history
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Siren ratings

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Siren forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Simon_bramhall () 1. by (1973) 2. by by (1969) 4. by (1977) 6. by (1969) 7. (1966) 8. by (1975) 9. by (1968) 11. by by by by (1969) 15. by by by (1973) 18. (1972) 19. by (2009) 20. (1973) 21. by (1987) 22. by (1971) 23. by by (1973) 25.…”
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“Released on October 24th 1975”
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Siren comments

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From 05/18/2016 10:56 | #166388 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Discounting, avalon, I would say this is the last great Roxy Music album. After this they would slip into that slightly safe and dull white soul sound, something that would have been unthinkable up to now. Anyway, siren, is superb. Love is the drug, both ends burning, and, just another high, are all standouts, but there's no weak tracks here. Excellent.
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75/100
From 02/01/2017 04:25 | #184696 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Songs aren't always inventive (though certainly sometimes- just look at "She Sells"!) but simply made by Bryan Ferry's engaging "performance". So many great 70s albums- shocked this doesn't make my top 100.
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From 12/24/2014 18:03 | #130049 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album marked a point at which the group moved from a fairly solid prog/art rock foundation to a more pop-oriented sound.
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'Love is the Drug' my favourite Roxy track,'Both Ends Burning' is a great track also,not a bad album but not their best.
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From 01/25/2011 20:26 | #17811 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The album is consistently pleasant, but not much at all stands out.
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Best Albums of  1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. Mothership Connection by Parliament