ROXY MUSIC
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1	Manifesto
2	Trash
3	Angel Eyes
4	Still Falls The Rain
5	Stronger Through The Years
6	Ain't That So
7	My Little Girl
8	Dance Away
9	Cry, Cry, Cry
10	Spin Me Round

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The 1979 comeback album.

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The key to Roxy Music's success is that from the start they were grown men playing rock & roll. Coming to stardom in his late 20s, Bryan Ferry had the knowledge and experience to invest his songs with novelty and depraved intelligence, but was sufficiently new to the whole thing that Roxy always sounded fresh. When they started getting on each others' nerves, they had the presence of mind to split up for a while, and reform when they felt like it--the result was Manifesto, a unique, compelling record that could well be their best album. Informed by the rhythms and radiance of disco, with a vicious edge that recalls their early recordings, and the effortless fluidity of Avalon and Flesh & Blood, it's the consummate Roxy record. The singles--"Dance Away", "Trash" and "Angel Eyes"--showcase the album's range, spanning saxophone suavity, fractious rock and hypnotic, disorientating disco. But the real jewel is the title track, a taut tapestry of rhythm and noise that they never topped. --Taylor Parkes

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Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 14.5 x 0.99 cm; 94.12 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Canada
Item model number ‏ : ‎ ROXYCD7
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2013
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Label ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Canada
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000256VR
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Mervyn Black

Beautiful music

Reviewed in Canada on October 15, 2019

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My hero

Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2016

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GOOD!

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frank

Les morceaux sont plus intéressants que son hit ....

Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2019

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très bonne atmosphère bien habitée .....

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I wish I could give it more than five stars!!!

Reviewed in Canada on July 12, 2001

Roxy Music's finest hour is what Manifesto is. The biggest surprise is the original rock'n roll version of "Angel Eyes". This was a big breath of fresh air/sigh of relief to hear a GREAT version of the song after being all too familiar with the lame disco version. As a bass player, this cd is a bassist's dream. Songs like "Stranger Through the Years" are as jazzy as white people can get(which apparently is very jazzy). Almost a decade later, bands like Duran Duran were obviously looking to 'Manifesto' as a template when making such albums as 'Notorious'. I said before and I'll say it again, to every bass guitarists who happen to be reading this review, get this album now, for this is ultimate bass-driven music from Ferry and the boys.

Reviewed in Canada on January 10, 2001

A classic Roxy Music album. I consider it to be their best. Always great at producing classic songs (not albums) Manifesto reversed the trned and the whole album is complete with a myriad of pop classics, that through their distinct differences marry into a complete picture.

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Rochambeau Fan

ROXY MUSIC'S WEAKEST WORK STILL HAS SOME GOOD MOMENTS

Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2003

Let me preface this by saying that MANIFESTO really deserves a rating of 3.5 stars. There's no such thing as a bad ROXY MUSIC album, but this one is clearly pale by comparison to their other works.
Hardly as dynamic and groundbreaking as FOR YOUR PLEASURE or SIREN, nor as heartbreaking and sensual as AVALON, MANIFESTO finds Ferry and company, together again after a four-year hiatus, trying to find a new direction. If their attempts are in vain here, they got it the following year with the excellent FLESH & BLOOD.
The title track here is bold, swaggering and builds to an excellent climax. It proved to be an ideal song to open their concerts with.
ANGEL EYES has slowly grown on me over the years, though it's by no means a ROXY MUSIC classic.
DANCE AWAY, however, is. It's a simple, infectious and heartbreaking ballad that shows why Ferry was oh-so-good at writing these types of songs and why his songwriting style and personal style inspired a whole onslaught of clones in the years to follow.
Sadly, after these three songs, there isn't a whole lot to enjoy here. AIN'T THAT SO and TRASH rank as some of the weakest ROXY MUSIC songs ever recorded. Only the mediocre ballad that closes the album is close to being decent.
In short, one shouldn't skip over MANIFESTO entirely. Just don't expect to be blown away. Stick with FOR YOUR PLEASURE, SIREN and AVALON for that.

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D. Jobe

Roxy's Most Overlooked Album Worth a Listen

Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2001

In the span of eight albums, Roxy Music went all over the musical map. They made genre defining, experimental albums (the first two) glorious song cycles ('Stranded' and 'Country Life') two absolutely perfect albums ('Siren' and 'Avalon') one album to overlook (the bland 'Flesh + Blood') and this one, the one everybody forgets about.
And that's too bad, for 'Manifesto' is neither as slick as what would follow or as groundbreaking as what came before. This is understandable, of course, when you realize that this is actually the second manifestation of Roxy, coming four years (and many solo records) after 'Siren.' That said, the first half picks up pretty well from that masterpiece, opening with the minor-chord bass chops of the title track, taking you down the fifties glam lane of "Trash" (which almost sounds like an outtake of their first album) the catchy, wonderful "Angel Eyes" and then the slow-downs of the last two songs. As tends to be the case with Roxy albums, the second side doesn't quite match up, seeming a bit slick at times, but never banal like 'Flesh + Blood.' Plus, Ferry ends the record with "Spin Me Round," one of his most elegant odes.
Much has also been made about Roxy Music becoming little more than a glorified Bryan Ferry backing band with this album, but I would disagree. Both Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackey more than earn their billing, and the album is edgier as a whole than Ferry's solo releases of the time. In short, 'Manifesto' may not be the best (or the worst) Roxy album, but it is worth a spin. A terrific collection deserving of a better place in the Roxy canon.

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Giddy Goody

As the fox knows, it's great stuff

Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2001

This is maximum weird, but eurodisco cool, like warm socks in the morning, feeling fresh, or winding down, that last cup of coffee after the many many beers...angel eyes can light my fire, and the title track is yummy. A bass dream carry me away.

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Sergio R. Montiel Oliver

Increíble !!

Reviewed in Mexico on August 23, 2021

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Increíble… la compra la hice un domingo casi a las 10 pm y la entrega se realizó al día siguiente antes de las 7 pm. Así que gran logística !!!.
El empaque genial recibí el producto en perfectas condiciones.
Y qué más puedo decir que su nombre no diga todo… es ROXY MUSIC; solo me resta disfrutar !!!!!!

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jca

Posh Music from 1979

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2023

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Posh Music from 1979.

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Wenn sich der Zeitgeist ändert, verändert sich auch die Musik!

Reviewed in Germany on September 24, 2020

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Seit seinem Erscheinen ist "Manifesto" das umstrittenste Roxy Music Album . Ich verstehe aber nicht warum. Die Band ist einfach erneut einen Schritt weitergegangen. Die Kompositionen fielen kompakter aus als zuvor und das mondäne Lebensgefühl von Bryan Ferry rückte noch weiter in den Vordergrund. Seine Persönlichkeit und Vision bündeln die Ideen zu einem großen Ganzem. Jedoch erhielt jeder Musiker genug Freiraum um noch von einem Band-Album zu sprechen. Die Seele von Roxy Music ist jederzeit spürbar. Das jeweilige Songgerüst wird von elegant groovenden Basslinien, kreativen Saxophoneinlagen von Andy Mackay und dem subtilen Gitarrenspiel von Phil Manzanera untermauert.
Seit "Siren" waren vier Jahre vergangen. Die Musiklandschaft hatte sich verändert. Nach der Punk Revolution 1976 konnten sie einfach nicht so weitermachen wie zuvor. Ich mag alle Roxy Music-Alben, aber das alte Art Rock Konzept einfach nur zu reproduzieren hätte nicht mehr ausgereicht. Gewagt war allerdings das Integrieren von Disco und Soul; zwei Musikstile, auf die Rockpuristen heute immer noch herabsehen.
Wenn man "Manifesto" mit z.B. "Tormato" von Yes aus der selben Zeit vergleicht, drängen sich einige Fragen auf. Welches Album ist lebendiger? Welches Album hat mehr Esprit? Welches Album hat die nächste Stufe der Evolution erreicht? "Manifesto" hat in allen Bereichen die Nase vorn, weil die Ideen frischer, mutiger und vor allem glaubwürdiger sind. Überragend finde ich vor allem den Titeltrack (furioser Start des Albums), "Angel Eyes" und "Stronger Through The Years".
Obwohl zeitgenössische Kritiker die Produktion als unterkühlt beschrieben nimmt diese Platte vieles, von dem, was wenige Jahre später folgen sollte, vorweg. Also ist "Manifesto" ein waschechter Meilenstein der Musikgeschichte. Bryan Ferry und seine Mitstreiter hatten auch in der New Wave und Post-Punk Ära noch etwas zu sagen und veröffentlichten ein starkes und inspiriertes Manifest! *****

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Reviewed in France on November 17, 2019

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音質

Reviewed in Japan on March 2, 2022

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音質、内容とも素晴らしい。

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