THE EARLY YEARS
Roxy Music
•Crossover Prog
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Boxset/Compilation, released in 1989 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Re-Make/Re-Model (5:15) - Bryan Ferry / vocals, keyboards
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PROG REVIEWER
I liked most 'Ladytron' & 'In Every Dream Home a Heartache' which I knew before, and few others, but I'm too lazy and comfortable to try hard to start enjoying music that at first sounds a bit noisy to me. Anyway, without a doubt worth checking out if you like quirky, hilarious rock. My low rate only tell how I personally enjoyed it; a couple of stars would easily be added using objectively focused criteria.
PROG REVIEWER
Six out of ten come from their first album (which was their more interesting one IMO). I think it would have been better for the casual fan to which this effort is oriented to have "Bitter's End" instead of "2 HB" but this is not a major point. The great "Pyjamarama" only released as a single is of course a fabulous track and is a plus here.
Five songs come from "For Your Pleasure" : the fabulous "Do The Strand" and "Editions Of You" : they were the strongest tracks of the original album. "Beauty Queen" was a good one.
About "Bogus Man" this is what I wrote in my review for the album : it's a quite elaborate track with some true prog and complex moments. The ambiance of the track is very special : repetitive, bizarre, decadent and hypnotic. It sounds surrealistic (maybe due to the synth work from Eno). It is way toooooooo long (over nine minutes) and a bit boring at the end.
"In Every Dream Home a Heartache" is about the same story. I wrote that this track has a rather horrific and sinister atmosphere (Peter Hammill could have written this one). It starts with Ferry reciting his text as a psalm, the second part of the song being more "human" (Are We Not Men?).
While essential numbers for die-hard fans (like myself) they are maybe not adequate on a compil effort.
Four from "Stranded" of which only "Sunset" really doesn't belong here.
For the casual fan, this is quite a good way to get the essence of the early Roxy. With this CD, a newcomer could cheaply have a pretty good idea of the output of this influent band of the early / mid seventies. It is the perfect companion of course of their other compilation called ... The Later Years. Four stars.
PROG REVIEWER
It is like cutting pieces from a painting and puting together the chosen ones into a new frame, got it? It might sound ok for the casual listener and still he won�t see (or hear) the real, complete thing. Even if the new version of this compilation has some extra songs than the one I once had, the only reason to have it is that it now includes the original non LP song Pyjamarama. And I don�t think thist is reason enough to buy this CD.
Roxy Music was an extremely important band, and their first works were quite revolutionary, groundbreaking and influential. But to understand this you�ll have to listen to the full albums. Each one of their first CDs are essential to any prog music colletion. That�s why I can�t rate The Early Years higher, even if the tracklist is of great quality.
Incomplete.
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Why I must be honest when I talk about Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry? Why do I have to explain to others what was Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry to the music of the 70's? Why do I remember that from I was a child Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry were among my favorite bands? Oh, yeah, why explain it? Liste ... (read more)
Report this review (#781099) | Posted by 1967/ 1976 | Monday, July 2, 2012 | Review Permanlink
this is just excellent,it has all their essential early work on one cd.song for europe, bogus man , every dreamhome etc.. no filler here!roxy music must go down as one of the most underrated bands of the early 70,s. ... (read more)
Report this review (#34131) | Posted by | Thursday, March 3, 2005 | Review Permanlink
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