Roxy Music
Roxy hit the scene with one of the most unique sounds of the Seventies, radically altering the musical landscape in the wake of seminal efforts like For Your Pleasure... and their first album. Led by charismatic frontman Bryan Ferry, Roxy originally featured Brian Eno alongside guitarist Phil Manzanera, Andrew Mackay and Paul Thompson (bass players came and went, including for a short time John Wetton). At first dark and spooky perverters of rock's conventions, the band fell increasingly under the influence of Ferry's romantic vision with the departure of Eno (who was succeeded by Eddie Jobson). Stranded and Country Life went after a cosmopolitan (but still dark) sound that cast Ferry as a Casanova of the haute couture (a musical equivalent of La Dolce Vita, if you will). After Siren, which scored a hit with "Love Is The Drug" (never liked it, btw), Roxy Music disbanded. Ferry amused himself in the interim by indulging what was a concurrent solo career, resuming Roxy with Manzanera and Mackay for 1979's slick Manifesto. The ethereal Avalon was the band's last studio album, though that work was echoed in subsequent Ferry solo albums like Boys And Girls and Bete Noire. Manzanera and Mackay have released albums together and apart, though none have approached Ferry in terms of commercial appeal.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1972 June | ROXY MUSIC |
| 1972 August | Virginia Plain |
| 1973 March | Pyjamarama |
| 1973 March | FOR YOUR PLEASURE |
| 1973 July | Do The Strand |
| 1973 November | Street Life |
| 1973 November | STRANDED |
| 1974 October | All I Want Is You |
| 1974 November | COUNTRY LIFE |
| 1974 November | The Thrill Of It All |
| 1975 September | Love Is The Drug |
| 1975 October | SIREN |
| 1975 December | Both Ends Burning |
| 1976 July | VIVA! ROXY MUSIC |
| 1977 November | GREATEST HITS |
| 1979 February | Trash |
| 1979 March | MANIFESTO |
| 1979 April | Dance Away |
| 1979 August | Angel Eyes |
| 1980 May | Over You |
| 1980 May | FLESH + BLOOD |
| 1980 July | Oh Yeah (On The Radio) |
| 1980 November | Same Old Scene |
| 1980 December | In The Midnight Hour |
| 1981 February | Jealous Guy |
| 1981 December | BOXED SET |
| 1982 April | More Than This |
| 1982 May | AVALON |
| 1982 June | Avalon |
| 1982 September | Take A Chance With Me |
| 1983 March | THE HIGH ROAD (EP) |
| 1983 | Like A Hurricane |
| 1983 November | THE ATLANTIC YEARS 1973-1980 |
| 1986 April | STREET LIFE: 20 GREAT HITS |
| 1988 November | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
| 1989 December | THE EARLY YEARS |
| 1989 December | THE LATER YEARS |
| 1990 October | HEART STILL BEATING |
| 1990 October | Love Is The Drug (live) |
| 1994 October | THE COMPACT COLLECTION |
| 1995 October | MORE THAN THIS - THE BEST OF BRYAN FERRY & ROXY MUSIC |
| 1995 November | THE THRILL OF IT ALL |
| 1996 April | Love Is The Drug (mix) |
| 2000 April | VALENTINE |
| 2000 October 17 | THE EARLY YEARS |
| 2001 February 26 | VINTAGE |
| 2001 June 26 | CONCERTO |
| 2001 July 3 | THE BEST OF ROXY MUSIC |
| 2002 May 15 | REFLECTION |
| 2003 June 3 | LIVE |
| 2007 September 25 | LIVE IN AMERICA |
| 2008 February 19 | LIVE AT RAINBOW MUSIC HALL |
| 2008 May 19 | LIVE AT THE APOLLO |
SEE ALSO...
Miami Vice II
BRIAN ENO discography
THE EXPLORERS discography
BRYAN FERRY discography
JOHN GUSTAFSON discography
EDDIE JOBSON discography
ANDY MACKAY discography
PHIL MANZANERA discography
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