The debut album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a sextet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, piano, synths, tapes, oboe, saxophone and vocals.
A guest added some extra bass.
These legends released eight albums between 1972 and 1982. All of them will be reviewed this year in this blog.
Their many interesting album covers and the Avalon hit single is my only meeting with them during my fifty years as a music listener. It is about time to give them some attention.
Their music has always had this reputation of being over the top art-rock and a mix of the Soho culture and the high society.
This my preconceived opinion and it is confirmed true on this album. That is more an objective observation than being a damning, negative remark.
The music is laidback rock with some jazz and brass rock incorporated. It has some The Beatles influences and it is pretty elegant. It is indeed art-rock.
The woodwinds are cool and Bryan Ferry's vocals is good.
The songs are a mix of decent and good songs. This is an interesting debut album and I am looking forward to the rest of them. This will be fun..... great fun.
2.5 points
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