Saturday, May 18, 2024

Roxy Music - Avalon (1982)

The eight and final studio album from this band from Great Britain.

The band was a trio with a lineup of guitars, strings, keyboards, saxophones, oboe and vocals.

Around ten guests added drums, percussion, bass, guitars, strings, piano and organ.

This album ends the story, the studio album parts of the story of this band. It is one of the most important bands in the history of art rock. Their studio albums is fascinating and at times... bewildering. But that is why some of us really is into music.

This album starts with their biggest hit, one of the biggest hits of the 1980s, called More Than This. It is a brilliant piece of pop music too and it has got some art-rock influences. It is indeed a great song.

The title track is the best song. It is quite a quirky piece of art-rock. 

The rest is a mix of forgetable but still forgetable songs. This is not their best album although it sold zillion copies. This album is not the way we should remember this great band.

2.5 points



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