Alone Together (The Art Of The Cocktail Piano) - Carmen Cavallaro

Advantages: It's early Roxy music
Disadvantages: None

...'s a new sensation, a fabulous creation, a danceable solution, to teenage revolution" I think what a great opening verse that has at he back of it Ferry's vamping piano to give it a feel of a rock n' roll song that is backed up with MacKay's saxophone added at the end of the lines to them more attack and a dark feel, during the middle eight Eno adds his treatments that along with Manzanera's guitar mix together to create a psychedelic wall of sound that swoops back and forth between the speakers and the track ends with Ferry's singing the line "Do the Strand" and crash on the snare drum as quickly as it began it's over. "Beauty Queen" begins with Eno playing synthesizer and Ferry croons, "Valerie Please believe, it never could work out" with John Porter's bass guitar along with Paul Thomson drums create a solid background for Bryan's singing... Read review

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Advantages: Exciting, daring, bold, different, effortlessly cool
Disadvantages: Moments of over-indulgence?

..."Make me a deal - and make it straight All signed and sealed - I'll take it" -'Virginia Plain' Roxy Music seemed to emerge out of nowhere in the early 1970's and were suddenly catapulted into superstardom and rock's premier league. The brainchild of art school graduate Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music in 1972 consisted of Ferry as vocalist and on piano, Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone/oboe), Brian Eno (synthesisers/tapes), Graham Simpson (bass) and Paul Thompson (drums). Conceived by Ferry as the perfect meeting point between pop and pop art, Roxy emerged like a bullet out of the blue, winning scores of fans and immense critical praise. Their rise to prominence was due in part to Ferry's keen eye for the aesthetic, as the band looked like nothing else seen before in rock music (this even during the 'glam rock' era... Read review

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...”. Sooner Or Later – slow, sultry, saxophone led piece that was used in the film to introduce Madonna’s character Breathless. Once again its sincerity slips as soon as you start to compare Madonna to Jessica Rabbit, but musically it’s a stylish enough track. Hanky Panky – Madonna and long-term songwriter Patrick’s Leonard cheeky tribute to bondage. One of only two tracks released as a single from the album, Hanky Panky stormed into the top 5 then stormed out very quickly when the hype had died down. Hanky Panky was Madonn’a precursor to the Erotica years, but the song is put together in a much more cheeky, good fun way than some of her later stuff. I’m Going Bananas – think Madonna meets Carmen Silvera and you’re some way there. Mad pianos, trumpets and percussion complement... Read review

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