Advantages: "Mother of Pearl", Roxy's finest Album Disadvantages: Nothing
This was Roxy Music's third outing and their finest ever album. This was unusual because they had lost the creative talent of Brian Eno (due to a power struggle / personality clash with Brian Ferry as detailed in Eno's song "Blank Frank" from his "Here Come The Warm Jets" album) and replaced him with 18 year olf Eddie Jobson (from Curved Air, thus adding electric violin to their line up, demonstrated on "Street Life"). The cover maintained the Roxy ... ...draped over the whole original gatefold sleeve, in a torn red dress amonth the jungle vegetation look very hot (ie sweating) but with perfect make-up.
This was the first Roxy Music album to contain a single, the opening track "Street Life". It's a fast slice of pop rock, which then flows into the gentle ballad "Just Like You". This is followed by "Amazona" ,a South American tinged colloaboration between the now undisputed band leader Brian Ferry ...
mikeydred 21.02.2001
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