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For Your Pleasure
by Roxy Music
The 65th greatest album of all time
For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music's second studio album released in 1973, refines the band's art rock and glam approach with theatrical arrangements, sleek pop songwriting and abrasive experimental textures. Bryan Ferry's elegant, ironic vocals ride over Andy Mackay's saxophone, Phil Manzanera's guitar work and Brian Eno's synthesizer treatments, producing songs that range from seductive to unsettling, notably "Do the Strand" and "In Every Dream Home a Heartache". The album is the last to feature Eno and is often cited for combining glamour and avant garde production with a raw edge that points toward proto-punk and post-punk sounds.
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