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ROXY MUSIC ON TRACK

EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Michael Kulikowski

ISBN 978-1-78952-335-5

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Publication: 29 AUGUST 2024
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ISBN: 9781789523355
Price: £16.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 210 x 148 mm
Extent: 144 pp
Illustrated: 16 colour pages
Thema: AVLP Popular Music

Comparative title: 9781789522396 Brian Eno in the 1970s

• One of the most fashionable of British rock
bands, which appeals to fans of both pop and
progressive rock
• Huge commercial success, especially in Europe.
All eight of their albums reached the top ten in
the UK, with three number ones
• 14 top 20 hits in the UK, including the 1981
number one ‘Jealous Guy’ – the band’s tribute to
John Lennon

In ten short years, Roxy Music made two of the most
Sonic Bond podcast at http://www.sonicbondbookcast.co.uk/ experimental albums in popular music history and one of the
most smoothly romantic. Conceived by Bryan Ferry at the turn
Michael Kulikowski’s day job is teaching about ancient Rome as of the 1970s, the band released its first album, Roxy Music, to
the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Classics at Penn wide acclaim in 1972 and swiftly followed up with the ground-
State University, USA. He is the author of academic books and breaking single ‘Virginia Plain’. Ferry, Andy Mackay, and Phil
articles, as well as Imperial Triumph (2016) and Imperial Tragedy Manzanera remained Roxy’s core players over seven more
(2019), which are written for the general reader and narrate the albums, in three distinct phases.
history of ancient Rome from its height around AD 100 to the end of The debut and For Your Pleasure (1973) featured all manner
the western empire in the fifth century. He writes regularly for the of electronic weirdness from Brian Eno, while Stranded (1973),
London Review of Books and has been listening obsessively to Roxy Country Life (1974), and Siren (1975) marked the peak of
Music for forty years Ferry’s songwriting and struck a delicate balance between
edgy art and gorgeous craft. Finally, Manifesto (1979), Flesh
+ Blood (1980), and Avalon (1982), the last two without
Sales: Star Book Sales LLP powerhouse founding drummer Paul Thompson, framed
T: 01404 515050 Ferry’s tales of doomed romance within a sophisticated wash
E: enquiries@starbooksales.com of sound that used the studio itself as an instrument.

Orders: Combined Book Services Ltd.
Email: orders@combook.co.uk The members of Roxy Music have had long and
Phone: 01892 837171 distinguished careers outside the band, but nothing can
surpass the eight albums they made together. This book tells
Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change the musical story of this most enigmatic of British bands.
without notice. 07/03/2024