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STREET LIFE: 20 GREAT HITSRoxy MusicCrossover Prog3.27 | 29 ratings |
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Excellent collection for those who want to get to know Roxy as a superb singles band,
with some of lead vocalist Bryan Ferry's greatest hits thrown in for good measure. Their
early glam period is represented by "Pyjamarama", "Do the Strand" and a few other lively
tracks, but most of the space is devoted to the superbly glossy, melancholy pop
of "More than This", "Avalon" and other late hits. Personally, I'll always love this band for
the gorgeous "Over You", as I have ecstatic memories of dancing the night away to this
catchy tune in the early 1980s. (I bitterly regretted it that "Over You" wasn't included
in the colourful two-disc account of Roxy's recent (2003) reunion tour!)On the other hand, if you want to get to know Roxy Music as a "prog-related" phenomenon, you're much better off with the band's first three or four studio albums, which contain only two of the tunes included here, and which show a completely different (i.e. far more experimental) side of the band.
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