The Best of Roxy Music

by Roxy Music

Overview

Released to herald a reunion of the band and superseding several out-of-print predecessors, The Best of Roxy Music is an excellent summary of the group's hits and album highlights between 1972 and 1982. There are really two editions of Roxy Music, the glam rock unit that achieved widespread U.K. success from 1972 to 1975, and the more polished one that was a broader international success from 1979 to 1982. The compilers have dealt with the dichotomy and the more lasting popularity of the later recordings by presenting the compilation in reverse chronological order, so that soft rock hits like "Over You" and "Dance Away," which scored in America, come before U.K.-only hits like "Street Life" and "Virginia Plain," which rock much harder. But all the major hits are here (only a couple of less-successful British singles chart entries are missing), augmented by memorable album tracks like "Do the Strand" and "Mother of Pearl." In print or not, this is the best single-disc collection of Roxy Music, since it is more complete than earlier compilations like the 1977 Greatest Hits and 1983 The Atlantic Years (1973-1980) LPs, and, unlike later best-ofs such as Street Life: 20 Great Hits (1986), The Ultimate Collection (1988), and More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music (1995) (the latter two U.K. releases), it is not divided between Bryan Ferry solo tracks and Roxy Music ones. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/02/2024
Label:	Universal Import
UPC:	0600753995822
Rank:	24856

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roxy Music   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Doctor I.D. Smith   Liner Notes
Paul Thompson   Musician
Andy Newmark   Musician
Jimmy Maelen   Musician
Gary Tibbs   Musician
Eddie Jobson   Musician
John Gustafson   Musician
John Porter   Musician
John Lennon   Composer
John Punter   Producer
Peter Sinfield   Producer
Richard Tee   Musician
Neil Hubbard   Musician
Michael Dawe   Musician
Bryan Ferry   Design,Composer,Musician
Anton Corbijn   Photography
Brian Eno   Musician
Paul Carrack   Musician
Allan Schwartzberg   Musician
Fonzi Thornton   Musician
Phil Manzanera   Composer,Musician
Roxy Music   Producer
Neil Jason   Musician
Rhett Davies   Producer
Alan Spenner   Musician
Graham Simpson   Musician
Yanick Etienne   Musician
Nicholas Deville   Design
Chris Thomas   Producer
Antony Price   Photography
Dave Skinner   Musician
Rik Kenton   Musician
Karl Stoecker   Photography
Bogdan Zarkowski   Design
Andy Mackay   Composer,Musician