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アヴァンギャルドな演奏と奇抜な格好で、デビュー当時、話題になったロキシーミュージック。彼らの音楽は、いま聴いても衝撃的だ。
才能豊かなメンバー同士のしのぎ合いが、目に浮かぶような<1>の鋭さは、デビュー作とは思えない。乱れとぶピアノの音に、フリーキーなサックスなど、ロキシーの前衛的な音楽性が、この作品ですでに完成されている。この後、ロキシーの音楽は刻々と変化し評価されるが、その変わらない原点は、このアルバムにあるといえる。(たかいしさとし)
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With startling, boundless creativity, Roxy Music's juiced-up debut record put a subversive spin on mid-'70s conventions, embracing glam-pop and artsy electronics while harboring a deep love of classic rock songcraft. Brian Eno's stamp is all over the record, driving songs like "Re-Make/Re-Model" down strange, atonal avenues. Bryan Ferry's nightclub glamour-boy persona and wandering vibratos help make timeless epics out of molehills like the (originally non-album) track "Virginia Plain." Eno stuck around for one more record, 1973's
For Your Pleasure, leaving Ferry and the band to embrace their less avant-garde leanings. This unpredictable, dangerous record might be a shock for those who associate Roxy Music with the silky sounds of later records such as
Flesh + Blood and
Avalon. It is nevertheless essential listening for all who care about boundary-defining rock, as well as the possibilities for profound innovation and redefinition that artists like David Bowie, T. Rex, and the New York Dolls promised, but never quite delivered.
--Matthew Cooke
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