For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music · 1973
42 min · 8 tracks · new wave · art rock · glam rock
Ethereal melodies entwine with avant-garde experimentation, creating a lush soundscape that defies genre boundaries.
Why this album works
- Best for
- long, immersive listening sessions dynamic emotional journeys layered, dense sonic textures
- Context
- Released on March 23, 1973, 'For Your Pleasure' was Roxy Music's second studio album, following their self-titled debut. At this point in their career, the band was solidifying their unique blend of art rock and glam influences, while also exploring more experimental and sophisticated musical arrangements.
- If you like
- new wave, art rock, glam rock
For Your Pleasure is an album by Roxy Music, released in 1973. Ethereal melodies entwine with avant-garde experimentation, creating a lush soundscape that defies genre boundaries. 'For Your Pleasure' is significant for its bold artistic vision and critical acclaim, often cited as a precursor to the New Romantic movement. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and helped establish Roxy Music's influence on future generations of artists across various genres. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does For Your Pleasure sound like?
Ethereal melodies entwine with avant-garde experimentation, creating a lush soundscape that defies genre boundaries. Rooted in new wave and art rock.
What makes For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music notable?
'For Your Pleasure' is significant for its bold artistic vision and critical acclaim, often cited as a precursor to the New Romantic movement. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and helped establish Roxy Music's influence on future generations of artists across various genres. Released on March 23, 1973, 'For Your Pleasure' was Roxy Music's second studio album, following their self-titled debut. At this point in their career, the band was solidifying their unique blend of art rock and glam influences, while also exploring more experimental and sophisticated musical arrangements.
Who is For Your Pleasure for?
For Your Pleasure works well if you're into long, immersive listening sessions, dynamic emotional journeys and layered, dense sonic textures.
How many songs are on For Your Pleasure?
For Your Pleasure has 8 tracks, running approximately 42 minutes.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Do the Strand Standout 4:03
- 2 Beauty Queen 4:39
- 3 Strictly Confidential 3:47
- 4 Editions of You 3:49
- 5 In Every Dream Home a Heartache Standout 5:26
- 6 The Bogus Man Standout 9:20
- 7 Grey Lagoons 4:13
- 8 For Your Pleasure 6:51
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