Roxy Music - Country Life
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Artist: Roxy MusicBrand: Reprise
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-10-20
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Thrill of It All
- Three and Nine
- All I Want Is You
- Out of the Blue
- If It Takes All Night
- Bitter Sweet
- Triptych
- Casanova
- A Really Good Time
- Prairie Rose
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Hit: 5 Stars
Roxy Music's Country Life is a rather interesting listen. It's not really country music, if you ask me. It's more like experimental vocal melody-dominated pop music. "The Thrill of It All", in no way related to the Black Sabbath song, begins the album and shows you how experimental the band can be. Not your ordinary album opener with its David Bowie-like vocal melody, jazzy instruments, and guitar soloing. Right from the beginning you can tell these guys are going to give you an experimental adventure, and aren't afraid to hold back.
"Three and Nine" has wonderful vocals and harmonica and saxophone playing, I believe. Very strange intro! Hmm... maybe that isn't a harmonica. The back of the CD case doesn't say anything about a harmonica. Well, whatever it is, it's great. "All I Want Is You", in no way related to the Emerson, Lake and Palmer song, again excites the listener with a vocal melody that's incredibly catchy. It's almost glammy in spots. "Out of the Blue" is another vocal highlight. It's a bit spooky as well. The musical variety at the end rules.
"If It Takes All Night" is a bluesy song, I think. I can't really tell with this band just WHAT direction they're taking their music! They jump around with creativity quite often, throwing off the listener a little bit each time. The piano tinkling is excellent. "Bitter Sweet" is the strangest song on the disc. Just what is it, you ask? A quiet, atmospheric little tune with the occasional loud bursts of drums and weird vocals. It's appealing, though.
"Triptych" might be even MORE weird, haha. It has a deliberately demanding vocal section in the middle. It's pretty cool. It's time to rock out and get funky with "Casanova". Those weird instruments in the background are awesome. I can't remember what they're called, but they give the song a mysterious/underwater feel. For all I know, they might be synthesizers. The guitar playing rules as well. "A Really Good Time" isn't a party-like tune like I'm suring you're thinking, haha. It's a very serious-sounding song lyrically.
"Prairie Rose" might just be my favorite song on the album with its highly enjoyable and almost tearful vocal melody. I love it a lot. You have to buy this album. Roxy Music never had much success in the States but trust me, it's really good creative rock/pop.
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Some contend Roxy Music peaked on their first two LPs, the ones with Brian Eno. Others contend they were best on their next two LPs, without Eno. Country Life is the second LP of the latter grouping, and it probably is the highpoint of the band's career (although its predecessor, Street Life, is stiff competition). The haunting, melancholic "The Thrill of It All," the art-rockin' "Out of the Blue," the almost-pure '50s rock of "If It Takes All Night," and the decadent Berlin-before-the-War affectations of "A Really Good Time" all lead to the concluding "Prairie Rose," Bryan Ferry's campy ode to Texas and amour Jerry Hall. This was "alternative" rock before the term existed. After this, Roxy Music became an entirely different band. --Bill Holdship
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