Track Listing
1. Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
2. Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
3. Do The Strand - Roxy Music
4. Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall
5. Street Life - Roxy Music
6. All I Want Is You - Roxy Music
7. In Crowd
8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
9. You Go To My Head
10. Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
11. Both Ends Burning - Roxy Music
12. Let's Stick Together
13. Price Of Love
14. This Is Tomorrow
15. Tokyo Joe
1. Sign Of The Times
2. What Goes On
3. Carrickfergus
4. Trash - Roxy Music
5. Dance Away - Roxy Music
6. Angel Eyes - Roxy Music
7. Over You - Roxy Music
8. Oh Yeah - Roxy Music
9. Same Old Scene - Roxy Music
10. Jealous Guy (edit) - Roxy Music
11. More Than This - Roxy Music
12. Avalon - Roxy Music
13. Take A Chance With Me - Roxy Music
14. Don't Stop The Dance
15. Windswept
1. Slave To Love
2. Is Your Love Strong Enough
3. Right Stuff
4. Kiss And Tell
5. Limbo
6. He'll Have To Go
7. I Put A Spell On You
8. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
9. Girl Of My Best Friend
10. Your Painted Smile
11. Mamouna
12. As Time Goes By
13. Goddess Of Love
14. It's All Over Now Baby Blue
15. Fool For Love
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 3 | | Contributing Artists: | Ferry, Bryan & Roxy Music | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Liner Note Author: Michael Bracewell.THE PLATINUM COLLECTION, a three-disc retrospective box set that puts Roxy Music's singles alongside frontman Bryan Ferry's solo work, illustrates how Ferry's sensibility, in many ways, defined Roxy Music from the outset, and determined its subsequent direction. The compilation proves Ferry a premiere art-rock conceptualist--the success of his style-conscious presentations, his penchant for soulful grooves, and his sophisticated, often orchestral approach to composition have been borne out by his long career.Sequenced chronologically, THE PLATINUM COLLECTION begins with "Virginia Plain" from Roxy Music's 1972 debut and ends with Ferry's 2002 single "A Fool for Love." Even on the early glam material, Ferry's interest in American soul and R&B is apparent (see the quirky, gospel-ized version of Dylan's "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," his first solo single). Roxy Music's later work (FLESH & BLOOD, AVALON) continues the trend, with an increasing allegiance to romantic pop, lush productions, and smooth crooning. Ferry's solo career, which paralleled Roxy Music's almost from the beginning, reflects these tendencies, whether in choice of covers ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") or his memorable originals ("Slave to Love"). All told, the 45 tracks assembled here are a definitive overview of Ferry's work and a testament to his vision and achievement.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [THE] PLATINUM COLLECTION includes Roxy tunes that demonstrate this deeply skilled band's delicious development from thrashing rock to crystal-clear pop.
Rolling Stone
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