When was avalon by roxy music released

But only one of their albums earned sales certification in the US. On December 2, , Avalon went platinum there — fully a decade after it was released. It gave them their biggest-ever impact, spending three weeks at No. In the States, the album peaked at No. The group would go their separate ways, but the album would have a remarkable afterlife. Avalon went on to give Roxy Music their first gold album in the US in December , four and a half years after it was released.

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Load more. Sharleen lifts the lid on her favourite women in music and why they have influenced her work so much. Read more. All Rights Reserved by original artists or copyright holders. We were using the control room like a primitive computer, doing what people can do now in their front rooms with a computer and a sampler.

We had the earliest Linn Drums and the first sequential synths. What sets Avalon apart in this respect is the inclusion of not one, but two instrumentals — India on Side one, and Tara on Side two — which serve to highlight this mature approach to how the band created new music. Rhett Davies was the engineer at the Compass Point sessions. The musicians came in, and rather than trying to create something, they responded to the atmosphere that was already on tape.

Electronic instruments were used to create soundscapes not unlike the kind created by former band member Brian Eno , which helped to create a much more fluid creative environment. By the time the band and Rhett Davies decamped to the Power Station to work with Bob Clearmountain, however, many of the tracks for the album were half-finished.

The workflow mainly consisted of using the Linn as a starting point, along with some extra percussion from Andy Newmark and Jimmy Maelen. He was searching. True to the use of electronic instruments in constructing the album, it creates a dreamy yet hopeful atmosphere and is reflected in the lyrics:.