Various Artists - Siren (CD, Remastered)

Released before Roxy Music became a de facto Bryan Ferry project, but after their Brian Eno-influenced art-rock stage, Siren is a snapshot of a band in flux, and loving it. There's little of the boundary-pushing primitivism that marked their self-titled debut. Still, Ferry's youthful edge and the band's rough-hewn melodicism will shock those expecting to hear the adult-contemporary silkiness found on 1982's massive-selling Avalon. Both camps should nevertheless admire this record for so recklessly and beautifully straddling that massive stylistic gap. Featuring their first modest hit in the U.S., "Love Is the Drug," the record overflows with choruses that reveal their hooks slowly while drawing on sunny, spare instrumentation and Ferry's loopy, still-developing croon. As the band wrestles between glam-pop, sleek dance tunes, and shiny, Moody Blues-esque rock & roll, they don't sound at all like a band running from its past. Ferry and his cohorts are just taking back the reins, revealing the brisk melodies and strong songwriting that were the one constant in Roxy Music's lifespan. --Matthew Cooke

General

Label:	Eg
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1999
Originally released:	March 2000
Contributors:	Phil Manzanera • John Gustafson • Andrew Mackay • Bryan Ferry • Chris Thomas • Steve Nye • Paul Thompson • Edwin Jobson
Performers:	Roxy Music
Dimensions:	125 x 142 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	42 minutes
Categories:	Music > Pop / Rock Promotions
LSN:	XQR-RNS-E32-3
Barcode:	0724384745523

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Disk 1

1	Love Is the Drug
2	End of the Line
3	Sentimental Fool
4	Whirlwind
5	She Sells
6	Could It Happen to Me?
7	Both Ends Burning
8	Nightingale
9	Just Another High

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