Track Listing 1. Manifesto 2. Trash 3. Angel Eyes 4. Still Falls the Rain 5. Stronger Through the Years 6. Ain't That So 7. My Little Girl 8. Dance Away 9. Cry, Cry, Cry 10. Spin Me Around
| Details | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards); Phil Manzanera (guitar); Andy Mackay (oboe, saxophone); Paul Thompson (drums); Alan Spencer, Gary Tibbs, Paul Garrack. All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. Japanese edition features LP-style packaging, an obi strip, and a picture disc. CD comes in Jpn LP Sleeve. MANIFESTO was Roxy Music's 1979 return after a hiatus of several years. This second phase of the band continued in the direction begun with their 1975 album SIREN. Lush romanticism now enveloped their sound, softening the barbs and burrs that had been a characteristic since their art school beginnings with Brian Eno at the start of the decade. MANIFESTO yielded several hits and songs of enduring popularity in the Bryan Ferry songbook, notably "Angel Eyes" and "Dance Away." The latter, in fact, sounds of a piece with Ferry's eighties solo work--gorgeous, lush, and exceedingly romantic. This album and its two successors (FLESH & BLOOD and AVALON) effectively form a bridge from the glam-rock of the early '70s to the more sedate, but rich and confident, sounds of pop music for adults.
Editorial Reviews ...[It] was the last time they sounded remotely abrasive....the singles shine, and 'Spin Me Round' is the kind of romantic nostalgia that Ferry excelled at... Mojo (01/01/2000)
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