Roxy Music - Avalon Album

The Avalon album is Roxy Music’s most sublime and quintessentially British musical moment. Romantic proposals and satiny smooth desire combine in "More Than This," opening the disc and setting the mood. By the time Bryan Ferry is crooning "I'll soon be home" at the end of "True To Life," you feel like you want to go along with him on his journey. Ferry brought his exquisite longing to the entirety of "Avalon" so well ("this space between us, better close it up tonight..."), that it's like he's moving through a long continual slow dance and asking us to be his partner. You can feel the sensual atmosphere of this album through and through.