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Greatest Hits (Roxy Music album)

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Recorded
  
1972-1975

Roxy Music Greatest Hits (1977)
  
Manifesto (1979)

Release date
  
November 1977

Length
  
45:18

Artist
  
Roxy Music

Label
  
Atco Records

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Released
  
November 1, 1977 (1977-11-01)

Genres
  
Rock music, Glam rock, Art rock

Producers
  
Chris Thomas, John Punter, Peter Sinfield, John Anthony

Similar
  
Roxy Music albums, Glam rock albums

Virginia plain


Greatest Hits is Roxy Music's first standard "greatest hits" compilation album, issued after Roxy Music went on hiatus. The edited version of "The Thrill of It All" is unique to this release, while the single version (3:20) is available on 7" 45 RPM single and the 2012 box set The Complete Studio Recordings. "Mother of Pearl" is an edit in that it does not crossfade into the next song, as it does on Stranded, the album on which it originally appeared. The version of "Pyjamarama" on this collection is a remix of the original 1973 single which is also available on The Complete Studio Recordings.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Bryan Ferry except as noted.

Personnel

Roxy Music
  • Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards
  • Andy Mackay – oboe, saxophone
  • Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
  • Paul Thompson – drums, percussion
  • Brian Eno – keyboards, backing vocals (tracks 1-2 and 5-6 on side one)
  • John Gustafson - bass (tracks 3-4 on side one, all tracks on side two)
  • Eddie Jobson – keyboards, violin (tracks 3-4 on side one, all tracks on side two)
  • Rik Kenton - bass (track 1 on side one)
    • Additional personnel
  • John Porter - bass (tracks 2 and 5-6 on side one)

    • Songs

    1Virginia Plain2:56
    2Do the Strand4:00
    3All I Want Is You2:51

    References

    Greatest Hits (Roxy Music album) Wikipedia
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