Roxy Music – Avalon (New Vinyl) (Half-Speed Mastered)

NEW LP

New sealed copy. 2022 half-speed mastered reissue. Remastered from the original 1/4" analog tapes by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios and pressed in Germany at Optimal Media. Single sleeve with poly-lined die-cut black paper inner and lyric inner sleeve.

Avalon is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 28 May 1982 by E.G. Records, and Polydor. It was recorded between 1981 and 1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and is regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. It has been credited with pioneering the sophisti-pop genre.

The first single, "More Than This", preceded the album and was a top 10 hit in Britain, Australia, and several European countries. "Avalon", the second single, reached the top 20; "Take a Chance with Me" reached the top 30. In the United States, "More Than This" and "Take a Chance with Me" reached 103 and 104.

Avalon is Roxy Music's most successful studio album. It stayed at number one on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks, and stayed on the chart for over a year. Although it reached only No. 53 in the US, Avalon endured as a sleeper hit and became Roxy Music's lone million-selling US record, ultimately receiving platinum certification. While the band has toured periodically since the album's release, it remains their most recent studio album to date.

TRACKLIST:

A1        More Than This
A2        The Space Between
A3        Avalon
A4        India
A5        While My Heart Is Still Beating
B1        The Main Thing
B2        Take A Chance With Me
B3        To Turn You On
B4        True To Life
B5        Tara