Roxy Music changed shape more dramatically than most bands could manage across an entire career. Their early records placed Bryan Ferry’s cinematic songwriting beside Brian Eno’s electronic disruptions, Phil Manzanera’s guitar, Andy Mackay’s saxophone and oboe, and Paul Thompson’s forceful drumming. By Avalon, the same name represented an elegant, spacious form of pop whose influence could be heard in new wave, post-punk, synth-pop, and sophisticated adult rock.

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Roxy Music formed in London in 1970 after Bryan Ferry began assembling musicians for a new project with bassist Graham Simpson. Andy Mackay brought saxophone and oboe, Brian Eno introduced synthesizers and tape treatments, Paul Thompson supplied the drums, and Phil Manzanera became the band’s guitarist before the first album was recorded.
The self-titled Roxy Music appeared in 1972 and reached the British Top 10. Its original United Kingdom pressing contained nine tracks and did not include “Virginia Plain,” which was recorded and released separately as the band’s first single before being added to some international editions and later reissues.
For Your Pleasure followed in 1973 with “Do the Strand,” “Editions of You,” “In Every Dream Home a Heartache,” and the title track. It was Brian Eno’s final album as a full-time member. Eddie Jobson subsequently joined on keyboards and violin, contributing to the more structured sound of Stranded, Country Life, and Siren.
Stranded became Roxy Music’s first number-one album in the United Kingdom. Country Life extended the band’s international reach, while Siren produced “Love Is the Drug,” their largest American hit. The band entered a hiatus after touring behind Siren.
Roxy Music returned with Manifesto in 1979. “Dance Away” and the re-recorded single arrangement of “Angel Eyes” moved the band toward a more polished dance-pop sound. Flesh and Blood followed in 1980 with “Over You,” “Oh Yeah,” “Same Old Scene,” and “My Only Love.”
The eighth studio album, Avalon, arrived in 1982. Its atmospheric production and carefully layered performances shaped “More Than This,” the title track, “Take a Chance with Me,” and “While My Heart Is Still Beating.” Roxy Music ended its original run after the supporting tour.
The band reunited for touring in 2001 and returned again in 2022 for a fiftieth-anniversary tour featuring Ferry, Mackay, Manzanera, and Thompson. Roxy Music had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Catalog activity has continued through anniversary editions and archival reissues, including new Viva! and Flesh and Blood editions announced in 2026.
Complete List Of Roxy Music Songs From A to Z
A–E
- 2HB – Roxy Music (1972)
- Ain’t That So – Manifesto (1979)
- All I Want Is You – Country Life (1974)
- Always Unknowing – Non-album B-side (1982)
- Amazona – Stranded (1973)
- Angel Eyes – Manifesto (1979)
- Avalon – Avalon (1982)
- Beauty Queen – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Bitter-Sweet – Country Life (1974)
- Bitters End – Roxy Music (1972)
- The Bob (Medley) – Roxy Music (1972)
- The Bogus Man – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Both Ends Burning – Siren (1975)
- Can’t Let Go – The High Road (1983)
- Casanova – Country Life (1974)
- Chance Meeting – Roxy Music (1972)
- Could It Happen to Me? – Siren (1975)
- Cry, Cry, Cry – Manifesto (1979)
- Dance Away – Manifesto (1979)
- Do the Strand – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Editions of You – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Eight Miles High – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- End of the Line – Siren (1975)
F–J
- Flesh and Blood – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- For Your Pleasure – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Giddy Up – Non-album single (1980)
- Grey Lagoons – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Hula Kula – Non-album B-side (1973)
- If It Takes All Night – Country Life (1974)
- If There Is Something – Roxy Music (1972)
- Impossible Guitar – Heart Still Beating (1990)
- In Every Dream Home a Heartache – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- In the Midnight Hour – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- India – Avalon (1982)
- Jealous Guy – Non-album single (1981)
- Just Another High – Siren (1975)
- Just Like You – Stranded (1973)
K–O
- Ladytron – Roxy Music (1972)
- Like a Hurricane – The High Road (1983)
- Love Is the Drug – Siren (1975)
- Lover – Non-album B-side (1980)
- The Main Thing – Avalon (1982)
- Manifesto – Manifesto (1979)
- More Than This – Avalon (1982)
- Mother of Pearl – Stranded (1973)
- My Little Girl – Manifesto (1979)
- My Only Love – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- Nightingale – Siren (1975)
- No Strange Delight – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- The Numberer – Non-album B-side (1972)
- Oh Yeah – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- Out of the Blue – Country Life (1974)
- Over You – Flesh and Blood (1980)
P–T
- Prairie Rose – Country Life (1974)
- The Pride and the Pain – Non-album B-side (1973)
- Psalm – Stranded (1973)
- Pyjamarama – Non-album single (1973)
- Rain Rain Rain – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- Re-Make/Re-Model – Roxy Music (1972)
- A Really Good Time – Country Life (1974)
- Running Wild – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- Same Old Scene – Flesh and Blood (1980)
- Sea Breezes – Roxy Music (1972)
- Sentimental Fool – Siren (1975)
- Serenade – Stranded (1973)
- She Sells – Siren (1975)
- A Song for Europe – Stranded (1973)
- South Downs – Non-album B-side (1980)
- The Space Between – Avalon (1982)
- Spin Me Round – Manifesto (1979)
- Still Falls the Rain – Manifesto (1979)
- Street Life – Stranded (1973)
- Strictly Confidential – For Your Pleasure (1973)
- Stronger Through the Years – Manifesto (1979)
- Sultanesque – Non-album B-side (1975)
- Sunset – Stranded (1973)
- Take a Chance with Me – Avalon (1982)
- Tara – Avalon (1982)
- Three and Nine – Country Life (1974)
- The Thrill of It All – Country Life (1974)
- To Turn You On – Avalon (1982)
- Trash – Manifesto (1979)
- Triptych – Country Life (1974)
- True to Life – Avalon (1982)
U–Z
- Virginia Plain – Non-album single (1972)
- While My Heart Is Still Beating – Avalon (1982)
- Whirlwind – Siren (1975)
- Would You Believe? – Roxy Music (1972)
- Your Application’s Failed – Non-album B-side (1974)
Roxy Music Studio Albums
Roxy Music (1972)
For Your Pleasure (1973)
Stranded (1973)
Country Life (1974)
Siren (1975)
Manifesto (1979)
Flesh and Blood (1980)
Avalon (1982)
Additional Roxy Music Releases Covered
Non-Album Singles and B-Sides (1972–1982)
The High Road (1983)
Heart Still Beating (1990)
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