The Thrill of It All (Roxy Music album)
1995 box set by Roxy Music
The Thrill of It All Released 20 November 1995 (1995-11-20 ) Recorded 1972 (1972 ) –1982 (1982 ) Genre Length 310 :55 Label Virgin Producer varies from track to track
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The Thrill of It All is a four-CD compilation box set by the British band Roxy Music , released by Virgin in 1995 (see 1995 in music ). The first three discs of the set collected key album tracks from the band's eight studio albums. The fourth disc consists of a selection of singles, B-sides and remixes. Many of the B-sides were composed by other members of the band as Bryan Ferry wanted each member of the band to benefit from songwriting royalties.[ 2] The release features no previously unreleased tracks, though it was the first time some tracks were released on compact disc . The set was remastered by Robert Ludwig who subsequently did the 1999 remasters for the Roxy Music catalogue.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bryan Ferry , except where noted.
Disc two Title Writer(s) Origin 1. "A Song for Europe" Ferry, Andy Mackay Stranded 5:46 2. "Mother of Pearl" Stranded 6:52 3. "Sunset" Stranded 6:04 4. "The Thrill of It All " Country Life , 19746:24 5. "Three and Nine" Ferry, Mackay Country Life 4:04 6. "All I Want Is You " Country Life 2:53 7. "Out of the Blue" Ferry, Manzanera Country Life 4:46 8. "Bitter-Sweet" Ferry, Mackay Country Life 4:50 9. "Casanova" Country Life 3:27 10. "A Really Good Time" Country Life 3:45 11. "Prairie Rose" Ferry, Manzanera Country Life 5:12 12. "Love Is the Drug " Ferry, Mackay Siren , 19754:11 13. "Sentimental Fool" Ferry, Mackay Siren 6:14 14. "Could It Happen to Me?" Siren 3:36 15. "Both Ends Burning " Siren 5:16 16. "Just Another High" Siren 6:31
Disc three Title Writer(s) Origin 1. "Manifesto" Ferry, Manzanera Manifesto , 19795:29 2. "Trash " Ferry, Manzanera Manifesto 2:14 3. "Angel Eyes " Ferry, Mackay Manifesto 3:32 4. "Stronger Through the Years" Manifesto 6:16 5. "Ain't That So" Manifesto 5:39 6. "Dance Away " Manifesto 4:21 7. "Oh Yeah " Flesh and Blood , 19804:51 8. "Same Old Scene " Flesh and Blood 3:57 9. "Flesh + Blood" Flesh and Blood 3:08 10. "My Only Love" Flesh and Blood 5:16 11. "Over You " Ferry, Manzanera Flesh and Blood 3:27 12. "No Strange Delight" Ferry, Manzanera Flesh and Blood 4:44 13. "More Than This " Avalon , 19824:30 14. "Avalon " Avalon 4:16 15. "While My Heart Is Still Beating" Ferry, Mackay Avalon 3:26 16. "Take a Chance with Me" Ferry, Manzanera Avalon 4:42 17. "To Turn You On" Avalon 4:16 18. "Tara" Ferry, Mackay Avalon 1:43
Disc four (Rarities) Title Writer(s) Origin 1. "Virginia Plain " non-album single, 1972 2:56 2. "The Numberer" Mackay "Virginia Plain" single 2:56 3. "Pyjamarama " non-album single, 1973 3:00 4. "The Pride and the Pain" Mackay "Pyjamarama" single, 1973 4:14 5. "Manifesto" (1980 re-recording) Ferry, Manzanera "Over You" single, 1980 4:00 6. "Hula Kula" Manzanera "Street Life" single, 1973 2:37 7. "Trash 2" Ferry, Manzanera "Trash" single, 1979 3:09 8. "Your Application's Failed" Paul Thompson "All I Want is You" single, 1974 4:45 9. "Lover" Ferry, Manzanera "Same Old Scene" single, 1980 4:26 10. "Sultanesque" "Love Is the Drug" single, 1975 5:21 11. "Dance Away" (12-inch single extended remix) "Dance Away" single, 1979 6:29 12. "South Downs" "Oh Yeah" single, 1980 5:10 13. "Angel Eyes" (12-inch single extended remix) Ferry, Mackay "Angel Eyes" single, 1979 6:37 14. "Always Unknowing" "Avalon" single, 1982 5:21 15. "The Main Thing" (12-inch single extended remix) "Take a Chance with Me" single, 1982 7:41 16. "India" Avalon ; also "More Than This" single, 19821:46 17. "Jealous Guy " (extended version) John Lennon non-album single, 1980 6:11
References
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Thrill of It All at AllMusic
^ Stump, Paul. Unknown Pleasures: A Cultural History of Roxy Music , Thunder Mouth Press, 1999
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