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For Your Pleasure
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
For Your Pleasure · Bryan Ferry studied under the pop art painter Richard Hamilton, and you can hear it in the way he put his second album together: as a collage of ideas that clash or else blend. He wrote most of it in two weeks at the beginning of 1973. The band recorded it in February at AIR Studios in London and produced it themselves, with help from Chris Thomas. It was the last album with synthesizer player Brian Eno.
The production is more elaborate than on the debut. In Every Dream Home a Heartache, a sinister ode to an inflatable doll, fades away and returns with all the instruments in a strong phasing effect. The Bogus Man revolves around a metronome-like rhythm and an atonal saxophone. The album reached number four on the British chart, received good reviews and is regarded as one of the best glam rock albums. The cover with Amanda Lear and a black panther became just as famous.
Listening
Track list
- 1Do the Strand4:04Apple Music ↗
- 2Beauty Queen4:41Apple Music ↗
- 3Strictly Confidential3:48Apple Music ↗
- 4Editions of You3:51Apple Music ↗
- 5In Every Dream Home a Heartache5:29Apple Music ↗
- 6The Bogus Man9:21Apple Music ↗
- 7Grey Lagoons4:13Apple Music ↗
- 8For Your Pleasure6:51Apple Music ↗
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