Siren

Released: 24 October 1975

Heels click on a pavement, an ignition key turns in a lock, a prowling bassline heralds the revving of an engine and as the stalking ‘Love Is The Drug’ settles into its groove we are well and truly off.  Opening with one of the all-time great dancefloor singles of any era, and containing a collection of songs described by Greil Marcus as “perhaps the most perfectly crafted album of the decade” the fifth Roxy Music album in three years showcased all of the band’s fearless musical virtuosity to date and hitched it to an intense, rhythmic rock-based sound on dervishes like ‘Whirlwind’, ‘Just Another High’ and – yet another classic single – the pulsating ‘Both Ends Burning’.

Tracklist

1. Love Is The Drug *
2. End Of The Line
3. Sentimental Fool
4. Whirlwind
5. She Sells
6. Could It Happen To Me
7. Both Ends Burning *
8. Nightingale
9. Just Another High

(* album singles)

Deep Dive

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Musicians
  • Bryan Ferry – Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica
  • Andy Mackay – Oboe, Saxophone
  • Paul Thompson – Drums
  • Phil Manzanera – Guitars
  • Eddie Jobson – Violin, Synthesizers, Keyboards
  • John Gustafson – Bass
Credits
  • Chris Thomas - Production
  • Steve Nye - Engineering

Official Video

Love Is The Drug

Official Video

Both Ends Burning

Live in Stockholm, 1976

Nightingale