Siren by Roxy Music

Siren, Roxy Music's fifth album, came out on Island on 24 October 1975, with Atco handling it in America and Chris Thomas behind the desk. Eno was long gone by now, and the band ran on Bryan Ferry's songs, with Andy Mackay's sax, Phil Manzanera's guitar, Paul Thompson's drums and Eddie Jobson on keyboards and violin filling in the art-school corners.

It's the sleekest thing they'd done: art rock with its tie loosened, glam buffed into something smooth and danceable, Ferry crooning like a lounge lizard who has read too many books. "Love Is the Drug" was the calling card and became their biggest American single, climbing to 30 on the Hot 100, and "Both Ends Burning" followed it out the door. A year later Roxy Music called it quits, for the time being.

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