Song · Roxy Music
“The Space Between” by Roxy Music
From the album Avalon (1982)
“The Space Between” by Roxy Music appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1982 and 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album Avalon. Its best result is #29 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 1982 and #5,937 alternative song of all time.
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"The Space Between" is part of Avalon, the 1982 album that turned out to be Roxy Music's final studio record, made between 1981 and 1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau. Bryan Ferry wrote it alone, sings it and plays keyboards, and the session crew is a crack one: Phil Manzanera and Neil Hubbard on guitars, Neil Jason on bass, Andy Newmark on drums, Jimmy Maelen on percussion, Andy Mackay on saxophone and Fonzi Thornton on backing vocals.
Rhett Davies co-produced with the band and Bob Clearmountain mixed it, and the result is all polish and shadow, a nocturnal groove played by men in very good suits. It's the smooth, grown-up Roxy that Avalon perfected, the sound the album is now credited with turning into a genre of its own: sophisti-pop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 29 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1353 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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