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April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 98) Roxy Music

By John Taylor

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Avalon

Roxy Music's Avalon takes a long time to kick in, but it finally does, and it's a good one. Bryan Ferry stars as a remarkably expressive keyboard player and singer whose familiar mannerisms are subsumed in a rich, benevolent self-assurance. And reed man Andy Mackay shines in a series of cameos (his...

1982 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Biography

The key to understanding Bryan Ferry's career is watching the opening credits of Fantasy Island. Ricardo Montalban's Mr. Rourke, a character blatantly based on Bryan Ferry, spends his life fulfilling everybody else's wildest fantasies while keeping his own private heartache discreetly tucked away inside his white dinner jacket. He makes tragic faces and murmurs words of regret in an all-purpose...

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