Avalon SHM CD

Avalon the final studio offering from Roxy Music would draw upon a smoother, more adult orientated sound giving us the now iconic single More Than This. Avalon would be yet another UK no1 album staying there for more than three weeks and in the album charts for over a year. Consistently praised by critics Avalon Rolling Stone magazine wrote Bryan Ferry stars as a remarkably expressive keyboard player and singer whose familiar mannerisms are subsumed in a rich, benevolent selfassurance. And reed man Andy Mackay shines in a series of cameos his oboe meditation on Ferrys Tara is particularly lovely. Ten years after its debut, Roxy Music has mellowed the occasional stark piano chords in While My Heart Is Still Beating, for example, recall the stately mood of A Song for Europe, but the sound is softer, dreamier and less determinedly dramatic now. Ferrys songwriting, however, has seldom seemed stronger. Each Roxy Music album has been ReIssued with a fresh HalfSpeed cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. London. To reflect the audio, all eight of the Roxy Music studio albums have had their artwork revised and with a gloss laminated finish so that each album is not just a record its a piece of art.Never previously available outside of Japan, this SHMCD title is being made in Japan and will be available for the first time globally.Includes the white booklet featuring the Japanese translations of the lyrics.SHMCD Super High Material CD is a superior quality CD that is fully compatible with all CD players. SHMCD utilizes a polycarbonate material originally developed for LCD screens, and the enhanced transparency of the SHMCD results in more clarity, depth and definition of sound, bringing the listener ever closer to the music.