STRANDED
ROXY MUSIC
(1973)
A1: STREET LIFE (3:27); A2: JUST LIKE YOU (3:34); A3: AMAZONA (4:12); A4: PSALM (8:04).
B1: SERENADE (2:55); B2: A SONG FOR EUROPE (4:44); B3: MOTHER OF PEARL (6:53); B4: SUNSET (6:00).
CATEGORY: ART POP | DURATION: 40 MINUTES
Brian Eno left Roxy Music after For Your Pleasure but their immediate sequel Stranded was equally compelling in a new way, replacing Eno’s icy edge with a heliotropic art-pop outburst reflected by the album’s sultry cover image. Stranded is where Roxy Music’s founding aesthetic reached its inevitable conclusion; everything they did subsequently pales by comparison, but Stranded remained a blueprint for those invested in pop music as a holistic discipline of sound, image, and intellectual content.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT YOUNG (1964-2014)
“ÆTERNUM VORTICE LACRIMARUM SOMNIAT”