Country Life is the fourth album by British Art Rock band Roxy Music, July 1974–August 1974 at AIR Studios, London and released on 15 November 1974 from Island, Polydor (UK) and Atco, Reprise (US).
It was reaching No. 3 in the UK charts It also made No. 37 in the United States, their first record to crack the Top 40 there. The album is considered by many critics to be among the band's most sophisticated and consistent. Jim Miller in his review for Rolling Stone wrote "Stranded and Country Life...
Country Life is the fourth album by British Art Rock band Roxy Music, July 1974–August 1974 at AIR Studios, London and released on 15 November 1974 from Island, Polydor (UK) and Atco, Reprise (US).
It was reaching No. 3 in the UK charts It also made No. 37 in the United States, their first record to crack the Top 40 there. The album is considered by many critics to be among the band's most sophisticated and consistent. Jim Miller in his review for Rolling Stone wrote "Stranded and Country Life together mark the zenith of contemporary British art rock." Band leader Bryan Ferry took the album's title from the British rural lifestyle magazine Country Life.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was one of four Roxy Music albums that made the list (For Your Pleasure, Siren and Avalon being the others). It is voted from Allmusic with 5 stars.
Cover art
Shot by Eric Boman,the cover features two scantily-clad models, Constanze Karoli and Eveline Grunwald. Bryan Ferry met them in Portugal and persuaded them to do the photo shoot as well as to help him with the words to the song "Bitter-Sweet". Although not namechecked for appearing on the cover, they are credited on the lyric sheet for their German translation work.
Tracklist
Side one
1. "The Thrill of It All" 6:24
2. "Three and Nine" (Ferry, Andy Mackay) 4:04
3. "All I Want Is You" 2:53
4. "Out of the Blue" (Ferry, Phil Manzanera) 4:46
5. "If It Takes All Night" 3:12
Side two
1. "Bitter-Sweet" (Ferry, Mackay) 4:50
2. "Triptych" 3:09
3. "Casanova" 3:27
4. "A Really Good Time" 3:45
5. "Prairie Rose" (Ferry, Manzanera) 5:12
Personnel
Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, harmonica
John Gustafson – bass
Edwin Jobson – strings, synthesiser, keyboards
Andrew Mackay – oboe, saxophone
Phil Manzanera – guitar
Paul Thompson – drums
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