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Stranded is the third album by art rock
Art rock

Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of rock music that tends to have "experimental music or avant garde music influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture."...
 band Roxy Music
Roxy Music

Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....
, and was released late 1973, reaching number one on the UK album charts. The cover features Ferry's girlfriend and 1973's Playmate of the Year, Marilyn Cole
Marilyn Cole

Marilyn Cole was Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month, as well as 1973's Playmate of the Year, the only Briton to hold that title....
. It was the first Roxy Music album on which Bryan Ferry was not the sole songwriter, because Andy Mackay and guitarist Phil Manzanera also contributed to the album. Though it was also the first without Brian Eno
Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
, who had left the group after For Your Pleasure, he nonetheless later rated it as Roxy Music's finest record.

The track "Street Life" was released as a single and reached number 9 on the UK charts.

songs written by Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
 except as noted
  • "Street Life" – 3:29
  • "Just Like You" – 3:36
  • "Amazona
    Amazona (song)

    Amazona is the third track from Roxy Music's November 1973 album Stranded .It features a very high pitched guitar solo from Phil Manzanera. It was the first Roxy Music song...
    " (Ferry, Phil Manzanera
    Phil Manzanera

    Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America....
    ) – 4:16
  • "Psalm
    Psalm (song)

    Closing up the first side of Roxy Music's November 1973 album Stranded ,"Psalm" starts out as a soft organ, then Bryan Ferry's voice comes in, then...
    " – 8:04

  • "Serenade" – 2:59
  • "A Song for Europe" (Ferry, Andy Mackay
    Andy Mackay

    Andrew "Andy" Mackay is an England musician, best known as the saxophonist for the art rock group Roxy Music....
    ) – 5:46
  • "Mother of Pearl" – 6:52
  • "Sunset" – 6:04



    • Recorded at AIR Studios, London and produced for E.G.Records

    ist John Taylor
    Nigel John Taylor

    John Taylor is the bass guitarist and co-founder of the Pop Music band Duran Duran. Duran Duran was one of the most popular groups in the world during the 1980s, thanks to revolutionary music videos that played in heavy rotation in the early days of MTV, and Taylor was one of Duran Duran's most popular members....
    , during his solo period after leaving Duran Duran
    Duran Duran

    Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
     in 1997, organized a Roxy Music tribute album
    Tribute album

    A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist....
     called Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music (released 1999).






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    Stranded is the third album by art rock
    Art rock

    Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of rock music that tends to have "experimental music or avant garde music influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture."...
     band Roxy Music
    Roxy Music

    Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry . The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson ....
    , and was released late 1973, reaching number one on the UK album charts. The cover features Ferry's girlfriend and 1973's Playmate of the Year, Marilyn Cole
    Marilyn Cole

    Marilyn Cole was Playboy magazine's January 1972 Playmate of the Month, as well as 1973's Playmate of the Year, the only Briton to hold that title....
    . It was the first Roxy Music album on which Bryan Ferry was not the sole songwriter, because Andy Mackay and guitarist Phil Manzanera also contributed to the album. Though it was also the first without Brian Eno
    Brian Eno

    Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno , is an England musician, composer, record producer, music theory and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as the People known as the father or mother of something of ambient music....
    , who had left the group after For Your Pleasure, he nonetheless later rated it as Roxy Music's finest record.

    The track "Street Life" was released as a single and reached number 9 on the UK charts.

    Track listing

    All songs written by Bryan Ferry
    Bryan Ferry

    Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
     except as noted

    Side one

    1. "Street Life" – 3:29
    2. "Just Like You" – 3:36
    3. "Amazona
      Amazona (song)

      Amazona is the third track from Roxy Music's November 1973 album Stranded .It features a very high pitched guitar solo from Phil Manzanera. It was the first Roxy Music song...
      " (Ferry, Phil Manzanera
      Phil Manzanera

      Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America....
      ) – 4:16
    4. "Psalm
      Psalm (song)

      Closing up the first side of Roxy Music's November 1973 album Stranded ,"Psalm" starts out as a soft organ, then Bryan Ferry's voice comes in, then...
      " – 8:04

    Side two

    1. "Serenade" – 2:59
    2. "A Song for Europe" (Ferry, Andy Mackay
      Andy Mackay

      Andrew "Andy" Mackay is an England musician, best known as the saxophonist for the art rock group Roxy Music....
      ) – 5:46
    3. "Mother of Pearl" – 6:52
    4. "Sunset" – 6:04


    Personnel

    • Bryan Ferry
      Bryan Ferry

      Bryan Ferry is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style. Ferry came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Roxy Music, which enjoyed a highly successful career with three albums and ten single s entering the Top 40 charts in the United Ki...
       - vocals, piano, electric piano
    • John Gustafson
      John Gustafson (musician)

      John "Gus" Gustafson also known as John Gustafson is a an influential bass guitar player who has had a thirty eight year recording and live performance career....
       - bass guitar
    • Eddie Jobson
      Eddie Jobson

      Edwin Jobson is an England keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, 801 , UK , and Jethro Tull ....
       - synthesizers, keyboards, electric violin
    • Andy Mackay
      Andy Mackay

      Andrew "Andy" Mackay is an England musician, best known as the saxophonist for the art rock group Roxy Music....
       (as Andrew Mackay) - oboe, saxophone, treatments
    • Phil Manzanera
      Phil Manzanera

      Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America....
       - guitar, treatments
    • Paul Thompson
      Paul Thompson (musician)

      Paul Thompson is the drummer for Roxy Music from 1971 to 1980 and from 2001 onwards.In between those stints with Roxy Music, he was drummer in the Oi! band , Angelic Upstarts and the United States alternative rock band Concrete Blonde....
       - drums, timpani
    • Chris Laurence
      Chris Laurence

      Chris Laurence is an England jazz double bassist born in London, perhaps most noteworthy for his 1980s work in various trios with Tony Oxley ....
       - string bass on "Sunset"
    • The London Welsh Male Choir - chorus on "Psalm"
    • Nicolas de Ville - Cover Design
    • Karl Stoeker - Photography


    Recorded at AIR Studios, London and produced for E.G.Records

    Covers

    Bassist John Taylor
    Nigel John Taylor

    John Taylor is the bass guitarist and co-founder of the Pop Music band Duran Duran. Duran Duran was one of the most popular groups in the world during the 1980s, thanks to revolutionary music videos that played in heavy rotation in the early days of MTV, and Taylor was one of Duran Duran's most popular members....
    , during his solo period after leaving Duran Duran
    Duran Duran

    Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
     in 1997, organized a Roxy Music tribute album
    Tribute album

    A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist....
     called Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music (released 1999). On it, Mackay's "A Song for Europe" was covered by Dave Gahan, and "Street Life" was performed by Phantom 5 (aka Gerry Laffy
    Gerry Laffy

    Gerry Laffy is a singer and guitarist who has played in the bands Girl , London Cowboys, Sheer Greed , Nigel_John_Taylor#1997-2001:_Solo_career), and Ultravox among others....
     and Simon Laffy
    Simon Laffy

    Simon Laffy, born on October 11, 1958, is an England bassist, a member of Man-Raze and former member of Girl ....
    ).

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