Genre
Sophisti-pop, new wave, and soul-inflected art rock. Flesh + Blood marks the band's decisive move away from the angular experimentation of their earlier work toward a polished, groove-driven sound anticipating the New Romantic movement.
Release
Released on May 23, 1980, by E.G. Records.
Production
Produced by Rhett Davies and Roxy Music, with Davies also serving as engineer. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain; mastered by Bob Ludwig. By this point the band had been reduced to a core trio of Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, and Phil Manzanera. Recorded at Basing Street Studios and Gallery Studio, London, England.
Reception
Flesh + Blood was Roxy Music's most commercially successful album to that point, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart — where it spent a total of four weeks at the summit and sixty weeks on the chart — and peaking at number 35 on the US Billboard 200. It produced three UK top-twelve singles: "Over You" (No. 5), "Oh Yeah" (No. 5), and "Same Old Scene" (No. 12). Critical reception was divided: Rolling Stone panned it, while retrospective assessments have praised it as an underrated cornerstone of sophisti-pop and a direct influence on Duran Duran, Japan, and Simple Minds.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music were an English art rock band formed in London in 1970 by Bryan Ferry (born September 26, 1945, Washington, County Durham) and bassist Graham Simpson. The classic lineup comprised Ferry on vocals and keyboards, Phil Manzanera on guitar, Andy Mackay on saxophone and oboe, Paul Thompson on drums, and — on their first two albums — Brian Eno on synthesizer. Shaped by the art school backgrounds of its principal members, the band pioneered sophisticated glam rock, significantly influenced punk and new wave, and sold over 30 million records collectively. Their eight studio albums include landmark works such as For Your Pleasure (1973), Stranded (1973), and the million-selling Avalon (1982). The Economist described them as "the best British art-rock band since the Beatles." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
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