Roxy Music - Avalon (1982) [Full Album]

Avalon is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 28 May 1982 by E.G. Records, and Polydor. It was recorded between 1981 and 1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and is regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. It has been credited with pioneering the sophisti-pop genre.

The first single, "More Than This", preceded the album and was a top 10 hit in Britain, Australia, and several European countries. "Avalon", the second single, reached the top 20; "Take a Chance with Me" reached the top 30. In the United States, "More Than This" and "Take a Chance with Me" reached 103 and 104.

Avalon is Roxy Music's most successful studio album. It stayed at number one on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks, and stayed on the chart for over a year. Although it reached only No. 53 in the US, Avalon endured as a sleeper hit and became Roxy Music's lone million-selling US record, ultimately receiving platinum certification. While the band has toured periodically since the album's release, it remains their most recent studio album to date.

Tracklist:
00:00 - More Than This
04:32 - The Space Between
09:04 - Avalon
13:19 - India
15:04 - While My Heart Is Still Beating
18:31 - The Main Thing
22:24 - Take a Chance with Me
27:08 - To Turn You On
31:24 - True to Life
35:47 - Tara

Roxy Music
Bryan Ferry – vocals (1–3, 5–9), keyboards, guitar synthesizer (4), Linn LM-1[32]
Andy Mackay – saxophones (1–6, 9, 10), oboe (7)
Phil Manzanera – lead guitar (1–7, 9)

Additional personnel
Paul Carrack – acoustic piano (8)
Neil Hubbard – guitars (1–9)
Jimmy Maelen – percussion (1–3, 5, 7, 9)
Kermit Moore – cello (8)
Andy Newmark – drums (1–7, 9)
Rick Marotta – drums (8)
Alan Spenner – bass guitar (1, 3–6, 8, 10)
Neil Jason – bass guitar (2, 6, 7, 9)
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1–3, 5–7, 9)
Yanick Étienne – backing vocals (3)