Consumer Guide Album

Roxy Music: Greatest Hits [Atco, 1977]
I've never thought average guys were compelled to ape the ruling class, I don't believe romance is inevitably corrupted, and the collapse of European culture is long overdue. In short, what Bryan Ferry has to say has never spoken very loud to this listener no matter how you break it down. So while others may mourn the nuance and conceptual integrity of Stranded and Country Life and Siren, I get off on this compilation, which puts his dialectic on display in its most entertaining guises. What with all the popcraft and robot energy and campy asides--and genuine emotion and ideas--I was even inspired to listen to "A Song for Europe" from beginning to end. Found I could translate the French part. A