Bitters End

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“Bitters End”
“Bitters End” cover
Song by Roxy Music
Album Roxy Music
Released June 1972
Recorded 27-29 March 1972 at Command Studios, London
Genre Art/Glam-rock
Length 2:03
Writer Bryan Ferry
Producer Peter Sinfield
Roxy Music track listing
Sea Breezes
(9)
Bitters End
(10)
(last album track)


"Bitters End" is the final song on Roxy Music's self-titled debut album, released in 1972. The song is based on a group vocal arrangement done in a satirical 1950s doo wop style. In the middle eight, the band sings 'bizarre', which seems to sum up the initial impact of the first listens to the album. "Bitters End" was not performed live often, however Roxy Music did perform it on 23rd June 1972 for John Peel on the BBC sessions.

Two cover versions of this song are on the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack: one by Venus In Furs and one by Andy Mackay and Paul Kimble.

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