Street Life (Roxy Music song)
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| “Street Life” | |||||
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| Song by Roxy Music | |||||
| Album | Stranded | ||||
| Released | 13 November 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | September 1973 at Air Studios London | ||||
| Genre | Art rock | ||||
| Length | 3:29 | ||||
| Label | EG Records | ||||
| Writer | Bryan Ferry | ||||
| Producer | Chris Thomas | ||||
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"Street Life" is the opening track on Roxy Music's November 1973 album Stranded, the first Roxy Music album without Brian Eno. It was released as a single in the UK and reached number 9 on the chart. All the previous singles from Roxy Music (Virginia Plain and Pyjamarama) had not been included on their albums, so this was the first Roxy Music single to be present on an album.
In 2001, in the Roxy Reunion Tour, this was the second song to be played; "Re-Make/Re-Model" was first.
[edit] Covers
Bassist John Taylor, during his solo period after leaving Duran Duran in 1997, organized a Roxy Music tribute album called Dream Home Heartaches: Remaking/Remodeling Roxy Music (released 1999). "Street Life" was covered by Gerry Laffy and Simon Laffy, credited as Phantom 5.[1]
The band Def Leppard covered "Street Life" on their album Yeah!.
Morrissey also performed the song during some European festival dates during his 2006 tour.
[edit] Credits
- Bryan Ferry: Voice and Piano
- Andy MacKay: Oboe and Saxophone (and Treatments)
- John Gustafson: Bass
- Paul Thompson: Drums and Timpani
- Phil Manzanera: Guitar (and Treatments)
- Eddie Jobson: Violin, Synthesizer and Keyboards
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