Flesh and Blood (Roxy Music album)

Flesh + Blood is the seventh studio album by Roxy Music and was released in June 1980. The album reached #1 in the UK for one week in June and then returned to the summit in August for another three weeks; in total spending 60 weeks on the UK album chart. The album reached #35 in the US and #10 in Australia.

The album was preceded by the single "Over You", a #5 UK hit that also provided the band with a rare US chart entry at #80. Two more hit singles followed: "Oh Yeah" (UK #5) and "Same Old Scene" (UK #12, AUS #35). Flesh + Blood also included two cover versions: The Byrds' "Eight Miles High" and Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour". The latter was released as a single in some territories. In addition, the album's title track along with the aforementioned, "Over You" and "Eight Miles High" peaked at number forty-six on the Billboard dance charts.^[4]

The album was made after drummer Paul Thompson had left the band, essentially making Roxy Music a three-piece consisting of Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera.

Track listing

All songs written by Bryan Ferry except as noted.

1. "In the Midnight Hour" (Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
2. "Oh Yeah" – 4:51
3. "Same Old Scene" – 3:57
4. "Flesh and Blood" – 3:08
5. "My Only Love" – 5:16
6. "Over You" (Ferry, Phil Manzanera) – 3:27
7. "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 4:55
8. "Rain, Rain, Rain" – 3:20
9. "No Strange Delight" (Ferry, Manzanera) – 4:44
10. "Running Wild" (Ferry, Manzanera) – 5:03

Personnel

• Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesiser on 4, guitar on 4 and strings on 5
• Phil Manzanera – guitar, bass on 6
• Andy Mackay – saxophones and oboe

Additional personnel

• Allan Schwartzberg – drums on 1, 2, 6–10, percussion on 4, 5
• Andy Newmark – drums on 4, 5
• Simon Phillips – percussion on 5
• Alan Spenner – bass on 3–5, 8, 10
• Neil Jason – bass on 2, 7, 9
• Gary Tibbs – bass on 1
• Neil Hubbard – guitar on 1, 2, 5, 7–10
• Paul Carrack – strings on 2, organ, piano on 10

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References