Flesh + Blood

Infobox Album
Name = Flesh + Blood
Type = Studio album
Artist = Roxy Music


Released = May 1 1980
Recorded = 1980
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 41:56
Label = Reprise/EG
Producer = Rhett Davies & Roxy Music
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jw4zefqkhgf3 link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=roxy+music link]
*"Rolling Stone" (unfavorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/roxymusic/albums/album/283455/review/5942618/flesh__blood link]
Last album = "Manifesto" (1979)
This album = "Flesh + Blood" (1980)
Next album = "Avalon" (1982)
Misc = Singles
Name = Flesh + Blood
Type = studio
Single 1 = Over You
Single 1 date = 1980
Single 2 = Oh Yeah
Single 2 date = 1980
Single 3 = In the Midnight Hour
Single 3 date = start date|1980

Flesh + Blood is the seventh studio album by Roxy Music and was released in May 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was made after Paul Thompson left the band. It hit #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 album chart. The album reached #35 in the US and #10 in Australia.

The LP was heralded by an infectious single, "Over You": a #5 UK smash that also provided the band with a rare US chart entry at #80. Two more hit singles followed: "Oh Yeah (On the Radio)" (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 and has since become a radio staple.

Track listing

All songs written by Bryan Ferry except as noted.
# "In the Midnight Hour" (Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
# "Oh Yeah" – 4:51
# "Same Old Scene" – 3:57
# "Flesh and Blood" – 3:08
# "My Only Love" – 5:16
# "Over You" (Ferry, Phil Manzanera) – 3:27
# "Eight Miles High" (Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn) – 4:55
# "Rain, Rain, Rain" – 3:20
# "No Strange Delight" (Ferry, Manzanera) – 4:44
# "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

succession box
before = "Peter Gabriel" by Peter Gabriel
"Back in Black" by AC/DC
title = UK Albums Chart number one album
years = June 28 1980 – July 4 1980
August 23 1980 – September 12 1980
after = "Emotional Rescue" by The Rolling Stones
"Telekon" by Gary Numan