Avalon (Roxy Music album)

Avalon
Studio album by
Roxy Music
Released28 May 1982 (1982-05-28)
Recorded1981–1982
Studio
Genre
Length37:26
Label
Producer
Roxy Music chronology
Flesh + Blood
(1980) 		Avalon
(1982) 		The High Road
(1983)
Singles from Avalon
  1. "More than This"
    Released: March 1982
  2. "Avalon"
    Released: June 1982
  3. "Take a Chance with Me"
    Released: September 1982

Avalon is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 28 May 1982 by E.G. Records, and Polydor. It was recorded between 1981 and 1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and is regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. It has been credited with pioneering the sophisti-pop genre.[7]

The first single, "More Than This", preceded the album and was a top 10 hit in Britain, Australia, and several European countries. "Avalon", the second single, reached the top 20; "Take a Chance with Me" reached the top 30. In the United States, "More Than This" and "Take a Chance with Me" reached 103 and 104.

Avalon is Roxy Music's most successful studio album. It stayed at number one on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks, and stayed on the chart for over a year. Although it reached only No. 53 in the US, Avalon endured as a sleeper hit and became Roxy Music's lone million-selling US record, ultimately receiving platinum certification. While the band has toured periodically since the album's release, it remains their most recent studio album to date.

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