Flesh and Blood (Roxy Music album)

Flesh + Blood
Studio album by Roxy Music
Released	23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)
Recorded	1979–80
Studio	Basing Street, London, UK Gallery, Chertsey, UK Power Station, New York City, New York, US
Genre	Pop rock art rock art pop
Length	41:56
Label	E.G. Atco/Reprise (US)
Producer	Rhett Davies Roxy Music
Roxy Music chronology
Manifesto (1979) Flesh + Blood (1980) Avalon (1982)
Singles from Flesh + Blood
"Over You" Released: May 1980 "Oh Yeah" Released: July 1980 "Same Old Scene" Released: October 1980 "In the Midnight Hour" Released: November 1980 (US)[1]

Flesh and Blood (stylised as Flesh + Blood) is the seventh studio album by English rock band Roxy Music, released on 23 May 1980 by E.G. Records. It was an immediate commercial success peaking at No. 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 albums chart in the United Kingdom. The album also peaked at No. 35 in the United States and No. 10 in Australia.

The album was preceded by the single "Over You", a No. 5 UK hit that also provided the band with a rare US chart entry at No. 80. Two more hit singles followed: "Oh Yeah" (UK No. 5) and "Same Old Scene" (UK No. 12, AUS No. 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 No. 46 on the Billboard dance charts.^[2]

The album was the band's first without drummer Paul Thompson, whose departure reduced Roxy Music to a core trio of singer Bryan Ferry, saxophonist Andy Mackay and guitarist Phil Manzanera, augmented by session musicians.