디스코 느낌의 오프닝 트랙인
Love Is the Drug를 시작으로 Whirlwind, Both Ends Burning등 리드미컬한 록 기반 사운드와 End of the Line과 Sentimental Fool등
록 발라드로 채워진 전체적으로 매우 일관성 있는
글램 록 앨범이다.
평가적으로도
For Your Pleasure,
Avalon과 더불어 가장 호평받는 록시 뮤직 앨범 중 하나이다. 일관성있고 예술적인 경향을 보여주는 가사와 소리는 좋은 평가를 받았다.
앨범 커버는 브라이언 페리의 당시 여자친구이자 슈퍼모델인 제리 헐[1]이 웨일스의 해변가에서 세이렌의 분장을 한 모습이다. 브라이언 페리가 다큐멘터리에서 웨일스 해변가를 보고 생각해냈다고 한다.
록시 뮤직의 마지막
글램 록 앨범이다. 성공적이였던 Siren 투어 이후 라이브 앨범인 Viva!를 남긴 후 1976년 밴드는 해체되었으며, 2년 뒤 재결합때는 시대에 맞춰
새로운 음악을 시도하게 된다.
Sentimental Fool
Surely you cannot be leading me on?
Well if that's so, however can I love again?
How could I believe again?
How can I hold on?
Sentimental fool
Knowing that fate is cruel,
You ought to forget it.
Yes, I know it's true,
I've seen what love can do,
But I don't regret it.
Oh, you silly thing
Don't you see what's happening?
You're better without it.
No, that's not the case
If you were in my place,
You never would doubt it.
Sentimental fool
Who broke the golden rule,
You couldn't resist it.
Though it's all in vain,
I'd do it all again
Just to relive a minute.
A woman in love
Can make you feel good
You know what you're living for.
She'll give you so much
And keep you in touch
With all that's worth living for.
Oh once she gets in
Through thick and through thin
She'll show you what living's for.
The rhythm of love
It must go on
Can't stop.
The beat of your heart
Is like a drum
Will it stop?
Whirlwind
May Day
Cut down to size again
What then
When less is more my friend
I'll change
Let me start again
Disguise
It's too weird to explain
Why I'll
Always call your name
Adieu, with you
I could be anything
That I want to be, or see
Whirlwind
Wildfire and driving rain
Wheels spin
Bowl me over hurricane
Whirlwind
Crack your cheeks and blow
Me Far
So far
How far
Is Shangri-la from here
And is it this way?
There she blows
Tear me down tornado
Whirlpool
Drag me to the deeps below
Whirlwind
Will a wildcat strike be tame?
Earthquake
Shake me to my feet again
It's crosswords go you near
A fatal clue I fear
This case is closed
Elementally, my dear.
Beware
Whirlwind
She Sells
Now you're talking in headlines
Up to the minute and free
Stop press, hold the front page
Up as a mirror
Are you reading me?
Watch you walking in waltz time
A jigsaw puzzle in tune
Or are you faking a straight line
To suit yourself too soon
Rather nouveau than never
Contemporary ideal
Some natural kind of poet might slow it
But she sells more my speed
She sells country and modern
Ancient western song
Of oriental confusion
You so right, me so wrong
Now you're fixing to fly me
Auto-erotic, please,
On the break that you're gliding.
Your lingerie's a gift-wrap
Slip it to me
Nine till five
The daily grind
Made-up lies
Make up my mind
Same machine consuming you
Consuming you
Oh why
She sells
I need
Oh why love why
She sells
I need.
Could It Happen to Me?
Do you know what it means to me
To delight in your company
Could it happen to me?
Do you know what I’m certain of
I would love to fall in love
Could it happen to me?
Hey, won’t you look at me
Now I’m cracked wide open
I can’t conceal
My all-over trembling, I’m acting strange
And while you’re out of reach
I’ll never change
God knows, I’m beside myself
If a tear’s a crime then I must confess
My guilty secret, I’m not ashamed
Take me as I am, an average man
Oh boy, is it getting rough
When my old world charm isn’t quite enough
I throw you cantos, I jazz ’em up
But when I lay me down, you don’t pick up
Once more, it’s a crying shame
Only this time no one but myself to blame
All I touch turns to dust
It’s right there in my cards
I ought to cut
Let us sing of the tortured heart
And the lonely soul in his world apart
As he plays the field, takes a little pain
Then move our separate ways again
Is it easy to say ‘I do’
At this moment ‘I love you’
Seems beyond me, it’s true
Now that evening is closing in
Should I light that fire again?
Could it happen to me
Did it happen to you?
Just Another High
Maybe your heart is aching
I wouldn’t know now would I?
Maybe your spirit’s breaking up
I shouldn’t care now should I?
Maybe you’re thinking of me
Well I don’t know now do I?
If only you knew how I feel, oh
Wish I could die now, don’t I?
I’m just another crazy guy
Playing at love was another high
Just another high
Couldn’t believe in my eyes
You drifted into my life
But marriages made in heaven
Can they survive in this life?
Surely it came as no surprise
Love was too hot to handle
Well I really blew my cool, and you
You just blew out the candle
Didn’t you try just another high?
Didn’t you sigh as you waved goodbye
Just another high
I’m just another crazy guy
Playing with love was another high
Such a crazy high
Lately it seems so empty here
But I suppose I’m alright
Maybe tomorrow’s not so clear
Still I remember that night
Singing to you like this is
My only way to reach you
And though I’m too proud to say it
Oh how I long to see you
Shattered my dreams by your goodbye
Scattered my hopes, they fill the sky
Desolate am I
I’m just another crazy guy
Playing at love was another high
Just another high
Well maybe I should start anew
And maybe I’ll find someone who
Will maybe love me like I love you
But maybe I’m too stuck on you
Yes maybe I got stuck on you