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Roxy Music — Take a Chance With Me
Album: Avalon
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Released: 1982
Length: 4:36
Plays (last 30 days): 2
As they say, two can play
But keep that song away from me
In my time too much love
Has made me sad for so long
I was lost, can't you see
Through the long lonely night

Heaven knows, I believe
Won't you take a chance with me
Sometimes I get so blue
People say I'm just a fool
All the world, even you
Should learn to love the way I do

I was blind, can't you see
Through the long lonely night
Heaven knows, I believe
You can take a chance with me
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Great segue from Radiohead "Everything in it's Right Place"
funny, after not hearing roxy music in several years, i was listening to our local NPR station on my drive to work this morning and heard Love Is The Drug - made me very happy. now, i'm about to turn off my computer and leave work for the day, and this will be the last song i hear on RP today. roxy music is so lovely. thank you RP!
This was one Bee-You-Tee-Full album.
Delicious! Every time!!
That extended intro is amazing!
This is the height of 80's electronica.  Guitar, bass, drums...they're all still there, but the chorus is keyboard driven.   A time machine.
 dandueck07 wrote:
This album always brings back the same fond memories - blasting across Canada from the Okanagan in British Columbia with my newlywed wife to visit her family in Brantford, Ontario in my (then- our) 1980 Mazda RX7.   We cranked this cassette up loud and sang with gusto (our Italian cousin) only pausing to collect speeding tickets outside Yorkton, Saskatchewan (3 on one roundtrip).

Still LOVE this album - still married to the same beautiful woman - and still haven't paid those tickets . 



Good story. Thank You for sharing it!   
Thought this was The The, and that's a compliment. Nice tune!
This album always brings back the same fond memories - blasting across Canada from the Okanagan in British Columbia with my newlywed wife to visit her family in Brantford, Ontario in my (then- our) 1980 Mazda RX7.   We cranked this cassette up loud and sang with gusto (our Italian cousin) only pausing to collect speeding tickets outside Yorkton, Saskatchewan (3 on one roundtrip).

Still LOVE this album - still married to the same beautiful woman - and still haven't paid those tickets . 
I'm definitely loving the revamped Playlist, just when I thought RP couldn't get any better! I haven't heard RM here much...nostalgia <3

 Propayne wrote:

To me, Roxy was one of the few bands (Queen and Rush come to mind) that were so unique, they didn't seem to be as effected by changing musical trends.



affected?
 zinzarin wrote:

It took me nearly three years after first hearing The War on Drugs to realize that that little nagging thing I kept hearing in their songs was Roxy Music.

Fantastic, both the influencer and the influenced!


Love both but can't say I hear RM in the Drugs' work. Except for maybe the long instrumental fadeouts. I'd say the main influences for the War on Drugs are Springsteen (guitarist and band leader Adam Granduciel named his kid Bruce), Dylan, and Tom Petty.
 aspicer wrote:

This is a "10" album in my book.




Mine too!   
I lov the style of Roxy Music! 
This is a "10" album in my book.
This came out during a time of great upheaval and transition for me, and got even bigger as more changes came along. Immortal music with incredible power!
sublime
Avalon is both of its time and perfectly timeless. It never gets old to me. Not a weak moment. How much more perfect can an album be?
 zinzarin wrote:

It took me nearly three years after first hearing The War on Drugs to realize that that little nagging thing I kept hearing in their songs was Roxy Music.

Fantastic, both the influencer and the influenced!


The singer in War on Drugs sounds alot like Bob Dylan IMO.
TOURING IN 2022!!
I forgot how good this is. Still resonates pure bliss with this guy.
Oh, HELL yeah!!! 
 ziakut wrote:

Nice to hear this instead of the usual 'More Than This'.



But even more than this I would like to hear some of Roxy Music's older work when Brian Eno was still in it. There is none of that on RP's playlist. 
Nice album but far from the astounding greatness of the first 2 albums.
This song, the whole album, represents a time in my life of choices made, regretted and finally accepted. I shiver with delight whenever this song plays…
This one goes to 11... the whole album...
Both Roxy Music and Yes released their best selling albums in the early 80s with significantly greater production values than their previous works. So polished. 
Tasty elegant pop music.
It took me nearly three years after first hearing The War on Drugs to realize that that little nagging thing I kept hearing in their songs was Roxy Music.

Fantastic, both the influencer and the influenced!
Prefer the first three or four albums.
Going to see Bryan Ferry in two days! Looking forward to a great show.
To me, Roxy was one of the few bands (Queen and Rush come to mind) that were so unique, they didn't seem to be as effected by changing musical trends.
My favourite track from my favourite Roxy LP.
37 years ago, man, how time flies.
Inducted into the idiotic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. About 20 years overdue.
Can we hear some stuff off the first few albums also? Please?
Love their sound.  Going to see Bryan F. at the Chicago Theater this summer.  Should be a great time for all!
Roxanne Swederski where are you???
Nice to hear this instead of the usual 'More Than This'.
Such a great song.  Perfect for a cloudy day.
My favorite track from one of my top 10 albums of all time. It takes me back to a time and place, and always brings me a warm feeling. That's a 10 in my book.
Wore this record out....
 coloradojohn wrote:
Always loved the epic, spooky beginning to this, reminiscent of The Fixx and earlier Alan Parsons Project. The voice & guitars, so fine!

 
Excellent intro.{#Angel}
Takes me back to one of my best moments in my life great album!!
Priceless and full of simplest wisdom that serves well when explored to its almost fantasy-like boundaries
Woohweee, I Loved this when it came out. I was 16.
Great song...great album.
Always loved the epic, spooky beginning to this, reminiscent of The Fixx and earlier Alan Parsons Project. The voice & guitars, so fine!
loved hearing Roxy back then, almost as much now!  Falling in love was so cool then
Certainly not the best song on this album.

But - overall - this album is quite wonderful.

 
Excellent album.{#Cool}
{#Beat}
Such a romantic album…..