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For Your Pleasure is the second studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music. Released on March 23, 1973, this album showcases a significant step in the band’s evolution, blending glam rock and art rock elements with an avant-garde sensibility. The frontman Bryan Ferry’s stylistic vocals are a central feature, complemented by Brian Eno’s innovative synthesizer work, which would later influence numerous music genres.

The album opens with the dramatic “Do the Strand” and continues through a series of complex, multi-layered tracks like “Beauty Queen” and “In Every Dream Home a Heartache,” the latter notable for its haunting lyrics and progressive structure. The record is characterized by its sophisticated arrangements and a seamless fusion of electronic and traditional rock instruments.

The cover of “For Your Pleasure” is as iconic as the music itself, featuring model Amanda Lear on a black background, with a panther by her side, contributing to the band’s glamorous and mysterious image.

Critically acclaimed for its artistic ambition and originality, “For Your Pleasure” solidified Roxy Music’s position as one of the most innovative bands of the early ’70s. It is often cited as a significant influence on later genres like punk, new wave, and electronic music, making it a seminal work in the history of rock music.