Flesh + Blood
Studio Album - May 1980
Roxy Music's seventh studio album was released on 23rd May 1980 and was in the UK album charts for 60 weeks reaching the number 1 spot on 28th June 1980 for 1 week then again for another 3 weeks on 23rd August. The album saw for the first time on a Roxy Music album, two cover versions. Wilson Picket's 'In The Midnight Hour' and The Byrds 'Eight Miles High'.
The album was a huge commercial success and the three UK single releases 'Over You', Oh Yeah titled 'Oh Yeah (on the radio)', on the single and Same Old Scene (titled 'The Same Old Scene', on the single) reached numbers 5,5 &12 respectively
Week by week album chart position
31/05/1980 7
07/06/1980 2
14/06/1980 2
21/06/1980 2
28/06/1980 1
05/07/1980 2
12/07/1980 3
19/07/1980 4
26/07/1980 5
02/08/1980 4
09/08/1980 4
16/08/1980 2
23/08/1980 1
30/08/1980 1
06/09/1980 1
13/09/1980 3
20/09/1980 6
27/09/1980 11
04/10/1980 14
11/10/1980 17
18/10/1980 18
25/10/1980 32
01/11/1980 36
08/11/1980 41
15/11/1980 25
22/11/1980 25
29/11/1980 31
06/12/1980 39
13/12/1980 36
20/12/1980 52
27/12/1980 37
03/01/1981 37
10/01/1981 36
17/01/1981 35
24/01/1981 34
31/01/1981 39
07/02/1981 36
14/02/1981 56
21/02/1981 65
28/02/1981 43
07/03/1981 39
14/03/1981 32
21/03/1981 31
28/03/1981 19
04/04/1981 22
11/04/1981 38
18/04/1981 28
25/04/1981 53
02/05/1981 55
09/05/1981 63
16/05/1981 54
23/05/1981 51
30/05/1981 67
06/06/1981 68
04/07/1981 72
11/07/1981 73
29/08/1981 75
05/09/1981 88
12/09/1981 74
19/09/1981 98
Album Track Listing
- In The Midnight Hour
- Oh Yeah
- Same Old Scene
- Flesh + Blood
- My Only Love
- Over You
- Eight Miles High
- Rain Rain Rain
- No Strange Delight
- Running Wild
Other Tracks of Interest
- Manifesto (remake) This re-recorded version of Manifesto was used as the b-side to 'Over you'
- South Downs This synthesizer solo was used as the b-side to the 'Oh Yeah' single
- Lover This Ferry/Manzanera song was used as the b-side to the 'Same Old Scene' single.
- Jealous Guy This John Lennon song was performed by Roxy Music in Germany during the Flesh
Album Musicians & Credits
- Bryan Ferry Vocals And Keyboards On "In The Midnight Hour", Vocals And Piano On "Oh Yeah", Vocals And Keyboards On "Same Old Scene", Vocals Synthesizer And Guitar On "Flesh And Blood", Vocals Piano And Strings on "My Only Love", Vocals And Keyboards On "Over You", Vocals And Keyboards on "Eight Miles High", Vocals And Keyboards On "Rain Rain Rain", Vocals And Keyboards On "No Strange Delight", Vocals And Piano On "Running Wild"
- Phil Manzanera Guitar On "In The Midnight Hour", Lead Guitar On "Oh Yeah", Guitar On "Same Old Scene", Lead Guitar On "My Only Love", Guitars And Bass On "Over You", Lead Guitar On "Eight Miles High", Guitar On "No Strange Delight", Lead And Rhythm Guitars On "Running Wild"
- Andy Mackay Sax On "In The Midnight Hour", "Oh Yeah", "Same Old Scene", "My Only Love", "Over You", "Eight Miles High", "Rain Rain Rain", Oboe On "No Strange Delight", Sax On "Running Wild"
- Gary Tibbs Bass On "In The Midnight Hour",
- Alan Spenner Bass On "Same Old Scene", "Flesh And Blood", "My Only Love", "Rain Rain Rain", "Running Wild"
- Neil Jason Bass on "Oh Yeah", "Eight Miles High", "No Strange Delight"
- Allan Schwartzberg Drums On "In The Midnight Hour", "Oh Yeah", "Same Old Scene", "Flesh And Blood", Percussion On "My Only Love", Drums On "Over You", "Eight Miles High", "Rain Rain Rain", "No Strange Delight", "Running Wild"
- Neil Hubbard Guitar On "In The Midnight Hour", Rhythm Guitar On On "Oh Yeah", Guitar On "My Only Love", Guitar On "Eight Miles High", Guitar On "Rain Rain Rain", Rhythm Guitar On "Running Wild"
- Paul Carrack Strings On "Oh Yeah", Organ And Piano On "Running Wild"
- Simon Phillips Percussion On "My Only Love"
- Andy Newmark Drums On "My Only Love"Over You"
- Rhett Davies Engineer, Co Producer
- Basing Street Studio
- Gallery Studio
- Bob Clearmountain Mixed By
- Power Station Mixed At
- Robert C. Ludwig Mastered by
- Masterdisc Mastered At
- Roxy Music Co Producer
- Bryan Ferry Cover
- Antony Price Cover
- Neil Kirk Cover
- Simon Puxley Cover
- Peter Saville Cover
- Bob C. Ludwig Remastered The 1999 Remaster Edition
- Gateway Studios Portland Maine 1999 Remaster