Avalon
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Avalon is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 28 May 1982 by E.G. Records, and Polydor. It was recorded between 1981 and 1982 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and is regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. It has been credited with pioneering the sophisti-pop genre.

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Released
1982
Type
Album
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Labels
Warner Bros. Records
Virgin
E’G
Polydor

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Source Rating
AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
5/5 stars
Pitchfork (Tom Ewing – 13 August 2012)8.0/10
Rolling Stone (Kurt Loder – 10 June 1982)
4/5 stars
Uncut (September 2003)
4/5 stars
The Village Voice (Robert Christgau – 29 March 1983)A−
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