"Avalon", released in 1982, was Roxy Music's eighth studio album.
In 1989, the album was ranked #31 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "The 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s". In 2003, the album was ranked number 307 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Avalon" is the highest entry of four Roxy Music albums that made the list ("Siren", "For Your Pleasure" and "Country Life" being the others).

The long space journey starts on native land. You're filled with enthusiasm and don't even suspect which trial awaits. You successfully reach a distant planet in another solar system standing on its orbit to have a better look - it's a beautiful sight, strange and so different world - you want to visit it. A mysterious faraway planet captures with the magic of its landscapes, dipping into the vortex of the visions. But after a while you're absorbed with the feeling that something is missing, everything's alien and nothing's dear. So you're leaving this world, racing at speeds of light in your small boat with a strong desire to return. But something goes wrong, you've probably made a mistake in the coordinates and find yourself in a distant region of space, much more far than before. You fall out of the real world, everything seems infinitely vast and timeless - lost in space and time. But sooner or later you come back to senses and realize what to do, how to get home, rushing at full speed to overcome the stubborn distance. Then you fall out in native space seeing your precious star, immersing in the quiet satisfaction. The local cosmos is happy to see you, meeting with a myriad of colors and voices.

This is the debut album by Dutch singer/songwriter Janet Hardorff. She is quite popular in her native country, performs frequently at concerts and several of her songs have gotten quite a bit of airplay on the country radio stations in New Zealand. She wrote many of the songs on this album which was recorded at Robert Wiersma Studio in Groningen, Netherlands. Her singing is accompanied by her acoustic guitar playing and she is currently working on a new album. This rip is made from an original CD she gave to her friend, Zedy (Yes, the Avax member). Janet's album reminds me of Judy Collin's acoustic tracks. This is an excellent CD.

Atmospheric and melodic, but also fast and powerful Black Metal

Folk/black/death metal band from Skåne, Sweden. Formed in late 2010. Released the full-length demo "Vengeful Gods of Yore" in August 2011,

Dave Brubeck has long served as proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together. Although critics who had championed him when he was unknown seemed to scorn him when the Dave Brubeck Quartet became a surprise success, in reality Brubeck never watered down or altered his music in order to gain a wide audience.