Apologies........moving on from what we’ve done on the RM thread, here goes for BF. Sorry for leaving out the Jazzy projects! A new wheeze here as we are asked to pick original compositions and covers.

These Foolish Things...........Hard Rain
Another Time Another Place.............Another Time Another Place
Let’s Stick Together.............Sea Breezes (the incredible glockenspiel or electric piano in the quiet section)
In Your Mind............Love Me Madly Again
The Bride Stripped Bare..........Carrickfergus
Boys and Girls..........Boys and Girls
Bete Noire........Bete Noire
Taxi.........I Put A Spell On You
Mamouna.........Your Painted Smile
As Time Goes By...........The way you look tonight
Frantic.........Don’t think twice it’s alright
Dylanesque..........A simple twist of fate
Olympia..........Reason or Rhyme
Avonmore.........Avonmore

Best original........Your Painted Smile
Best cover.............Hard Rain

Merry Christmas!

Furloughed Ferryistas,

VivaVoce is determined to make our creative juices flow this festive season and W2 is delighted to participate with one caveat - he refuses to leave out the incredible Jazz Age and Bittersweet albums. That would be sheer heresy.
Herewith the definitive selection :

These Foolish Things - These Foolish Things.
Another Time Another Place - Another Time Another Place
Let’s Stick Together - Casanova
In Your Mind - In Your Mind
The Bride Stripped Bare - Carrickfergus
Boys & Girls - Windswept
Bete Noire - Bete Noire
Taxi - All Tomorrow’s Parties
Mamouna - N.Y.C
As Time Goes By - As Time Goes By
Frantic - I Thought
Dylanesque - The Gates Of Eden
Olympia - Reason Or Rhyme
The Jazz Age - Just Like You
Avonmore - Johnny & Mary
Bittersweet - Boys & Girls

Best Original - The Only Face
Best Cover - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Bonus Track - 2HB

Make that playlist and enjoy - you’ll never look back.

Salutations a tous et joyeux Noelle

Windswept

You have made a good call W2! I was very much in two minds about that and went the wrong way. Mea culpa!

Ok, VivaVoce, here we go again:

These Foolish Things – River Of Salt
Another Time Another Place – The ‘In’ Crowd
Let’s Stick Together – Heart On My Sleeve (or rather Casanova?)
In Your Mind – All Night Operator (or Party Doll?)
The Bride Stripped Bare – What Goes On
Boys & Girls – Don’t Stop The Dance
Bete Noire – Kiss And Tell (or should I choose Limbo?)
Taxi – None
Mamouna - Mamouna
As Time Goes By – Miss Otis Regrets
Frantic – One Way Love
Dylanesque – Simple Twist Of Fate
Olympia – Song To The Siren
The Jazz Age – Do The Strand (because I’d never thought that it could work)
Avonmore – Driving Me Wild
Bitter Sweet – Bitter Sweet (because of its Kurt Weill flair)

Best Original – New Town (because it sounds very Roxyesque)
Best Cover – A Hard Rain’s … (or should it be Funny How Time Slips Away ??)
Best B-Side/Bonus Track – As The World Turns (by far)

A Merry Christmas to all Viva! Roxy Music members throughout the world - stay safe. And thanks to John for running this site (@John: I haven't forgotten She Sells )

This one will be tougher but here goes:

These Foolish Things - Hard Rain (just from the title track)
ATAP - The In Crowd
Let’s Stick Together - Let’s Stick Together
In Your Mind - Love me Madly
The Bride Stripped Bare - When She Walks in the Room
Boys and Girls - Boys and Girls (tough choice)
Bete Noire - Kiss and Tell
Taxi - Answer Me
Mamourna - Chain Reaction
As Time Goes By - September Song
Frantic - I Thought
Dylanesque - Baby Let me Follow you Down
Olympia - Reason or Rhyme
The Jazz Years - This Island Earth
Avonmore - Avonmore
Bitter Sweet - Boys and Girls

Best overall - I Thought (I have a playlist with Roxy and Roxy related tracks on inc. solo PM, Eno 801 etc. Every week I drop a few off and add a few on and the only two tracks never to have been circulated are If There is Something and I Thought)

Edit - forgot to add best cover. Difficult but I’ll go for Let’s Stick Together as it’s the only time you hear BF at parties (unless I’m in charge of the music...!!)

These Foolish Things...........Sympathy for The Devil
Another Time Another Place.............Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Let’s Stick Together.............Casanova
In Your Mind............Tokyo Joe
The Bride Stripped Bare.......-not familiar enough to make a...
Boys and Girls..........Windswept
Bete Noire........Kiss and Tell
Taxi.........I Put A Spell On You
Mamouna.........Mamouna
As Time Goes By...........I`m in the Mood for Love
Frantic.........Hiroshima
Dylanesque.......... All Along the Watchtower
Olympia..........Reason or Rhyme
Avonmore.........Loop de Li

Best original........Hiroshima
Best cover.............Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

This is not so easy, so many great songs and I find my favourites change over time. Anyway here is my list as of today

These Foolish Things - River Of Salt
Another Time, Another Place - Another Time, Another Place
Let's Stick Together - Shame Shame Shame
In Your Mind - Party Doll
The Bride Stripped Bare - This Island Earth
Boys And Girls - Windswept
Bete Noire - Bete Noire
Taxi - Taxi
Mamouna - Mamouna
As Time Goes By - I'm In The Mood For Love
Frantic - I Thought
Dylanesque - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Olympia - No Face, No Name, No Number
Jazz Age - This Island Earth
Avonmore - Lost
Bitter-Sweet - Bitter-Sweet

Best original - This Island Earth
Best cover - No Face, No Name, No Number
Best other/b-side - As The World Turns

That's it

Chers amis!

These Foolish Things - These Foolish Things.
Another Time Another Place - Another Time Another Place
Let’s Stick Together - Let´s Stick Together
In Your Mind - In Your Mind
The Bride Stripped Bare - This Island Earth
Boys & Girls - Don´t Stop the Dance
Bête Noire - Bête Noire
Taxi - I Put a Spell on You
Mamouna - My Only Face
As Time Goes By - I´m in the Mood for Love
Frantic - Fool for Love
Dylanesque - All Along the Watchtower
Olympia - Reason Or Rhyme
The Jazz Age - This Island Earth
Avonmore - Johnny & Mary
Bittersweet - Boys & Girls

Best Original - Reason or Rhyme
Best Cover - I Put a Spell on You

Most difficult is Mamouna. It is, in the same way as Avalon, a masterpiece as a whole with no single song standing out.

FOOLISH THINGS- HARD RAIN
ATAP-IN CROWD
LETS STICK-LETS STICK
IN YOUR MIND-IN YOUR MIND
BRIDE-SIGN OF THE TIMES
BOYS GIRLS-DONT STOP THE DANCE
BETE NOIRE-BETE NOIRE
TAXI-SPELL ON YOU
MAMOUNA-MAMOUNA
AS TIME GOES-WHERE OR WHEN
FRANTIC-IT'S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE
DYLANESQUES-WATCH TOWER
OLYMPIA-SONG FOR THE SIREN
AVONMORE-AVONMORE

Cher VivaVoce,
You are providing so much pleasure, you are forgiven.
W2 loves them and couldn't see them omitted.
Particularly given that the 'Bitter Sweet' version of 'Boys & Girls' is better than the VO.
Salutations,
Windswept