''The Thrill of It All'' is a four-CD compilation box set by the English band

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, released by

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in 1995 (see

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). The first three discs of the set collected key album tracks from the band's eight studio albums. The fourth disc consists of a selection of singles, B-sides and remixes. Many of the B-sides were composed by other members of the band as Bryan Ferry wanted each member of the band to benefit from songwriting royalties.Stump, Paul. ''Unknown Pleasures: A Cultural History of Roxy Music'', Thunder Mouth Press, 1999 The release features no previously unreleased tracks, though it was the first time some tracks were released on

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. The set was remastered by Robert Ludwig who subsequently did the 1999 remasters for the Roxy Music catalogue.

Track listing

All tracks are written by

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, except where noted.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thrill of It All, The 1995 compilation albums Roxy Music compilation albums Virgin Records compilation albums