"Siren" is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released in 1975 by Island Records and by Atco Records in the United States. The album produced the singles "Love Is the Drug" and "Both Ends Burning," which peaked at numbers two and 25 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. "Love Is the Drug" became Roxy Music's highest-charting single in the US, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2003, Siren was ranked number 371 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The cover features band member Bryan Ferry's then-girlfriend, model Jerry Hall, on rocks near South Stack, Anglesey. The cover photo was taken by Graham Hughes, who worked from sketches produced by Antony Price. The location was chosen by Bryan Ferry after he saw a TV documentary about lava flows and rock formations in Anglesey.
Siren remains one of Roxy Music's most critically acclaimed albums. Critic Dave Marsh described it as "Roxy's masterpiece," highlighting its finely honed instrumental attack and compelling lyrical attitude. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that Roxy Music's embrace of dance and pop music on Siren produced a thematic consistency that elevates it into the realm of classics. Rob Sheffield referred to it as "the first Roxy Music album without any failed moments." However, Simon Reynolds was less receptive, considering it and its predecessor Country Life to be conventional and tame compared to earlier works.
Rolling Stone ranked Siren at number 371 on its 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and at number 374 on a 2012 version of the list. Vibe included it in its list of the 100 essential albums of the 20th century, describing it as a fusion of "the esoteric murk of early Roxy" and "the aching, ardently romantic tone that defines their later work."
