BRIAN FERRY
''FRANTIC''
FEBRUARY 5 2002
47:22
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1 /It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bob Dylan/4:05
2 /Cruel
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/3:55
3 /Goin' Down
Harry Nilsson / Don Nix/3:08
4 /Goddess of Love
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/3:33
5 /Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Bob Dylan/4:05
6 /Nobody Loves Me
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/3:23
7 /Ja Nun Hons Pris/0:35
8 /A Fool for Love
Bryan Ferry/4:44
9 /Goodnight Irene
Lead Belly / John A. Lomax/3:20
10 /Hiroshima...
Bryan Ferry/3:13
11 /San Simeon
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/4:36
12 /One Way Love
Bert Russell/3:05
13 /I Thought
Brian Eno / Bryan Ferry/5:40
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Jhelisa Anderson /Vocals (Background)
Lisa Anderson /Vocals (Background)
Nicole Blumberg /Vocals (Background)
Natalia Bonner /Strings, Vocals
Sarah Brown /Vocals (Background)
Kelli Dayton /Vocals (Background)
Stevie DeGranville /Vocals (Background)
Terry Disley /Keyboards
Brian Eno /Guest Artist, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Bryan Ferry /Arranger, Harmonia, Keyboards, Vocals
Robert Fowler /Oboe, Sax (Alto)
Pete Glenister /Guitar
Allison Goldfrapp /Vocals (Background)
Colin Good /Arranger, Mellotron, Piano, String Arrangements, Virginal
Mick Green /Guitar
Jonny Greenwood /Guitar
Bobby Irwin /Drums
Lucy Kaplansky /Vocals (Background)
Zev Katz /Bass
Adam Lamprell /Guitar
Eddie LeJeune /Accordion
D.L. Menard /Guitar
Marcus Miller /Bass
Rev. Sister Mary M. Nelson /Soprano
Andy Newmark /Drums, Percussion
Alice Retif /Vocals (Background)
Frank Ricotti /Percussion
Patti Russo /Vocals (Background)
Ken Smith /Fiddle
Chris Spedding /Guest Artist, Guitar, Sitar (Electric)
Dave Stewart /Guitar
Paul Anthony Taylor /Keyboards, Programming
Lucy Theo /Strings, Vocals
Keith G. Thompson /Crumhorn, Curtal, Oboe, Recorder, Woodwind
Paul Thompson /Drums, Percussion
Julia Thornton /Harp
Trio Cadien /Vocals (Background)
Robin Trower /Guitar
Rosie Wetters /Strings, Vocals
Martin Wheatley /Guitar
Audrey Wheeler /Vocals (Background)
Lucy Wilkins /Strings, Vocals
David E. Williams /Bass Guitar
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REVIEW/AMG
Tim DiGravina
Frantic manages to touch upon virtually every musical style of Bryan Ferry's career. Ferry has proved to be as interested in covering other artists' material as penning original songs, and he straddles a smart mix of originals and covers here. Two brilliant Bob Dylan songs appear among the opening tracks: "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" sees a return to the eclectic, energetic experimentation of Ferry's early albums with Roxy Music as a lush modern swirl of instruments mingles with the singer's stylized vocals and throwback harmonica; "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" completes the Dylan pair, as Ferry intones with confidence and again takes up harmonica over Colin Good's rolling piano. The reverent Leadbelly cover "Goodnight Irene" reimagines Ferry as a kind of blues troubadour. "One Way Love" sees the Drifters' song reworked as a squall of distorted guitars and keyboards. Almost half of Frantic's songs originated from late-'90s sessions with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and Stewart is given a co-writer credit for these songs. Though the Stewart songs tend to favor edginess over songwriting, a few of them manage to break through the bombast. "Goddess of Love" is probably the best song about Marilyn Monroe since Kitchens of Distinction's "When in Heaven," and there's a passing musical resemblance to that great song. "Hiroshima" works like an ominous take on Roxy Music's synth-heavy Avalon period, with raging guitar dynamics contributed by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. Roxy Music fans will find more reasons to rejoice with the superb album closer, "I Thought," which was co-written with Brian Eno, who sings backing vocals and plays keyboards. Some listeners might suggest that an album this varied has an identity crisis, but with standout tracks as glorious as the Dylan covers and the Eno closer, Frantic is a fascinating addition to Bryan Ferry's accomplished discography.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
While his tenure as the frontman for the legendary Roxy Music remained his towering achievement, singer Bryan Ferry also carved out a successful solo career that continued in the lush, sophisticated manner perfected on the group's final records. Born September 26, 1945, in Washington, England, Ferry, the son of a coal miner, began his musical career as a singer with the rock outfit the Banshees while studying art at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne under pop conceptualist Richard Hamilton. He later joined the Gas Board, a soul group featuring bassist Graham Simpson; in 1970, Ferry and Simpson formed Roxy Music.
Within a few years, Roxy Music had become phenomenally successful, affording Ferry the opportunity to cut his first solo LP in 1973. Far removed from the group's arty glam rock, These Foolish Things established the path that all of Ferry's solo work -- as well as the final Roxy Music records -- would take, focusing on elegant synth pop interpretations of '60s hits like Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," and the Beatles' "You Won't See Me," all rendered in the singer's distinct, coolly dramatic manner.
Roxy Music remained Ferry's primary focus, but in 1974 he returned with a second solo effort, Another Time, Another Place, another collection of covers ranging from "You Are My Sunshine" to "It Ain't Me, Babe" to "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." His third venture, 1976's Let's Stick Together, featured remixed, remade, and remodeled versions of Roxy Music hits as well as the usual assortment of covers. Released in 1977, In Your Mind was Ferry's first collection of completely original material; the following year's The Bride Stripped Bare, a work inspired by his broken romance with model Jerry Hall, split evenly between new songs and covers.
Ferry did not record another solo album until 1985's Boys and Girls, a sleek, seamless effort that was his first "official" solo release following the Roxy breakup. For 1987's Bete Noire, he was joined by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on the shimmering "The Right Stuff," and notched his only U.S. Top 40 hit with "Kiss and Tell." Another covers collection, Taxi, followed in 1993; Mamouna, an LP of originals, appeared a year later, and in 1999 Ferry returned with a collection of standards, As Time Goes By. After a brief tour in support of As Time Goes By, there were rumors of a Roxy Music reunion. The next summer, the practically unimaginable came true when Ferry joined Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera for a tour of Europe and the U.S. It was a celebration of hits, and the band's first jaunt out in more than a decade.
In summer 2002, Ferry returned to his solo career for the electrifying Frantic. Dylanesque, a set of Bob Dylan covers, followed in 2007, featuring assistance from several longtime associates (including Brian Eno, Chris Spedding, Paul Carrack, and Robin Trower). Ferry signed with the Astralwerks imprint for the release of 2010's Olympia. In 2012, he assembled the Bryan Ferry Orchestra and recorded The Jazz Age. This completely instrumental album features his band re-recording some of his biggest hits in a 1920s jazz style.
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WEBSITE
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''FRANTIC''
FEBRUARY 5 2002
47:22
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1 /It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Bob Dylan/4:05
2 /Cruel
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/3:55
3 /Goin' Down
Harry Nilsson / Don Nix/3:08
4 /Goddess of Love
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/3:33
5 /Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Bob Dylan/4:05
6 /Nobody Loves Me
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/3:23
7 /Ja Nun Hons Pris/0:35
8 /A Fool for Love
Bryan Ferry/4:44
9 /Goodnight Irene
Lead Belly / John A. Lomax/3:20
10 /Hiroshima...
Bryan Ferry/3:13
11 /San Simeon
Bryan Ferry / Dave Stewart/4:36
12 /One Way Love
Bert Russell/3:05
13 /I Thought
Brian Eno / Bryan Ferry/5:40
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Jhelisa Anderson /Vocals (Background)
Lisa Anderson /Vocals (Background)
Nicole Blumberg /Vocals (Background)
Natalia Bonner /Strings, Vocals
Sarah Brown /Vocals (Background)
Kelli Dayton /Vocals (Background)
Stevie DeGranville /Vocals (Background)
Terry Disley /Keyboards
Brian Eno /Guest Artist, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Bryan Ferry /Arranger, Harmonia, Keyboards, Vocals
Robert Fowler /Oboe, Sax (Alto)
Pete Glenister /Guitar
Allison Goldfrapp /Vocals (Background)
Colin Good /Arranger, Mellotron, Piano, String Arrangements, Virginal
Mick Green /Guitar
Jonny Greenwood /Guitar
Bobby Irwin /Drums
Lucy Kaplansky /Vocals (Background)
Zev Katz /Bass
Adam Lamprell /Guitar
Eddie LeJeune /Accordion
D.L. Menard /Guitar
Marcus Miller /Bass
Rev. Sister Mary M. Nelson /Soprano
Andy Newmark /Drums, Percussion
Alice Retif /Vocals (Background)
Frank Ricotti /Percussion
Patti Russo /Vocals (Background)
Ken Smith /Fiddle
Chris Spedding /Guest Artist, Guitar, Sitar (Electric)
Dave Stewart /Guitar
Paul Anthony Taylor /Keyboards, Programming
Lucy Theo /Strings, Vocals
Keith G. Thompson /Crumhorn, Curtal, Oboe, Recorder, Woodwind
Paul Thompson /Drums, Percussion
Julia Thornton /Harp
Trio Cadien /Vocals (Background)
Robin Trower /Guitar
Rosie Wetters /Strings, Vocals
Martin Wheatley /Guitar
Audrey Wheeler /Vocals (Background)
Lucy Wilkins /Strings, Vocals
David E. Williams /Bass Guitar
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REVIEW/AMG
Tim DiGravina
Frantic manages to touch upon virtually every musical style of Bryan Ferry's career. Ferry has proved to be as interested in covering other artists' material as penning original songs, and he straddles a smart mix of originals and covers here. Two brilliant Bob Dylan songs appear among the opening tracks: "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" sees a return to the eclectic, energetic experimentation of Ferry's early albums with Roxy Music as a lush modern swirl of instruments mingles with the singer's stylized vocals and throwback harmonica; "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" completes the Dylan pair, as Ferry intones with confidence and again takes up harmonica over Colin Good's rolling piano. The reverent Leadbelly cover "Goodnight Irene" reimagines Ferry as a kind of blues troubadour. "One Way Love" sees the Drifters' song reworked as a squall of distorted guitars and keyboards. Almost half of Frantic's songs originated from late-'90s sessions with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, and Stewart is given a co-writer credit for these songs. Though the Stewart songs tend to favor edginess over songwriting, a few of them manage to break through the bombast. "Goddess of Love" is probably the best song about Marilyn Monroe since Kitchens of Distinction's "When in Heaven," and there's a passing musical resemblance to that great song. "Hiroshima" works like an ominous take on Roxy Music's synth-heavy Avalon period, with raging guitar dynamics contributed by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. Roxy Music fans will find more reasons to rejoice with the superb album closer, "I Thought," which was co-written with Brian Eno, who sings backing vocals and plays keyboards. Some listeners might suggest that an album this varied has an identity crisis, but with standout tracks as glorious as the Dylan covers and the Eno closer, Frantic is a fascinating addition to Bryan Ferry's accomplished discography.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jason Ankeny
While his tenure as the frontman for the legendary Roxy Music remained his towering achievement, singer Bryan Ferry also carved out a successful solo career that continued in the lush, sophisticated manner perfected on the group's final records. Born September 26, 1945, in Washington, England, Ferry, the son of a coal miner, began his musical career as a singer with the rock outfit the Banshees while studying art at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne under pop conceptualist Richard Hamilton. He later joined the Gas Board, a soul group featuring bassist Graham Simpson; in 1970, Ferry and Simpson formed Roxy Music.
Within a few years, Roxy Music had become phenomenally successful, affording Ferry the opportunity to cut his first solo LP in 1973. Far removed from the group's arty glam rock, These Foolish Things established the path that all of Ferry's solo work -- as well as the final Roxy Music records -- would take, focusing on elegant synth pop interpretations of '60s hits like Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," and the Beatles' "You Won't See Me," all rendered in the singer's distinct, coolly dramatic manner.
Roxy Music remained Ferry's primary focus, but in 1974 he returned with a second solo effort, Another Time, Another Place, another collection of covers ranging from "You Are My Sunshine" to "It Ain't Me, Babe" to "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." His third venture, 1976's Let's Stick Together, featured remixed, remade, and remodeled versions of Roxy Music hits as well as the usual assortment of covers. Released in 1977, In Your Mind was Ferry's first collection of completely original material; the following year's The Bride Stripped Bare, a work inspired by his broken romance with model Jerry Hall, split evenly between new songs and covers.
Ferry did not record another solo album until 1985's Boys and Girls, a sleek, seamless effort that was his first "official" solo release following the Roxy breakup. For 1987's Bete Noire, he was joined by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on the shimmering "The Right Stuff," and notched his only U.S. Top 40 hit with "Kiss and Tell." Another covers collection, Taxi, followed in 1993; Mamouna, an LP of originals, appeared a year later, and in 1999 Ferry returned with a collection of standards, As Time Goes By. After a brief tour in support of As Time Goes By, there were rumors of a Roxy Music reunion. The next summer, the practically unimaginable came true when Ferry joined Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera for a tour of Europe and the U.S. It was a celebration of hits, and the band's first jaunt out in more than a decade.
In summer 2002, Ferry returned to his solo career for the electrifying Frantic. Dylanesque, a set of Bob Dylan covers, followed in 2007, featuring assistance from several longtime associates (including Brian Eno, Chris Spedding, Paul Carrack, and Robin Trower). Ferry signed with the Astralwerks imprint for the release of 2010's Olympia. In 2012, he assembled the Bryan Ferry Orchestra and recorded The Jazz Age. This completely instrumental album features his band re-recording some of his biggest hits in a 1920s jazz style.
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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