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Bryan Ferry invests considerable time and energy in cover albums (he should, considering that they compose a good portion of his solo catalog), treating them with as much care as a record of original material. He's always found ways to radically reinvent the songs he sings, so it's easy to expect that his collection of pop standards, As Time Goes By, would re-imagine the familiar. Instead, As Time Goes By is his first classicist album, containing non-ironic, neo-traditionalist arrangements of songs associated with the '30s. That doesn't mean it's a lavish affair, dripping with lush orchestras -- it's considerably more intimate than that. Even when strings surface, they're understated, part of a small live combo that supports Ferry throughout the record. He's made the music as faithful to its era as possible, yet instead of rigidly replicating the sounds of the '30s, he's blended Billie Holiday, cabaret pop, and movie musicals into an evocative pastiche. Ferry is at his best when he's exploring the possibilities within a specific theory or concept; with As Time Goes By, he eases into these standards and old-fashioned settings like an actor adopting a new persona. Since Ferry has always been a crooner, the transition is smooth and suave. He makes no attempt to alter his tremulous style, yet it rarely sounds incongruous -- he may sound a little vampirish on "You Do Something to Me," but that's the rare case where he doesn't seamlessly mesh with his romantic, sepia-toned surroundings. On the surface, it may seem like a departure for Ferry, but in the end, it's entirely of a piece with his body of work. True, it may not be a major album in the scheme of things, but it's easy to be seduced by its casual elegance.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Herman Hupfeld, Composer, Writer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Jerome Kern, Composer, Lyricist - Dorothy Fields, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Robin, Composer, Lyricist - Rainger, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Leo Robin, Composer, Writer - Ralph Rainger, Composer, Writer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dorothy Fields, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - MacHugh, Composer, Lyricist - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Wilmott, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy McHugh, Composer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Rodgers, Composer, Lyricist - Lorenz Hart, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Harry Woods, Composer - Woods, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Dunn, Composer, Lyricist - Robin Trower, Producer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Lamare, Composer, Lyricist - Tobias, Composer, Lyricist - Gus Arnheim, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Charles Daniels, Composer, Writer - Harry Tobias, Composer, Writer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Adamson, Composer, Lyricist - Connelly, Composer, Lyricist - YOUMANS, Composer, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Harold Adamson, Composer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Sigmund Romberg, Composer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Joel Berglund, Composer, Lyricist - Frederick Hollander, Composer - Sammy Lerner, Composer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Walter Donaldson, Composer, Lyricist - Gus Kahn, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Rhett Davies, Producer - Colin Good, Arranger - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Kurt Weill, Writer - Rhett Davies, Producer - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Robin Trower, Producer - Maxwell Anderson, Lyricist, Writer - WEILL KURT, Composer
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
Bryan Ferry invests considerable time and energy in cover albums (he should, considering that they compose a good portion of his solo catalog), treating them with as much care as a record of original material. He's always found ways to radically reinvent the songs he sings, so it's easy to expect that his collection of pop standards, As Time Goes By, would re-imagine the familiar. Instead, As Time Goes By is his first classicist album, containing non-ironic, neo-traditionalist arrangements of songs associated with the '30s. That doesn't mean it's a lavish affair, dripping with lush orchestras -- it's considerably more intimate than that. Even when strings surface, they're understated, part of a small live combo that supports Ferry throughout the record. He's made the music as faithful to its era as possible, yet instead of rigidly replicating the sounds of the '30s, he's blended Billie Holiday, cabaret pop, and movie musicals into an evocative pastiche. Ferry is at his best when he's exploring the possibilities within a specific theory or concept; with As Time Goes By, he eases into these standards and old-fashioned settings like an actor adopting a new persona. Since Ferry has always been a crooner, the transition is smooth and suave. He makes no attempt to alter his tremulous style, yet it rarely sounds incongruous -- he may sound a little vampirish on "You Do Something to Me," but that's the rare case where he doesn't seamlessly mesh with his romantic, sepia-toned surroundings. On the surface, it may seem like a departure for Ferry, but in the end, it's entirely of a piece with his body of work. True, it may not be a major album in the scheme of things, but it's easy to be seduced by its casual elegance.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:30
- Main artists: Bryan Ferry
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 1999 Dene Jesmond Enterprises Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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