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When Jerry Hall, front-cover model on Roxy's Siren, left Ferry for Mick Jagger, his response was this interesting album, not a full success but by no means a washout. In part Ferry returned to the model of his solo work before In Your Mind, with half the tracks being covers of rock and soul classics. Thus, Sam and Dave's "Hold On (I'm Coming)," Al Green's "Take Me to the River" (which arguably sounds like a strong influence on Talking Heads' near contemporaneous version) and even the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On," among others, take a bow. Unfortunately Ferry's backing performers, mostly drawing on studio pros like Waddy Wachtel, don't seem to have the real affinity for the material like his earlier solo-effort cohorts did. If anything, though, there's also the sense of Ferry channeling his romantic gloom through a number of the songs, giving them a strong personal bite. The guitar and bass-only version of the traditional folk tune "Carrickfergus" works best of all, its lovelorn sentiments and slow pace connecting just right. As for Ferry's originals, his sentiments are all the more clear, right from the abbreviated charge of the opening "Sign of the Times," its fractured sentiments of disturbed, vicious romance matched by the clipped punch of the music and Ferry's own brisk delivery. The other originals don't cut quite so bloodily, but the sense of loss and confusion is all there, from the opening line "Well I rush out blazin'/My pulse is racin'" on "Can't Let Go" to the lonely sense of mystery on "This Island Earth," the album's conclusion.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Ann Odell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Ann Odell, String Arranger, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Collins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Isaac Hayes, Composer - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Porter, Composer - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Martin Drover, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Ann Odell, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.J. CALE, Composer - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Herbie Flowers, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Composer, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Ann Odell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mabon Hodges, ComposerLyricist - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Green, ComposerLyricist - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Reed, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Ann Odell, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Herbie Flowers, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mel Collins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Producer - Rick Marotta, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roosevelt Jamison, ComposerLyricist - Alan Spenner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Martin Drover, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Jimmy Douglass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Waddy Wachtel, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LEW HAHN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Richards, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Ferry, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nye, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Wetton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Preston Heyman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Hubbard, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Mason, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Puxley, Producer - Ann Odell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pearson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1999 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1999 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
When Jerry Hall, front-cover model on Roxy's Siren, left Ferry for Mick Jagger, his response was this interesting album, not a full success but by no means a washout. In part Ferry returned to the model of his solo work before In Your Mind, with half the tracks being covers of rock and soul classics. Thus, Sam and Dave's "Hold On (I'm Coming)," Al Green's "Take Me to the River" (which arguably sounds like a strong influence on Talking Heads' near contemporaneous version) and even the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On," among others, take a bow. Unfortunately Ferry's backing performers, mostly drawing on studio pros like Waddy Wachtel, don't seem to have the real affinity for the material like his earlier solo-effort cohorts did. If anything, though, there's also the sense of Ferry channeling his romantic gloom through a number of the songs, giving them a strong personal bite. The guitar and bass-only version of the traditional folk tune "Carrickfergus" works best of all, its lovelorn sentiments and slow pace connecting just right. As for Ferry's originals, his sentiments are all the more clear, right from the abbreviated charge of the opening "Sign of the Times," its fractured sentiments of disturbed, vicious romance matched by the clipped punch of the music and Ferry's own brisk delivery. The other originals don't cut quite so bloodily, but the sense of loss and confusion is all there, from the opening line "Well I rush out blazin'/My pulse is racin'" on "Can't Let Go" to the lonely sense of mystery on "This Island Earth," the album's conclusion.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:42
- Main artists: Bryan Ferry
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EG Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1999 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
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