Bryan
Ferry The Best Of Bryan Ferry [album/dvd]
“Sultry
voice, good looks and plenty of
charisma —
Bryan
Ferry sings all the
favourites that his fans won’t want to
miss on the CD or Special Edition
CD/DVD The Best Of Bryan Ferry...”
BRYAN FERRY HAS IT ALL and uses his talent to its best advantage as a cool
and sophisticated artist with raw sex appeal whose songs are compelling and
sometimes emotive with a strong identity. Having appeared on the music scene
in 1972 when Roxy Music was launched to an unsuspecting but highly-receptive
world, he could not have found himself in a more perfect place.
The band was an ideal vehicle for his multifarious talents as composer, singer
and visual artist. The wildly innovative music was presented via equally original
artwork, costumes and stage shows that only proved to endorse Ferry's imaginative
and astute mind.
As the creative force behind a band that changed the rules of pop music and
set the blueprint for the cool front man, Bryan Ferry could not have realised
how much of an impact he would have on the Seventies music scene. Music would
not be the same without him and at the peak of their success, Roxy Music was
a band apart.
Roxy Music crystallized the hippest style of the decade's sophistication crossed
with street-credibility. An overnight sensation, here was a band to follow.
But it would not be long before Ferry was carving out his own niche as a solo
artist and style icon…
The Best Of Bryan Ferry is exactly that, with superb songs that burst
with quirky originality such as The 'In' Crowd. Bryan Ferry's voice has
that indefinable quality that infuses each track with a delightful longing.
Let's Stick Together and The Price Of Love are unforgettable.
Tokyo Joe and especially Don't Stop The Dance ooze with the steaminess
of the singer while The Way You Look Tonight, A Fool For Love
and The Girl Of My Best Friend are evocative and full of emotion. A very
visual artist and first class entertainer, Ferry brings his own personal talent
straight to your door on this compelling The Best Of Bryan Ferry CD and
DVD.
The CD includes nineteen singles and two bonus tracks, an alternative recording
of A Fool For Love and a newly-recorded cover of The Drifters' classic
I Don't Want To Go On Without You. The DVD puts together all the Bryan
Ferry promo videos with live television appearances and bonus footing. What
a package for every Bryan Ferry fan and a must-have to add to the collection.
• Prepare for the inimitable Bryan Ferry to
treat you to an overdose of his wonderful music with The Best Of Bryan Ferry,
released by Virgin Records on 23 November (2009) as a standard CD album and
a Special Edition CD/DVD. Catalogue Number: CDV3066 / CDVX3066.
The Best Of Bryan Ferry CD album Tracklisting:
1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | 2 The 'In' Crowd | 3 Smoke Gets
In Your Eyes | 4 You Go To My Head | 5 Let's Stick Together
| 6 The Price Of Love | 7 This Is Tomorrow | 8 Tokyo Joe
| 9 Can't Let Go | 10 Slave To Love | 11 Don't Stop The Dance
| 12 Windswept | 13 Limbo | 14 Kiss And Tell | 15 I
Put A Spell On You | 16 Don't Want To Know | 17 The Way You Look
Tonight | 18 Goddess Of Love | 19 The Times They Are A-Changin'.
Bonus Tracks:
20 A Fool For Love (Alternative Version) | 21 I Don't Want To Go On
Without You.
DVD Tracklisting:
1 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | 2 These Foolish Things | 3 Smoke
Gets In Your Eyes | 4 You Go To My Head | 5 Let's Stick Together
| 6 The Price Of Love | 7 This Is Tomorrow | 8 Tokyo Joe
| 9 What Goes On | 10 Slave To Love (12" Version) | 11
Don't Stop The Dance | 12 Windswept | 13 Limbo | 14 Kiss
And Tell | 15 The Right Stuff | 16 I Put A Spell On You | 17
Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 18 The Girl Of My Best Friend | 19
Don't Want To Know | 20 Your Painted Smile | 21 Mamouna (UK
Version) | 22 Is Your Love Strong Enough | 23 The Way You Look
Tonight | 24 Goddess Of Love | 25 Positively 4th Street.
"The Best Of Bryan Ferry… superb songs that burst with quirky originality…
Bryan Ferry's voice has that indefinable quality that infuses each track with
a delightful longing" — Maggie Woods, MotorBar
Bryan Ferry
Long before the pop world thought in terms of fashion and stylists, Bryan Ferry
had been acknowledged as the very embodiment of style. But with Ferry, the style
was always more than just fashion. Like Sinatra, Serge Gainsbourg and Lou Reed,
he possessed a charisma that was at once elegant and memorable. That charisma
was as certain to catch the attention of artists and writers as it was to thrill
the trend-setters. Bryan Ferry was unique within his generation and those who
followed. Simultaneously contemporary and classic, he combined the mystique
of great art with the allure of great music. As such, his ascent as a modern
icon was immediate and lasting.
Thirty six years on, Bryan Ferry continues to reap the rewards of his singing
and song-writing abilities. In this decade he has been nominated for a Grammy,
has gained over a dozen international awards, toured the world four times and
released three critically acclaimed studio albums.
The successful 2007 album Dylanesque set a benchmark for musical interpretations.
Hard-hitting and fast-paced, Dylanesque contained Bryan Ferry's interpretation
of some of Bob Dylan's best-loved songs. An artistic tribute to the American
singer-songwriter whose work Ferry has always loved and for whom he has the
greatest respect, Dylanesque was released to critical acclaim and on
his tour Ferry performed to packed venues.
