Bryan Ferry And His Orchestra – Bitter-Sweet

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Building upon 2012’s The Jazz Age, and his acting turn as a cabaret singer in the 1930s Netflix drama Babylon Berlin, Bryan Ferry returns to his love of urbane classic jazz with 2018’s Bitter-Sweet. Recorded with longtime collaborator/pianist Colin Good, Bitter-Sweet finds the Roxy Music frontman once again embracing the vintage 1920s and ’30s big-band swing he first explored on 1999’s As Time Goes By, which he and Good brought to fruition with The Jazz Age. However, whereas The Jazz Age featured instrumental reworkings of many of Ferry’s best-loved songs, Bitter-Sweet features Ferry singing jazz versions of both Roxy Music songs and songs from his solo career. Featured on the album are the six songs the singer contributed to the Babylon Berlin soundtrack, including “Alphaville,” “Reason or Rhyme,” “Bitter-Sweet,” “Dance Away,” “Chance Meeting,” and “Bitters End.” As arranged by Good and Ferry, these are all wry and romantic productions that evoke the smoky ambiance of Babylon Berlin’s Weimar Republic-era setting. Elsewhere, Ferry transforms the new wave sophistication of “While My Heart Is Still Beating” off 1982’s Avalon into a slinky, half-lidded crawl, and similarly mutates the pop exotica of his 1985 title track “Boys and Girls” into a slow-burn flamenco fever dream. Particularly compelling is Ferry and his orchestra’s snappy rendition of “Sign of the Times” off 1978’s The Bride Stripped Bare, in which the original track’s driving guitar lines are transposed to a puckered trumpet lead. This is haunting jazz sprinkled with the golden dust of Ferry’s glittery rock past.

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BMG – 538448231 Stereo Vinyl, LP, Album 2018 EU

Side 1.

1. Alphaville 2:54
2. Reason Or Rhyme 3:42
3. Sign Of The Times 2:30
4. New Town 3:57
5. Limbo 2:49
6. Bitter-Sweet 3:57

Side 2.

1. Dance Away 2:47
2. Zamba 3:06
3. Sea Breezes 3:01
4. While My Heart Is Still Beating 3:11
5. Bitters End 2:26
6. Chance Meeting 3:47
7. Boys And Girls 4:40

Credits:

Arranged By – Bryan Ferry, Colin Good
Design – Ferry Gouw
Design [Assisted By] – James Garzke
Engineer – Simon Willey
Engineer [Assistant] – Chloe Beth Smith, James Garzke
Executive-Producer – Isaac Ferry, Millie Thompson
Liner Notes – Simon Morrison
Mastered By – Frank Arkwright
Musician [Additional Musicians], Accordion – Karen Street
Musician [Additional Musicians], Cello – Katy Cox
Musician [Additional Musicians], Double Bass – Chris Laurence, Sam Becker
Musician [Additional Musicians], Harp – Camilla Pay
Musician [Additional Musicians], Performer [Charts] – Chloe Beth Smith
Musician [Additional Musicians], Piano – Charlie Woof-Byrne
Musician [Additional Musicians], Viola – Emma Owens, Sarah Chapman
Musician [Additional Musicians], Violin – Emma Parker, Victoria Sutherland
Musician [Additional Musicians], Vocals – Bobbie Gordon
Musician, Bandoneon, Piano – Julian Rowlands
Musician, Banjo, Guitar – Martin Wheatley
Musician, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Alan Barnes
Musician, Drums – John Sutton
Musician, Percussion – Frank Ricotti
Musician, Piano, Harmonium – Colin Good
Musician, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Richard White
Musician, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Robert Fowler
Musician, Trombone – Ian Bateman, Malcolm Earle Smith
Musician, Trumpet – Enrico Tomasso
Musician, Tuba, Sousaphone – Marc Easener
Musician, Viola, Violin – Marina Moore
Musician, Violin, Viola – Ros Stephen
Producer – Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies
Recorded By, Mixed By – Rhett Davies, Simon Willey

Barcode: 4050538448238
Label Code: LC 19813
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): BI 44903-01 A1 538448231 AI =1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): BI 44903-01 B1 =1 538448231 BI

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Weight 0,5 kg

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