ProduktrezensionenBryan Ferry - Bete Noire (CD 1987)

Superb.

Another great album from one of Britain's finest. The only drawback with Ferry is that you always want more, but that's a good thing. He is again on top form with those delicious arrangements and that tortured soul voice.
Nobody does this stuff better because no one can. He is, and remains the classic crooner with more emotion in one song than most don't manage in a career.
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Excellent Value

Many, many thanks for this, great value and in superb quality

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Great album

Great

Arrived on time happy with the cd

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Not as good as Boys+Girls Album
But not bad

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Ferry to Middling

It is perhaps hard to believe that, given his penchant for cover albums (all of which have done much to damage his credibility) along with a plethora of Best Of… albums that Bryan Ferry, once he puts his mind to it, is (or maybe was) an accomplished songwriter.

What may also be equally hard to believe is that Ferry’s solo career did not begin with the demise of Roxy Music as Bete Noire was actually his seventh solo album (the first ‘These Foolish Things’ was released in 1973). But with the undeniable quality of Roxy Music’s output, then Bete Noire (along with Boys and Girls, released in 1985) would be scrutinised that little bit more in the wake of the split of Roxy Music. On its own merits, it’s not at all bad but compared to the likes of Flesh & Blood, it falls considerably short.

That said, there are some excellent songs on here. For one, you get the full version of ‘Kiss & Tell’, a smooth seamless song which captures Ferry’s style of performance beautifully. It charted at Number 41 in the UK and with a bit more airplay could have broken the top ten. It at least broke into the Top 40 stateside where it featured on the film Bright Lights, Big City which was a vain attempt to show the world that Michael J Fox could play a grown-up.

‘The Right Stuff’, featuring one J Marr on Lead Guitar (he also co-wrote this track), is also another decent single that failed to register as the charts were veering away from performance based acts to a culmination of dance tunes, eye candy and Stock Aitken & Waterman. Other highlights include the opening track ’Limbo’, New Town’ and ’The Name of The Game’ (not a cover version, believe it or not.) The remaining tracks are pretty much album fillers; not great but not unbearably bad either.

All in all, it won’t blow you away but it serves to remind the world Ferry had some substance to go with his style. I pray that he, with or without his Roxy Music cohorts, would consider releasing something original but considering that Taxi, Frantic and Dylanesque have all fared better commercially then I wouldn’t hold my breath.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

great

pure genius

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