Advantages: Velvety vocals, pristine production Disadvantages: Mix of covers and originals doesn't quite come off
...lounge lizard is back with Frantic - his eleventh solo album. And the title is surely ironic: Bryan Ferry could be called many things but frantic isn't one of them. That said, this album gets off to a pretty sparky start. He's on familiar territory, covering a Bob Dylan song - 'It's all Over Now, Baby Blue'. It's something he does with aplomb - he produced the definitive version of Bob's A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall in 1973. This version is nearly ... ...of covers and originals on Frantic doesn't quite come off. If anything the album is too varied. His covers albums and his original collections are very different and probably appeal to distinct sets of listeners. He's takes quite a risk in trying to meld the more idiosyncratic materials with his own trademark slinky groove. In the end he doesn't quite pull it off well enough to produce a perfect album. ...
Silverback 27.10.2002
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disinclined towards unfettered bursts of outward emotional spontaneity and the epitome of unflustered, cucumber-cool decorum.Frantic, his first album to feature orig...
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Frantic is hardly an appropriate choice of album title for Bryan Ferry, a man seemingly ... more
disinclined towards unfettered bursts of outward emotional spontaneity and the epitome of unflustered, cucumber-cool decorum. Frantic, his first album to feature or...
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Franticis hardly an appropriate choice of album title for Bryan Ferry, a man seemingly ... more
disinclined towards unfettered bursts of outward emotional spontaneity and the epitome of unflustered, cucumber-cool decorum.Frantic, his first album to feature orig...
Postage & Packaging: £1.21 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
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