Bryan Ferry's solo albums have
always veered between records of new material and of cover versions and of
combinations of the two. Happy to say that
AVONMORE is mostly new material except for two weird covers (Send in the Clowns
and Johnny and Mary) at the end of the record.
Overall just a dependably enjoyable record of the usual Ferry wall of
sound, his trademark since the last Roxy Music album AVALON, well played by an
army of musicians including Nile Rodgers and Johnny Marr (who co-wrote Soldier
of Fortune a ballad here)and his ever aging fragile voice (which has great
authority)....Not as good as his best solo work (nor Roxy Music of course) -
OLYMPIA, MAMOUNA, BETE NOIRE, BOYS AND GIRLS but I like it....Standout tracks -
Driving Me Wild, A Special Kind of Guy,
and Loop De Li (the first single).
My review of the last Ferry
album OLYMPIA can be found here http://rgdinmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/10/olympia-by-bryan-ferry.html
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