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Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - More Than This: The Best Of Bryan Ferry And Roxy Music Audio CD

A fair review of the Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music "More Than This: The Best Of Bryan Ferry And Roxy Music" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music reviews here, or go back to the Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music tabs.

Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Band: Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Title: More Than This: The Best Of Bryan Ferry And Roxy Music
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Release Date: 1999-10-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Virginia Plain - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 2: Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bryan Ferry, Bryan Ferry 3: Street Life - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 4: These Foolish Things - Bryan Ferry 5: Love Is the Drug - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 6: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Bryan Ferry 7: Dance Away - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 8: Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry 9: Angel Eyes - Bryan Ferry 10: Slave to Love - Bryan Ferry 11: Oh Yeah - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 12: Don't Stop the Dance - Bryan Ferry 13: Same Old Scene - Bryan Ferry 14: Jealous Guy - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 15: Kiss and Tell - Bryan Ferry 16: More Than This - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 17: I Put a Spell on You - Bryan Ferry 18: Avalon - Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music 19: I'm in the Mood for Love - Bryan Ferry

Love Bryan Ferry
Makes you want more CDs of this man's unique voice and style. Very excellent variety of Bryan Ferry & Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music during the early years. I also recommend "Dylanesque". .


Accessible art rock
In particular, they used the synthesizer in a new way to create compelling textures in their fresh take on art rock. Roxy Music was very innovative for their time and their sound progressed with every album.

Much variety is displayed here in the frenzied pop of their first major hit Virginia Plain, the majestic buzz of Love Is The Drug and the slick croon of Dance Away and More Than This, another take on plastic soul?

Avalon impresses with its mature lyricism while their interpretation of the classic Smoke Gets In Your Eyes has stood the test of time very well. But my favourite is Ferry's bizarre version of Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, a truly amazing tour de force of hypnotic beats and weird vocals giving the song a complete make-over.

This is a good collection of songs and though it may not be complete nor please all the hardcore fans, it provides the cream of Roxy and Ferry's hit singles from their peak period, making it a good anthology for exploring the man and the band.
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Timeless Music
They have a sensual flow and sound that is inimitable.
Some songs I skip, but most I really enjoy. Classic.


beware, not all songs listed are on this version
I learned this the hard way. A decent selection of songs, but beware: The songs "Your Painted Smile" and "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" are not on this version. . . I sent it back to Amazon, explaining that they are referring to the other version that sells for $37. 99, but they sent it right back to me. So if you are buying for those songs, skip this disc. .


There's More Than This CD can offer

The track selection as another user said is quite predictable especially when it comes to the Roxy Music selections but where as the Streetlife CD still is a good sampler of Roxys songs, it at the same time is somewhat outdated when it comes to the best of Ferrys solo works. This CD is a 19 tracks taken from both Bryan Ferrys solo career and the ten year career of Roxy Music.

More Than This does some work on that by including a track grabbed from Bete Noire and Taxi but even then the 'best of' title isn't always true. The 'best of' title is more of an individuals opinion than a fact because while it may be called 'The Best of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music' too much of Ferrys strongest solo songs are left off particularly the enigmatic New Town, the shimmering The Right Stuff & the danceable classic Limbo. There is an import version of this CD that does include the beautiful Your Painted Smile that is not included on the US version and it's a pity because the US has been deprived of so much great music. Another thing about this CD that makes it so flawed is that it doesn't include anything from In Your Mind or Bride Stripped Bare.

On the other hand it does include a track from the 30s oriented As Time Goes By which I found dissapointing but have now come to gradually appreciate.

Veteran fans may not see much point in getting this CD because a good share of them might own most or all of these songs on their parent albums. For those who've never heard of either Roxy Music or Bryan Ferry, this CD is a great collection for the newbie fanbase. Still though it doesn't do either Ferry or Roxy a lot of justice.

I give this CD a five anyway because it's jam packed with just plain great music.


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