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Bryan Ferry - As Time Goes By Audio CD

A fair review of the Bryan Ferry "As Time Goes By" 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 reviews here, or go back to the Bryan Ferry tabs.

Bryan Ferry Band: Bryan Ferry
Title: As Time Goes By
Rating:
Release Date: 1999-10-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: As Time Goes By 2: Way You Look Tonight 3: Easy Living 4: I'm in the Mood for Love 5: Where or When 6: When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful 7: Sweet and Lovely 8: Miss Otis Regrets 9: Time on My Hands 10: Lover, Come Back to Me 11: Falling in Love Again 12: Love Me or Leave Me 13: You Do Something to Me 14: Just One of Those Things 15: September Song

As Time Goes By
Compared to Ferry's These Foolish Things the covers are not quite as strong. As Time Goes By being a cover album Ferry that covers classics such as "As Times Goes By", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Easy Living" to mention a few. Even so Ferry is an accomplish crooner and his vocals are impeccable. All the lyrics are included which is quite unusual. For each track we also get a list of whom plays what. The drawings are amazing and fit the songs very well. 4/5.


Carefuly reconstructed 1930s nightclub

Every single song is wonderful old standard - hard to highlight anything,how to take a pick when facing Dorothy Fields,Cole Porter,Kurt Weill or Marlene's famous "Falling in love again" - if you are familiar with old classic "Columbia" recordings of young Billie Holiday,you would love this. It is completely beyond me why Rod Stewart or Linda Ronstadt had such huge sucess with their "Songbook" albums and nobody except you and me has ever heard of Bryan Ferry similar project - his "As time goes by" is stylish,classy and elegant affair with carefully reconstructed 1930s atmosphere,stunning piano in the background (I could swear that's Teddy Wilson playing and Billie Holiday will enter the door any moment,wearing gardenia in her hair),nothing cluthering in the way of music and Ferry clearly loved his role of suave gigolo singing in night club,slick hair and all.


timely time goes by
Just wonderful listening. This is just a great rendition of a collection of classic songs. I highly recommend it. .


Cole Porter Re-made Re-modeled
But I have to say that he has definitely outdone himself with these tracks. Bryan Ferry has definitely been eclectic in his cover songs, covering everyone from Nat King Cole to The Rolling Stones. Friends of mine who would never have given Ferry a second listen otherwise have frequently borrowed this album because it is so different and appealing. For me, songs like "Falling In Love Again", the title track, and "Where or When" just make Ferry the reigning king of the hopeless romantic. .


You knew this was Coming.
Bryan was born to sing these songs, and it ain't no stillbirth. It was only a matter of time before the Great One produced an album of all old standards and torch songs. Nice light touch, beautiful interpretations, excellent selections. They used to say it was Sinatra's world and we only lived in it, but Ferry's world is where we go to play.


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