DVD Audio review:
Bryan Ferry - Frantic

Bryan Ferry - Frantic

Band: Bryan Ferry Title: Frantic Rating: Release Date: 04 June, 2002 Media: DVD Audio Tracks: 1: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 2: Cruel 3: Goin' Down 4: Goddess of Love 5: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 6: Nobody Loves Me 7: Ja Nun Hons Pris 8: Fool for Love 9: Goodnight Irene 10: Hiroshima... 11: San Simeon 12: One Way Love 13: I Thought

Editoral Review Frantic, his first album to feature original material since Mamouna, has been simmering away on the back burner for all of eight years. Frantic is hardly an appropriate title choice for Bryan Ferry, who is the epitome of unflustered, cucumber-cool decorum. And it's all the tastier for it. The ingredients are just right: another song cowritten with former Roxy Music partner Brian Eno; tunes about models, movies, amour, and large houses; a guest appearance from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood on "Hiroshima" (this is Ferry reclaiming his stolen clothes from the New Romantics' wardrobe); four fine new numbers co-penned in the 1990s with the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart; contributions from guitarists of the caliber of Chris Spedding and Mick Green; backing vocalists of the caliber of Lucy Laplansky and Alison Goldfrapp; a little bit of medieval; a little bit of Leadbelly; and a little bit of Dylan. Often the involvement of so many contributors results in too many cooks spoiling the broth, but not here. Compliments to the chef. This being a Bryan Ferry album, you can still play it at dinner parties, but the sensual ardor put into Frantic suggests Ferry had blood, sweat, and tears trickling down his tuxedo. This is a fantastic album. --Kevin Maidment .. You can see a complete list of all Bryan Ferry discography, or go back to the Bryan Ferry tabs