Platinum Collection

Ferry / Roxy Music, Bryan

Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock

Format: 3 CD

Released: Tue 24 Aug 2004

Catalogue Number: VIR71224B.2

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Description:
Liner Note Author: Michael Bracewell.
THE PLATINUM COLLECTION, a three-disc retrospective box set that puts Roxy Music's singles alongside frontman Bryan Ferry's solo work, illustrates how Ferry's sensibility, in many ways, defined Roxy Music from the outset, and determined its subsequent direction. The compilation proves Ferry a premiere art-rock conceptualist--the success of his style-conscious presentations, his penchant for soulful grooves, and his sophisticated, often orchestral approach to composition have been borne out by his long career.
Sequenced chronologically, THE PLATINUM COLLECTION begins with "Virginia Plain" from Roxy Music's 1972 debut and ends with Ferry's 2002 single "A Fool for Love." Even on the early glam material, Ferry's interest in American soul and R&B is apparent (see the quirky, gospel-ized version of Dylan's "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," his first solo single). Roxy Music's later work (FLESH & BLOOD, AVALON) continues the trend, with an increasing allegiance to romantic pop, lush productions, and smooth crooning. Ferry's solo career, which paralleled Roxy Music's almost from the beginning, reflects these tendencies, whether in choice of covers ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") or his memorable originals ("Slave to Love"). All told, the 45 tracks assembled here are a definitive overview of Ferry's work and a testament to his vision and achievement.

Details:

Distributors: CEVA Logistics, EMI Operations
Discs: 3
Release Year: 2004
Weight (g): 210

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Virginia Plain
2.	Pyjamarama
3.	Do the Strand
4.	Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall, A
5.	Street Life
6.	All I Want Is You
7.	In Crowd, The
8.	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
9.	You Go to My Head
10.	Love Is the Drug
11.	Both Ends Burning
12.	Lets Stick Together
13.	Price of Love, The
14.	This Is Tomorrow
15.	Tokyo Joe
Disk 2
1.	Sign of the Times
2.	What Goes On
3.	Carrickfergus
4.	Trash
5.	Dance Away
6.	Angel Eyes
7.	Over You
8.	Oh Yeah!
9.	Same Old Scene
10.	Jealous Guy
11.	More Than This
12.	Avalon
13.	Take a Chance with Me
14.	Dont Stop the Dance
15.	Windswept
Disk 3
1.	Slave to Love
2.	Is Your Love Strong Enough?
3.	Right Stuff, The
4.	Kiss and Tell
5.	Limbo
6.	Hell Have to Go
7.	I Put a Spell On You
8.	Will You Love Me Tomorrow
9.	Girl of My Best Friend
10.	Your Painted Smile
11.	Mamouna
12.	As Time Goes By
13.	Goddess of Love
14.	Its All Over Now, Baby Blue
15.	Fool for Love, A

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