BOYS AND GIRLS

	Boys And Girls
	Produced by Rhett Davies and Bryan Ferry
	Released on May 1985
	UK CHART POSITION #1 . . . US CHART POSITION #63 . . . GOLD RECORD
	Find it at GEMM
25082-2 cover [high resolution scan]

A valon, as it turned out, wasn’t the last word on Bryan Ferry’s new romantic notions. Boys And Girls is in many ways even better. Ferry fusses over every detail: the sounds sparkle, the sentiments linger, the arrangements percolate to perfection. And the songs sneak up on you like hot breath on the back of your neck. At first, I was slightly disappointed with Boys And Girls because it wasn’t subversive. I had the same reaction to Let’s Dance. But with time I learned to fall in love with “Slave To Love,” “Windswept,” “Don’t Stop The Dance” and “Sensation.” It’s not the haunted palace of Avalon, but a gilded dance hall illumined by the likes of David Gilmour, Nile Rodgers and Mark Knopfler. Where Bowie was simply going through another one of his changes, Ferry had come back to claim his throne as the New Romantic King. Since the reign of Roxy The Second, bands like Simple Minds and Scritti Politti accumulated followers while Bryan Ferry faded into legend. Here, the legend returns. No one (and I mean no one) delivers a romantic line like the king. When he sighs, the flowers sigh, when he cries, the sky cries. There’s more to it than emotion, of course. Boys And Girls is impeccably arranged and unassailably intelligent. Heavier cuts like “The Chosen One” are nearly as complex as those uber-funk experiments from David Byrne and Brian Eno. For me, Avalon’s ghostworld will always be home. But Boys And Girls, immaculately conceived, is the return of the king and a reason to rejoice anew.

25082-2 back picture sleeve

TRACK LISTING

SENSATION 5:07
SLAVE TO LOVE 4:23
DON'T STOP THE DANCE (Bryan Ferry/Rhett Davies) 4:22
A WASTE LAND 1:10
WINDSWEPT 4:23
THE CHOSEN ONE 4:51
VALENTINE 3:48
STONE WOMAN 5:12
BOYS AND GIRLS 5:09

All songs written by Bryan Ferry unless noted

CREDITS

BRYAN FERRY -- art direction
Alfa Anderson --
Jon Carin --
Michelle Cobbs --
Rhett Davies -- engineer
Yanick Etienne --
Colleen Fitz-Charles --
Lisa Fitz-Charles --
Simone Fitz-Charles --
Guy Fletcher --
David Gilmour --
Omar Hakim --
Virginia Hewes --
Ednah Holt --
Neil Hubbard --
Neil Jason --
Chester Kamen --
Mark Knopfler --
Tony Levin --
Jimmy Maelen --
Martin McCarrick --
Marcus Miller --
Andy Newmark --
Nile Rodgers --
David Sanborn --
Keith Scott --
Alan Spenner --
Anne Stephenson --
Fonzi Thornton --
Ruby Turner --
Bob Clearmountain -- engineer, mixing
Neil Dorfsman -- engineer
Femi Jaya -- engineer
Dominick Maita -- engineer
Brian McGee -- engineer
Andy Lydon -- engineer
Simon Puxley -- art direction
Antony Price -- photography
Cream -- artwork

REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
UK	May 1985	EG Records	LP/CD/CS	EGLP/EGCD/EGMC 62	lyric sleeve
US	May 1985	Reprise	LP/CD/CS	25082	lyric sleeve
ARG	1985	EG Records	LP	27265
CAN	1985	Reprise	LP/CD/CS	92 50821/2/4	lyric sleeve
AUS'L/BRA/FRA/GER/NET	1985	EG Records	LP/CD	825 659	inner sleeve
JPN	1985	Polydor	LP/CD	28MM-0430/P33P20018	lyric insert
YUG	1985	RTB	LP	ST2223023
UK	September 1991	EG Records	CD	FERRYCD6
JPN	July 30, 1999	Toshiba	CD	TOCP-53048
US	March 28, 2000	Virgin	CD	47722	digital remaster
EUR	2000	EMI	CD	86477	digital remaster

Did you know...

...that Bryan Ferry appeared at the Live Aid festival on July 13, 1985? His backing band consisted of: Jon Carin, Michelle Cobbs, David Gilmour, Ednah Holt, Neil Hubbard, Chester Kamen, Jimmy Maelen, Marcus Miller, Andy Newmark and Fonzi Thornton. They played "Sensation," "Boys And Girls," "Slave To Love" and "Jealous Guy."

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