Bryan Ferry
To appreciate the music of Bryan Ferry originally depended on your view of the singer: was he a left-of-center revisionist or simply a frustrated crooner? Sometimes, Ferry seemed to be both at once. His first album, These Foolish Things, led with a slightly unnerving cover of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and ended with a beautifully rendered (and relatively straight) reading of "These Foolish Things." Another Time, Another Place continued the exercise, again to English acclaim and American indifference. When Roxy Music split up following Siren, Ferry's two musical personas converged on the wonderful Let's Stick Together. In Your Mind took things one step further, with Ferry writing all-new material for a kind of Roxy Music lite. Some found the comparison unflattering, so Ferry retreated to his earlier terrain on the cover-heavy The Bride Stripped Bare. In the late '70s, Roxy regrouped, though Ferry brought his crooning ways with him, creating new romantic music that influenced a new (and arguably more banal) generation of singers. After several albums, Roxy was gone for good, but their latter-day music lived on in Ferry solo albums like Boys and Girls, Bete Noire, and Mamouna. Apparently taking a vacation from himself, the singer also released two more albums of cover songs in the '90s: Taxi and As Time Goes By.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1973 September | A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall |
| 1973 October 5 | THESE FOOLISH THINGS |
| 1974 May | The "In" Crowd |
| 1974 July | ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE |
| 1974 August | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes |
| 1975 June | You Go To My Head |
| 1976 June | Let's Stick Together |
| 1976 August | EXTENDED PLAY (EP) |
| 1976 September | LET'S STICK TOGETHER |
| 1976 October | Heart On My Sleeve |
| 1977 January | This Is Tomorrow |
| 1977 February | IN YOUR MIND |
| 1977 April | Tokyo Joe |
| 1978 April | What Goes On |
| 1978 July | Sign of the Times |
| 1978 September | THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE |
| 1978 November | Carrickfergus |
| 1985 April 28 | Slave To Love |
| 1985 May | BOYS AND GIRLS |
| 1985 August | Don't Stop The Dance |
| 1985 November | Windswept |
| 1986 March | Is Your Love Strong Enough? |
| 1986 April | STREET LIFE: 20 GREAT HITS |
| 1986 July | Help Me |
| 1987 September | The Right Stuff |
| 1987 October | BETE NOIRE |
| 1987 | PICTURE DISC (EP) |
| 1988 February | Kiss and Tell |
| 1988 June | Limbo (Latin Mix) |
| 1988 October | Let's Stick Together ('88 Remix) |
| 1988 November | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
| 1988 | Your Painted Smile |
| 1989 February | The Price of Love (R&B '89 Extended) |
| 1989 April | He'll Have To Go |
| 1993 February | I Put A Spell On You |
| 1993 April 13 | TAXI |
| 1993 May | Will You Love Me Tomorrow |
| 1993 August | Girl Of My Best Friend |
| 1994 September 20 | MAMOUNA |
| 1994 October | Your Painted Smile |
| 1994 October | Mamouna |
| 1995 October | MORE THAN THIS - THE BEST OF BRYAN FERRY + ROXY MUSIC |
| 1995 | INTERVIEW |
| 1996 | Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light) |
| 1997 May 21 | TOKYO JOE: THE BEST OF BRYAN FERRY & ROXY MUSIC |
| 1999 October 15 | AS TIME GOES BY |
| 1999 November 23 | As Time Goes By |
| 2000 August 8 | SLAVE TO LOVE: THE BEST OF THE BALLADS |
| 2002 April 1 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
| 2002 May 18 | FRANTIC |
| 2002 September 12 | A Fool For Love |
| 2004 June | PLATINUM COLLECTION |
| 2004 December 7 | THE COLLECTION |
| 2007 June 26 | DYLANESQUE |
| 2009 November 24 | THE BEST OF BRYAN FERRY |
SEE ALSO...
ROXY MUSIC discography
Roger Daltrey: Parting Should Be Painless
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys
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