Bryan Ferry: Boys And Girls (West German Target CD) CD Track Listing

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Bryan Ferry Boys And Girls (West German Target CD) (1985)
Originally Released May 1985\nCD Edition Released \nRemastered CD Edition Released March 28, 2000\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Having at last laid Roxy to bed with its final, intoxicatingly elegant albums, Ferry continued its end-days spirit with his own return to solo work. Dedicated to Ferry's father, Boys and Girls is deservedly most famous for its smash single "Slave to Love." With a gentle samba-derived rhythm leading into the steadier rock pace of the song, it's '80s Ferry at his finest, easy listening without being hopelessly soporific. As a whole, Boys and Girls fully established the clean, cool vision of Ferry on his own to the general public. Instead of ragged rock explosions, emotional extremes, and all that made his '70s work so compelling in and out of Roxy, Ferry here is the suave, debonair if secretly moody and melancholic lover, with music to match. Co-producer Rhett Davies, continuing his role from the latter Roxy albums, picks up where Avalon left off right from the slinky opening grooves of "Sensation." The range of people on the album is an intriguing mix, from latterday Roxy members like Andy Newmark and Alan Spenner to avid Roxy disciples like Chic's Nile Rodgers. Everyone is subordinated to Ferry's overall vision, and as a result there's not as much full variety on Boys and Girls as might be thought or hoped. The album's biggest flaw is indeed that it's almost too smooth, with not even the hint of threat or edge that Ferry once readily made his own. As something that's a high cut above the usual mid-'80s yuppie smarm music, though, Boys and Girls remains an enjoyable keeper that has aged well. -- Ned Raggett\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nExtension of Avalon era Roxy sound, March 28, 2000 \nReviewer: wtdk from Fairfield, CA United States \nWhile not his best solo album, Boys and Girls extends the sound Ferry developed with Roxy Music. Lush, with melodic overtones that can be best described as hypnotic, Ferry has tuned into the dance grooves common to the new romantic movement of the time and come up with a winning album. The parade of session musicians makes the album sound a bit more generic than both Ferry's work with Roxy and his earlier solo work. There are a number of tracks that could have used a stinging Phil Manzanera solo or one of Andy Mackay's distinct sax solos to bring an edge to the material.\n\nLyrically obtuse at times (or perhaps impressionistic), this album puts the albums produced by the new romantic bands to shame (the only album that comes close is by ABC a Roxy clone that used the band's Manifesto/Avalon sound as its blueprint). Ferry's familiar themes crop up throughout the album and, although lyrically less adventurous than some of Ferry's previous work, the melodies and thundering arrangements add enough bite to make even the weakest song interesting.\n\nThe stand out tracks include the single Slave to Love (which is easily as good as anything Ferry wrote for Roxy) Windswept, Sensation and the haunting, ominous title track. Ferry would further refine this sound with one of his best albums Bete Noire.\n\nThe sound quality is an improvement over the Reprise edition issued some years back. The sound is richer with a warmth missing from the first edition of the CD (fairly close to the LP with more depth to the sound). Not much in the way of extras which is a problem. It would have been interesting to have some studio outtakes, demos or even the single written around this time for the film Legend (Is Your Love Strong Enough?) as bonus tracks. The CD booklet has the lyrics and but no notes on the making of the album. A bit of a disappointment after the recent reissues of classic albums by bands like The Kinks and Who. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nThe Enduring Romance of Boys and Girls, June 27, 2004 \nReviewer: tbrough from Springfield, PA United States \nAlthough it may have taken Bryan Ferry three years to make an album after the swan song of Roxy Music's "Avalon," he picked up right where that album left off. "Never seem to touch, I didn't feel enough motivation," Ferry croons as "Boys and Girls" begins a slow burn through the sumptuous world of love and longing as few others can. Veering between desire ("Don't Stop The Dance") and disillusionment (the title track), this CD rates a close second in my top favorite Bryan Ferry solo albums. \n\nIt also contains one of Ferry's most notorious songs, "Slave To Love." Most people probably heard it through a classic scene in the psychogical/sexual drama "9 1/2 weeks." It certainly set the tone for the soon to be released "Boys and Girls" and also gets my vote for one of the best shoulda-been hits of the eighties. Ferry followed this album with his best solo album, "Bete Noir." My suggestion is to get them both, and throw "Avalon" on that stack if you don't have it already. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nYou will become Slave to love, May 9, 2004 \nReviewer: Mike Chadwick from Gdynia,Poland \n"Boys and girls" stands close to Ferry's Roxy Music's "Avalon" in the terms of production and sound. But Bryan Ferry's solo album is much darker,introspective and erotic.\n\n"Sensation","Windswept","Boys and girls" and famous "slave to love" got the really sensual atmosphere created with cold sound,layered guitars and Ferry's voice.\n\nthere are not many synths at all but still the atmosphere of it is freezing as the ice of antarctica. the remastered version offers much more sound variety with more groovy bass and darker,lower sound.\ndefinitly the highlight of the album is haunting "Don't stop the game" which is simply awesome melancholic song. Why not 5 stars? well,this album definitly sounds much better in the evening than in the light of day. also "a wasteland" which is only 1 minute long sounds a bit like some kind of filler.\n\n"Boys and girls" are a perfect album for evenings.Chill out,have a drink,lay down on your bed,turn the lights off...and it would be so great if you could invinte some lady too... \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nSumptuous, sexy and sophisticated!, December 14, 2003 \nReviewer: Todd B. Frary from Atlanta, GA USA \nEven almost 20 years on this is still one of the greatest recordings ever. Musically it has stood the test of time and represents some of the strongest songs Bryan ever wrote and recorded. Stylistically "Boys and Girls" picks right up where Roxy Music's "Avalon" left off with lush cinematic paeans to the pursuit of love. Rhett Davies production is sumptuous, warm and oh-so-well suited to Bryan's voice. Nothing here rocks too hard and yet it's still nice mid-tempo jazz inflected numbers with enough beat to pulsate to but yet overall calm subdued and restrained. A good friend of mine jokingly called this the granddaddy of Chill Out records and they're not far from it. Perfect for coming down from a night of partying or as I call it the "ultimate make out record". And try not to sing along...I dare you! There is literally not a dud track in the lot and the music washes over you like waves in the ocean, starting with "Sensation" and carrying on through. It's hard to pick personal favorites as they're all so strong, but "Don't Stop the Dance" is a killer track, especially when Bryan coos about "footsteps in the dark, come together". In my humble opinion Bryan Ferry hands down has one of the sexiest voices ever and this is probably his sexiest recording. "Boys and Girls" is the equivalent of slipping into something more comfortable, taking the phone off the hook, pouring a nice glass of wine, kicking back and doing something you really enjoy. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nIs this man for real?!, May 18, 2002 \nReviewer: A music fan from Philadelphia, PA \nMy neighbor gave me a tape when I was in high school with Avalon on one side, and Boys and Girls on the other. When I heard Boys and Girls, I thought, "But, this is me on the inside, just how I feel and can never put into words." I'm 33 now, and yes, I still have that tape. My CD was stolen, among other things, but that was all I hated to lose. The whole album flows from one song to the next. Sometimes it's the words, sometimes it's the sound, but usually it's both working so perfectly together that make me catch my breath, smile, and make my heart ache that little bit that tells me, yes, I'm a human being, and the world is full of pain, but it's also full of beauty. Bryan Ferry's work touches me, always, at that basic human level that seeks love and yearns for perfection, but accepts that it's not always possible to find. I always find myself thinking after I listen to it (for the 600th time) this is just too good for words. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nThe Dance Of The Lost Souls, November 7, 2001 \nReviewer: demien from U.S.A. \nI went out with this beutiful woman by the name of Alison.\nShe took me into her apartment and told me to kick off my shoes. \nI thought this night was heading in the right direction.\nThe windows were open and i could hear the sirens of a police car ride by the house as i laid back on Alison's couch waiting for her to come out of her bedroom.\nI started to get tense with anticipation when i saw this vision of beauty come toward me.\nA wondrous perfume inflamed the room as she set down two glasses of wine on the table.\nShe was a sight to behold with her flowing locks of blonde hair and her cream colored skin of silk.\nShe popped on an album called "Boys and Girls" then came over to the couch and cuddled up next to me.\nWe spent the whole night bundled up together in the couch and it was the most romantic time that i've ever had with a woman.\nThe music set the tone for this night of tender romance.\n"Boys and Girls" is like a dream of passion.\nIt is utterly atmospheric and desperately romantic.\nBryan Ferry's voice evokes sensitivity,vulnerablity,and hungry passion.\nIt is a voice of unique beauty unlike anything you've ever heard\nbefore.\nThe music is slick and stylish yet breathes substance in its poetic eloquence.\nIts cosmopolitan pop with tinges of reggae and new age.\n"Slave to Love","Windswept",and "Sensation" are favorites but the entire album is flawless.\nAnyway i woke up the next morning with Alison by my side and i felt a glowing smile on my face.\nI could feel my heart beat as i gazed into her eyes feeling content just being next to her in a moment of eloquent silence.\nWell i guess that's just love and that's what the sound of "Boys and Girls" is.\nO.F. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nMake-out Music for the Thinking Man/Woman, August 27, 2001 \nReviewer: A music fan from Washington, DC \nI first bought this on vinyl, and now I'm buying it on CD. Bryan Ferry is without a doubt the sexiest man in music, and "Boys and Girls" is by turns sexy, funky, sensual, dark, wise and decadent. "Sensation" is a smart, danceable track, "Slave to Love" and "Windswept" are foreplay set to music. "Valentine" has an irresistible reggae feel, and "Stone Woman" is a magnificent song about showing tenderness to a woman whose "seen it all." Don't delay - buy this CD! \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nThe Best Bryan Ferry solo record, May 19, 2001 \nReviewer: jmcrary from Germantown, MD USA \nI challenge anyone to find a record with more or better summertime guitar riffs than this one has. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Nile Rodgers (Chic, David Bowie, etc) and Neil Hubbard all play some guitar parts on this masterpiece. The trick is to guess who is playing guitar at any given point. The classic tracks on this record are The Chosen One, Don't Stop the Dance, Windswept and Stone Woman. If you are a Roxy fan (which I am), it's important to let the early stuff go and listen to this for what it is, and it is a classic. Crank it. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nBryan Ferry's Best Solo: "Avalon 2" In All But Name, August 23, 2000 \nReviewer: Paul Allaer from Cincinnati \nRoxy Music issued "Avalon" in 1982 and despite its broad commercial success it was the last (studio) Roxy album. It became clear why, when 3 years later Roxy lead singer and composer Bryan Ferry issued "Boys and Girls", in all but name a straight sequel to "Avalon" (the implication being that Avalon probably was far more a Ferry solo album than a true Roxy album--comparions to Roger Waters/Pink Floyd "The Final Cut" come to mind.) "Boys and Girls" continues the dreamy soundscapes from "Avalon", mixing up more upbeat, dance-oriented songs ("Don't Stop the Dance", "The Chosen One" "Stone Woman") with slower songs ("Slave to Love" (which was the lead-off single), "Windswept", "Boys annd Girls"). And of course there is the short (1 min) "bridge song" (here "Wasteland", like "India" on "Avalon"). While the album covers no new ground, it still is the best Bryan Ferry solo album, because the sounds are lush and deep, and the entire album (clocking in at 38+ min) plays like one long dream-along song. In this remastered issue, the sound quality is remarkably better than before. The CD also contains the lyrics to the songs. Nevertheless I deck a star from my rating because there are no extra tracks such as single B-sides or live tracks and there are no liner notes. Enjoy the dreamy world of Bryan Ferry, though! \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nHOT PASSION CAUGHT IN SOUND, August 3, 2000 \nReviewer: demien from U.S.A. \nI was at my ex-girlfriends house when she was playing the soundtrack to the 9 and a half weeks soundtrack. The sounds were going in one ear and out the other until i heard slave to love. I asked her who is that...she said Bryan Ferry. I was so stirred up by the unique voice and the incredible passion of the groove. I eventually picked up Boys And Girls and became immediately hooked. It was the sexiest music i had ever heard. Some of the highlights are sensation,windswept,valentine,slave to love,and the hypnotic sensual title song. Bryan Ferry is most concerned in creating a mood and a atmosphere with his music. Melody is important but his main objective is to bring you into his world of seduction,romance,obsession,and love thru a never ceasing groove. So get your lover,put out the lights,put Boys And Girls on,and give in to the passion of Bryan Ferry. You won't be sorry. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nAn amazing album, an amazing remaster, April 8, 2000 \nReviewer: underworld from CA \nBryan Ferry/Roxy Music fans seem to fall into two camps: those who prefer the "art-rock" experimentalism of Country Life and For Your Pleasure, and those who love the sleeker productions of Avalon-era Roxy. I firmly fall into the latter. This album, basically a further refinement of Avalon's aesthetic, is a masterpiece. Naysayers will call it pretentious, but this dark, incredibly seductive and romantic sets a mood so intense and sensual you can only listen to it at night. Along with Avalon, it's the ultimate sex album.\n\nA technical note about this re-release: the remastering job is one of the best I've ever heard. Most remasters are just louder versions with a little extra detail. This (along with the other BF reissues from Virgin) has been remastered as a HDCD and sounds 1000 times better than the orignal 80s release. There was a UK import re-release last year which came in a tiny cardboard sleeve, (Roxy's back catalog was also reissued this way). It was louder and more clear than before, but I don't think it was HDCD (wasn't marked with the HDCD logo anyway). This release is the version to get, no question. \n\nOn a regular CD player you will already hear way more detail and clarity, reduced tape hiss, and better soundstaging. On an HDCD equipped high end player with decent speakers, the sound quality becomes just phenomenal. There's wonderful air around the vocals, the guitars lines "pop" more, and the 3D imaging and soundstaging just become breathtaking. It is Boys and Girls the way Bryan Ferry truly intended it. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nHis best solo album so far, April 5, 2000 \nReviewer: Thomas Vaags from Norway \nIn my opinion, "Boys and Girls" is Bryan Ferry's best solo album so far (in close competition with "Mamouna"). The songs are catchy, just as well as they are rich in musical sophistication. A total of 30 musicians participate on this album, including the guitarists David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), and Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Still, the music is never overcrowded with sounds.\n\nThe album grows tremendously with repeated listening. You'll find yourself discovering new things each time you play it. I would consider it to be essential listening for anyone who likes atmospheric and groovy pop-music. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nFerry's Finest, March 29, 2000 \nReviewer: Armando M. Mesa from Chandler, AZ \nAfter collecting Bryan Ferry's post Roxy Music albums, this is definitely the best one! It contained the smash hit Slave to Love which was included on the 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack. Usually when an album includes a roster of artists contributing to another artist's project it often ends up in the trash bin (...too- many -cooks- in- the- kitchen syndrome ); This is not the case at all with Ferry's 1985 post Roxy release. Many have compared Boys & Girls to his last Roxy Music masterpiece Avalon. True... However, where Avalon was more romance, love, and ethereal fantasy, this is more lust, atmospheric and global ambient with a more somber and darker, yet very much likeable and sophisticated feel. His next album Bete Noire (released in 1987) would try to continue in the same path. However, the album was heavily produced by Patrick Leonard who at the time had been producing for Madonna and various other artists. Try playing Maddonna's True Blue album and Ferry's Bete Noire and it doesn't take a trained ear to hear the instrumental similarities between the two. So, for any Roxy Music fan who has never purchased a solo Bryan Ferry release, Boys & Girls is an absolute ticket !... \n\nHalf.com Album Credits\nDavid Sanborn, Contributing Artist\nMarcus Miller, Contributing Artist\nMark Knopfler, Contributing Artist\nNile Rodgers, Contributing Artist\nOmar Hakim, Contributing Artist\nTony Levin, Contributing Artist\nBryan Ferry, Producer\nRhett Davies, Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel: Bryan Ferry (vocals); Alfa Anderson, John Carin, Michelle Cobbs, Rhett Davies, Yannick Etienne, Colleen 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.Engineers include: Rhett Davies, Bob Clearmountain, Neil Dorfsman.\n\nAll tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.\n\nFerry's first solo effort since the second breakup of Roxy Music is arguably his best, in part because it continues in the direction the band had been going. It's like AVALON, only more so.Here, Ferry's lounge lizard affectations are writ large; the lyrical pose is all bruised romantic fatalism (say hello, "Slave to Love"), and the music fits it like a glove. The album's soundscapes are lush and echo-laden, and nearly every track has a discreet disco pulse; "Valentine," the one exception, is mid-tempo reggae. Overlaid with skittish percussion and guitars, BOYS AND GIRLS is the aural equivalent of a white dinner jacket and a half-empty bottle of champagne.
This rock cd contains 9 tracks and runs 38min 24sec.
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