Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls [Hybrid SACD – DTS 5.1]
Album Notes
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.”
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.—allmusic.com
Boys and Girls is Bryan Ferry’s the sixth
solo album, released in 1985, by E’G (see 1985 in music). It was
Ferry’s only #1 album in the UK, and contains two charting singles as
well.
The album was remastered in 2000, and was released in SACD in 2005.
The album was remastered in 2000, and was released in SACD in 2005.
| EC1071 | Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls [Hybrid SACD – DTS 5.1] |
| Label: | Virgin Records Ltd. |
| Catalog#: | FERRYSACD6, 7243 866883 2 3 |
| Format: | DTS CD 5.1 |
| Source: | Hybrid SACD (PCM & DSD Stereo & 5.1 SACD MultiChannel) Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls |
| Released: | April 12, 2005 (First release: 3 June 1985) |
| Barcode: | 7 24386 68832 3 |
| Style: | Pop/Rock, Art Rock |
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Bryan Ferry – Boys And Girls [Hybrid SACD – DTS 5.1]
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01. Sensation
02. Slave to Love
03. Don’t Stop the Dance
04. A Waste Land
05. Windswept
06. The Chosen One
07. Valentine
08. Stone Woman
09. Boys and Girls
Total Time: 00:38:33
Companies etc ▼
- Marketed By – EMI
- Distributed By – EMI
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – Air Studios
- Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
- Recorded At – Effanel Music
- Recorded At – RPM Studios
- Recorded At – Sarm West Studios
- Recorded At – The White House
- Mixed At – Power Station
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
Credits ▼
- Bass – Marcus Miller
- Drums – Omar Hakim
- Featuring – Alan Spenner, Andy Newman*, Anne Stephenson, Colleen Fitz-Charles, Virginia Hewes*, Jimmy Maelen, Jon Carin, Keith Scott, Lisa Fitz-Charles, Martin McCarrick, Michelle Cobbs, Neil Jason, Rhett Davies, Ruby Turner, Simone Fitz-Charles, Tony Levin
- Guitar – Chester Kamen, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Neil Hubbard, Nile Rodgers
- Saxophone – David Sanborn
- Synthesizer – Guy Fletcher
- Vocals – Alfa Anderson, Ednah Holt, Fonzi Thornton, Yannick Etienne
- Producer – Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies
- Remastered By – Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studio
- Photography By – Antony Price
- Written-By – Bryan Ferry (tracks: 1,2, 4 to 9)
Notes▼
Dual layered hybrid SACD (5.1 & 2.0 channels) + CD.
Tracklist is the same for all layers.
Packaged in a Super Jewel Box.
Tracklist is the same for all layers.
Packaged in a Super Jewel Box.
℗ 1985 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1985 Virgin Records Ltd.
Digital remasters ℗ 2005 The copyright in this sound recording is own by Virgin Records Ltd.
© 2005 Virgin Records Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers ▼
- Barcode: 724386688323
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI L042
- Mould SID Code (CD Layer): IFPI EV49
- Matrix / Runout (CD Layer): VS229-L0-PV0.8 8668832
- Mould SID Code (SACD Layer): IFPI EV48
- Matrix / Runout (SACD Layer): VS229-L1 8668832
- Rights Society: bel BIEM
- Label Code: LC 3098
WARNING!!!
Audio Format: Digital Surround DTS 5.1
To play DTS CDs you need to have equipment that supports DTS and a surround sound system that is capable of decoding the DTS signal. Don’t play this on equipment that isn’t compatible because you’ll only hear static!
To play DTS CDs you need to have equipment that supports DTS and a surround sound system that is capable of decoding the DTS signal. Don’t play this on equipment that isn’t compatible because you’ll only hear static!
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