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Bête Noire
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724384771027
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
Label: EMI Europe Generic
Manufacturer: EMI Europe Generic
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1992
Publisher: EMI Europe Generic
Release Date: January 14, 2002
Studio: EMI Europe Generic
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Editorial Review:
Digitally Remastered Edition of the Roxy Master's Second Post Roxy Solo Album. Produced with Former Madonna Helmsman Patrick Leonard. Includes the Hits 'kiss and Tell' (From the Film Bright Lights Big City'), 'limbo' and 'the Right Stuff'.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - As Perfect as Perfect can get
This was Bryan Ferry's seventh solo effort and just his third album of all original material. Bete Noir comes right after Ferry's masterpiece " Boys and Girls". Released in 1987 and featuring a who's who of great session players and real rock guitar gods ( David Gilmour and Johnny Marr). This album is far more rhythmic than " Boys and Girls" and not as romantic as the previous effort. What it lacks in lyrical content it more than makes up for it in the production area. First of all I like how ... Read More
Rating:  - The Wrong Stuff.
I suppose everyone is entitled to at least one weak album, but did he have to do a third-rate reiteration of "Boys and Girls"? The one thing I always expect from Mr. Ferry is the unexpected, but I never expected him to go over so much of the same (tired) ground as his prior record. The content of this album gives the impression of being stuck in a rut. Flabby and uninspired.
Rating:  - Seductive, Beautifully Dark and Haunting
I had first heard of Bryan Ferry as the front man of Roxy Music and I simply adored the song "Avalon." I had really liked Ferry's voice and I loved the songs "Slave to Love" and "Don't Stop the Dance" from the Boys and Girls album but at that point had not purchased his music. When the "Limbo" video first aired on MTV back 1987, I simply fell in love with his voice and style and the song itself. Shortly after, the video for "Kiss and Tell" was released and I loved that song even more than "Limbo." Even ... Read More
Rating: - Ferry good.
Bryan Ferry might be an aquired taste, but there's no doubt he's made some classic tunes, especially with Roxy Music. Of his solo work I've come to like this the best. "Boys And Girls" is also excellent, and has a few hits of it's own. I find this album as a whole to be very good, but I'll admit it's "Limbo" and "Kiss And Tell" that make it so damn great. Few songs are as catchy and emotionally pleasing, to me anyway. Come to think of it, I'm shocked he hasn't had a proper solo collection out yet. Still, ... Read More
Rating: - HIs Best!
The epitome of the genre and his crowning achievement. Every song is a winner.
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