Bryan Ferry - Let’s Stick Together
CD, Album, U.S., 1990 (Released 1976)
Reprise Records
A very odd record. In the same year, at least in the U.K. Bryan Ferry released an EP that was sort of perfection in format and music. Let’s Stick Together is a full album including that EP, but still, the album feels like a b-side to various singles. In fact, I believe that most of this material were b-sides. On this album he does or re-do’s five Roxy Music songs. All decent covers, but not as good as the Roxy originals. So one wonders, perhaps he re-recorded them for financial reasons?
The one thing that Ferry never fails to do is do a great version of an American Songbook classic. Here he does “You Go To My Head” which is superb. The voice, the image, and his stance backs the greatness of this song. It’s a natural fit. Also his take on “Let’s Stick Together” works because he has that sheen of the surface and when it is attached to a gritty R&B song, it adds a new dimension to the work. So yeah, enjoyable package, but what is the thought behind it?
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