Sublime five-disc set honours Ferry’s solo career.
Just over a half-century ago, when Bryan Ferry found that even fronting the era’s most exhilarating art-rock band wasn’t enough to calm his restlessness, he decided to make more music under his solo name. From These Foolish Things onwards, that extremely successful side-hustle grew into a beguiling body of work, which is celebrated on this five-disc, 81-track box set. Curated by the welldressed man himself, it ranges from his default-mode cover versions to his long phase of obsessing over textures, layers and atmospheres to more recent detours into jazz and electronica. Throughout, Ferry’s passionately pursued sense of aesthetics ensures that immersion in his sound transports the listener to a wondrous place.
The discs are themed, beginning with an essential ‘Best Of’, which gathers…
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