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Product Identifiers

ProducerIsaac Ferry; Johnson Somerset; Rhett Davies; Bryan Ferry

Record LabelVirgin

UPC5099990642821

eBay Product ID (ePID)25050139990

Product Key Features

Release Year2010

FormatCD

GenreRock

Run Time49 Mins 12 Seconds

StyleArt Rock

ArtistBryan Ferry

Release TitleOlympia

Additional Product Features

DistributionEMI

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Number of Discs1

EngineerTim Roe; Jamie Johnson; John Monkman; Ash Howes; Sven Taits; Simon Willey

ReviewsUncut (p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The best tracks have a lightness of touch and make a virtue of the husk of Ferry's lunar croon..." Billboard (p.72) - "[Ferry] brings his own style to covers of Tim Buckley's 'Song to the Siren' and Traffic's 'No Face, No Name, No Number.'" Mojo (Publisher) (p.109) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he mature Ferry continues to smolder....His charm remains reasonably irresistible." Record Collector (magazine) (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Ferry himself is on amazingly good form....He's become a master at creating atmospherics for his delicately trembling vocals to ride." Clash (Magazine) - "[A] healthy dose of blue-eyed soul that gets downright sleazy at times, with elements of funk, soul and blues and as much polish as it could soak up."

Additional informationPersonnel: Bryan Ferry (vocals, piano, keyboards); David Williams , Nile Rodgers, Oliver Thompson (guitar); Tara Ferry, Andy Newmark (drums); Frank Ricotti (percussion); John Monkman (electronics). Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain. Liner Note Author: Richard Williams . Recording information: 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica; Studio One, Olympia, London. Photographer: Adam Whitehead. Bryan Ferry's Olympia began as a Roxy Music reunion album, the "follow-up" to 1982's Avalon. That said, it becomes Ferry's first album of new material in eight years and features contributions from original Roxy Music members Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, and Andy Mackay -- his first recorded collaboration with those musicians since 1973's For Your Pleasure. Released on Astralwerks, the set also includes guest spots from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, Gary "Mani" Mounfield of the Stone Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, to mention a scant few. "You Can Dance" is the album's first single and video. Other notable tracks include a cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren."

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo