Track Listing

1. In Crowd
2. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
3. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
4. Funny How Time Slips Away
5. You Are My Sunshine
6. What A Wonderful World
7. It Ain't Me Babe
8. Finger Poppin'
9. Help Me Make It Through The Night
10. Another Time Another Place

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10981 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
He's got them old foppish fin-de-siecle ennui blues again, mama. Ferry's second solo album is, rather explicitly, TheseFoolish Things Part Deux, at least conceptually. Once again, he covers--make that radically re-invents--a wildly eclectic bunch of songs, from "You Are My Sunshine" to Sam Cooke's"Wonderful World".
The results are still somewhat variable, given Ferry's vocal limitations, but the songs here seem more suited to his traditional mien of lounge lizard angst, and on balance ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE is probably superior to its predecessor. For example, Ferry's take on DobieGray's "The In Crowd" makes that song's undercurrent of aggression palpable in a far more believable way than Gray's deliberately likeable original. Other high points include a commendably unsentimental version of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away", which works its way to a big, honking R&B finale, and a surprisingly touching C&W-like version of the aforementioned "You Are My Sunshine".

Customer Reviews

Ferry favourite
Probably Ferry's most accessible solo album and my favourite of his solo albums, this early career recording contains some great renditions of some classic songs and old standards. The big surprise here is the depth of the sound with some real aggressive guitar, big drums and the usual pounding basslines. The In Crowd blows the roof off with it's real raucous sound followed by the gentle crooning of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. Ferry could perhaps be accused of being commercial on this album but that's no criticism when the quality control is this high. Quite simply, there is no-one with a voice like Bryan ferry and his ability to breathe atmosphere into such varying material is astonishing. No more so than on this album.
The HDCD remastering works a treat with the sheer power of the recording now exploited to its maximum potential.
A real stormer of an album and far better than a lot of Roxy Music's output.

This could be the best of Ferry's "covers" albums
I'm a fan, you know. I always loved "These Foolish Things" best, but recently realised that this is just a brilliant album as well. I had the vinyl version and recently got the CD so I can listen again. I was immediately impressed by the superb musicianship of the players, great production and sound generally. But of course its Ferry's choice of material that gives it a special place in my collection. His interpretation of Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away" is really such an awesome re working of the song that it can stand alongside the original as a homage and as a classic in its own right. Really really good stuff. We love you Bry.

Style and substance
I've been listening to this album a lot recently and had forgotten how strong it was.With hindsight some of Ferry's influences loom large in this record. His career long fascination with Bob Dylan is represented by
'It ain't me babe'. Some of the arrangements such as 'Fingerpoppin''and 'It's surprising how time slips away' remind you of the big brassy sound Elvis Presley specialised in during his later career(again another Ferry influence-he appeared in Naples at an Elvis tribute concert in 2007).An excellent set of songs is topped of by his iconic Antony Price designed 'white tuxedo'look.Style and substance -Who could ask for more?