Album
These Foolish Things
1973 · Rock, Pop
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
These Foolish Things is a Rock album by Bryan Ferry, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 98 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
Released just six months after Roxy Music’s second album, <i>These Foolish Things</i> features the whole band (minus the recently departed Brian Eno) and is for all intents and purpose a Roxy Music covers set. The music has all the space-bound dazzle of the early Roxy albums, but there's no question that Bryan Ferry's the star of this show. His flair for theatricality is sincere rather than ironic, which is why he can get away with such a wonky program of songs. Rock critics bemoaned the fact that Ferry was butchering their sacred cows (Beatles, Dylan, Stones) by turning them into glam rock dance songs and putting them alongside a cover of Leslie Gore’s camp classic “It’s My Party.” But Ferry’s love for these tunes is genuine—he simply approaches them with the vision of a cabaret crooner rather than that of the introspective troubadours who were so popular in 1973. Who else could turn Bob Dylan’s “Hard Rain” into a ripping fun rock tune? Yet for all his high-class glitz, Ferry is at heart a quavering soul man, as evinced by swelling renditions of “The Tracks of My Tears,” “Piece of My Heart," and “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall5:20
- A2River Of Salt1:46
- A3Don't Ever Change2:13
- A4Piece Of My Heart3:04
- A5Baby I Don't Care1:46
- A6It's My Party2:01
- A7Don't Worry Baby4:10
Side B
- B8Sympathy For The Devil5:50
- B9The Tracks Of My Tears3:04
- B10You Won't See Me2:32
- B11I Love How You Love Me3:01
- B12Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever3:04
- B13These Foolish Things5:43
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Glam Rock
- polished
- swaggering
- theatrical
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bryan FerryVOICE, PIANO
- David SkinnerPIANO
- Eddie JobsonKEYBOARDS , SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER, VIOLIN VIOLIN, KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER
- Henry LowtherTRUMPET
- John PorterBASS, GUITAR GUITAR , BASS GUITAR, BASS
- Malcolm DuncanTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Paul ThompsonDRUM DRUMS
- Roger BallALTO SAXOPHONE , BARITONE SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, ARRANGED BY
- The AngelettesBACKING VOCALS
- Jesse Ed DavisBACKING VOCALS
- Jessica SmithBACKING VOCALS
- Jessie DavisBACKING VOCALS
- John PunterDRUMS
- Phil ManzaneraGUITAR GUITAR , SOLOIST GUITAR, SOLOIST
- Robbie MontgomeryBACKING VOCALS
- Ruan O'LochlainnALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE , SOLOIST ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOLOIST
- The AnglettesBACKING VOCALS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 98 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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