Original released on LP Island ILPS 9284
(UK 1974, July 5)
Ferry's second excursion into covers-ville sees him concentrate on 60's soul, country and Tin Pan Alley standards with variable results. When it's good, like on the crunching version of "The In Crowd" and the grandiose version of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", it's very good, but elsewhere he falters, his vocal stylings completely unsuited to country tracks like "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" and especially "Help Me Make It Through The Night". Worse yet is the turgid, overlong "You Are My Sunshine" and quite why one of the sunniest songs ever written, Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" starts like Roxy's sinister "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" I can't guess. Thankfully Ferry goes a long way towards redeeming himself with the scintillating title-track original, but on the whole this is a slightly less satisfying set than "These Foolish Things", with less tracks too. It's always surprising to hear how often a Roxy/Bryan Ferry tune pops up either on the radio or some tv ad, I've recently heard the start of "The In Crowd" used in promoting F1 car racing. (in RateYourMusic)
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