Bryan Ferry has announced Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023a wide-ranging box set celebrating the artist’s 50-year career. To accompany the announcement, the Roxy Music member also performed a cover of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me,” which previews a series of upcoming digital EPs. Listen to the new cut below.
The album, which will be released on October 25 and will feature 81 tracks, Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 collects Ferry's output with Island Records, Polydor, Virgin, EG Records and BMG. The set spans 16 of his solo albums and features two new recordings.
The collection will be available digitally and in a variety of physical formats, including a 5-CD edition that comes complete with a 100-page hardcover book with liner notes and photographs. An abridged 2-LP/CD single version will also be available. Pre-order a copy hereand check out the full track listing for each edition below.
To kick off the retrospective, Ferry shared his rendition of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me,” which is featured on the five-track album. Retrospective: She Belongs to Me EP. The EP, which is out now, is the first of three digital releases that will arrive alongside the box set. Check out the EP’s track listing below. Retrospective: She Belongs to Me EP below, and Listen now via Apple Music.
Ferry's most recent studio album was from 2018. BittersweetIn 2022, he released the covers EP Love lettersand last year he reissued Mamouna (pick up a copy here). He also led a Roxy Music reunion in 2022. Re-read our conversation with Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera here.
Selected recordings 1973-2023 Artwork:
Selected recordings 1973-2023 CD track listing:
Disc One: The Best of Bryan Ferry
01. Heavy rain will fall
02. These silly things
03. The “in” crowd
04. Smoke gets into your eyes
05. Casanova
06. Let us remain united
07. Sign of the times
08. Slave of love
09. Don't stop dancing
10. Windswept
11. Kiss and tell
12. As time goes by
13. Your painted smile
14. I put a spell on you
15. Where to turn?
16. Knocking on Heaven's Door
17. I make you feel my love
18. You can dance
19. Love letters
20. Johnny and Mary
Disc Two: Compositions
01. I can't let it go
02. Tokyo Joe
03. This Island Earth
04. Love me madly again
05. Limbo
06. When she enters the room
07. Boys and girls
08. Zamba
09. Chain reaction
10. Black beast
11. I thought
12. The only face
13. Valentine's Day
14. Li Loop
15. Reason or rhyme
Disc Three: Interpretations
01. The price of love
02. Shame, shame, shame.
03. Wait (I'm coming)
04. Just one look
05. My best friend's girl
06. What happens
07. This is how strong my love is
08. You're getting to my head
09. Where or when
10. The way you look tonight
11. One night
12. A simple twist of fate
13. Positively 4th Street
14. Song to the siren
15. I fell in love and I fell in love
Disc Four: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
01. Virginia Plain
02. Make the thread
03. While my heart still beats
04. This Island Earth
05. Bittersweet
06. Dance
07. Zamba
08. Reason or rhyme
09. Avalon
10. Back to black
11. Limbo
12. Young and beautiful
13. Love is the drug
14. Sign of the times
15. Chance Encounter
Disc Five: Rare and Unreleased
01. Feel the need
02. Mother of Pearl (Horoscope Version)
03. Don't be cruel
04. I don't want to go on without you
05. I forgot more than you'll ever know
06. Crazy love
07. Whatever gets you through the night
08. Bob Dylan's dream
09. He will have to leave
10. A fool for love
11. Low lowlands
12. Is your love strong enough?
13. Sonnet 18
14. She belongs to me
15. Oh, I, who am alone
16. Star (with Amelia Barratt)
Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 2xLP Tracklist:
01. Heavy rain will fall
02. These silly things
03. The “in” crowd
04. Smoke gets into your eyes
05. Casanova
06. Let us remain united
07. Sign of the times
08. Slave of love
09. Don't stop dancing
10. Windswept
11. Kiss and tell
12. As time goes by
13. Your painted smile
14. I put a spell on you
15. Where to turn?
16. Knocking on Heaven's Door
17. I make you feel my love
18. You can dance
19. Love letters
20. Johnny and Mary
Retrospective: She Belongs to Me EP Tracklist:
01. She belongs to me
02. Let us remain united
03. Slave of love
04. I put a spell on you
05. I make you feel my love
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