Bitter-Sweet (Bryan Ferry album)

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Bitter-Sweet
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Studio album by
Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra
Released30 November 2018
StudioStudio One (London)
Label BMG Rights Management
Producer
Bryan Ferry chronology
Avonmore
(2014)		Bitter-Sweet
(2018)
Professional ratings
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Bitter-Sweet is the sixteenth studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry, officially under the name of Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra. [4] It was released on 30 November 2018 by BMG Rights Management.

Contents

Background

The album, containing remakes of older songs by Ferry and Roxy Music in the same style as his 2012 album The Jazz Age , came up after Ferry's participation on the German TV series Babylon Berlin . [5] [6]

As shown in the album credits, Ferry dedicated Bitter-Sweet to his friend Jeremy Catto.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bryan Ferry, except where noted.

  1. "Alphaville" (Ferry, David A. Stewart)
  2. "Reason or Rhyme"
  3. "Sign of the Times"
  4. "New Town"
  5. "Limbo" (Ferry, Patrick Leonard)
  6. "Bitter-Sweet" (Ferry, Andy Mackay)
  7. "Dance Away"
  8. "Zamba" (Ferry, Patrick Leonard)
  9. "Sea Breezes"
  10. "While My Heart Is Still Beating" (Ferry, Andy Mackay)
  11. "Bitters End"
  12. "Chance Meeting"
  13. "Boys and Girls"

Charts

Chart performance for Bitter-Sweet
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 151
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 194
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 46
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 80
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 60
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [15] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 29
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [17] 5
US Traditional Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [18] 5

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  3. ↑ Smith, Nick (30 November 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry announces new solo album, Bitter-Sweet". Consequence of Sound . 23 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Amorosi, A.D. (29 November 2018). "Album Review: Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra's 'Bitter-Sweet'". Variety .
  6. ↑ Hodgkinson, Will (30 November 2018). "Bryan Ferry: Bitter-Sweet review". The Times .
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  14. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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  17. ↑ "Bryan Ferry Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  18. ↑ "Bryan Ferry Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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