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Boys and Girls [Original recording remastered]

Bryan Ferry | Format: Audio CD
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There is a racing intensity to Bryan Ferry's interpretations of the
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  • Audio CD (1 Nov 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Virgin Records
  • ASIN: B00002DEBA
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,547 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Sensation (1999 Digital Remaster) 5:07£0.89
Listen  2. Slave To Love (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:26£0.89
Listen  3. Don't Stop The Dance (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:19£0.89
Listen  4. A Waste Land (1999 Digital Remaster) 1:00£0.89
Listen  5. Windswept (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:33£0.89
Listen  6. The Chosen One (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:51£0.89
Listen  7. Valentine (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:47£0.89
Listen  8. Stone Woman (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:56£0.89
Listen  9. Boys And Girls (1999 Digital Remaster) 5:25£0.89

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This fine Ferry CD is here reissued as a hybrid SACD, so it will play on all CD players. The quality is magnificent, with the 5.1/Surround mix making full yet sensitive use of the rear speakers. The overall sound quality is on a par with Roxy's Avalon SACD - yes, it's that good. Recommended.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When Bryan Ferry's sixth studio album was released in the June of 1985 as a long-standing fan of "Bryan's" music and that of "Roxy Music", I bought it with out hearing a single track apart from the single "Slave to Love" (which was featured extensively on the soundtrack to the movie "9 ½ weeks" and reached number 10 in the U.K. charts, the album itself gave Bryan his first solo number 1 album.
What we the listening public where treated to was basically the continuation of the ideas and themes on the last "Roxy Music" album "Avalon" which is full of soundscapes and sonic textures.

But for this version of Bryan's vision it looks like he created a wish list of musicians for the project and everyone he asked came to the party, the list reads like a who's who of the music world at that time, David Gilmour (from "Pink Floyd"), Nile Rodgers (from "Chic"), Tony Levin (from Peter Gabriel's recording sessions), Mark Knopler of "Dire Straits" fame and David Sanborn from the jazz world, to name but a few of the 30 musicians that Mr Ferry used in recording "Boys and Girls" various recording studios round the world from "Air studios" in London to "Power Station" in New York, in total there was 7 studios used.

The album as before opens with what sounds like an orchestra tuning up and then the sound of a kick drum can be heard being the track "Sensation" to life, this track has many layers of textures that can be best described as a soundscape, with David Gilmour's guitar at the forefront of the track, his distinctive playing bringing real sense of drama to the song.
The following song "Slave to Love" with the sounds of rolling thunder and hooting of an owl in the background, now have these effects panning from left to right as they did before, but now even more so, a real audio treat.

The second single from the album "Don't stop the Dance" has David Sanborn as the featured solo artist and with the higher resolution of this version you the listener are treated to clearer sounding saxaphone playing from Mr Sanborn you can now really feel what he playing now as well as hearing it. The next track "A Wasteland" is very short and feels like an introduction to the next song "Windswept".

Now with this version of the album the listener can hear the stellar cast of players and musicians that Mr Bryan Ferry has assembled with greater clarity across all 9 tracks that this album contains.

This version was re-mastered to HDCD standard in September 1999 by one of the masters of the process one Bob Ludwig of "Gateway studios", a couple of weeks earlier to this release the mini-LP version came out, which is the same sonically the only difference is the packaging re-creates the vinyl sleeve in miniature.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The CD arrived within three days, securely packaged and clean both inside and out. A new purchase and still in its cellophane wrapping which was reassuring. It's difficult to rate Bryan Ferry because everything he has produced both as a solo artist and in Roxy Music is always of such a high standard but, if push came to shove, I would have to place 'Boys & Girls' as Ferry's finest solo hour to date. This 1985 album stands the test of time beautifully, as does the majority of his work, sounding fresh and relevent with standout production values and top-notch musicians, including many 'names' dropping by for guest cameo performances on individual tracks (Dave Gilmour, Nile Rodgers, Mark Knopfler - to name but a few). 'Boys and Girls' is pure sensuality encapsulated in song: perfect for seduction and highly recommended as music to get her/him in the mood for those 'Barry White' moments...! Even smoother and sexier than the Walrus of Love, if that isn't a blasphemy. Not a single duff track on the whole album; standout songs (for me) are the more up-tempo 'Don't Stop the Dance', the atmospheric 'The Chosen One' and the sultry eponymous track 'Boys and Girls'. The best known track is 'Slave to Love', one of his chart hits in the 80s, which remains as another high entry in Ferry's bulging arsenal of love songs. Ferry is a musical genius and style icon who makes gorgeous modern pop/rock. So far, no-one has come along even remotely close to becoming the new Bryan Ferry and this demonstrates why. It's going to take someone very special to fill his shoes. Let's hope that, at 65, he doesn't decide to close his piano lid just yet.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Ever had any doubt about the value of remastering?
I had, at least to a certain extent, until I bought this remastered edition. The album itself is one of my absolute favourites, if you should in any way consider discovering Bryan... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Peter S
Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls HDCD Remaster FERRYCD6
The trend has been, for sometime now, to compress the heck out of music, in a hunt for the maximum perceivable volume that can be delivered to a listener. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. L.K.V.
Bryan Ferry's masterpiece?
Listening to this 25 years later it stands up well above other artists around this time.The production and sound is stunning and captures Ferry at the top of his game.
Published 21 months ago by Big R
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I firt bouht this album when it was originally released on vinyl,so good to hear it again
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by bobby Nixon
Still Great to hear
On time and in the car in my stacker sets the day alive feeling young again
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by Brian R. Wastell
Beautiful, outstanding, timeless...
This is an outstanding album from a decade that was generally not kind to popular music. 'Stone Woman' is the only really dated track here, a bit of a stinker lyrically and more... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by Alexander G. Marshall
The Ultimate Ferry Album
As a Ferry fan of some 30 years standing, it has to be said that this is, and looks like always will, be Bryan's ultimate album. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by G. G. Stafford
SUPERB ALBUM AND STUNNING SOUND!
After the success of roxy musics "avalon" this bryan ferry solo album followed in the same laid back way... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2008 by Mr. Nathan Armstrong
Huge improvement
I had the original CD and thought it was an okay album, as long as it was played loudly! This SACD version improves upon the original with an excellent separation around the... Read more
Published on 27 May 2008 by C. S. Grant
Sixth solo release.
When Bryan Ferry's sixth studio album was released in the June of 1985 as a long-standing fan of "Bryan's" music and that of "Roxy Music", I bought it with out hearing a single... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2004 by Milt Ingarfield
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