Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Platinum Collection

Title: Platinum Collection Artist: Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music Release Date: 8/24/2004 Re-Released On: 8/17/2004 Label: EMI Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 724357122924 Genre: Rock Styles: Glam Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Album Rock, Art Rock Moods: Brooding, Cathartic, Earnest, Campy, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Sensual, Theatrical, Witty, Passionate, Reflective, Romantic, Dramatic, Poignant, Quirky, Sentimental, Sexy, Confident, Energetic, Literate, Restrained, Elegant, Soothing, Sophisticated, Stylish Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Virginia Plain
2. Pyjamarama
3. Do the Strand
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5. Street Life
6. All I Want Is You
7. The 'In' Crowd
8. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
9. You Go to My Head
10. Love Is the Drug
11. Both Ends Burning
12. Let's Stick Together
13. The Price of Love
14. This Is Tomorrow
15. Tokyo Joe

1. Sign of the Times
2. What Goes On
3. Carrickfergus
4. Trash
5. Dance Away
6. Angel Eyes
7. Over You
8. Oh Yeah!
9. Same Old Scene
10. Jealous Guy
11. More Than This
12. Avalon
13. Take a Chance with Me
14. Don't Stop the Dance
15. Windswept

1. Slave to Love
2. Is Your Love Strong Enough?
3. The Right Stuff
4. Kiss and Tell
5. Limbo
6. He'll Have to Go
7. I Put a Spell on You
8. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
9. Girl of My Best Friend
10. Your Painted Smile
11. Mamouna
12. As Time Goes By
13. Goddess of Love
14. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
15. A Fool for Love

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD EMI Music Distribution 571229

The Platinum Collection

Along with Queen, Roxy Music started life as a glam band with a heavy prog rock edge before embarking on a long and successful career that saw a variety of musical styles touched upon. And while quite a few single-disc Roxy Music compilations have been released over the years (the best probably being the 1986 collection, Street Life: 20 Greatest Hits), most die-hard Roxy fans would argue that there were far too many highlights that fell through the cracks due to the limitation of a single disc. Hence, the 2004, triple-disc set The Platinum Collection. In conjunction with his Roxy work, singer Bryan Ferry also issued solo albums (which were quite stylistically similar to one another), and both are included in hefty portions here. Although never the superstars in the U.S. that they were in the U.K., Roxy Music and Ferry certainly had the tunes -- the early classics "Virginia Plain," "Do the Strand," and "Love Is the Drug" -- while latter day tracks as "More Than This," "Avalon," and a cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" (the latter of which was a U.K. chart-topper) showed the group eventually mature into a more mainstream band. The Platinum Collection bridges the gap between the countless single-disc Roxy compilations, and the exhaustive Thrill of It All box set. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Name Credits Albert Sanchez Cover Photo Bogdan Zarkowski Design Bryan Ferry Arranger Michael Bracewell Sleeve Notes