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Boys and Girls is the sixth solo studio album by the English singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry, released on 3 June 1985 by E.G. Records. The album was Ferry's first solo album in seven years and the first since he had disbanded his band Roxy Music in 1983. The album was Ferry's first and only number one solo album in the UK. [2]
Resuming his solo career, Ferry's sixth solo album, Boys and Girls, reached no. 1 in the UK in June 1985, and was his first and only solo studio album to top the chart. [8] Boys and Girls remained in the UK chart for 44 weeks and its lead single, "Slave to Love", reached the UK top ten. [34]
"Windswept" is a single performed by Bryan Ferry, the lead vocalist for Roxy Music. The track is the third and final single from the chart-topping album Boys and Girls which was released in 1985, but unlike the previous singles it did not reach the top 40 in the UK singles chart. [2] The track features Mark Knopfler, the guitarist of Dire Straits.
More Than This: The Best of Bryan Ferry + Roxy Music (Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music) Released: 30 October 1995; Label: Virgin; Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC; 15 9 — 91 — 4 23 31 — — UK: Platinum [14] Slave to Love: Best of the Ballads: Released: July 2000; Label: Virgin; Formats: CD, HDCD, MC, MD; 11 — — 16 — 17 35 10 88 — UK: Gold [14 ...
Dylanesque is the twelfth studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry, released on 5 March 2007 by Virgin Records. The album consists of cover versions of ten Bob Dylan songs and one traditional song that Dylan himself covered on his first album. It charted at number five in both the United Kingdom and Sweden.
Ferry launched a solo career that scored early success with “Boys and Girls” and “Bete Noire,” and has continued to release albums of originals as well as covers in the years since, along ...
"Don't Stop the Dance" is a song by English singer Bryan Ferry from his sixth solo studio album, Boys and Girls (1985). It was released as the album's second single. The track was written and produced by Ferry and Rhett Davies. It made the top 20 of Billboard ' s Album Rock play list and reached number 26 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Ferry toured Australia, Japan, United States, Canada, and Europe to promote the album. The Edge from U2 joined Ferry on stage at the Dublin show to perform the Irish folk song, "Carrickfergus" (which Ferry had previously recorded in 1978 for The Bride Stripped Bare) and Johnny Marr joined the backing band for "The Right Stuff" at the Manchester ...