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Bryan Ferry – like the subject of his new covers disc – has one of the most recognizable voices in rock: A quavering, vulnerable tenor that can shift from totally-over-it to totally lovesick in a single elided phrase. Cut fast and loose with Ferry's touring band, Dylanesque dresses up Dylan classics for a night on the town with Avalon-style atmosphere (original Roxy Music sound wizard Brian Eno even adds "electronics" to the gorgeous "If Not for You"). Album opener "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," "Positively 4th Street" and a heartbreaking "Gates of Eden" are reinvented as reverb-soaked lost Roxy classics; on "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down," Ferry even plays Dylanish harmonica and Farfisa. There are a few missteps: The jammy "Simple Twist of Fate" sounds like it was inspired by the Jerry Garcia Band version, and the closing "All Along the Watchtower" tries too hard to rock. And who thought hiring Master P to design the cover would be a good idea?
(Posted: Jun 12, 2007)
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- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- Simple Twist Of Fate
- Make You Feel My Love
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- All I Really Want To Do
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door
- Positively 4th Street
- If Not For You
- Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
- Gates Of Eden
- All Along The Watchtower
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