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Bitter-Sweet (Bryan Ferry album)

{{short description|2018 album by Bryan Ferry}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Bitter-Sweet

| type = studio

| artist = Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra

| cover = Bryan Ferry – Bitter-Sweet.png

| alt =

| released = 30 November 2018

| recorded =

| studio = Studio One (London)

| genre =

| length = 42:48

| label = BMG Rights Management

| producer = * Bryan Ferry

| chronology = Bryan Ferry

| prev_title = Avonmore

| prev_year = 2014

| next_title = Loose Talk

| next_year = 2025

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bitter-sweet-mw0003219669|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Collar|first=Matt|access-date=10 September 2019}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/bryan-ferry-bitter-sweet|title=Clash Magazine Review|work=Clash|last=Padin|first=Malvika|date=4 December 2018|access-date=10 September 2019}}

| rev3 = musicOMH

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/bryan-ferry-and-his-orchestra-bitter-sweet|title=MusicOMH Review|work=MusicOMH|last=Smith|first=Nick|date=30 November 2018|access-date=10 September 2019}}

}}

Bitter-Sweet is the sixteenth studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry, officially under the name of Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra.{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/10/bryan-ferry-bitter-sweet/|title=Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry announces new solo album, Bitter-Sweet|date=23 October 2018|work=Consequence of Sound}} It was released on 30 November 2018 by BMG Rights Management.

Background

The album contains remakes of older songs by Ferry and Roxy Music, all arranged in a jazz style reminiscent of 1930s Berlin. Approximately half the songs feature Ferry as a vocalist; the other songs are instrumentals.

The album came up after Ferry's participation on the German TV series Babylon Berlin; six of the songs on this album were released on the Babylon Berlin soundtrack.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/album-review-bryan-ferry-bitter-sweet-1203051676/|title=Album Review: Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra's 'Bitter-Sweet'|first=A.D.|last=Amorosi|date=29 November 2018|work=Variety}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/bryan-ferry-bitter-sweet-review-xgdzfg5pk|title=Bryan Ferry: Bitter-Sweet review|first=Will|last=Hodgkinson|date=30 November 2018|work=The Times}} This album is similar to, but not quite in the same style as, Ferry's 2012 album The Jazz Age. That album was completely instrumental and was more directly an homage to the American 1920s jazz tradition, rather than the German re-interpretation of that tradition. A version of "Reason Or Rhyme" appears on both albums; they are notably different in arrangements.

As shown in the album credits, Ferry dedicated Bitter-Sweet to his friend Jeremy Catto, who had died that year.

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"

Ferry sings on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 13. The remaining tracks are instrumentals.

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Bitter-Sweet

! scope="col"| Chart (2018)

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position

{{album chart|Austria|28|artist=Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra|album=Bitter-Sweet|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2018}}
{{album chart|Flanders|151|artist=Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra|album=Bitter-Sweet|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2018}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|194|artist=Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra|album=Bitter-Sweet|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2019}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|193|artist=Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra|album=Bitter-Sweet|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2019}}
{{album chart|Germany4|46|id=373114|artist=Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra|album=Bitter-Sweet|rowheader=true|access-date=7 December 2018}}
{{album chart|Scotland|37|date=20181207|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2018}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|80|artist=Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra|album=Bitter-Sweet|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2018}}
{{album chart|UK2|60|date=20181207|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2018}}
{{album chart|UKJazz|1|date=20181207|rowheader=true|access-date=26 February 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|29|artist=Bryan Ferry|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2019}}
{{album chart|BillboardJazz|5|artist=Bryan Ferry|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2019}}
scope="row"| US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bryan-ferry/chart-history/jlp/|title=Bryan Ferry Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=26 February 2022}}

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