Bryan Ferry

This great covers album contains contains a Continental recasting of Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and the rip-roaring glam rock classic "The 'In' Crowd." Best of all, Another Time includes a whisper-to-a-scream R&B take on Willie Nelson's "Funny How the Time Slips Away." The album's title track, written by Ferry, is just as good.

A major star in England, where he is presently the darling of London pop society, Bryan
Ferry has so far accumulated only a cult following in the States as lead singer for Roxy
Music and as a result of his formidable solo album, These Foolish Things, released here less
than six months ago. Like its predecessor, Another Time, Another Place offers a collection
of "oldies," ranging from "You Are My Sunshine" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" to... More >

Comedy routines are rarely as funny the second time around, especially when you've used up your best lines--"The `In' Crowd" is the only zinger Ferry comes up with here. Elsewhere he who plays at corruption is afflicted with disease--lead poisoning, it sounds like, affecting not only his brain but also his lungs and his pants. "You Are My Sunshine" makes "sense" slow, but too often Ferry simply indulges his taste for the lachrymose on songs that deserve better. (Grade - B+)