Another Time, Another Place (Bryan Ferry album)
Another Time, Another Place was Bryan Ferry's second studio album as a solo artist. The album reached #4 in the UK charts in 1974.
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| Released | 5 July 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1974 | |||
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| Length | 41:58 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Bryan Ferry, John Punter | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| Džuboks | favorable[3] |
| Tom Hull | B[4] |
Recording took place in London at Island, Ramport and AIR studios. Like These Foolish Things, Another Time, Another Place is essentially a cover album, with the exception of the last song, which gave its title to the album and was written by Ferry. It featured a Bob Dylan song ("A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" on the former LP, "It Ain't Me Babe" on the latter) and a standard (the title track of These Foolish Things, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" on Another Time, Another Place) but while These Foolish Things emphasized an early-'60s girl-group repertoire, Another Time, Another Place turned to soul music (Sam Cooke, Ike & Tina Turner) and country music (Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Joe South).
Critical reception
Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett wrote of the album "The album as a whole feels a touch more formal than its predecessor, but Ferry and company, plus various brass and string sections, turn on the showiness enough to make it all fun. A harbringer of solo albums to come appears at end -- the title track, a Ferry original."[5] And the critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album "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."[6]
Track listing
Side 1
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The 'In' Crowd" (Dobie Gray cover from the album Dobie Gray Sings for 'In' Crowders That 'Go Go' (1965)) | Billy Page | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (cover) | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (cover) | Joe South | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker cover) | Willie Nelson | 3:31 |
| 5. | "You Are My Sunshine" (cover) | Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell | 6:47 |
Side 2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "(What a) Wonderful World" (Sam Cooke cover from the album The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960)) | Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler | 2:55 |
| 2. | "It Ain't Me Babe" (Bob Dylan cover from the album Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)) | Bob Dylan | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Fingerpoppin'" (cover) | Ike Turner | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson cover from the album Kristofferson (1970)) | Kris Kristofferson | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Another Time, Another Place" (Ferry's first original composition as a soloist) | Ferry | 4:46 |
Personnel
Soloists:
- Bryan Ferry – lead vocal, harmonica and organ
- David O'List – guitar
- John Porter – guitar
- John Wetton – bass guitar, fiddle
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
- Ruan O'Lochlainn – alto saxophone
- Chris Pyne – trombone
- Paul Thompson – drums
Also featuring: (instruments are mentioned tentatively based on the credits of other Bryan Ferry records)
- Tony Carr – drums
- Tony Charles – drums
- Don Cirilo
- Paul Cosh – trumpet
- Jeff Daly – saxophone
- Martin Drover – trumpet
- Bob Efford – saxophone
- Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
- Jimmy Hastings – flute
- Morris Pert – percussion
- John Punter – bass guitar
- Alf Reece
- J. Peter Robinson - keyboards
- Ronnie Ross – saxophone
- Bruce Rowland – drums
- Steve Saunders
- Alan Skidmore saxophones
- Winston Stone
- Mark Warner – guitar
- Vicki Brown, Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John, Liza Strike backing vocals
- Strings arranged by Ann Odell
- Brass arranged by Martyn Ford
- Engineer: John Punter
- Assistant engineers: Rhett Davies, Mark Dodson, Gary Edwards, Sean Milligan
- Cover concept: Bryan Ferry
- Photography: Eric Boman
- Design: Nicholas de Ville
- Artwork: Bob Bowkett (C.C.S.)
- Fashion: Antony Price
References
- Raggett, Ned (2011). "Another Time, Another Place - Bryan Ferry | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- "Bryan Ferry - Another Time, Another Place". Džuboks (in Serbian). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine (3 (second series)): 22.
- Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: Third Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-time-another-place-mw0000650140
- http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Bryan+Ferry