Bryan Ferry - As Time Goes By (1999)
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Jazz, Retro Swing, Traditional Pop | Virgin #7243 8 48270 2 1
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 334 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 187 Mb
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Jazz, Retro Swing, Traditional Pop | Virgin #7243 8 48270 2 1
Bryan Ferry invests considerable time and energy in cover albums (he should, considering that they compose a good portion of his solo catalog), treating them with as much care as a record of original material. He's always found ways to radically reinvent the songs he sings, so it's easy to expect that his collection of pop standards, As Time Goes By, would re-imagine the familiar. Instead, As Time Goes By is his first classicist album, containing non-ironic, neo-traditionalist arrangements of songs associated with the '30s. That doesn't mean it's a lavish affair, dripping with lush orchestras – it's considerably more intimate than that. Even when strings surface, they're understated, part of a small live combo that supports Ferry throughout the record.