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.

Another Time, Another Place
Studio album by
Released5 July 1974 (1974-07-05)
RecordedSpring 1974
Genre
Length41:58
LabelIsland
ProducerBryan Ferry, John Punter
Bryan Ferry chronology
These Foolish Things
(1973)
Another Time, Another Place
(1974)
Let's Stick Together
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Džuboksfavorable[3]
Tom HullB[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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The 'In' Crowd" (Dobie Gray cover from the album Dobie Gray Sings for 'In' Crowders That 'Go Go' (1965))Billy Page4:36
2."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (cover)Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach2:53
3."Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (cover)Joe South4:44
4."Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker cover)Willie Nelson3:31
5."You Are My Sunshine" (cover)Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell6:47

Side 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(What a) Wonderful World" (Sam Cooke cover from the album The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960))Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler2:55
2."It Ain't Me Babe" (Bob Dylan cover from the album Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964))Bob Dylan3:57
3."Fingerpoppin'" (cover)Ike Turner3:34
4."Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson cover from the album Kristofferson (1970))Kris Kristofferson4:15
5."Another Time, Another Place" (Ferry's first original composition as a soloist)Ferry4:46

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)21[7]

Personnel

Soloists:

Also featuring: (instruments are mentioned tentatively based on the credits of other Bryan Ferry records)

  • 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

  1. Raggett, Ned (2011). "Another Time, Another Place - Bryan Ferry | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. 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.
  3. "Bryan Ferry - Another Time, Another Place". Džuboks (in Serbian). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine (3 (second series)): 22.
  4. Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: Third Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 via tomhull.com.
  5. http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-time-another-place-mw0000650140
  6. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Bryan+Ferry
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 111. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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