The Bride Stripped Bare [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Bryan Ferry

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00002DEB7
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #87,678 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling hybrid, October 26, 2000

By	D. Levy (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an interesting record! Half originals, half covers. Some longstanding musical partners, some hired gun session musicians. The sound is quite straightforward, certainly as mainstream as any Bryan Ferry-associated record. The new HDCD remasters of the Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry catalogs are fabulous.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bryan hits the style button, August 6, 2003

By	Mitchell Howard ""the People's Friend"" (Havelock North, NZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ferry`s - The Bride Stripped Bare, is an album which really shows Ferry at his best in terms of his early solo work and succesfully bridges the lean mid seventies period. This album contains an eclectic selection of covers (mostly R&B and Soul)and originals supported by a strong cast of Brit Rock champions. Highlights include Can`t Let Go, a great driving song, What Goes On from Velvet Underground, a beautiful rendition of a traditional Irish lilt "Carrickfergus" which Ferry takes ownership of. Sign of the Times which sounds like it should have been on Roxy Music`s Siren. An intense, theatrical, This Island Earth and some sublime vocal performances, Thats How Strong my Love Is. Same Old Blues. Ferry demonstrates his love of R&B and his ability to mimic the genre. An overlooked album which did not receive the sales that it should have.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing and enjoyable entry in Ferry's catalogue, November 8, 2005

By	Ahmed Khalifa (Cairo, Egypt) - See all my reviews

This album has a reputation of being Bryan Ferry's darkest and least esoteric of all his work. This is partly true, but only partly. True that the cover design is thematically very dark and some of the lyrics are darker than usual for him especially on "Sign of the times" and "This Island Earth", but the album still has all of Ferry's trademarks: meticulous production, unique arrangements, excellent musicianship and a prevalent sense of romantic longing. What sets this album apart from all of his other work is how eclectic and more raw than usual it is. It starts with the dark rocker "Sign of the times", shifts to the epic and wonderfully arranged "Can't let go" to soul "Hold on I'm coming/That's how strong my love is" to blues "The same old blues" and the unique synth-driven atmospherics of the closing track "This Island Earth", to a few other genres in between including astounding funk "Take me to the river". By being a mix of six covers and four originals, it allows Ferry to produce a unique and highly intriguing album full of his unique production touches and ability to handle several styles vocally and musically, but it is not more or less esoteric (or as some call it more human) than any of his other works. What it is is Ferry's last album as a solo artist before entering his sonically fog-shrouded, experimental phase (which was equally intriguing and produced masterworks such as BOYS AND GIRLS and MAMOUNA) and an underrated, extremely enjoyable piece of eclectic music filtered through Ferry's unique style.