In ROLLING STONE in 1975, Simon Frith praised the tight production and Bryan Ferry’s concentration. “Love Is The Drug” became a hit and “Just Another High” became the most laconic description of love (and cocaine).
Nevertheless, Roxy Music had passed its peak; after two solo albums, Ferry seemed to have lost interest in the band, which he then put on hiatus for four years. The album sold worse than its successful predecessors. But it may be her best.
The soundtrack to Bryan Ferry’s life?
Everything that defines Roxy Music, produced one last time and to the point. The darkly vagabond, frightening “Sentimental Fool”; the piano punch of “She Sells,” that enormously agile favorite song with its disruptive break; the unusually rough lounge song “Could It Happen To Me?”; the dynamic, driving “Both Ends Burning”, which probably corresponds to a description of the situation by Bryan Ferry in 1975.
A pessimistic romantic, a man of women and drugs, and this is his perfect soundtrack. Dim the lights, you can guess the rest.