| Review by PaulHoncoop February 12, 2005 (8 of 8 found this review helpful)
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As good as the Avalon (Roxy Music) sacd what the quality of sonics concerns.
Another great job from the producer at that time; Rhett Davies.
Great solo album from Brian with many guest musicians as Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Nile Rodgers and so on. Boys and Girls contains the hits Slave to love, Windswept and Don't stop the dance.
The surroundmix sound sublime and detailed. Brian's voice is warm and well placed with the music.
No bonustracks on this one, after 38 minutes the enjoying is over....weep....
In the booklet you find all the songlyrics, well done.
Performance; i always called this album Avalon II. Brian's best solo album.
Sonics; Great, great just great!
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| Review by Rob April 16, 2005 (1 of 2 found this review helpful)
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| Just got it from the UK. Excellent sonics. The multi-channel mix really brings the music to life but is not overdone. The best of the Ferry solo efforts IMO.
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| Review by dogville001 July 28, 2005 (3 of 6 found this review helpful)
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Wonderful record, awful recording. The sacd version isn't worth buying. Metallic and crisp sound. It's true that the recording is very old, and belongs to a decade whose recordings are mostly quite bad.
regards
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| Review by hawk November 18, 2005 (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
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Yes I agree with one the reviewers below abou the relative low quality of the sonics of this album.
When you hear what people like Bob Ludwig have done with the Dire Straits' "Brother in Arms" albim,
you realise what is possible and that this album does not add much to the discrete Multi-channel
SACD experience. So,even thoughthe performance may be good, yo wouldn't be missing much by
missing out on this SACD album.
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| Review by StyleAndEntertainmen November 21, 2005 (0 of 1 found this review helpful)
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A quick comment regarding the sonics of this album. It sounds good in MC. That said it does have a kind of "echoy closed in feeling, especially the opening cut. The cymbals sound a bit metallic on some songs, but since it's not harsh on all songs it's hard to tell if it's intentional or not. As with the Avalon album it's just a wee bit over produced (unless you like that kind of thing) but it works pretty darn well here too. Speaking of which I gave Avalon 5 stars and this one does get fewer stars. The difference is that songs are not quite as engaging, it loses points on originality, and the sonics are less detailed than its' predecessor. But really, how you feel about Avalon will be how you feel about the music on this album. Pretty sure extra attention was put on "Slave To Love" as this song sounds darned good... the vocals have more presence, and the guitar cuts through nicely at the end.
So look - it's unfair to give this album 2 stars for sonics. True, its' not Brothers in Arms, DOTA, Cooke at the Copa signature quality. But then neither is it Toto IV, Journey's Greatest Hits yelling at the speakers crap either. It's a respectable, listenable, thoroughly enjoyable 3 or 4 stars MC experience that is not the last word in high fidelity sound.
Recommended
StyleAndEntertainment
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| Review by steve e October 24, 2007 (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
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An amazing 5.1 sound experience. Mesmerizing! A great companion or compliment to Roxy Music's "Avalon"
The reviewer that said the sound wasn't good, well God bless him, because it sounds great to my ears.
This is in my top five SACD's I own list.
1. Avalon -Roxy Music (5.1 and stereo)
2. Let It Bleed -Rolling Stones (stereo)
3. Oh Mercy -Bob Dylan (stereo)
4. Boys and Girls - Bryan Ferry (5.1 and stereo)
5. Madman Across the Water -Elton John (5.1 and stereo)
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