1974 studio album by Bryan Ferry
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.
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]
Personnel
Soloists:
Also featuring: (instruments are mentioned tentatively based on the credits of other Bryan Ferry records):
- J. Peter Robinson – keyboards
- Mark Warner – guitars
- John Punter – bass
- Tony Carr – drums, percussion
- Tony Charles – drums
- Bruce Rowland – drums
- Morris Pert – percussion
- Jimmy Hastings – flute
- Jeff Daly – saxophones
- Bob Efford – saxophones
- Ronnie Ross – saxophones
- Alan Skidmore – saxophones
- Winston Stone – saxophones
- Malcolm Griffiths – trombone
- Steve Saunders – trombone
- Paul Cosh – trumpet
- Martin Drover – trumpet
- Alf Reece – tuba
- Ann Odell – string arrangements
- Martyn Ford – brass arrangements
- Vicki Brown – backing vocals
- Helen Chappelle – backing vocals
- Don Cirilo – backing vocals
- Barry St. John – backing vocals
- Liza Strike – backing vocals
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