Bryan Ferry

The Roxy Music singer whose solo Boys and Girls (1985) opens with "Slave to Love".

Solo

Bryan Ferry was born on September 26, 1945 in Washington, County Durham. He attended Washington Grammar-Technical School from 1957, spent a year at Durham University and studied fine art at Newcastle University from 1964 to 1968, studying under Richard Hamilton for a year, before moving to London. He sings and plays keyboards and harmonica. His solo records began with These Foolish Things (1973, Island), Another Time, Another Place (1974), Let's Stick Together (1976) and In Your Mind (1977), then The Bride Stripped Bare (1978).

Boys and Girls (June 3, 1985, E.G. Records, 38:24) was his sixth solo studio album and first in seven years. Ferry and Rhett Davies produced; it was recorded from 1983 to 1985 at AIR Oxford Circus, Compass Point in the Bahamas, Effanel Mobile, RPM in New York, Sarm West, The White House and Power Station.

Albums

These Foolish Things 1973
A 1973 album.
Another Time, Another Place 1975
A 1975 album.
In Your Mind 1977
A 1977 album.
The Bride Stripped Bare 1978
A 1978 album.
Boys and Girls 1985 · E.G.
His first solo album in seven years, with "Slave to Love" as its first single.
Bête Noire 1987
A 1987 album.
Taxi 1993
A 1993 album.
Mamouna 1994
A 1994 album.
As Time Goes By 1999
A 1999 album.
Frantic 2002
A 2002 album.
Dylanesque 2007
A 2007 album.
Olympia 2010
A 2010 album.
Avonmore 2014
A 2014 album.
Royal Albert Hall 2020 2021
A 2021 album.