Another Time, Another Place | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 5 July 1974 | |||
Recorded | Spring 1974 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 41:58 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | ||||
Bryan Ferry chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
Džuboks | favorable [3] |
Tom Hull | B [4] |
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).
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]
Side 1
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " The 'In' Crowd" ( Dobie Gray cover from the album Dobie Gray Sings for 'In' Crowders That 'Go Go' (1965)) | Billy Page | 4:36 |
2. | " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (cover) | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | 2:53 |
3. | " Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (cover) | Joe South | 4:44 |
4. | " Funny How Time Slips Away" ( Billy Walker cover) | Willie Nelson | 3:31 |
5. | " You Are My Sunshine" (cover) | Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell | 6:47 |
Side 2
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " (What a) Wonderful World" ( Sam Cooke cover from the album The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960)) | Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler | 2:55 |
2. | " It Ain't Me Babe" ( Bob Dylan cover from the album Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)) | Bob Dylan | 3:57 |
3. | "Fingerpoppin'" (cover) | Ike Turner | 3:34 |
4. | " Help Me Make It Through the Night" ( Kris Kristofferson cover from the album Kristofferson (1970)) | Kris Kristofferson | 4:15 |
5. | "Another Time, Another Place" (Ferry's first original composition as a soloist) | Ferry | 4:46 |
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Australian ( Kent Music Report) | 21 [7] |
Soloists:
Also featuring: (instruments are mentioned tentatively based on the credits of other Bryan Ferry records):