Bryan Ferry has announced Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023, a wide-spanning box set that celebrates 50 years of the artist’s career. To accompany the announcement, the Roxy Music member also unveiled a cover of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me,” which previews a series of upcoming digital EPs. Listen to the new cut below.
Due out on October 25th and boasting 81 tracks, Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 collects Ferry’s output with Island Records, Polydor, Virgin, E.G. Records, and BMG. The set covers 16 of his solo albums and features two new recordings, including “Star,” Ferry’s first new original material since 2014.
The collection will be available digitally and in a variety of physical formats, including a 5xCD edition that comes complete with a 100-page hardback book of liner notes and photography. The first disc serves as a greatest hits compilation, with the second disc exploring the development of his compositional skills and the third covering the best of his covers. Disc four then focuses on his grander, more conceptual, orchestrated works, while disc five gathers B-sides, extras, curiosities, and outtakes.
Also available will be an abridged 2xLP/single-CD version, which includes the tracks from the first disc of the box set. Pre-order a copy here, and see the full tracklist of the deluxe edition below.
To kick off the retrospective, Ferry has shared his rendition of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me,” which is housed on the five-track Retrospective: She Belongs to Me EP. The EP, which is out now, is the first of three digital releases that are set to arrive alongside the box set. Check out the tracklist for the Retrospective: She Belongs to Me EP below, and listen now via Apple Music.
Ferry’s most recent studio album was 2018’s Bitter-Sweet. In 2022, he released the covers EP Love Letters, and last year he re-issued Mamouna (pick up a copy here). He also led a Roxy Music reunion in 2022. Revisit our conversation with Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera here.
Selected Recordings 1973-2023 Artwork:
Selected Recordings 1973-2023 CD Tracklist:
Disc One: The Best of Bryan Ferry
01. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
02. These Foolish Things
03. The ‘In’ Crowd
04. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
05. Casanova
06. Let’s Stick Together
07. Sign of the Times
08. Slave to Love
09. Don’t Stop the Dance
10. Windswept
11. Kiss and Tell
12. As Time Goes By
13. Your Painted Smile
14. I Put a Spell on You
15. Which Way to Turn
16. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
17. Make You Feel My Love
18. You Can Dance
19. Love Letters
20. Johnny and Mary
Disc Two: Compositions
01. Can’t Let Go
02. Tokyo Joe
03. This Island Earth
04. Love Me Madly Again
05. Limbo
06. When She Walks in the Room
07. Boys and Girls
08. Zamba
09. Chain Reaction
10. Bête Noire
11. I Thought
12. The Only Face
13. Valentine
14. Loop De Li
15. Reason or Rhyme
Disc Three: Interpretations
01. The Price of Love
02. Shame Shame Shame
03. Hold On (I’m Coming)
04. Just One Look
05. Girl of My Best Friend
06. What Goes On
07. That’s How Strong My Love Is
08. You Go to My Head
09. Where or When
10. The Way You Look Tonight
11. One Night
12. Simple Twist of Fate
13. Positively 4th Street
14. Song to the Siren
15. Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Disc Four: The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
01. Virginia Plain
02. Do the Strand
03. While My Heart Is Still Beating
04. This Island Earth
05. Bitter-Sweet
06. Dance Away
07. Zamba
08. Reason or Rhyme
09. Avalon
10. Back to Black
11. Limbo
12. Young and Beautiful
13. Love Is the Drug
14. Sign of the Times
15. Chance Meeting
Disc Five: Rare and Unreleased
01. Feel The Need
02. Mother of Pearl (Horoscope Version)
03. Don’t Be Cruel
04. I Don’t Want to Go On Without You
05. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know
06. Crazy Love
07. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
08. Bob Dylan’s Dream
09. He’ll Have to Go
10. A Fool for Love
11. Lowlands Low
12. Is Your Love Strong Enough
13. Sonnet 18
14. She Belongs to Me
15. Oh Lonesome Me
16. Star (with Amelia Barratt)
Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 2xLP Tracklist:
01. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
02. These Foolish Things
03. The ‘In’ Crowd
04. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
05. Casanova
06. Let’s Stick Together
07. Sign of the Times
08. Slave to Love
09. Don’t Stop the Dance
10. Windswept
11. Kiss and Tell
12. As Time Goes By
13. Your Painted Smile
14. I Put a Spell on You
15. Which Way to Turn
16. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
17. Make You Feel My Love
18. You Can Dance
19. Love Letters
20. Johnny and Mary
Retrospective: She Belongs To Me EP Tracklist:
01. She Belongs to Me
02. Let’s Stick Together
03. Slave to Love
04. I Put a Spell on You
05. Make You Feel My Love