Bryan Ferry's "Boys and Girls": A Retrospective on 1985's Exquisite Pop Perfectionism
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Daniel Felsenthal
6d ago· 4 min readenReview
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A review of Bryan Ferry's 1985 solo album "Boys and Girls," examining it as a work of exquisite perfectionism that captured the slick, conservative luxury of its era. The piece argues the album was ahead of its time in how it treated instrumental flourishes as spatial elements rather than musical cues, with each song functioning like a designed room for daydreams.
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PitchforkBryan Ferry's "Boys and Girls": A Retrospective on 1985's Exquisite Pop Perfectionismpitchfork.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledBoys and Girls came out in 1985, in the heat of such a queasy, conservative historical juncture, and it brims with a slick luxury that suffused the culture.
This is among the earliest mainstream pop records on which instrumental flourishes don't seem played, as if on a cue, but placed, as if in a visual field.
Each of the nine songs is like a room that you can wander, a gorgeous, ultra-designed space for daydreams.
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at the inimitable chanteur’s 1985 solo record, a dapper work of exquisite pop perfectionism.
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