''Another Time, Another Place'' was

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's second studio album as a solo artist. The album reached #4 in the UK charts in 1974. Recording took place in

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studios. Like ''

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'', ''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

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song ("

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" on the former LP, "

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" 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 (

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) and country music (

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Critical reception

Reviewing for

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, 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." And the critic

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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."

Track listing

Side 1 Side 2

Charts

Personnel

Soloists: * Bryan Ferry – lead vocals, keyboards,

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– guitars *

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– guitars *

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– bass,

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* Paul Thompson – drums * Ruan O'Lochlainn – alto saxophone * Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone *

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– trombone * Henry Lowther – trumpet Also featuring: (instruments are mentioned tentatively based on the credits of other Bryan Ferry records): *

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– keyboards * Mark Warner – guitars *

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– bass * Tony Carr – drums, percussion * Tony Charles – drums *

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– drums *

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– percussion *

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–

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* Jeff Daly – saxophones * Bob Efford – saxophones *

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– saxophones *

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– saxophones * Winston Stone – saxophones * Malcolm Griffiths – trombone * Steve Saunders – trombone * Paul Cosh – trumpet * Martin Drover – trumpet * Alf Reece –

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* Ann Odell – string arrangements *

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– brass arrangements *

Vicki Brown Vicki Brown (23 August 1940 – 16 June 1991) was an English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer. She was a member of both The Vernons Girls and The Breakaways and was the first wife of fellow singer and musician Joe Brown and mother o ...

– backing vocals * Helen Chappelle – backing vocals * Don Cirilo – backing vocals * Barry St. John – backing vocals * Liza Strike – backing vocals

Production

* Bryan Ferry – producer, cover concept * John Punter – producer, engineer *

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– assistant engineer * Mark Dodson – assistant engineer * Gary Edwards – assistant engineer * Sean Milligan – assistant engineer * Eric Boman – photography * Nicholas de Ville – design * Bob Bowkett (C.C.S.) – artwork *

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– fashion * Simon Puxley – media consultant

References

External links

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