Bête Noire
Studio Album - November 1987
Bryan Ferry's 7th solo album and his first album for Virgin, Bête Noire, reached number 9 in UK and was released on 2nd of November 1987. The album featured several co-songwriting credits with Johnny Marr from The Smiths, Madonna's producer Pat Leonard, guitarist Chester Kamen and bassist Guy Pratt.
The first single The Right Stuff peaked in UK at 37 with Kiss And Tell at 41 and a remix by Pascal Gabriel & Alan Meyerson of Limbo failed to reach the top 100.
The USA CD had a different rear sleeve to the European versions and a 13 track limited edition was released in Australia during the 1988 tour. The 4 additional tracks were extended version of the 3 single s and an instrumental version of the title track.
Album Track Listing
- Limbo
- Kiss And Tell
- New Town
- Day For Night
- Zamba
- The Right Stuff
- Seven Deadly Sins
- The Name Of The Game
- Bete Noire
Other Tracks of Interest
- The Right Stuff (Brooklyn Mix) A remixed version for the b-side of The Right Stuff
- The Right Stuff (12 An extended version for the 12" single.
- The Right Stuff (Dub Mix) An extended altrnative mix found on the 12" single.
- Kiss And Tell (Single Mix) The single had a shorter edit.
- Kiss And Tell (Dance Mix) An extended version for the 12" single.
- Kiss And Tell (Dub Mix) An alternative version found on the 12" single.
- Limbo (Brooklyn Dub Mix )
- Limbo (Brooklyn Mix)
- Limbo (Latin Mix Extended)
- Limbo (Latin Version)
Album Musicians & Credits
- Mario Abramovich
- Tawatha Agee
- Michael Blumm
- Stuart Breed
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Michelle Cobbs
- Paulinho da Costa
- Diamond Art
- Rhett Davies
- Simon Draper
- Yanick Etienne
- Siedah Garrett
- David Gilmour
- Neil Hubbard
- Dan Huff
- Paul Jarvis
- Paul Johnson
- Chester Kamen
- Abraham Laboriel
- Patrick Leonard
- Jose Libertella
- Julie Losch
- Brian Loucks
- Jimmy Maelen
- Johnny Marr
- Marcus Miller
- Andy Newmark
- Courtney Pine
- Guy Pratt
- Andrew Reid
- John Robinson
- Bill Ruppert
- Albert Sanchez
- Skyline
- Luis Stazo
- Alistair Thain
- Fonzi Thornton
- Michael Verdick
- Lenny Waronker
- David Williams
- Marcadet Recorded At
- Compass Point Recorded At
- Miravel Var Recorded At
- Steve Jackson Engineer
- Kevin Killen Engineer
- Ian Eales Engineer
- Bob C. Ludwig Mastered By And 1999 Remaster
- Chester Kamen Co-producer
- Simon Puxley Co-producer
- Bryan Ferry Co-producer , Director
- Gateway Studios Portland Maine 1999 Re-master