I’d agree that I find this album more captivating than when I was a mere adolescent back in 1974. The choice of songs is certainly eclectic , The InCrowd thrills with its opening notes, Smoke’s classy saxophone solo, Walk a Mile’s channeling Elvis’ DNA , and Ferry’s vocals simply astound on Funny How Time Slips Away. You Are My Sunshine, which I didn’t care much for at the time, has transformed with my maturity and my years. Side 2 starts boldly. Who but Ferry could take on Sam Cooke and not be merely a Sam Cooke impersonator? Another Dylan cover follows, not as thrilling as A Hard Rain, but he then compensates with an energy boosting Fingerpoppin’. And the last cover song is Help Me Make it Through the Night , a more modern take on a country standard , before Ferry’s own lyricism is brought to the fore in the title track. Superb work, overall.
My only gripe might be the Tux, the swimming pool and the cigarette.
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