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Artist: Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry

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The Platinum Collection Disc 1 1  Virginia Plain 2  Pyjamarama 3  Do the Strand 4  A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 5  Street Life 6  All I Want Is You 7  The "In" Crowd 8  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 9  You Go to My Head 10  Love Is the Drug 11  Both Ends Burning 12  Let's Stick Together 13  The Price of Love 14  This Is Tomorrow 15  Tokyo Joe Disc 2 1  Sign of the Times 2  What Goes On 3  Carrickfergus 4  Trash 5  Dance Away 6  Angel Eyes 7  Over You 8  Oh Yeah! 9  Same Old Scene 10  Jealous Guy 11  More Than This 12  Avalon 13  Take a Chance with Me 14  Don't Stop the Dance 15  Windswept Disc 3 1  Slave to Love 2  Is Your Love Strong Enough? 3  The Right Stuff 4  Kiss and Tell 5  Limbo 6  He'll Have to Go 7  I Put a Spell on You 8  Will You Love Me Tomorrow 9  Girl of My Best Friend 10  Your Painted Smile 11  Mamouna 12  As Time Goes By 13  Goddess of Love 14  Baby Blue It's All Over Now 15  A Fool for Love

• Personnel: David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Phil Manzanera, Davy O'List (guitar); Brian Eno (keyboards, background vocals); Paul Carrack (keyboards).
  
• Liner Note Author: Michael Bracewell.
  
• Recording information: Air Studios, London, England (1973-1979); Basing St. Studios, London, England (1973-1979); London, England (1973-1979); Montreux, Switzerland (1973-1979); Phil Manzanera's Gallery Studios (1973-1979); Power Station Studios, NY (1973-1979); Rak Studios, London, England (1973-1979); Ramport Studios, Battersea, Ontario, Canada (1973-1979).
  
• Arranger: Bryan Ferry.
  
• THE PLATINUM COLLECTION, a three-disc retrospective box set that puts Roxy Music's singles alongside frontman Bryan Ferry's solo work, illustrates how Ferry's sensibility, in many ways, defined Roxy Music from the outset, and determined its subsequent direction. The compilation proves Ferry a premiere art-rock conceptualist--the success of his style-conscious presentations, his penchant for soulful grooves, and his sophisticated, often orchestral approach to composition have been borne out by his long career.
  
• Sequenced chronologically, THE PLATINUM COLLECTION begins with "Virginia Plain" from Roxy Music's 1972 debut and ends with Ferry's 2002 single "A Fool for Love." Even on the early glam material, Ferry's interest in American soul and R&B is apparent (see the quirky, gospel-ized version of Dylan's "Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," his first solo single). Roxy Music's later work (FLESH & BLOOD, AVALON) continues the trend, with an increasing allegiance to romantic pop, lush productions, and smooth crooning. Ferry's solo career, which paralleled Roxy Music's almost from the beginning, reflects these tendencies, whether in choice of covers ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") or his memorable originals ("Slave to Love"). All told, the 45 tracks assembled here are a definitive overview of Ferry's work and a testament to his vision and achievement.