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Jones, Alan (27 March 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p.31 . Retrieved 29 January 2023. Having paid homage to his soul music heroes with two Motown covers on his first album, Ferry extended the theme on the follow-up Another Time, Another Place where Sam Cooke and Ike & Tina Turner songs appeared alongside a punchy, menacing version of the Dobie Gray smash “The ‘In’ Crowd.” The album opener landed Ferry a second UK Top 20 entry and showcased his versatility reworking songs from different genres.

As ‘Taxi’ nears its 30th anniversary in March 2023 we are reminded of Bryan Ferry’s long tradition of reimagining songs from across the history of music, free from the bounds of genre and time. The ‘Taxi’ album features his refined, inspired interpretations of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ‘I Put A Spell On You’, Goffin and King’s ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow’ and Lou Reed’s ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’. That first album provided a musical template for Ferry’s solo output, although his own songwriting gradually came to the fore, particularly after the break-up of Roxy Music.

Bryan Ferry’s best cover songs

Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.10, no.17. 24 April 1993. p.24. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=ripped by bvstudio®" %source%

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Revitalised by the new focus, the resulting record was made in only five months, mainly at London’s storied Matrix studios, using a typically stellar cast of contributors: alongside Robin Trower, who co-produced the album with Ferry (after initially being brought in to keep an eye on the Horoscope sessions), there are also notable turns from David Williams, Neil Hubbard, Carleen Anderson, Steve Ferrone, Greg Phillinganes and Maceo Parker, to mention just a few. While his early solo albums were heavily focused on his talents interpreting other people’s work, Bryan Ferry clearly knew how to write a great song. With Roxy Music, every original song on the group’s eight studio albums was written or co-written by him. Nonetheless, away from the band, it was not until his fourth album that his own writing fully emerged on a solo release.