Lyrics: The definitive collection of the Roxy Music frontman’s iconic lyrics

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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music’s iconic first album with this collection of Bryan Ferry’s evocative lyrics of aspiration and romantic longing, introduced by the author. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Only in 2007 did he release his next solo album, a collection of Dylan interpretations - appropriately named Dylanesque -, ranging from introspective, closely-miked ballads to more straightforward rock workouts. Other notable tunes are ‘Editions Of You’, ‘The Bogus Man’, with lyrics about a stalker, and the title track.

It's such a shame that for such rich lyrics which are clearly so layered and imbued with meaning, there is no accompanying piece beside the songs. All the classic Roxy anthems are here – ‘Virginia Plain’, ‘Do the Strand’, ‘Love is the Drug’, ‘The Thrill of it All’ – songs in which the real and the make-believe blend in a kaleidoscopic mix, shot through with cinematic allure. All the great songs from Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry himself are here, from ‘Virginia Plain’, to ‘Pyjamarama’, ‘Do the Strand’, ‘Love is the Drug’, and through the latter years and one of my favourite albums by Roxy Music was Manifesto released in 1979. Online since 2010 it is one of the fastest-growing and most respected music-related publications on the net. I can still remember seeing the band late one night on the BBC with Bryan Ferry standing at the keyboard.Then follows sixteen chapters of his brilliant awe-inspiring lyrics from the successful eight Roxy Music albums and eight of his solo albums. Because of the lack of effort given to the book's writing and production, it feels like an obvious cash-spinner, rather than a genuine gift to fans. Again, he resolved to re-interpreting other people's songs, this time classic material from the 30s and 40s (including standards by Cole Porter), and the album that ensued was 1999's warm, largely acoustic As Time Goes By. Album includes Frantic, These Foolish Things, Street Life: 20 Greatest Hits, More Than This: The Best Of Bryan Ferry. The song features Neil Hubbard and Keith Scott on lead guitar, Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Omar Hakim on drums, and Tony Levin on bass guitar.

Even if some of the bigger songs had this treatment, it would improve the book significantly and make it a must-have for BF/Roxy Music fans.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. He also mentions how his fascination for the world of cinema influenced his writing, giving the example of the song ‘2HB’ (as in a pencil type) that was influenced and inspired by Humphrey Bogart’s classic film Casablanca. The song was also featured in the season 5 episode “My New God” of Scrubs, and most recently, the song can be heard playing in the background, in a bar scene, in the FX series American Horror Story: Freak Show, episode 5, titled “Pink Cupcakes” (2014); as well as in the films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) and Exit to Eden (1994) with Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). With more and more Roxy Music tracks being added to the setlist, it was one of the factors finally convincing Ferry to reunite with his former Roxy Music colleagues.