Let's Stick Together
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Let’s Stick Together
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Bryan Ferry]]
| Cover = FerryLetsStickTogether.jpg
| Released = September 1976
| Recorded = Air and Island Studios, 1973-76
| Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| Length = 38:45
| Label = [[E.G. Records]]
| Producer = [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]]<br />[[Bryan Ferry]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:369us37ba3vg link]
* [[Robert Christgau]] (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=191&name=Bryan+Ferry link]
| Last album = ''[[Another Time, Another Place (album)|Another Time, Another Place]]'' <br/>(1974)<br />
| This album = '''''Let’s Stick Together''''' <br/>(1976)
| Next album = ''[[In Your Mind (album)|In Your Mind]]'' <br/>(1977)
}}
'''''Let's Stick Together''''' is a 1976 album by [[Bryan Ferry]]. His third solo release, it was his first following the disbandment of [[Roxy Music]] earlier in the year. Unlike Ferry’s two previous solo recordings, ''Let’s Stick Together'' was not a dedicated album project, instead being made up of material released as singles, B-sides and an [[Extended Play|EP]]. With a highly-popular title track, it had a generally favourable critical reception, but only just made the [[UK]] Top 20.
Five of the tracks on the album were remakes of Bryan Ferry songs previously recorded with Roxy Music. "[[Re-Make/Re-Model]]", "[[2HB]]", "[[Chance Meeting]]" and "[[Sea Breezes]]" were from the band's eponymously-titled [[Roxy Music (album)|debut album]] (1972), while "Casanova" was taken from ''[[Country Life (album)|Country Life]]'' (1974). In most cases the re-recordings were smoother and more jazz-oriented than the original Roxy Music versions.
The other six tracks on the album were covers by different artists. The sax-driven "Let’s Stick Together", originally by [[Wilbert Harrison]], is widely regarded as Ferry's signature tune, and a classic dancefloor-filler. It was remixed in 1988 for the compilation ''The Ultimate Collection''. Other up-tempo numbers were [[The Everly Brothers]]' "The Price of Love" and [[Jimmy Reed]]'s "Shame, Shame, Shame". The remaining covers, which included [[The Beatles]]' "[[It's Only Love]]", were performed in a mellow [[cabaret]] style.
"2HB" had been released as the B-side of Ferry's single "[[A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall]]" in September 1973. "Chance Meeting" was the B-side of "The 'In' Crowd" in May 1974. "[[You Go to My Head]]" b/w "Re-Make/Re-Model" had been released as a single in June 1975, making #33 in the UK charts. "Let’s Stick Together" b/w "Sea Breezes" was released in June 1976, making #4. The ''Extended Play'' EP, featuring "The Price of Love" and "Shame, Shame, Shame" b/w "Heart on My Sleeve" and "It’s Only Love", was released in August 1976, making #7. "Casanova", the only recording that had not been released in some other form prior to the album, was eventually issued as the B-side of Ferry’s cover of [[Lou Reed]]’s "What Goes On" in May 1978. The song "Let's Stick Together" was re-released in 1988 as "Let's Stick Together '88" and reached #12 in the UK charts.
Various Roxy Music members were involved in the recordings, including [[Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson]] on [[drums]], [[Eddie Jobson]] on [[violin]] and [[synthesizer]], John Gustafson and [[John Porter (musician)|John Porter]] on [[bass guitar|bass]], and [[Phil Manzanera]] on [[guitar]]. Although Ferry’s then-fiancee [[Jerry Hall]] made an eye-catching appearance in tiger skin costume - complete with tail - on the title track's [[music video|video clip]], the song's famous yelps were performed by an un-named member of the backing chorus.
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Bryan Ferry]] except where noted.
# "Let's Stick Together" ([[Wilbert Harrison]]) – 3:00
# "Casanova" – 2:45
# "[[Sea Breezes]]" – 6:10
# "Shame, Shame, Shame" ([[Jimmy Reed]]) – 3:15
# "[[2HB]]" – 3:50
# "The Price of Love" ([[The Everly Brothers|Don & Phil Everly]]) – 3:25
# "[[Chance Meeting]]" – 3:35
# "[[It's Only Love]]" ([[Lennon/McCartney|John Lennon, Paul McCartney]]) – 3:45
# "[[You Go to My Head]]" ([[Haven Gillespie]], [[J. Fred Coots]]) – 2:50
# "[[Re-Make/Re-Model]]" – 2:40
# "Heart on My Sleeve" ([[Gallagher and Lyle|Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle]]) – 3:30
==Personnel==
*[[Bryan Ferry]] - [[singer|vocals]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[harmonica]]
*[[Chris Spedding]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson]] - [[drums]]
*[[John Wetton]] - [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Chris Mercer - tenor [[saxophone]]
*[[Mel Collins]] - saxophone
*Martin Drover - [[trumpet]]
*[[Eddie Jobson]] - [[violin]], [[synthesizer]]
*[[Morris Pert]] - [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[John Gustafson]] - bass on "Re-Make/Re-Model"
*Rick Wills - bass on "Sea Breezes"
*[[John Porter]] - bass on "2HB"
*[[Phil Manzanera]] - guitar on "Re-Make/Re-Model"
*[[David O'List]] - guitar on "Chance Meeting"
*Neil Hubbard - guitar on "Casanova"
*Ann O'Dell - [[stringed instrument|string]] arrangement on "Shame, Shame, Shame"
*Jacqui Sullivan, Helen Chappell, Paddie McHugh, Doreen Chanter, Vicki Brown, Martha Walker - chorus
==References==
* David Buckley (2004). ''The Thrill of It All: The Story of Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music''
==External links==
* [http://www.roxyrama.com/classic/history/history_chrono70s-frameset.html Roxyrama]
* [http://moo.vivaroxymusic.com/645 Viva Roxy Music]
[[Category:1976 albums]]
[[Category:Bryan Ferry albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Chris Thomas]]