Let's Stick Together 2995619 225251611 2008-07-12T18:26:05Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{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]]