Frantic
Studio Album - April 2002
Bryan Ferry's 'Frantic' is his first album to feature original material since 'Mamouna' seven and a half years earlier. The album is put together from various sessions and projects that Bryan had worked on since 1992. during this period, Bryan had work with Eurythmics Dave Stewart on an album called 'Alphaville' which has remained unreleased. Some of the tracks from the 'Alphaville' sessions made their way on to 'Frantic' either slightly re-mixed/edited or completely re-recorded. The album is a mixture of original material and interpretations of other artists songs.
Bryan recorded some of these tracks during his 'As Time Goes By' tour in 2002 with pianist Colin Good, bassit Zev Katz and the string section from that band. He also went back to the studio to re-record some of the 'Alphaville' sessions with members of the Roxy Music 2001 tour band, including original Roxy drummer Paul Thompson. The original version of 'Goodnight Irene' dates back to 1992 during the sessions for his 1993 album 'Taxi'.
The singles from Frantic are:
It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Germany)
Goddess Of Love (UK)
One Way Love (Germany)
Fool For Love (Promo Only)
More info including sleeves etc for these singles can be found in the FRANTIC For Collectors section of this site.
The 'Alphaville' sessions included: Love War, Cruel*, Alphaville, Nobody Loves Me*, I Don't Want To, Sonnet 18, You Can Dance, One Way Love Hiroshima, This Love*, San Simeon* & Fool For Love*
(Song titles with * are different versions from the officially released versions)
Frantic is released on the following formats:-
'Frantic' CD
'Frantic' Album Vinyl (Mainland Europe Only)
'Frantic' DVD Audio (Mainland Europe Only)
'Frantic' SACD (Super Audio CD) (Mainland Europe Only)
For completists and collectors, the DVD audio version of 'Frantic' will have the Bob Clearmountain Mix of 'Hiroshima', the other formats will include the Ash Howes Mix.
'I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know' is an exclusive track available only on the Japanese issue.
The release dates are;
MAINLAND EUROPE 15th April 2002
JAPAN 26th April 2002
UNITED KINGDOM 29th April 2002
AUSTRALIA 6th May 2002.
USA & CANADA 21st May 2002
The lyrics to all the songs on 'Frantic' can be found by clicking on each song title below. At the bottom of each song page is a link 'view the lyrics'. The individual song credits are on these pages too.
UK album chart progress:-
(1) 5th May 2002 Number 6 (Highest New Entry)
(2) 12th May 2002 Number 18
(3) 19th May 2002 Number 32
(4) 26th May 2002 Number 41
Album Track Listing
- It's All Over Now Baby Blue
- Cruel
- Goin` Down
- Goddess Of Love
- Don`t Think Twice It's All Right
- Nobody Loves Me
- Ja Nun Hons Pris
- A Fool For Love
- Goodnight Irene
- Hiroshima...
- San Simeon
- One Way Love
- I Thought
Other Tracks of Interest
- I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (Additional track on the Japanese release)
- Smoke Dreams (Additional track on the Goddess Of Love CD Single)
- Mother Of Pearl 2000 (Additional track on the One Way Love CD Single
Album Musicians & Credits
- Bryan Ferry Vocals & Harmonica on It's All Over Now Baby Blue. Vocals on Cruel, Vocals & Harmonica on Goin' Down, Vocals on Goddess Of Love, Vocals & Harmonica on Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Vocals On Nobody Loves Me, Vocals & Harmonica on Fool For Love, Vocals on Goodnight Irene, Vocals & Keyboards on Hiroshima, Vocals on San Simeon, Vocals & Keyboards on One Way Love, Vocals Keyboards & Harmonica on I Thought, Co-Producer & Co- Sleeve Design
- Mick Green Guitar on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Goin' Down, Nobody Loves Me, Fool For Love, & San Simeon
- Pete Glenister Guitar on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Fool For Love & I Thought
- Colin Good Piano on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Goin' Down, Goddess Of Love, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Piano & Mellotron on Nobody Loves Me, Virginal Keyboards on Ja Nun Hons Pris, Piano on Fool For Love, San Simeon, Piano & Keyboards on I Thought
- Zev Katz Bass on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Goin' Down, Nobody Loves Me, Fool For Love, Goodnight Irene, San Simeon & I Thought
- Bobby Irwin Drums on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Goin' Down & I Thought
- Frank Ricotti Percussion on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Goodnight Irene & San Simeon
- Lucy Wilkins Strings on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Strings & Vocals on San Simeon, Strings on I Thought
- Nathalia Bonner Strings on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Strings & Vocals on San Simeon, Strings on I Thought.
- Lucy Theo Strings on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Strings & Vocals on San Simeon, Strings on I Thought
- Rosie Wetters Strings on It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Strings & Vocals on San Simeon, Strings on I Thought
- Adam Lamprell Guitar on Goddess Of Love, Hiroshima & I Thought
- Chris Spedding Guitar on Cruel, Nobody Loves Me, Fool For Love, San Simeon, One Way Love & I Thought
- David Williams Guitar on Cruel, Goin' Down, Guitar & Bass on Goddess Of Love, Guitar on Nobody Loves Me, One Way Love & I Thought
- Sarah Brown Backing Vocals on Cruel, Goddess Of Love, Nobody Loves Me, Fool For Love, San Simeon & One Way Love
- Audrey Wheeler Backing Vocals on Cruel, Goddess Of Love, & One Way Love
- Kelli Dayton Backing Vocals on Cruel, Hiroshima & San Simeo
- Alice Retif Backing Vocals on Cruel & Hiroshima
- Otis Ferry Whip on Cruel
- Paul Thompson Drums on Goddess Of Love, Fool For Love & Percussion on San Simeon
- Andy Newmark Drums on Goddess Of Love, Percussion on Fool For Love, Drums on Hiroshima & One Way Love
- Eno Keyboards & Backing Vocals on Goddess Of Love, Keyboards on Hiroshima, Backing Vocals on One Way Love, Backing Vocals & Keyboards on I Thought
- Paul Taylor Keyboards on Goddess Of Love, Hiroshima & One Way Love
- Terry Disley Keyboards on Goddess Of Love, Hiroshima & One Way Love
- Reece Gilmour Programming on Goddess Of Love, One Way Love & I Thought
- Ben Chapman Programming on Goddess Of Love, Hiroshima & I Thought, Mixing on Goddess Of Love
- James Sanger Programming on Goddess Of Love & I Thought
- Stevie de Granville Backing Vocals on Goddess Of Love, & One Way Love
- Nicole Blumberg Backing Vocals on Goddess Of Love
- Mary Nelson Soprano on Ja Nun Hons Pris, Fool For Love & San Simeon
- Julia Thornton Harp on Ja Nun Hons Pris
- Keith Thompson Recorders, Crumhorns & Curtal on Ja Nun Hons Pris, Woodwind on Fool For Love, Oboe on San Simeon
- Martin Wheatley Guitar on Fool For Love
- D L Menard Guitar on Goodnight Irene
- Ken Smith Fiddle on Goodnight Irene
- Eddie Le Jeune Accordian on Goodnight Irene
- Le Trio Cadien acking Vocals on Goodnight Irene
- Robin Trower Guitar on Hiroshima
- Jonny Greenwood Guitar on Hiroshima
- Marcus Miller Bass on Hiroshima & One Way Love
- Alison Goldfrapp Backing Vocals on San Simeon
- Patti Russo Backing Vocals on San Simeon
- Lucy Kaplansky Backing Vocals on San Simeon
- Jhelisa Anderson Backing Vocals on One way Love
- Neil Brockbank Engineer
- Ashley Howes Engineer & Mixed Hiroshima
- Michael Boddy Engineer
- Sven Taits Engineer
- Mark Tucker Engineer
- Richard T. Norris Engineer
- Studio One recorded At
- Kevin Harp Assistant Engineer
- Dan Grech-Marguerat Assistant Engineer
- Bob C. Ludwig Mastered By
- Gateway Mastering Mastered At
- Bogdan Zarkowski Design & Photography
- Nicholas de Ville Design
- Eric Boman Photography
- Albert Sanchez Photography
- Alex Weston Management
- Tara Ferry Album Dedicated to