Released 5 September 1994 Length 45:04 Artist Bryan Ferry Label Virgin Records | Recorded 1988–1994 Mamouna
(1994) As Time Goes By
(1999) Release date 5 September 1994 Producers Bryan Ferry, Robin Trower | |
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Genres Pop music, Pop rock, Art rock, Sophisti-pop Similar Bryan Ferry albums, Art rock albums | ||
Mamouna is the ninth solo album by the British singer Bryan Ferry, released on Virgin Records in September 1994. It was Ferry's first album of original material in seven years and he spent six years writing and recording it, under the working title Horoscope. The album peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.
Contents
The album features contributions from all of the former members of Ferry's band Roxy Music, including Brian Eno who left the band in 1973.
Critical reception
Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett wrote of the album "There are some songs of note -- "The 39 Steps" has a slightly menacing vibe to it, appropriate given the cinematic reference of the title, while the Ferry/Eno collaboration "Wildcat Days" displays some of Eno's old synth-melting flash. Overall, though, Mamouna is pleasant without being involving."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Bryan Ferry; except where indicated
- "Don't Want To Know" (4:07)
- "N.Y.C." (4:10)
- "Your Painted Smile" (3:14)
- "Mamouna" (5:11)
- "The Only Face" (4:40)
- "The 39 Steps" (5:01)
- "Which Way To Turn" (5:44)
- "Wildcat Days" (4:34) (Ferry, Brian Eno)
- "Gemini Moon" (3:47)
- "Chain Reaction" (5:08)
- "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (Live) (7:34) [Japan only bonus track]
- "Bête Noire" (Live) (Ferry, Patrick Leonard) (4:05) [Japan only bonus track]
Personnel
Charts
Album
Songs
1Don't Want to Know4:07
2NYC4:10
3Your Painted Smile3:14