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Bryan Ferry first gained recognition in the 1970s as creator, singer and principal songwriter of the legendary Roxy Music. Always creatively restless, drawing on art, cinema, poetry, literature, love and the price of love – and music of all description – with Roxy and as a solo artist he has recorded twenty-four albums over the course of a career that has now spanned six decades.

At once timeless and ultra-modern, across eight constantly evolving albums Roxy became known as much for combining ideas about art, design and fashion in the performance and presentation of their music as the trailblazing music itself. Released in 1972, their self-titled first album is regularly hailed as one of the greatest debuts of all time. Roxy’s last studio album, 1982’s Avalon, has similarly been canonised among the landmark recordings of its era.

Ferry began his solo career in 1973, in tandem with his work with Roxy. As songwriter, in tracks like 1985’s “Slave To Love,” he again created some of the key records of the period. Simultaneously, through an unpredictable series of cover versions, he has carved a reputation as one of the great modern interpreters of song, with the ability to make other people’s songs practically his own, as demonstrated by his definitive version of Wilbert Harrison’s “Let’s Stick Together,” and Roxy’s remake of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy.”