Boys and Girls by Bryan Ferry

Boys and Girls, Bryan Ferry's sixth solo album and his first in seven years, came out on E.G. Records on 3 June 1985, two years after he'd shut down Roxy Music to go it alone. Rhett Davies produced, and the record is sophisti-pop at its most luxurious: hushed grooves, silky textures and Ferry crooning like the last man left at the party.

The guest list is ridiculous. Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Nile Rodgers and Keith Scott all pass through on guitar, and Neil Hubbard takes the solo that closes out "Slave to Love", which became one of Ferry's best-loved solo hits. "Don't Stop the Dance" and "Windswept" followed it out as singles. It was his first and only solo album to hit number one in Britain, and it went platinum there and gold in America, his best showing in the States.

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