Bryan Ferry

Mamouna Deluxe Reissue

Bryan Ferry re-releases Mamouna as a Deluxe Reissue

Including The Previously Unreleased Studio Album ‘Horoscope’

Plus the works in progress ‘Mamouna Sketches’ Album

BMG has released the latest instalment in Bryan Ferry’s career-spanning reissue collection. On 17th November Bryan’s ninth solo studio album ‘Mamouna’ was reissued for the first time since its initial release in 1994.

Available in a deluxe expanded edition, the release celebrates the 30th anniversary of a unique chapter in Bryan Ferry’s solo catalogue, and will also features second, previously unreleased studio album titled ‘Horoscope’.

The gatefold 2LP edition includes the ‘Mamouna’ and ‘Horoscope’ albums remastered at Metropolis Studios by John Davis while the 3CD deluxe edition features an additional disc, ‘Sketches’, including 10 tracks of rarities and outtakes chronicling the genesis of Ferry’s songwriting for the ‘Mamouna’ project.

Where Do We Go From Here (The 39 Steps)

The Only Face

Desdemona (N.Y.C.)

S&M (Midnight Train)

Loop De Li

Gemini Moon

Raga

Mother Of Pearl

Don’t Want To Know

N.Y.C.

Your Painted Smile

Mamouna

The Only Face

The 39 Steps

Which Way To Turn

Wildcat Days

Gemini Moon

Chain Reaction

Mamouna (instrumental edit ’89/94)

Your Painted Smile (instrumental first draft ’89)

Your Painted Smile (later version with guide vocal ’89)

Your Painted Smile (piano and vocal ’93)

Desdemona / N.Y.C. (instrumental ’91)

Robot (instrumental first draft ’89)

The Only Face (instrumental first draft ’89)

The Only Face (piano and vocal ’93)

Slow Groove / Loop De Li (instrumental first draft ’89)

Horoscope (instrumental ’90)

Originally released in 1994, ‘Mamouna’ ended a seven-year gap in new material from Ferry. The ‘Mamouna’ album story begins after he completed his 1988 /1989 world tour, following the success of 1987 album ‘Bête Noire’.

In 1989 he started working on a collection of new songs under the project title ‘Horoscope’, but the project was abandoned three years later, not being satisfied with the finished album.

Pitchfork:

When Bryan Ferry lamented, in 1973’s “Mother of Pearl,” “If you’re looking for love in a looking glass world / It’s pretty hard to find,” he had not reckoned with how easy the looking would become. Twenty years later, on the cusp of his fifties, he released the most insular solo album of his career….Mamouna

Spill Online:

“Fans will also want to pay close attention to disc three, which features instrumental works in progress of many of the songs on Mamouna. It is fascinating to hear a song like “The Only Face (Instrumental First Draft ‘89)” take shape and become the classic it is now. Even more enjoyable are the three versions of “Your Painted Smile”. One first hears it as an instrumental, then with guide vocal and a beautiful piano and vocal version from 1993. It is a great listening experience”