Why Bryan Ferry's new album trumps Brian Eno's

Nobody really expects innovation from Bryan Ferry. Strangely, that means his album works better as mood or background music than Brian Eno's doesLate-period albums – the records stars make in their 50s and 60s – come with higher expectations than they used to. Records by veterans used to be received in a spirit of, at best, affectionate loyalty. "Return to form" was too loaded a phrase – instead, the new album would be warmly pronounced "the best for a decade" before being filed away and f...

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