Bryan Ferry - Olympia - Album Review
by Hamish McBain
NME, 25th October 2010
Six out of 10
On the sleeve, Kate Moss 'reclines seductively' (thanks, Daily Mail!); musically everyone from Scissor Sisters to Jonny Greenwood and three members of Roxy (including Eno) lend a hand. But this is no disciple-assisted rebirth. All these contributors are superfluous, each ending up being merely a tiny part of one long pleasant-but-indistinguishable soup of tasteful sessioneering, over which The Voice totally dominates. Problem being that while the highs - a beautiful take on 'Song To The Siren' - are super-high, by the time of 'BF Bass (Ode To Olympia)', you feel the need for something other than Bryan's croon, and it isn't there.
