Bryan Ferry’s 1987 album Bête Noire will be reissued next month, alongside a release of his 2007 album Dylanesque.
Bête Noire was the follow up to 1985’s Boys and Girls and was co-produced with Patrick Leonard (who had worked with Madonna on her True Blue album and would later co-produce 1989’s Like A Prayer). Johnny Marr was amongst the contributors to Bête Noire, whose singles were ‘The Right Stuff’, ‘Kiss and Tell’ and ‘Limbo’. Only ‘The Right Stuff’ troubled the UK top 40, peaking at No 37.
For the 2025 reissue Bête Noire is released as a 2CD deluxe edition and on purple vinyl. The second disc of the 2CD set offers remixes and edits from the original singles. This appears to be mostly comprehensive, with the exception of a small number of ‘Limbo’ versions, and extra points go to BMG for putting together a ‘listenable’ running order (not grouping remixes of the same track together).
Dylanesque was of course Ferry’s tribute to the songwriting genius of Bob Dylan. Released in 2007, it’s now reissued on red vinyl and CD (no bonus tracks).
Bête Noire and Dylanesque are reissued on 14 November 2025. The CDs are packaging in Japan-style mini-LP replicas.
In other Bryan Ferry news, the pre-order window for the Boys and Girls blu-ray closes today (15 October). Secure your copy only via the SDE shop.
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By Paul Sinclair
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