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Bryan Ferry / Olympia reissue

As Time Goes By also re-released

By Paul Sinclair

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Bryan Ferry’s 13th studio album, Olympia, will be reissued next month on CD and vinyl.

Originally released in 2010, Olympia includes contributions from Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, David Gilmour and Nile Rodgers. The single ‘You Can Dance’ was co-written with Dave A. Stewart of Eurythmics fame. Bryan told SDE earlier this year that Dave was “a real character. But he’s very throw away in his approach… whereas I want to get it finished. When we did ‘You Can Dance’, it started off as a country and western kind of track and I turned it into something with a different feel altogether”.

The album features model Kate Moss on the front cover and at the time of release was available in various editions including a CD+DVD deluxe with two bonus tracks and some video content. A large format super deluxe added a bonus CD of remixes. A Vinyl Factory pressed 200g deluxe vinyl was also available.

Olympia available on 180g red vinyl

For 2025, the new CD edition effectively replicates the old deluxe but loses the DVD. So the two bonus audio tracks are the same: ‘Whatever Gets You Thru The Night’ and ‘One Night’. A new LP version is pressed on 180g red vinyl. Bryan Ferry has overseen updated artwork for both formats (this appears to be minor).

Simultaneously, with Olympia is a reissue of Ferry’s 1999 album As Time Goes By, a collection of cover versions of popular songs and jazz standards. Like Olympia this record was co-produced with Rhett Davies. No bonus tracks on CD this time, just the 15 songs that were originally on the album. The LP reissue is pressed on 180g ‘honey gold’ vinyl.

Olympia and When Time Goes By are reissued on 30 May 2025 via BMG.

As Time Goes By on 180g ‘honey gold’ yellow vinyl

Tracklisting

Olympia Bryan Ferry /

      1. You Can Dance
      2. Alphaville
      3. Heartache By Numbers
      4. Me Oh My
      5. Shameless
      6. Song To The Siren
      7. No Face, No Name, No Number
      8. BF Bass (Ode to Olympia)
      9. Reason or Rhyme
      10. Tender Is The Night
      Bonus tracks
      1. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
      2. One Night

Tracklisting

As Time Goes By Bryan Ferry /

      1. As Time Goes By
      2. The Way You Look Tonight
      3. Easy Living
      4. I’m In The Mood For Love
      5. Where or When
      6. When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
      7. Sweet and Lovely
      8. Miss Otis Regrets
      9. Time On My Hands
      10. Lover Come Back To Me
      11. Falling In Love Again
      12. Love Me or Leave Me
      13. You Do Something To Me
      14. Just One of Those Things
      15. September Song

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