Bête Noire (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Bête Noire
Type = studio
Artist = Bryan Ferry


Background = Orange
Released = November 1987
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 43:18
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Bryan Ferry, Chester Kamen and Patrick Leonard
Reviews =
Last album = "Boys and Girls" ( 1985)
This album = "Bête Noire"
(1987)
Next album = "Taxi"
(1993)

"Bête Noire" is an album by British singer Bryan Ferry, released on Virgin Records in November 1987.

The album was co-produced by Patrick Leonard, and was intended to increase Ferry's commercial stature in the United States. "Kiss and Tell" was his only Top 40 hit in the United States; the song also appears in the film "Bright Lights, Big City". Another single from the album, "The Right Stuff", was co-written with Johnny Marr and adapted from an instrumental B-side by The Smiths, "Money Changes Everything".

Track listing

#Limbo (5:00) (Ferry/Leonard)
#Kiss and Tell (4:57) (Ferry)
#New Town (4:50) (Ferry)
#Day For Night (5:35) (Ferry/Leonard)
#Zamba (3:00) (Ferry/Leonard)
#The Right Stuff (4:25) (Ferry/Marr)
#Seven Deadly Sins (5:10) (Ferry/Chester Kamen/Guy Pratt)
#The Name of the Game (5:28) (Ferry/Leonard)
#Bête Noire (4:53) (Ferry/Leonard)

Musicians

*Bryan Ferry: vocals, keyboards
*Mario Abramovich: violin
*Tawatha Agee: backing vocals
*Michael Blumm
*Stuart Breed
*Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
*Michelle Cobbs: backing vocals
*Paulinho da Costa: percussion
*Diamond Art
*Rhett Davies
*Simon Draper
*Yanick Etienne: backing vocals
*Siedah Garrett: backing vocals
*David Gilmour: guitar
*Neil Hubbard
*Dan Huff: guitar
*Paul Jarvis
*Paul Johnson: backing vocals
*Chester Kamen
*Abraham Laboriel: bass
*Patrick Leonard: keyboards
*José Libertella: bandoneon
*Julie Losch
*Brian Loucks
*Jimmy Maelen: percussion
*Johnny Marr: guitar
*Marcus Miller: bass
*Andy Newmark: drums
*Courtney Pine
*Guy Pratt: bass
*Andrew Reid
*John Robinson: drums
*Bill Ruppert
*Albert Sanchez: photographer
*Luis Stazo: bandoneon
*Alistair Thain: photographer
*Fonzi Thornton: backing vocals
*Michael Verdick
*Lenny Waronker
*David Williams: guitar

Produced by Patrick Leonard and Bryan Ferry, except for "Kiss and Tell", "New Town", "The Right Stuff" and "Seven Deadly Sins", produced by Patrick Leonard, Chester Kamen and Bryan Ferry. Engineered by Steve Jackson, Kevin Killen and Ian Eales.