Original, melodic, powerful and elegant ...

Of course, who knows Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry who knows. And Frantic (2002) is back as a solo CD, the very convincing. You can hear the unmistakable Ferry-style which do not actually can be classified. This style simply be described as pop, which would amount to a devaluation of the same. The all-encompassing category Rock does not really fit to do so. It's just music ala` Bryan Ferry: melodic, soulful, elegant, dynamic and powerful, especially in the instrumentation never boring because very differentiated.

And while Ferry still so intense singing, there is always a kind of distance in his expression what it has indeed incorporated the attribute of "aristocrat" among rock musicians.

The CD will begin convincing with a Ferry-interpretation of Dylan`s "Its All Over Now Baby Blue". The other songs are original compositions or even interpretations - all well put together, so that the CD will not be bored in the whole and does not lose its appeal.

Even then Roxy Music was extremely original as a group - Bryan Ferry has remained there to this day. One can only hope that one or another feat still comes from Bryan Ferry, who now is also already 64 years old.

Recommendation: Frantic worthwhile; touches the music, put in mood and is in the diffuse mainstream a positive and lively exception!