Lyrics: The definitive collection of the Roxy Music frontman’s iconic lyrics

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Other notable tunes are ‘Editions Of You’, ‘The Bogus Man’, with lyrics about a stalker, and the title track. Within a few years, Roxy Music had become phenomenally successful, affording Ferry the opportunity to cut his first solo LP in 1973. s In Your Mind was Ferry's first solo collection of completely original material; the following year's The Bride Stripped Bare, a work rumoured to be inspired by his broken romance with model Jerry Hall, split evenly between new songs and covers.Only in 2007 did he release his next solo album, a collection of Dylan interpretations - appropriately named Dylanesque -, ranging from introspective, closely-miked ballads to more straightforward rock workouts. Perhaps Ferry’s words on the book’s back cover sum it up his worldview best, “In every dream home a heartache, And every step I take Takes me further from heaven, Is there a heaven? As for the singles, Ferry penned six top 5 and nine top 10 UK hits, with a full dozen reaching the top 20 and fifteen hitting the top 40.

On his seminal 1973 solo album These Foolish Things he also covered ’60s hit rock songs like the Rolling Stones' “Sympathy for the Devil” and the Beatles “You Won’t See Me,” establishing something of the formula for his solo albums until the 1980s. All the classic Roxy anthems are here - 'Virginia Plain', 'Do the Strand', 'Love is the Drug' - songs in which the real and the make-believe blend in a kaleidoscopic mix, shot through with cinematic allure.The song features Neil Hubbard and Keith Scott on lead guitar, Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Omar Hakim on drums, and Tony Levin on bass guitar. Then follows sixteen chapters of his brilliant awe-inspiring lyrics from the successful eight Roxy Music albums and eight of his solo albums. Ferry did not release another solo album until 1985's Boys and Girls, a sleek, seamless effort that was his first "official" solo release following the Roxy breakup in 1983. Ferry’s unique vocal style puts a wry, sophisticated spin on the sound of the crooners of the mid 20th-century. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.