Bryan Ferry – Bete Noire

Bryan Ferry – Bete Noire

"Bête Noire" is the seventh solo studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry. It was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 9 in the UK and being certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry.

The first single "The Right Stuff" - a collaboration with Johnny Marr, taken from the Smiths' instrumental B-side "Money Changes Everything" - was the album's only top 40 UK placement, reaching number 37. The second single "Kiss and Tell" made the Top 40 in the US (and became Ferry's only solo single to reach the US Top 40). The song also appeared in the movie Bright Lights, Big City. The third and final single, "Limbo", reached #86 in the U.K. The promotional video for "Kiss and Tell" features models Denice Lewis (who is also featured on the single's cover photo), Christine Keeler cover photo), Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies.

The album will be released for the first time since 1987 in a limited, colored 1-LP vinyl edition and as an extended 2-CD version. This contains all the original B-sides and mixes as well as a previously unreleased remix of "The Right Stuff" by Johnson Somerset.

Tracklist:
1. Limbo 
2. Kiss and Tell
3. New Town
4. Day for Night
5. Zamba
6. The Rigth Stuff
7. Seven Deadly Sins
8. The Name of the Game
9. Bête Noire

Label: BMG
Released: 1987/2025