Slave to Love: Best of the Ballads (2000)

About this title: When Slave to Love: The Best of the Ballads was released in 2000, there hadn't been a true Roxy Music compilation in print for years. Street Life and More Than This were both grab bags of Roxy Music singles and material from Bryan Ferry's solo career. While it's logical to assume that fans of one artist would certainly be interested in the other, the approach never made for a unified compilation -- Roxy Music's sound shifted quite a bit over the years, and their earlier, edgier singles never sat well next to the smooth balladeering of Ferry's companion career. However, Slave to Love is the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Slave to Love [Ferry]
2. Jealous Guy [Lennon]
3. This Love [Armstrong/Burns]
4. More Than This [Ferry]
5. Falling in Love Again [Hollander/Lerner]
6. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Kern/Harbach]
7. Will You Love Me Tomorrow [Goffin/King]
8. Oh Yeah [Ferry]
9. Is Your Love Strong Enough? [Ferry]
10. Zamba [Ferry/Leonard]
11. These Foolish Things [Link/Marvell/Strach]
12. Crazy Love [Morrison]
13. Sonnet No. 18 [Kamen/Shakespeare]
14. Avalon [Ferry]
15. Where or When [Hart/Rodgers]
16. To Turn You On [Ferry]
17. Windswept [Ferry]
18. My Only Love [Ferry]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.