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  • Summary: The live recording of the concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in December 1974 was from the Roxy Music frontman's first solo tour.
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  • Record Label: BMG
  • Genre(s): Vocal, Standards, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Art Rock, Glam Rock
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  1. Feb 24, 2020
    90
    Ferry had impossibly combined the hazy sheen of golden-era Hollywood glamour with a wry singer/songwriter sincerity and a wallop of good-time rock & roll. He brought all of this jazzy charisma to bear on this live concert date, offering a cross section of songs from these two solo productions.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 24, 2020
    90
    I kept wishing I'd been there that night, 45 years ago. [Mar 2020, p.42]
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Feb 24, 2020
    90
    He's in fantastic, youthful voice, snarling, seducing and showing off. [Mar 2020, p.93]
  4. Feb 24, 2020
    75
    Expect improvisation and Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974 will disappoint. Novelty, though, it’s got—Ferry sounded like no singer in rock.
  5. Mojo
    Feb 25, 2020
    60
    The absence of between-song chat makes the experience unnecessarily remote. [Mar 2020, p.106]