Bryan Ferry: In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Chris Salewicz, Q, January 1988
Los Angeles. Paris. Nassau. Los Angeles again. Then London. And Paris again. And back to London. Recording is a nerve-wracking, schedule-shredding pastime for the itinerant Bryan Ferry. Chris Salewicz was with him every step of the 12 month package tour that eventually produced his new album, Bete Noire.
"Oh, the gloom and doom and horror of it all. How do you tell when someone's having a nervous breakdown? Everything seems to be coming in on top of me, like an immense weight. It's going to take at least another week to finish this ballad. I need some time off before I can finish it."
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