Taxi (Bryan Ferry album)

Taxi is a cover album (the closing “Because You’re Mine” is an original). When Ferry was asked about the album, he said "Since I started work on the Taxi album, everything has gone great for me. The last two years have been terrific, but I had three or four miserable years. Doing the Taxi album was the start of getting things right. Just getting something done quickly and efficiently was very gratifying. Finishing something I liked and getting back into singing again, getting away from my own writing temporarily was a good thing."[9]

Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett wrote of the album: "Taxi shows a mature Bryan Ferry, suave and controlled, very much in line with his general career from 1979 on ... Ferry's treated vocals, made to sound weirdly flat and compressed, heightens the curious mood."[1] Reviewing for Entertainment Weekly, critic David Browne wrote of the album: "Few of the remakes have the decadent, jaunty verve of his covers albums of the '70s. But that's okay, since Ferry appears to be aiming for something else: beautifully eerie mood music for the lovesick vampire in us all."[4] Rob Sheffield wrote in his three-star review of the album that "Taxi is a consistently inspired set that ranges from 'Amazing Grace' to 'All Tomorrow's Parties.'"[10]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]

• Bryan Ferry – lead and backing vocals (1-9), acoustic piano (1, 2, 4-10), strings (1, 4, 6, 9, 10), synthesizers (2, 5), organ (3, 6, 7), "witch" (3, 5, 9), arrangements (8), sounds (10)
• Richard Norris – programming (1, 3, 4, 5, 9)
• Greg Phillinganes – strings (1), vibraphone (1), synthesizers (2, 4, 6, 7, 8), harp (8)
• Chris Stainton – Hammond organ (4)
• David Sancious – Hammond organ (8)
• Flaco Jiménez – accordion (8)
• Neil Hubbard – guitar (1), "probe" guitar (2), "trace" guitar (3), lead guitar (4, 7), guitar licks (6, 9), rhythm guitar (8)
• Michael Brook – "atmos" guitar (1, 8), lead guitar (5, 6), "infinite" guitar (10)
• Robin Trower – Fender guitar (1), wah wah guitar (2, 3, 7), "theme" guitar (4), "pin" guitar (5), "pocket" guitar (9), "space" guitar (10)
• David Williams – rhythm guitar (1, 3, 6-9), guitar hook (1), cat sounds (9)
• Nathan East – bass (1-9)
• Steve Pearce – bass (2)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (1-9)
• Michael Giles – drums (9)
• Andy Newmark – drums (9)
• Luís Jardim – percussion (4, 5, 6)
• Maceo Parker – alto saxophone (1)
• Mel Collins – tenor saxophone (5)
• Andy Mackay – alto saxophone (9)
• Carleen Anderson – backing vocals (1, 3-6, 8, 9), lead vocals (10)

• Bryan Ferry – producer, art direction
• Robin Trower – producer
• Sven Taits – recording
• Richard Norris – pre-production engineer
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Nick de Ville – art direction, design
• Anton Corbijn – photography
• David Enthoven – management
• Juliet Mann – management
• Derek Sutton – management
• I. E. Management (London) – management company
• Stardust Entertainment (Los Angeles, California, USA) – management company
• Pre-Production recording at Studio One (London, UK).
• Mixed at Bearsville Studios (New York City, New York, USA).
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York, USA).

Album

Singles

• Taxi at Discogs (list of releases)