🔘 Let’s Stick Together – Album: Sept. 1976

Released: September 1976 (UK)

Catalogue Number: Island Records ILPS 9367

Bryan Ferry’s suave, sharp‑edged third solo album — a stylish fusion of R&B covers, re‑imagined Roxy Music tracks, and his signature crooner glamour.

Released in September 1976 during Roxy Music’s post‑Siren hiatus, Let’s Stick Together marked Ferry’s return to solo work following These Foolish Things (1973) and Another Time, Another Place (1974). The album blends re‑recorded Roxy material, American R&B classics, and Ferry’s increasingly refined art‑pop aesthetic. Arriving as Ferry’s solo persona crystallised — elegant, controlled, and steeped in retro‑modern sophistication — the record became a commercial success, bolstered by the hit title track.

🔘 Track List

Side One

1. Let’s Stick Together — Wilbert Harrison

2. Casanova — Bryan Ferry

3. Sea Breezes — Bryan Ferry

4. Shame, Shame, Shame — Jimmy Reed

5. 2HB — Bryan Ferry

Side Two

6. The Price of Love — Don & Phil Everly

7. Chance Meeting — Bryan Ferry

8. It’s Only Love — Bryan Ferry

9. You Go to My Head — J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie

10. Re‑Make/Re‑Model — Bryan Ferry

Produced by: Bryan Ferry & Chris Thomas

Engineers: Steve Nye, Rhett Davies, and Island Studios engineering staff

🔘 Variants

Variant 1

UK – Island Records – ILPS 9367 (1976)

Format: LP, Album

Country: UK

Year: 1976

Notes:

- Standard UK first pressing

- Blue Island labels

- Matte sleeve with Ferry portrait photography

Variant 2

UK – Island Records – ILPS 9367 (1976)

Format: LP, Album, Gatefold

Country: UK

Year: 1976

Notes:

- Alternate UK edition

- Gatefold sleeve with expanded artwork

Variant 3

US – Atlantic – SD 18215 (1976)

Format: LP, Album

Country: US

Year: 1976

Notes:

- US release with different label design

- Tracklist identical to UK edition

Variant 4

Europe – Island Records – 256 691 (1976)

Format: LP, Album

Country: Europe

Year: 1976

Notes:

- Continental European pressing

- Standard sleeve and labels

🔘 Chart Performance

UK — Official Albums Chart

Peak Position: #19

Weeks on Chart: 12

Label: Island Records

Catalogue Number: ILPS 9367

US — Billboard 200

Peak Position: #160

Weeks on Chart: 4

Singles Performance — “Let’s Stick Together”

UK: #4

Australia: #1

Europe: Multiple Top 10 placements

Chart Run (UK album highlights)

Sept. 1976 — Enters Top 40

Oct. 1976 — Peaks at #19

Late 1976 — Holds steady in Top 40 before exiting after 12 weeks

🔘 Context & Notes

Personnel

Bryan Ferry — vocals, keyboards

Chris Spedding — guitar

Phil Manzanera — guitar

John Porter — bass

Paul Thompson — drums

Eddie Jobson — violin, keyboards

Roxy Music members appear on re‑recorded tracks

Recording Notes

Recorded at Island Studios, the album mixes new material with re‑imagined versions of early Roxy Music songs, stripped back and reshaped through Ferry’s increasingly polished solo aesthetic. The production leans on tight rhythm sections, elegant arrangements, and Ferry’s signature croon — a contrast to Roxy’s more experimental textures.

Press Reception

Contemporary reviews praised Ferry’s stylistic confidence and the album’s sleek reinterpretations of earlier material. The title track was singled out as a standout, becoming one of Ferry’s defining solo hits and a staple of his live sets.

Legacy

Let’s Stick Together solidified Ferry’s parallel solo identity, proving he could command the charts outside Roxy Music. The title track remains one of his most recognisable songs, and the album is now viewed as a key moment in the evolution of his suave, art‑pop persona.

🔘 Visual Archive

The original UK sleeve features a minimalist Ferry portrait — cool, composed, and sharply styled — reflecting the album’s sophisticated tone. Island’s clean typography and understated layout reinforce the shift toward Ferry’s solo visual identity.

Caption: UK Island ILPS 9367 — first pressing of Let’s Stick Together, featuring Bryan Ferry’s iconic minimalist portrait sleeve.

🔘 Related Material

Previous Solo Album

Another Time, Another Place (1974)

Next Solo Album

In Your Mind (1977)

🔘 Discography (Selected, Chronological)

These Foolish Things — 1973

Another Time, Another Place — 1974

Let’s Stick Together — 1976

In Your Mind — 1977

🔘 Mini‑Timeline

Sept. 1973 — Ferry launches solo career

1975 — Roxy Music enters hiatus after Siren

Sept. 1976 — Let’s Stick Together released

Late 1976 — Title track becomes a major international hit

🔘 Glam Flashback

Ferry in 1976 is the embodiment of cool — a crooner with art‑school instincts, reshaping R&B and Roxy classics into something sleek, stylish, and unmistakably his. Let’s Stick Together captures that moment perfectly: elegant, modern, and effortlessly charismatic.

🔘 Closing Notes

A pivotal release in Bryan Ferry’s solo evolution, Let’s Stick Together blends reinterpretation and reinvention with the sophistication that would define his late‑70s and early‑80s work. Its chart success and enduring title track cement its place as a cornerstone of his catalogue.

🔘 Sources & Copyright

Discogs

Wikipedia

Official Charts Company

Billboard Archives

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