Mamouna : 3CD Deluxe Edition Incl. Horoscope + Sketches (1994)

"This three-disc set includes the 1994 album ("Mamouna"); previously unreleased tracks Ferry had recorded for a project called "Horoscope"; and demos, some of which date back to 1989. "Horoscope" was meant to be Ferry’s new album. One way to listen to "Mamouna" is to consider the songs as structures around which 'foliage' gathers. Another way is to read them as palimpsests on which Ferry rewrites his evocations of reckless but never quite hysterical desires. The 'chained and bound' line from 1985’s “Slave To Love” floats into “Mamouna.” The “Live to Tell” chug (courtesy of Madonna co-producer Patrick Leonard) of "Bête Noire"’s “The Name Of The Game” gets repurposed as “Which Way To Turn.” The acoustic and synth basses on “The 39 Steps” recall “The Chosen One,” also from "Boys And Girls". But “The 39 Steps” is the superior take: Ferry sings through gritted teeth as the track accumulates momentum while Eno’s gahoozits flicker like porch lights in fog." (Pitchfork)