Bête Noire (album)

Bête Noire is the seventh solo studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry, released on 2 November 1987 by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and by Reprise Records in the United States. It was a commercial and critical success, peaking at No. 9 in the UK and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Bête Noire
Studio album by
Bryan Ferry
Released2 November 1987 (1987-11-02)
Recorded1986–1987
Studio
GenreSophisti-pop
Length43:18
LabelVirgin
Producer
Bryan Ferry chronology
Boys and Girls
(1985)		 Bête Noire
(1987)		 The Ultimate Collection
(1988)
Bryan Ferry studio album chronology
Boys and Girls
(1985)		 Bête Noire
(1987)		 Taxi
(1993)
Singles from Bête Noire
  1. "The Right Stuff"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Kiss and Tell"
    Released: February 1988
  3. "Limbo"
    Released: 1988

The first single, "The Right Stuff"—a collaboration with Johnny Marr adapted from the Smiths' instrumental B-side "Money Changes Everything"—was the album's only top-40 entry in the UK, peaking at No. 37. The second single, "Kiss and Tell", narrowly missed the UK top 40 (peaking at No. 41), but made the U.S. top 40 (becoming Ferry's only solo single to chart in the U.S. Top 40). The song also appeared in the drama film, Bright Lights, Big City (1988), starring Michael J. Fox. The third and final single, "Limbo", peaked at No. 86 in the UK. The promotional video for the single "Kiss and Tell" features the models Denice D. Lewis (who is also featured on the single's cover photograph), Christine Keeler and Mandy Smith.

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