#63: Bryan Ferry / Bête Noire SDE exclusive blu-ray audio

Bryan Ferry's 1987 album, Bête Noire, is now available to pre-order as a limited edition SDE exclusive blu-ray audio.

Ferry’s seventh studio album is a masterclass in moody sophistication, blending art-pop, jazz-tinged balladry and late-’80s electronic textures into a rich, cinematic whole.

Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, the album features collaborations with some of the era’s finest musicians, including guitarist Johnny Marr, whose co-writing credit on the brooding lead single 'The Right Stuff' brings an edgier undercurrent to Ferry’s signature style. Other highlights include the sultry 'Kiss and Tell' and the hauntingly atmospheric 'Limbo', both of which showcase Ferry’s ability to fuse romance and intrigue with sonic elegance. 

With production contributions from Patrick Leonard (known for his work with Madonna and, later, Roger Waters), Bête Noire stands as one of Ferry’s most ambitious and polished solo statements — a collector’s essential and a hidden treasure from one of British pop’s most distinctive voices.

This region-free blu-ray audio features a Dolby Atmos Mix by Bob Clearmountain as well as a 5.1 Mix (also by Clearmountain) and the original 1987 mix in hi-res stereo (1999 Bob Ludwig remaster).

Audio streams on the Bête Noire SDE exclusive blu-ray:

• Bête Noire 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix (48/24)
• Bête Noire 2025 5.1 Mix (48/24)
• Bête Noire 1987 Original Stereo Mix (48/24)

Additionally, the blu-ray features 12 bonus tracks (stereo-only) comprising remixes and edits from the original singles

1. Limbo – Brooklyn Mix
2. The Right Stuff – 12″” Dance Mix
3. Bete Noire – Instrumental
4. Kiss And Tell – 7″” Edit
5. Limbo – Latin Mix
6. The Right Stuff – Brooklyn Mix
7. Limbo – Latin Mix 12″” Version
8. Kiss And Tell – Dance Mix
9. The Right Stuff – Dub Mix
10. Limbo – Brooklyn Mix 12″” Version
11. Kiss And Tell – Dub Mix
12. The Right Stuff – Johnson Somerset Mix

The blu-ray is #63 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series and comes packaged in the same deluxe hardcover mediabook packaging used for the Roxy Music's Avalon and as ever, it ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase.

A BUNDLE with the Taxi blu-ray is available here.

Dolby Atmos Mixes on blu-ray offer much higher quality than their streaming counterparts. They are not compressed as on streaming platforms. Encoded in Dolby TrueHD Atmos it has a bit rate 10 times higher (up to 8000 kbits/s) than streaming’s Dolby Digital Plus (768 kbits/s).

Bête Noire blu-ray is time-limited and is available to pre-order until 12 May 2026. It will be released on 17 July via BMG.