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The Unfairground

~ Kevin Ayers

4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Audio CD (10 Sep 2007)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Lo-Max
ASIN: B000UUELJQ
Other Editions: Audio CD

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,216 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Only Heaven Knows

2. Cold Shoulder

3. Walk On Water

4. Friends And Strangers

5. Shine A Light

6. Wide Awake

7. Baby Come Home

8. Brainstorm

9. Unfairground

10. Run Run Run

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'The Unfairground' is the sixteenth studio LP from former Soft Machine mainman Kevin Ayers. A delightful mixture of folk and skewed psychedelia, this album is a real return to form for Ayers, helped in part by cameos from Teenage Fanclub, Euros Childs and Candie Payne. Includes the tracks 'Walk On Water', 'Brainstorm' and 'Run Run Run'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the father of the underground, 26 Sep 2007

By	John H (Leeds) - See all my reviews

This new album from Kevin Ayers is simply wonderful. This is the first time I have been motivated to write an Amazon review. Yes I love this cd that much! It really is the sort of album that makes one remember why song and music is so important. From beginning to end it has incredible edge. A very shear edge of honest expression. It is not the edge Ayers gave us with his early albums when he was the darling of the underground. How could it be? Times change. Though Kevin Ayers is as authentic and as very convincing as he has ever been with his best work. Long ago he shrugged away the world of glamour and pop bubble reputation to live his own life. But what he has so clearly not left behind, as can be heard on this album, is his very apparent and extraordinary craft as a song writer. And it is this he uses to take stock of life with heart wrenching honesty. What we have here with The Unfairground is a collection of 10 sublime tracks with music so honed that every note expresses something true to the song it accompanies. Superb arrangements with at times strings that remind one of Forever Changes as on Friends and Strangers or the entreating horns on Baby Come Home that hint at the dry barren landscape of longing, the latter featuring vocal accompaniment from Bridget St. John. Only Heaven Knows has got to be one of the best album opening tracks ever. It's style echoes light hearted vaudeville yet asks "what do you do when it all behind you / every day something else reminds you / when the times were sweet......." At 35 minutes long you get the highs and lows, the joie de vivre to comfort fear and the stand up and fight of a life time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, 17 Aug 2007

By	Greg H (Manchester) - See all my reviews

I have been taping most of this off BBC6 in the last few weeks-- that is not to say that I wont be buying it as I already have it on order but the six tracks I have heard are just brilliant! And the rest must be pretty good because the djs playing it like Marc Riley are saying that the whole album is absolutely wonderful. I discovered Kevin Ayers a few years ago when EMI re-issued his first four albums. And I'm already sure that I will love this new album just as much. I am amazed that musicians from some of my favourite bands are on the record. It must have been some session that had Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub playing opposite Phil Manzanera from Roxy Music! And it gets better -- some of those US Elephant Six bands on are it too like Ladybug Transistor and Neutral Milk Hotel. What a mix! Like it said in the NME Kevin Ayers has some "really cool friends". Well that's not surprising since Kevin Ayers pretty much single handedly invented British psychedelic music. Bring on the 3 of September.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Return of The King, 15 Sep 2007

By	P. Ardron (Cheshire, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I approached this release with trepidation. Could it really be 38 years since "Joy of a Toy"? On playing, no such reasons to be worried. Where did the last 38 years go? Sublime, superb and at 34 minutes. .. short! But who cares, 34 minutes of bliss is better than 70 minutes of dross. Buy, play and chill out. Just like a bottle of Mr Ayers' fine plonk, the years have been very kind and worth the wait. More please. . .

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3.0 out of 5 stars Only buy if you are a die-hard fan!
Unless you are a keen fan of Kevin Ayers this is not the best place to start. I first listened to him around 19702. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Mikey

4.0 out of 5 stars A return to form...
Unprolific gentleman rocker Ayers cocks a snook at detractors of his 80's output, bookending eight new songs with re-workings of 'Only Heaven Knows' and 'Run Run Run', highlights... Read more

Published 16 months ago by Greville Rob

4.0 out of 5 stars So cool.....and concise!
After a long loooong wait for a new studio album from one of rock's coolest characters, I was delighted to find The Unfairground at my local HMV. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Cartimand

5.0 out of 5 stars No change here then...
Another collection of beautiful songs with a slightly left-field twist. Just like he's been doing for the past forty years, and not a trace of cynicism after all those years... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Fatboy

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as ever!
First time through I was wondering what all the hype was about. But this is a grower and it's really grown on me.
Very different from "Still life.. Read more

Published 21 months ago by Jerry

3.0 out of 5 stars A long time coming
15 years since his last studio release this album is good without being great. Gentle tunes, familiar themes (dreams, lost love), it lacks the edge of his best work. Read more

Published 21 months ago by fat-boy-fat

5.0 out of 5 stars Just adored this
I am lucky enough to have a pre-release copy of this wonderful CD. Fantastic harmonies, instrumentation, lyrics. Read more

Published 22 months ago by D. Dykes

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