KEVIN AYERS

KEVIN AYERS
WHATEVERSHEBRINGSWESING (1971)
REMASTER
320 KBPS

As a recent "first time listener" to this piece (shame on me), I was most pleasantly impressed. I expected the music to be more challenging to the ear. That's usually just fine but the dominance of melody in the songs definitely wasn't a hard thing to handle. Each song seems to have its own individual approach - superb orchestrations by the legendary Mr. Bedford, some tender balladry, some Frank Zappa stylings, some blaring "War of the Worlds" horns (after all, we MUST have a few challenging parts). Well worth repeated listenings.

1. There Is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving
2. Margaret
3. Oh My
4. Song from the Bottom of a Well
5. Whatevershebringswesing
6. Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes
7. Champagne Cowboy Blues
8. Lullaby
9. Stars
10. Don't Sing No More Sad Songs
11. Fake Mexican Tourist Blues
12. Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes