KEVIN AYERS
BANANAMOUR (1973)
REMASTER
320 KBPS
BANANAMOUR (1973)
REMASTER
320 KBPS
Here's another great, overlooked art-school-rock classic finally released on CD. It's full of Ayers' odd lyrics and twisted tunes, and features a host of former Soft Machine mates and Island Records chums getting together to make some loopy, off-kilter rock'n'roll. Ayers' dark vision might be mistaken for depression in songs like "Don't Let It Get You Down" and "Shouting In a Bucket Blues," but it's always redeemed by a sense of humor and wit ("When Your Parents Go To Sleep" and "Interview."). The bonus tracks include "Caribbean Moon," which had been available on the 1973 U.S. vinyl release. Fans of Soft Machine may be disappointed; this is rock, not jazz. Along with his marvelous 1974 album "Confessions of Doctor Dream," this is some of the Seventies' most chic and sophisticated pop, as well as its most underrated.
1 - Don't Let It Get You Down
2 - Shouting In A Bucket Blues
3 - When Your Parents Go To Sleep
4 - Interview
5 - Internotional Anthem
6 - Decadence
7 - Oh! Wot A Dream
8 - Hymn
9 - Beware Of The Dog
10 - Connie On A Rubber Band
11 - Decadence
12 - Take Me To Tahiti
13 - Caribbean Moon
3 comments:
This is a remarkable post! I wore this vinyl out and Shooting at the Monn, which is even better (imho)... any chance to get the latter too? Keep up this great commitment... and did you like L. Reed and Zeitkratzer live in Venice (MMM)?
You can find Shooting at the Moon (remastered too) here:
http://newmoodswings.blogspot.com/2008/10/kevin-ayers-shooting-at-moon-1970-2003.html
Too good you'd already uploaded it... thanks a lot! And there's only a small amount of people out there in the Internet who can appreciate how smart this post is...
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