Bananamour

Infobox Album |
Name = Bananamour
Type = Album
Artist = Kevin Ayers


Released = May 1973
Recorded = Sep-Oct 1972; Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre = Rock
Length = 35:48
Label = Harvest (UK) Sire (USA)
Producer = Kevin Ayers & Andrew King
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfuxqealdke link]
Last album = "Whatevershebringswesing"
(1971)
This album = "Bananamour"
(1973)
Next album = "The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories"
(1974)

"Bananamour" is the fourth studio album by Kevin Ayers and it featured some of his most accessible recordings, including "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" and his whimsical tribute to Syd Barrett, "Oh! Wot A Dream". [ [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfuxqealdke Allmusic Guide May 27, 2003] ] After "Whatevershebringswesing", Ayers assembled a new band anchored by drummer Eddie Sparrow and bassist Archie Legget and employed a more direct lyricism. The centrepiece of the album is 'Decadence', his withering portrait of Nico; [ [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfuxqealdke Allmusic Guide May 27, 2003] ] "Watch her out there on display / Dancing in her sleepy way / While all her visions start to play / On the icicles of our decay / And all along the desert shore / She wanders further evermore / The only thing that's left to try / She says to live i have to die." The album marked the end of Ayers' first Harvest Records series.

Track listing

Side 1
# "Don't Let It Get You Down (For Rachel)"
# "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" (Ayers)
# "When Your Parents Go to Sleep" (Ayers)
# "Interview" (Ayers)
# "Internotional Anthem" (Ayers)Side 2
# "Decadence" (Ayers)
# "Oh! Wot A Dream" (Ayers)
# "Hymn" (Ayers)
# "Beware of the Dog" (Ayers)

Personnel

*Kevin Ayers / Guitar, Vocals
*Archie Legget / Bass, harmony vocals, lead vocal on track 3
*Eddie Sparrow / Drums
*Steve Hillage / Lead Guitar on track 2
*Mike Ratledge / Organ on track 4
*Robert Wyatt / Harmony Vocal on track 8
*David Bedford / Orchestral Arrangement on track 9
*Howie Casey / Tenor Saxophone
*Dave Caswell / Trumpet
*Tristan Fry / Cymbal
*Lyle Jenkins / Baritone Saxophone
*Ronnie Price / Piano
*Barry St. John /Vocals
*Liza Strike / Vocals
*Doris Troy /Vocals

Notes

References

*Original LP sleevenotes