The Unfairground
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| Studio album by Kevin Ayers | ||||
| Released | September 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Wavelab Studios, Tucson, Arizona; Marlborough Farms, New York City; Eastcote Studios & Gallery Studios, London; YipJump Studios, Glasgow | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 34:02 | |||
| Label | LO-MAX | |||
| Producer | Timothy Shepard, Peter Henderson and Gary Olson | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| BBC | very favourable |
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| Stylus | A- |
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| Uncut | 4/5 |
The Unfairground is a 2007 album by Kevin Ayers, recorded with members of Ladybug Transistor, Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Roxy Music. It is his sixteenth studio LP and his first new set of recordings in fifteen years, as well as the last album released before his death in 2013. It was recorded in New York City, Tucson, Arizona, London and Glasgow. It debuted at #14 in the UK Indie Album chart.
The Unfairground deals with themes of love, loss and the passing of time and it has garnered strong critical endorsements for its author's brutally honest ruminations on his tumultuous life. Ayers stated in a 2007 Sunday Times interview that it is “very much a reflective album: lost love, lost feelings, lost sensibilities. I had to include some of my blood, sweat and tears – if you are going to be honest, it can’t be avoided.”
All tracks written by Kevin Ayers.
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