Label: Parlophone Records (Japan), WPCR-15526
Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock
Country: Kent, England (16 August 1944 - 18 February 2013)
Time: 74:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 435 Mb
Background:
In 1971, Kevin Ayers started recording what would become his most acclaimed album, Whatevershebringswesing accompanied by members of Gong and his previous backing band The Whole World. Praised by NME, Record Mirror and Rolling Stone, the album realized all the musical aspirations Ayers had harboured since the inception of Soft Machine.
As with most Ayers albums, a collision of disparate styles confronts the listener but in this instance they work to extremely powerful effect. The title track with Mike Oldfield's guitar accompaniment and Robert Wyatt’s wracked harmonies would become a template for Ayers subsequent '70s output.
The album opens with "There Is Loving/Among Us" accompanied by David Bedford's dramatic orchestral arrangement. There follow the vignettes "Margaret" and "Oh My" where Ayers juxtaposes terse lyrics against measured backing. "Song from the Bottom of a Well" marries an explosive arrangement, again featuring Oldfield, to Ayers’ cryptic lyric "This is a song from the bottom of a well / There are things down here / I've got to try and tell". The title track is notable for Oldfield's extended bass solo at the beginning, while "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes", a flirtation with Ayers' love of early rock and roll, would become a staple of his live set for years to come, a song he would re-record twice that decade.
Many critics and fans have cited Whatevershebringswesing as their favourite Ayers album and it remains to this day a best seller in his catalogue.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatevershebringswesing)
Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was a major influential force in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the pioneering psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Bridget St John, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. After living for many years in Deia, Majorca, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s before moving to the south of France. His last album, The Unfairground, was released in 2007. The British rock journalist Nick Kent wrote: "Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music. Everything that came after came from them."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ayers)
01. There Is Loving / Among Us / There Is Loving (07:22)
02. Margaret (03:20)
03. Oh My (02:59)
04. Song From The Bottom Of A Well (04:37)
05. Whatevershebringswesing (08:13)
06. Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (03:24)
07. Champagne Cowboy Blues (03:59)
08. Lullaby (02:11)
09. Lunatic's Lament (BBC Bob Harris Session) (bonus track) (04:28)
10. The Oyster And The Flying Fish (BBC Bob Harris Session) (bonus track) (03:01)
11. Butterfly Dance (BBC Bob Harris Session) (bonus track) (03:36)
12. Whatevershebringswesing (BBC Bob Harris Session) (bonus track) (07:45)
13. Falling In Love Again (BBC Bob Harris Session) (bonus track) (03:25)
14. Queen Thing (BBC Bob Harris Session) (bonus track) (00:52)
15. Another Whimsical Song (BBC John Peel Show) (bonus track) (00:22)
16. The Lady Rachel (BBC John Peel Show) (bonus track) (03:52)
17. Stop This Train (Again Doing It) (BBC John Peel Show) (bonus track) (06:11)
18. Didn't Feel Lonely 'Til I Thought Of You (BBC John Pell Show) (bonus track) (04:35)
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