Style: Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock, Experimental Rock
Country: Kent, England (16 August 1944 - 18 February 2013)
Time: 74:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 442 Mb
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)
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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