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- Summary: The ex-Soft Machines band member returns with his first solo studio album since 1992.
- Record Label: Gigantic
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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If The Unfairground doesn’t quite qualify as a "stunning" return to form--"stunning" never really being Ayers’ stock in trade--it certainly represents the delightful and unexpected renaissance of a perennially undervalued artist, whose quiet but significant influence is long overdue for re-assessment.
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Ayers' revealing account--his first album in 15 years--stands with his best '70s works of besotted, droll sophistication.
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MojoThe Unfairground finds Ayers rejuvenated and stands comparison with his best work. [Oct 2007, p.98]
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The Unfairground is a short and sweet collection of ten tunes, rich with strings, original ideas, lovely melodies and a whiff of what used to be.
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The Unfairground features ten strong songs without filler or flab. All have melodies that rapidly lodge in the brain, the kind that the paperboy could whistle on his round.
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Q MagazineThe result are a joy, exuding the same casual charm that has always characterised his best work. [Sep 2008]
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The Unfairground maintains no connection whatsoever to jazz, once a mainstay of Ayers, The Whole World, and The Soft Machine, and even the album’s affiliations with other black art forms are strained at best.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 1 out of 2
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MarkR.Mar 25, 2008
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JManApr 3, 2008It is so bad.
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