The Unfairground
by Kevin Ayers
  • Record Label: Gigantic
  • Release Date: Mar 11, 2008
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PopMatters
    40
    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.

Awards & Rankings

92
#92 Best Album of 2008

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. JMan
    Apr 3, 2008
    1
    It is so bad.
  2. MarkR.
    Mar 25, 2008
    10
    This is a wonderful album and does indeed stand with Ayers' finest. Everyone can ignore the ignorant review from Popmatters. Ayers left This is a wonderful album and does indeed stand with Ayers' finest. Everyone can ignore the ignorant review from Popmatters. Ayers left Soft Machine after the first album he largely wrote (a psychedelic masterpiece) when the other members wanted to take the band in a jazz direction -- so downrating The Unfairground for not being jazzy enough is absurd. I love Robert Wyatt as much as I love Ayers, but I would never compare the two or critisise the one for not being like the other.… Full Review »
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