Singing the Bruise: The BBC Sessions, 1970-1972 [LIVE] [IMPORT]

Kevin Ayers

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 3, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: Strange Fruit UK
• ASIN: B000006Z6W
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #230,086 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Relaxed ditties with Kevin, June 28, 2000

By	Joel (Australia) - See all my reviews

Kevin Ayers is wonderful. Hedonistic, charming,and soft-spoken. He sings like he's letting you in on a secret (or playing a joke on you!) His songs are inspiring / witty / weird / melodious.

If you haven't heard him yet, this wouldn't be the worst place to start.

It's a great CD. It captures 4 different sessions with Kevin Ayers, with three different bands backing him: The Soft Machine, The Whole World, and his Banana Follies cohort Archie Leggit.

In this way, it gives a good overview of early 70s Kevin. The second half of the CD (with Archie Leggit) is particularly enlightening. They make one of the most rocking duos you'll ever hear (bass and guitar)! There's a great reading of Falling in Love again that you have to hear!

5.0 out of 5 stars finally, December 18, 2005

By	t.tex - See all my reviews

after the mediocrity of his later work its refreshing to hear this stuff from his best period.. the whole world! lol coxhil!! see x-ray... most tunes are significantly different from the studio versions .. i thought id never have any additional stuff from this special time..its comparable to the near annual publication of post-humous bukowski.. most of my friends cant figure out why i like this kevin ayers guy, but to a devotee this is gold...

3.0 out of 5 stars All this for a song . . ., July 7, 2002

By	Robert Cossaboon "devil doll" (The happy land of Walworth, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

. . . kind of depends on what song is playing at the time. If it's some of the stuff he does with the Whole World, then you'll be hard put to find better. Stand outs include Gemini Chile and Lady Rachel, as well as a completely whacked version of We Did It Again. The Banana follies stuff is a complete yawn. That's a matter of preference, however; if you weren't one of those kinds of people like myself who have been profoundly sick of the unplugged versions of your favorite songs, then plod away with the last five tracks and discover much to your nonamazement that he didn't improve upon any of these tracks. The only asset is Butterfly Dance, and that's only because it is so hard to find on any other of his albums. Even here, the song is still way cool. As for the Soft Machine stuff, like the liner notes imply, a little too many spirits were probably imbibed at the time of recording. It could have been so much better. That goes double for the whole CD.