Still Life with Guitar

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Still Life with Guitar
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Studio album by
ReleasedJan 1992
Recorded1991
Studio Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
The Church, London, England
Townhouse Studios, West London, England
Marcus Studios, London, England
Strongroom Studios, East London, England
Nomis Studios, London
Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England
Genre Rock
Length34:30
Label FNAC
Producer Kevin Ayers and Dave Vatch
Kevin Ayers chronology
Falling Up
(1988)
Still Life with Guitar
(1992)
The Unfairground
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Still Life with Guitar is the fourteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers. It was the final recording to feature guitarist Ollie Halsall, who died shortly after its release. Ayers would not record another album of new material for fifteen years.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kevin Ayers; except where noted.

  1. "Feeling This Way" – 2:43
  2. "Something in Between" (Ayers, Mark Nevin) – 3:15
  3. "Thank You Very Much" – 3:18
  4. "There Goes Johnny" – 4:03
  5. "Ghost Train" (Ayers, Peter Halsall) – 4:27
  6. "I Don't Depend on You" – 3:36
  7. "When Your Parents Go to Sleep" – 4:46
  8. "M16" – 2:54
  9. "Don't Blame Them" – 1:53
  10. "Irene Goodnight" (Traditional; arranged by Ayers) – 3:29

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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