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KEVIN AYERS & THE WHOLE WORLD: SHOOTING AT THE MOONKevin AyersCanterbury Scene3.66 | 72 ratings |
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![]() Both "Pisser dans un Violon" and "Underwater" are experimental pieces (without vocals) which would feel right at home on a 1972/1973 King Crimson album. They're rather low key (does Kevin play lead guitar as well as bass?) but now that I can finally hear them without crackle or scratches, I enjoy them just as much as some of those fabled Fripp-Wetton-Cross-Bruford improvs! Perhaps we should finally acknowledge Kevin for being the innovator he was clearly trying to be. What turns this album into a four star one, though, is the addition of the delightful bonus material. "Puis-je" is identical to "May I", only the vocal is in French this time, and Kevin's ad-libbing during the sax solo always brings a smile to my face: you hear him muttering that he just wants to sit next to the lovely girl in the cafe and admire her beauty; he doesn't want to get "entre tes reins tout de suite". (A mischievous hint at a ballad by a certain S. Gainsbourg which was a huge international hit at the time, despite being banned by the Vatican!) "Butterfly Dance" delightfully foreshadows the opening of WHATEVERSHEBRINGSWESING, and "Jolie Madame" (another duet with Bridget St. John) is one of the loveliest ballads Kevin has ever committed to vinyl. All in all, SHOOTING AT THE MOON is a near-masterpiece, and in its most recent incarnation I'd call it "not to be missed".
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