Falling Up (Kevin Ayers album) explained

Falling Up
Type:	Album
Artist:	Kevin Ayers
Cover:	FallingUp.jpg
Released:	February 1988
Recorded:	May–June 1987
Studio:	Trak Studios, Madrid, Spain
Genre:	Rock
Length:	37:08
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Colin Fairley
Prev Title:	As Close As You Think
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Still Life with Guitar
Next Year:	1992

Falling Up is the thirteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers, released on Virgin Records in 1988.

The song "Flying Start" was first released on the Mike Oldfield album Islands in September 1987.

Track listing

1. "(Another) Saturday Night (In Deya)" (Kevin Ayers, Peter Halsall) – 4:02
2. "Flying Start" (Mike Oldfield) – 3:38
3. "The Best We Have" (Ayers, Halsall) – 3:29
4. "Another Rolling Stone" (Ayers, Marvin Siau) – 5:17
5. "Do You Believe" (Ayers) – 5:54
6. "That's What We Did (Today)" (Ayers, Halsall) – 3:44
7. "Night Fighters" (Ayers, Halsall) – 4:58
8. "Am I Really Marcel?" (Ayers) – 5:59

In the songwriting credits, Ollie Halsall's real name, Peter, is used.

Personnel

Musicians

• Kevin Ayers – guitar, vocals, harmonica, percussion
• Ollie Halsall – guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, backing vocals
• Luis Dulzaides – congas
• Marcelo Fuentes – bass
• Javier Paxariño – soprano saxophone
• Ñete (Antonio Martín-Caruana) – drums
• Tony Vázquez – drums, bongos
• Pablo Salinas – piano
• Miguel Herrero – guitars
• El Reverendo – Hammond organ
• Charles J. Beale, Chuck "C' Note" Brown, Patrick Patterson, Andrea Bronston, Mary Jamison – backing vocals

Technical

• Colin Fairley – producer
• Eugenio Muñoz – engineer
• David De La Torre – assistant engineer
• Oscar Mariné – artwork
• Jordi Socías – photography

References

• Original LP sleevenotes