| Bananamour | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kevin Ayers |
| Cover: | Bananamour.jpg |
| Released: | May 1973 |
| Recorded: | September–October 1972 |
| Studio: | Abbey Road Studios, London |
| Prev Title: | Whatevershebringswesing |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
Bananamour is the fourth studio album by Kevin Ayers and it featured some of his most accessible recordings, including "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" and his whimsical tribute to Syd Barrett, "Oh! Wot A Dream". After Whatevershebringswesing, Ayers assembled a new band anchored by drummer Eddie Sparrow and bassist Archie Legget and employed a more direct lyricism. The centrepiece of the album is "Decadence", his withering portrait of Nico: "Watch her out there on display / Dancing in her sleepy way / While all her visions start to play / On the icicles of our decay / And all along the desert shore / She wanders further evermore / The only thing that's left to try / She says to live I have to die." The song was later covered by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church on their 1999 album A Box of Birds.
The album marked the end of Ayers' first Harvest Records series.
All songs written by Kevin Ayers