Bananamour

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.

Track listing
All songs written by Kevin Ayers

Musicians

 * Kevin Ayers – guitar, vocals
 * Archie Legget – bass, harmony vocals, lead vocal (track 3)
 * Eddie Sparrow – drums

Additional musicians

 * Steve Hillage – lead guitar (track 2)
 * Mike Ratledge – organ (track 4)
 * Robert Wyatt – harmony vocal (track 8)
 * David Bedford – orchestral arrangement (track 9)
 * Howie Casey – tenor saxophone
 * Dave Caswell – trumpet
 * Tristan Fry – cymbal
 * Lyle Jenkins – baritone saxophone
 * Ronnie Price – piano
 * Barry St. John, Liza Strike, Doris Troy – backing vocals

Technical

 * Kevin Ayers – producer
 * Andrew King – producer
 * John Kurlander – engineer
 * Bob Lawrie – cover art
 * Richard Imrie – photography