The Unfairground

The Unfairground is a 2007 album by Kevin Ayers, recorded with members of Ladybug Transistor, Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Roxy Music. It was his sixteenth studio LP and his first new set of recordings in fifteen years, as well as the last album released before his death in 2013. It was recorded in New York City; Tucson, Arizona; London; and Glasgow. It debuted at No. 14 in the UK Indie Album chart.

The Unfairground deals with themes of love, loss and the passing of time, and it has received strong critical endorsements for its author's ruminations on his tumultuous life. Ayers stated in a 2007 Sunday Times interview that it is "very much a reflective album: lost love, lost feelings, lost sensibilities. I had to include some of my blood, sweat and tears – if you are going to be honest, it can't be avoided."

Musicians

 * Kevin Ayers – guitar, vocals
 * Gary Olson – trumpet, producer
 * San Fadyl – drums
 * Jeff Baron – guitar
 * Norman Blake – guitar, backing vocals
 * Francis MacDonald – drums
 * Julian Koster – singing saw
 * Candie Payne – backing vocals
 * Euros Childs – backing vocals
 * Bill Wells – bass
 * Joe McGinty – keyboards
 * Phil Manzanera – guitar
 * Robbie McIntosh – guitar
 * Hugh Hopper – bass
 * Daisy Martey – backing vocals
 * Tucson Philharmonia – strings
 * Bridget St. John – vocals
 * Dave McGowan – pedal steel
 * Heather McIntosh – bass, cello
 * Kellie Sutherland – brass
 * Tara Shackell – brass
 * Isobel Knowles – brass
 * Gus Franklin – brass
 * Graham Henderson – accordion
 * Peter Nicholson – cello
 * Francis Reader – backing vocals
 * The Wyattron

Technical

 * Peter Henderson – producer
 * Timothy Shepard – producer, artwork, executive producer
 * Bernard MacMahon – executive producer