Falling Up (Kevin Ayers album)

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

Falling Up
Studio album by Kevin Ayers
Released	February 1988
Recorded	May–June 1987
Studio	Trak Studios, Madrid, Spain
Genre	Rock
Length	37:08
Label	Virgin
Producer	Colin Fairley
Kevin Ayers chronology
As Close As You Think (1986) Falling Up (1988) Still Life with Guitar (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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

1. Allmusic review

• Original LP sleevenotes