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 "(Another) Saturday Night (In Deya)" (Kevin Ayers, Peter Halsall) – 4:02 "Flying Start" (Mike Oldfield) – 3:38 "The Best We Have" (Ayers, Halsall) – 3:29 "Another Rolling Stone" (Ayers, Marvin Siau) – 5:17 "Do You Believe" (Ayers) – 5:54 "That's What We Did (Today)" (Ayers, Halsall) – 3:44 "Night Fighters" (Ayers, Halsall) – 4:58 "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