Still Life with Guitar is the fourteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers. It was the final recording to feature guitarist Ollie Halsall, who died shortly after its release. Ayers would not record another album of new material for fifteen years.
Track listing All tracks composed by Kevin Ayers; except where noted. "Feeling This Way" – 2:43 "Something in Between" (Ayers, Mark Nevin) – 3:15 "Thank You Very Much" – 3:18 "There Goes Johnny" – 4:03 "Ghost Train" (Ayers, Peter Halsall) – 4:27 "I Don't Depend on You" – 3:36 "When Your Parents Go to Sleep" – 4:46 "M16" – 2:54 "Don't Blame Them" – 1:53 "Irene Goodnight" (Traditional; arranged by Ayers) – 3:29
Personnel Musicians Kevin Ayers – guitar, vocals Ollie Halsall – acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8–9), vibraphone (track 6) Mark E. Nevin – acoustic guitar (tracks 3–4, 7, 10) Mike Oldfield – guitar (track 6) B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar (tracks 4, 7) Kevin Armstrong – guitar (tracks 1, 7) Stuart Bruce – synthesizer (track 8), backing vocals (track 6) Simon Clarke – Hammond organ (track 6) Graham Henderson – Hammond organ (track 7), piano (track 2), accordion (track 4, 10) Anthony Moore – synthesizer (track 2), keyboards (tracks 3, 5) Danny Thompson – double bass (tracks 4–9) Richard Lee – double bass (track 10) Simon Edwards – guitarrón (track 3) Roy Dodds – drums (tracks 3–5, 7, 9–10) Gavin Harrison – drums (tracks 6, 8) Steve Monti – drums (track 1) Ben Darlow – backing vocals (track 6)
Technical Kevin Ayers – producer Dave Vatch – producer Ben Darlow – engineer Martin Mitchell – engineer Stuart Bruce – engineer Mathias Augustyniak, Michaël Amzalag – art direction, design, illustration Dan Salzmann – photography
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