Joy of a Toy

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Joy of a Toy
Kevin Ayers studio album

Publication
(s)

November 1969

Label (s) Enigma Records

Genre (s)

Progressive rock / art rock

Title (number)

10

running time

41:30

production

Kevin Ayers, Peter Jenner

chronology
- Joy of a Toy Shooting at the Moon
( 1970 )

Joy of a Toy is Kevin Ayers ' first solo album , which came into being after he left the band Soft Machine in 1968.

It was released in 1969 on the Harvest Records label and was produced by Kevin Ayers and Peter Jenner . The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios . Among the participating musicians included members of Soft Machine and Paul Buckmaster , and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd took part in the sessions. The track Religious Experience (Singing A Song in the Morning) recorded with him was not included on the album and was only released as a single in 1970.

reception

Joy of a Toy received mostly positive reviews from the critics. The music magazine Rolling Stone gave him four out of five stars. The Times calls it one of the best albums of all time.

Track list

All songs were written by Kevin Ayers.

  1. Joy of a Toy Continued (2:54)
  2. Town Feeling (4:51)
  3. The Clarietta Rag (3:20)
  4. Girl on a Swing (2:49)
  5. Song For Insane Times (4:01)
  6. Stop This Train (6:06)
  7. Eleanor's Cake (2:53)
  8. The Lady Rachel (5:17)
  9. Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong (5:35)
  10. All This Crazy Gift of Time (3:57)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC - Music - Review of Kevin Ayers - Joy Of A Toy. In: bbc.co.uk. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Julian Cope: Julian Cope presents Head Heritage - Unsung - Reviews - Kevin Ayers - Joy Of A Toy. In: headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Kevin Ayers: Joy of a Toy. In: munster-records.com. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .

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