Ay Fond Kiss
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| Studio album by Fairground Attraction | ||||
| Released | 18 June 1990 | |||
| Recorded | January, 1988 - December, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Skiffle, folk, pop | |||
| Length | 39:23 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Fairground Attraction | |||
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Ay Fond Kiss is the second and final studio album released by British group Fairground Attraction. It was released on 18 June 1990. The title is a misspelling of the Robert Burns poem "Ae Fond Kiss", which lead singer Eddi Reader also covered on her 2003 album Sings the Songs of Robert Burns. The album consists mostly of unreleased recordings and B-sides to previously released singles. The album was also released after Reader had left the group. It peaked at number 55 in the UK Albums Chart.
The album features cover versions of several songs, including Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" (which was previously released as the B-side to the group's hit single "Find My Love"), Donny Hathaway's "Tryin Times", Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight" and The Beatles "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" as well as Robert Burns "Ae Fond Kiss" and a few other traditional songs.
The only single to be released from the album was "Walkin' After Midnight". It peaked at number 97 on the UK Singles Chart.
Lead guitarist Mark E. Nevin has said of the album:
"On each of the Fairground Attraction singles we recorded 3 extra tracks as 'B-sides'. We felt that it was good value for money and also a good opportunity to record songs that we may not have put on albums.
'Ay Fond Kiss' is basically these b-sides, a live version of 'Allelujah' and the previously unreleased 'Cajun Band', a song written by our friend Anthony Thistlethwaite that we had recorded for a bit of fun during the 'First of a Million Kisses' sessions. We had wanted it to be a budget priced album and clearly sold as that, but when we split up RCA put it out at full price with no indication that it wasn't in fact a 'proper' album (sneaky).
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