The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories


The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories is the fifth studio album by Kevin Ayers. Ayers moved to Island Records for this release which employed a vast array of session musicians. The album also marked the arrival of Patto guitarist Ollie Halsall, who would become a constant musical partner for Ayers. Other notable musicians are ex-King Crimson drummer Michael Giles, and Steve Nye and Simon Jeffes of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. The album was critically acclaimed on release with the NME's Nick Kent describing it as "Ayers' most formidable recorded work to date". The album features many of Ayers' most accessible songs and arrangements.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kevin Ayers

Side one

  1. "Day By Day" – 3:49
  2. "See You Later / Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought Of You" – 4:39
  3. "Everybody's Sometime And Some People's All The Time Blues" – 3:05
  4. "It Begins With A Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends With A Curse" – 8:16
  5. "Ballbearing Blues" – 0:55

    Side two

  6. "The Confessions Of Doctor Dream Irreversible Neural Damage Invitation The One Chance Dance Doctor Dream Theme" – 18:51
  7. "Two Goes Into Four" – 1:38

    2009 CD reissue

Musicians