Search - Artist/Band: Fairground Attraction

Artist Info

  • Band Name: Fairground Attraction
  • Formed: 1986
  • Disbanded: 1990
  • Decades Active: 1980,1990
  • Genre: Rock
  • Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
  • Moods: Dramatic, Organic, Poignant, Soothing, Gentle, Light, Literate, Melancholy, Passionate, Reflective, Theatrical, Yearning, Delicate, Earnest, Sophisticated, Wistful, Autumnal, Intimate, Plaintive, Somber, Urgent

Albums

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Title Release
  • First of a Million Kisses/Ay Fond Kiss/Mirmama
  • 12/07/2002
  • The Very Best of Fairground Attraction
  • 02/21/1997
  • Ay Fond Kiss
  • 06/1990

    Group Bio

    British neo-skiffle pop quartet led by singer Eddi Reader (b.Aug 28, 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) and featuring guitarist Mark Nevin, guitaron player Simon Edwards, and drummer Roy Dodds. The group went to #1 in the U.K. with their single "Perfect" in May 1988 and released its debut album, First of a Million Kisses. Reader then quit, and the remaining members made Ay Fond Kiss before disbanding. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide