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Frestonia is the sixth and final studio album by the Scottish band Aztec Camera, released in 1995.[4][5] Roddy Frame's subsequent releases would be under his own name. The title of the album refers to the community of Frestonia, in the Notting Hill district of London.

Frestonia
Studio album by Aztec Camera
Released	6 November 1995[1]
Recorded	April–August 1995
Length	48:33
Label	Reprise[2]
Producer	Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley[3]
Aztec Camera chronology
Dreamland (1993) Frestonia (1995)

Frestonia was the lowest-charting Aztec Camera album in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 100, whereas all previous releases made the top 30.[6] "Sun", the only single, failed to chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
New Straits Times	[9]
Martin C. Strong	5/10[10]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music	[11]
Wall of Sound	80/100[12]

The Independent determined that "apart from one or two highlights ... it's pretty dull fare, with desultory, predictable arrangements doing their best to avoid trampling over the lyrics."[13] The Record deemed the album "a repulsive bit of narcissism that can't even make a claim for tragic portent; instead, it just sounds like the work of a poser."[14]

In 2021, Pitchfork wrote: "Less musically adventurous than its predecessor, Aztec’s 1995 album Frestonia is strongest in its softest moments, trading the sonic ambition of Dreamland for a classic approach to solo songwriting."[15]

Track listing

All tracks written by Roddy Frame.

1. "Rainy Season" 5:41
2. "Sun" 4:28
3. "Crazy" 5:19
4. "On the Avenue" 3:43
5. "Imperfectly" 4:22
6. "Debutante" 7:10
7. "Beautiful Girl" 4:50
8. "Phenomenal World" 4:09
9. "Method of Love" 4:23
10. "Sunset" 4:21

Personnel

• Roddy Frame – guitar, vocals
• Yolanda Charles – bass, background vocals
• Mark Edwards – keyboards
• Jeremy Stacey – drums
• Luís Jardim – percussion
• Claudia Fontaine – background vocals
• Audrey Riley, Chris Tombling, Leo Payne, Sue Dench – strings

References

На других языках

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[es] Frestonia (álbum)

Frestonia es el sexto y último álbum de la banda escocesa Aztec Camera. A estas alturas de su carrera, Aztec Camera se había convertido en un conjunto de músicos más o menos asiduo al solista, Roddy Frame. Esto le empujó a comenzar su carrera en solitario con su primer álbum publicado en 1998, titulado The North Star. En este último trabajo con Aztec Camera, sigue los mismos esquemas de su anterior álbum, Dreamland: canciones suaves y discretas.

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