Frestonia is the sixth album by British

United Kingdom

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 group Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera were a Scottish New Wave band from the Glasgow suburb of East Kilbride, formed in 1980 and centered around teenage singer-songwriter, Roddy Frame. Their album Love was among the nominations for Best British Album at the 1989 BRIT Awards....

, released in November 1995 on the Reprise Records

Reprise Records

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 label. It is the last album to be released under the name of Aztec Camera: Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician, who was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.-Career:...

's subsequent releases would be under his own name. The title of the album refers to the community of Frestonia

Frestonia

Frestonia was the name adopted by the residents of Freston Road, a street at the north western boundary of Notting Hill, London, also known as Notting Dale, when they attempted to secede from the United Kingdom in 1977. Actor David Rappaport was the Foreign Minister, while playwright Heathcote...

 in the Notting Hill

Notting Hill

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 district of London

London

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.

Frestonia was something of a low-key release, both musically and commercially, and is the only Aztec Camera album which failed to chart in the United Kingdom. Only one track, "Sun", was released as a single, and this too failed to chart.

Track listing

All tracks written by Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician, who was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.-Career:...

.

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
  Roddy Frame
  Roddy Frame is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician, who was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.-Career:...
  
  - guitar, vocals
• Yolande Charles - bass, background vocals
• Mark Edwards - keyboards
• Jeremy Stacey - drums
• Luis Jardim
  Luís Jardim
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   - percussion
• Claudia Fontaine
  Claudia Fontaine
  Claudia Fontaine is a backing vocalist from Bethnal Green, London, England. She has sung with Betty Boo, Dusty Springfield, Claudia Brücken, Julia Fordham and the bands Pink Floyd and The Beatmasters...
  
   - background vocals
• Audrey Riley
  Audrey Riley
  Audrey Riley is a cellist and string arranger based in the UK. Riley trained at the Guildhall School of Music with Leonard Stehn and was a cellist for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of The Family Cat. She has been a member of the post-minimalist band Icebreaker...
  
  , Chris Tombling, Leo Payne, Sue Dench - strings