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~ Ray Davies
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  • Audio CD (6 Feb 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: V2
  • ASIN: B000E0DJ0Y
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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1. Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)
2. After The Fall
3. Next Door Neighbour
4. All She Wrote
5. Creatures Of Little Faith
6. Run Away From Time
7. Tourist
8. Is There Life After Breakfast
9. Getaway (Lonesome Train)
10. Other People's Lives
11. Stand Up Comic
12. Over My Head

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Debut album from former Kinks lead-singer and chief songwriter, Ray Davies. Following tremendous success across four decades with his band, this recording represents Davies' firstsolo attempt. With the subtly that has made him a British songwriting icon, Davies delivers here a wonderful collectionof catchy melodic pop tunes. Released on V2 Records, the album was self-produced and recorded at Konk Studios in London.

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50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A rare and very special event!, 1 Feb 2006
By John K. Gateley "johngateley" (Bracknell, UK) - See all my reviews
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It's not every day you get the chance to buy a new album from Ray Davies. This is his first ever solo album of new material since the Kinks released their last new album of new material some 12 years ago. Davies is one of this country's finest modern day songwriters. If he had only written Waterloo Sunset and nothing else, he would have gone down in rock history as a great songwriter. But we all know he has achieved much more and is a cornerstone of modern rock and pop music. This new album contains a dozen little masterpieces including the classic Stand Up Comic (which would be a hit if it was released), The Tourist and many more. When most, if not all, of his peers have forgotten how to write a great tune and lyrics, Ray has proved he can still cut it. Mixing great and wry lyrics plus excellent arrangements, this is a must have album for Kinks fans as well as anyone who has loved the Kinks over the years. If you read this Ray, thanks Mate from all of us, this is very special stuff; a different league.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Living Legend Returns - A Kink Alone, 6 April 2006
By David Gallagher "a_band_apart" (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Well, I saw Ray live last September and he played some of the tracks to be featured on this long-awaited album then, The Tourist and Stand-Up Comic amongst the set. I loved these new tracks and looked forward to the February launch, hoping that live memories wouldn't taint the album for me.

I needn't have worried. The album is spectacular. The sound is not far away from The Kinks later material, and in passion, not far away from the mid-60s work. There are songs reminiscent of the legendary Kinks Village Green album (Next Door Neighbour) as well as songs unlike any in Davies' oeuvre (Other Peoples Lives, with its Latin sound). Ray is 61 years old but still has the passion of a younger man (not to mention the voice) on tracks like After The Fall and Things Are Gonna Change. The hidden track at the end of the last song, Thanksgiving Day seems like a tribute to the USA, where he has spent many of the last few years and is a jaunty pop song.

If you like this, check out The Storyteller, with its acoustic setting and its crazy narration. At 61, Ray Davies is finally, a bona-fide solo star.

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blindin' mate .. absolutely bloomin' blindin'!!, 4 Mar 2006
By Jason Walker (Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This CD is astounding. Several of the songs should be hits, if there's any justice in this world. Ray Davies's lyrics are still oblique, sardonic and full of biting reality that make him one of the truly great song writers of our time - alongside Dylan, Steve Earle and Jackson Browne, to name a few. I always get the feeling that he manages to say directly what people are thinking but are too afraid to voice, or are ready to deny about the world and themselves (... I humbly include myself in all that too). The best tracks are The Morning After, Next Door Neighbour, The Stand Up Comic, Life After Breakfast .. but all the songs are very strong lyrically and melodically. This album is not to be missed and I hope it doesn't get dismissed or ignored, as a lot of worthwhile music is these days. It says a lot about the times we're living in ... and maybe we should be listening very hard. Nice one Mr Davies. Very nice indeed :o)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Other People's Lives - Ray Davies. More please!
Having been a huge Kinks fan I approached this with a little trepidation -would it be Ray at his best (as in Village Green Preservation Society) or his over-indulgent worst... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Victor Tugelbend

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Reminder of how Great The Kinks Are
It's 13 years since the last Kinks studio album...in fact it's over 40 years since You Really Got Me (a tune I once rather foolishly attempted at Karaoke in Ibiza) hit the top of... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2006 by IWFIcon

3.0 out of 5 stars Competent Modern Rock, But Nothing More
Ray Davies's first solo album 'Other People's Lives' is a rather typical modern pop/rock album in that its slick and polished production and predictable arrangements (bordering on... Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2006 by Jervis

2.0 out of 5 stars a shame
Ray Davies is probably my hero. I discovered The Kinks when I was sixteen, about ten years ago, and they're something of a cult band among my friends. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2006 by blay24

5.0 out of 5 stars shakespeare of pop returns....
having been the kinks greatest fan growing up and admiring Ray Davies's music for so long what a pleasure to hear him returning to all his 60's and 70's glory. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2006 by david linnen

5.0 out of 5 stars Dedicated follower of Ray
Ray Davies seems to have been around an awful long time -so to call this his first solo album is almost misleading. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2006 by Mr. MG Lock

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait
In the decade or so since the Kinks finally called it a day, their reputation has grown and grown. They are now acknowledged as one of the select bands who set the direction for... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2006

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait
In the decade or so since the Kinks finally called it a day, their reputation has grown and grown. They are now acknowledged as one of the select bands who set the direction for... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2006 by Eddy Knasel

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Solo Effort From the Greatest British Songwriter Ever
In his first proper solo album Ray Davies features 13 new songs. The first words on the record are “Things are gonna change”. Are they really? Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2006 by Jukka Palm

5.0 out of 5 stars solo stardom
It is amazing to think that this is a Ray Davies first, it is unbelievable that this man has never made a solo album until now. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2006

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