Music Review
Other People's Lives
Ray Davies
Kinks founder Ray Davies has always struck me as the most english of pop stars. He never sounded 'american' when he sang as many of us do--quintessentially English marks both his approach and his music.
Waterloo Sunset and Lola cemented his role as part of British pop royalty. I heard a track from his new album on the radio and immediately went out and bought the album. "Other People's Lives" is Davies' first proper solo album, an amazing fact in and of itself given his longevity in the music biz. It follows in the wake of "Thanksgiving Day," a five-song EP that the singer/songwriter issued last November. Davies wrote, produced and arranged all of the music on "Other People's Lives," which he recorded at London's Konk Studios.
"The first words on the album are 'Things are gonna change, this is the morning after,'" Davies said in a statement. "This indicates that I'm going to do things differently from now on." The new recording is a testament to that, even though it still sounds "Kinky" to me.
Waterloo Sunset and Lola cemented his role as part of British pop royalty. I heard a track from his new album on the radio and immediately went out and bought the album. "Other People's Lives" is Davies' first proper solo album, an amazing fact in and of itself given his longevity in the music biz. It follows in the wake of "Thanksgiving Day," a five-song EP that the singer/songwriter issued last November. Davies wrote, produced and arranged all of the music on "Other People's Lives," which he recorded at London's Konk Studios.
"The first words on the album are 'Things are gonna change, this is the morning after,'" Davies said in a statement. "This indicates that I'm going to do things differently from now on." The new recording is a testament to that, even though it still sounds "Kinky" to me.