Misfits (The Kinks album)
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| Studio album by The Kinks | ||||
| Released | 19 May 1978 | |||
| Recorded | July 1977 - January 1978 at Konk Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:29 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Ray Davies | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Blender |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | (B)[3]</ref> |
| Rolling Stone | (favourable)[4] |
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Misfits is a 1978 album by the English rock group The Kinks.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ray Davies, except as noted.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Misfits" | 4:41 | |||||||
| 2. | "Hay Fever" | 3:32 | |||||||
| 3. | "Live Life" | 3:49 | |||||||
| 4. | "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" | 4:58 | |||||||
| 5. | "In a Foreign Land" | 3:03 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Permanent Waves" | 3:47 | |||||||
| 2. | "Black Messiah" | 4:08 | |||||||
| 3. | "Out of the Wardrobe" | 3:35 | |||||||
| 4. | "Trust Your Heart" | Dave Davies | 4:11 | ||||||
| 5. | "Get Up" | 3:22 | |||||||
On the UK version of the LP, a longer version of "Live Life" (4:47) switches places with "Black Messiah". Remastered CD releases have the UK LP track order and include the shorter "Live Life" as a bonus track. Arista released a ten track CD (Arista 260 173) that reproduces the original, non-UK LP version.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Misfits" | 4:42 | |||||||
| 2. | "Hay Fever" | 3:33 | |||||||
| 3. | "Black Messiah" | 4:08 | |||||||
| 4. | "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" | 4:58 | |||||||
| 5. | "In a Foreign Land" | 3:02 | |||||||
| 6. | "Permanent Waves" | 3:48 | |||||||
| 7. | "Live Life" | 4:47 | |||||||
| 8. | "Out of the Wardrobe" | 3:37 | |||||||
| 9. | "Trust Your Heart" | Dave Davies | 4:11 | ||||||
| 10. | "Get Up" | 3:22 | |||||||
| Remastered CD bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 11. | "Black Messiah" (Single remix) | 3:37 | |||||||
| 12. | "Father Christmas" | 3:42 | |||||||
| 13. | "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" (US single edit) | 4:01 | |||||||
| 14. | "Live Life" (US single remix) | 3:47 | |||||||
[edit] Musicians and production
- Ray Davies: vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
- Dave Davies: lead guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "Trust Your Heart")
- Mick Avory: drums except as noted
- Andy Pyle: bass guitar except as noted
- John Gosling: piano, organ, synthesizer
- John Dalton: bass guitar on "In a Foreign Land"
- Ron Lawrence: bass guitar on "Live Life", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
- Nick Trevisik: drums on "Trust Your Heart", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
- Zaine Griff: bass guitar overdubs
- Clem Cattini: drum overdubs
- John Beecham: trombone on "Black Messiah"
- Nick Newall: clarinet on "Black Messiah"
- Mike Cotton: trumpet on "Black Messiah"
- Written and Produced by Raymond Douglas Davies
- Engineered by Steve Waldman
[edit] Notes
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Misfits > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Blender review[dead link]
- ^ "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1464. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Emerson, Ken (12 July 1978). "The Kinks: Misfits". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 269). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071209183333/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/121725/review/5946116/misfits.
- The Kinks - Misfits at Discogs (list of releases)
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