Low Budget (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Blender	^[3]
Robert Christgau	(B-)^[4]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)^[5]

Low Budget is a 1979 album by the English rock group, The Kinks. It was a great success for the group, becoming their best-selling non-compilation album, peaking at #11 on the US album charts.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Attitude"	3:47
2.	"Catch Me Now I'm Falling"	5:58
3.	"Pressure"	2:27
4.	"National Health"	4:02
5.	"(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"	5:59

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Low Budget"	3:50
2.	"In a Space"	3:44
3.	"Little Bit of Emotion"	4:51
4.	"A Gallon of Gas"	2:45
5.	"Misery"	2:57
6.	"Moving Pictures"	3:47

CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"A Gallon of Gas" (^{[Note 1]})	3:52
13.	"Catch Me Now I'm Falling" (^{[Note 2]})	6:49
14.	"(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" (^{[Note 3]})	6:01

Notes

^ U.S. single extended edit with extra verse. Originally released as a single in the United States only, August 1979.
^ Original extended edit. Previously unreleased.
^ Disco mix extended edit. Originally released as a 12″ single in the United States, March 12, 1979, and in the United Kingdom, March 1979. Never before released on compact disc.

Personnel

Ray Davies - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Dave Davies - guitar, background vocals
Jim Rodford - bass, background vocals
Mick Avory - drums
Nick Newall - saxophone

References

^ "Kinks, The - Low Budget". discogs.com. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Low Budget > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
^ Blender review^{[dead link]}
^ Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
^ Fricke, Davie (September 20, 1979). "The Kinks: Low Budget". Rolling Stone (RS 300). Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007.
^ "The Kinks' Chart Positions". kindakinks.net. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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[7] U.S. single extended edit with extra verse. Originally released as a single in the United States only, August 1979.

[8] Original extended edit. Previously unreleased.

[9] Disco mix extended edit. Originally released as a 12″ single in the United States, March 12, 1979, and in the United Kingdom, March 1979. Never before released on compact disc.

[discogs-1] "Kinks, The - Low Budget". discogs.com. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Low Budget > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

[3] Blender review^{[dead link]}

[4] Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

[5] Fricke, Davie (September 20, 1979). "The Kinks: Low Budget". Rolling Stone (RS 300). Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007.

[6] "The Kinks' Chart Positions". kindakinks.net. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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v t e The Kinks
Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton John Gosling Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Ian Gibbons Bob Henrit Gordon John Edwards Mark Haley
Studio albums	Kinks (1964) Kinks-Size (1965; US-only) Kinda Kinks (1965) Kinkdom (1965; US-only) The Kink Kontroversy (1965) Face to Face (1966) Something Else (1967) Village Green Preservation Society (1968) Arthur (1969) Lola Versus Powerman (1970) Percy (1971) Muswell Hillbillies (1971) Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) Preservation Act 1 (1973) Preservation Act 2 (1974) Soap Opera (1975) Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) Sleepwalker (1977) Misfits (1978) Low Budget (1979) Give the People What They Want (1981) State of Confusion (1983) Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) UK Jive (1989) Phobia (1993)
Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall (1968) One for the Road (1980) Live: The Road (1988) To the Bone (1994/1996) BBC Sessions: 1964–1977 (2001)
EPs	Kinksize Session (1964) Kwyet Kinks (1965)
Compilations	The Kinks Greatest Hits! (1966) Well Respected Kinks (1966) Sunny Afternoon (1967) Then Now and Inbetween (1969) The Kink Kronikles (1972) The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973) Come Dancing with The Kinks (1986) The Kinks Are Well Respected Men (1987) The Ultimate Collection (2002) Picture Book (2008) Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies (2012) The Essential Kinks (2014)
Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)
Concert tours	1965 UK tour 1965 US tour
Related articles	Discography Band members Session performers: Clem Cattini, Bobby Graham, Nicky Hopkins Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks Sunny Afternoon (musical)
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