Misfits (The Kinks album)

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Allmusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Robert Christgau	(B)^[3]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)^[4]

Misfits is the sixteenth studio album by the English rock group The Kinks, released in 1978.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies, except as noted

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Misfits"	4:41
2.	"Hay Fever"	3:32
3.	"Live Life"	3:49
4.	"A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"	4:58
5.	"In a Foreign Land"	3:03

Side two
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 a shorter "Live Life" as a bonus track (different than the US version). Arista released a ten track CD (Arista 260 173) that reproduces the original, non-UK LP version.

Remastered CD
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
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

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

Notes

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Misfits > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ Blender review^{[dead link]}
^ "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
^ Emerson, Ken (12 July 1978). "The Kinks: Misfits". Rolling Stone (RS 269). Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007.

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[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Misfits > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

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

[3] "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

[4] Emerson, Ken (12 July 1978). "The Kinks: Misfits". Rolling Stone (RS 269). Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007.

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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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