DAYS & CONFUSED – The Kinks & STATE OF CONFUSION (1983) [email protected] January 22, 2024 0 Comments STATE OF CONFUSION (1983) is an engaging, conscientious album and when compared to what many of their contemporaries released the same year, positively accomplished. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, Ian Gibbons, Jim Rodford, Mick Avory, Ray Davies, State of Confusion, The Kinks
THAT’S SHOW BUSINESS – The Kinks & EVERYBODY’S IN SHOW-BIZ (1972) [email protected] July 15, 2023 0 Comments EVERYBODY’S IN SHOWBIZ: With a horn section in tow, it creates the effect of The Kinks sounding more native to New Orleans than N10. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, Everybody's in Showbiz, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, The Kinks
The Empire and the States: The Kinks & ‘ARTHUR’ (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire); [email protected] August 15, 2022 ‘ARTHUR’ (1969): Seeking out a song with more astute social comment than ‘Shangri-La’ is not worth the effort. It hasn’t been recorded. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, The Who, Tommy
REVOLUTION-CONVOLUTION-EVOLUTION: Twenty Great Albums of 1968 [email protected] April 7, 2022 Twenty Great Albums of 1968: Small Faces – OGDEN’S NUT GONE FLAKE: A fast moving feast of rock, layered pop, surrealism and Cockney revelry. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, The Band, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, Van Morrison
DOWN PAYMENT – The Kinks & ‘LOW BUDGET’ [email protected] March 15, 2022 The Kinks & ‘LOW BUDGET’: Raucous choruses and shout-a-long lines proved ideal for the arenas The Kinks were now playing. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, Low Budget, Mick Avory, Misfits, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, Sleepwalker, The Kinks, The Who
BLOODY MINDED – Twenty great albums of 1969……. [email protected] November 26, 2021 Twenty Great Albums of 1969: Chaos, copulation, conflict – the Rolling Stones cover it all on ‘LET IT BLEED’. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dusty Springfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Poco, Rolling Stones, The Band, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who
MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION – Twenty Great Albums of 1970 [email protected] June 22, 2021 The Domino effect: Eric Clapton produces a spotless collection with Derek & the Dominoes. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Creedence Clearwater Revival, CSNY, George Harrison, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison
ONLY TEENAGE WASTELAND? Twenty great albums of 1971…… [email protected] April 15, 2021 TWENTY GREAT ALBUMS of 1971: Blues, boogie, folk and fantasy – all bases covered on ‘LED ZEPPELIN IV’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Al Green, Carole King, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison
LONDON FALLING – The Kinks & ‘MUSWELL HILLBILLIES’……. [email protected] April 8, 2021 MUSWELL HILLBILLIES (1971) Amidst the poignancy and humour there is a sense Ray is fed up with the 70s – and they are only 18 months old. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, John Dalton, John Gosling, Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
IT’S A MIXED UP MUDDLED UP SHOOK UP WORLD – The Kinks & ‘Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround (Part One) [email protected] July 29, 2020 ‘LOLA vs POWERMAN and the MONEYGOROUND’ (1970) is a fascinating take on how Ray (and Dave) Davies viewed the state of the United Kinkdom. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, John Dalton, John Gosling, Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society