[SACD-R][OF] The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies - 1971/2004 (Rock)

The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies (1971 - 2004 Remaster)

Жанр: Rock
Recorded: at Morgan Studio, London, August-October 1971
Производитель диска: USA
Аудио кодек: DSD 2.0
Битрейт аудио: 1 bit / 2.8 MHz
Тип рипа: image (ISO)
Label: Koch Records VEL-SC-79801
Producers: Ray Davies

Продолжительность:51:44
Треклист:
01. 20th Century Man 05:57
02. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues 03:30
03. Holiday 02:39
04. Skin & Bone 03:37
05. Alcohol 03:35
06. Complicated Life 04:02
07. Here Come The People In Grey 03:45
08. Have A Cuppa Tea 03:43
09. Holloway Jail 03:25
10. Oklahoma U.s.a. 02:38
11. Uncle Son 02:30
12. Muswell Hillbilly 04:57
------- Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks ---------
13. Mountain Woman 03:09
14. Kentucky Moon 03:54

Доп. информация:
Muswell Hillbillies is the ninth studio album by the English rock group The Kinks, released in November 1971. The album is named after the Muswell Hill area of North London, where band leader Ray Davies and guitarist Dave Davies grew up and the band formed in the early 1960s. The album centred on themes of poverty and working-class life, as well as the destruction and subdivision of old Victorian neighbourhoods—a practice that had become commonplace in North London during the 1970s.

How did the Kinks respond to the fresh start afforded by Lola? By delivering a skewed, distinctly British, cabaret take on Americana, all pinned down by Ray Davies’ loose autobiography and intense yearning to be anywhere else but here — or, as he says on the opening track, “I’m a 20th century man, but I don’t want to be here.” Unlike its predecessors, Muswell Hillbillies doesn’t overtly seem like a concept album — there are no stories as there are on Lola — but each song undoubtedly shares a similar theme, namely the lives of the working class. Cleverly, the music is a blend of American and British roots music, veering from rowdy blues to boozy vaudeville. There’s as much good humor in the performances as there are in Davies’ songs, which are among his savviest and funniest. They’re also quite affectionate, a fact underpinned by the heartbreaking “Oklahoma U.S.A.,” one of the starkest numbers Davies ever penned, seeming all the sadder surrounded by the careening country-rock and music hall. That’s the key to Muswell Hillbillies — it mirrors the messy flow of life itself, rolling from love letters and laments to jokes and family reunions. Throughout it all, Davies’ songwriting is at a peak, as are the Kinks themselves. There are a lot of subtle shifts in mood and genre on the album, and the band pulls it off effortlessly and joyously — but it’s hard not to hear Dave Davies’ backing vocals and have it not sound joyous. Regardless of its commercial fate, Muswell Hillbillies stands as one of the Kinks’ best albums.

Ray Davies - Guitar, Vocals
Dave Davies - Guitar, Vocals
John Dalton - Bass
Mick Avory - Drums
John Gosling - Keyboards

Brass on tracks 2 an 5 by the Mike Cotton Sound
Mike Cotton - Trumpet
Alan Holmes - Clarinet
John Beecham - Trombone, Tuba

Written-By – Raymond Douglas Davies

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