Everybody's in Show-Biz
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Everybody's in Show-Biz | ||||
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Studio album and live album by The Kinks | ||||
Released | 25 August 1972 | |||
Recorded | March - June 1972 at Morgan Studios, London and Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, 2–3 March 1972 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length |
69:26 (Original release) 74:29 (Remastered release) | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Ray Davies | |||
The Kinks chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Pitchfork Media | (9.5/10)[2] |
Blender | [3] |
Robert Christgau | B+[4] |
Rolling Stone | (favourable)[5] |
Piero Scaruffi | (4/10)[6] |
Everybody's in Show-Biz is the tenth studio album released by English rock group The Kinks, released in 1972. A double album, the first disc features studio recordings, while the second disc documents a two-night Carnegie Hall stand.
Everybody's in Show-Biz is often seen by fans as a transition album for The Kinks, marking the change in Ray Davies' songwriting style toward more theatrical, campy and vaudevillian work, as evidenced by the rock-opera concept albums that followed it.
This album marks Davies' first explorations of the trials of rock-star life and the monotony of touring (these themes would reappear in future releases like The Kinks Present A Soap Opera, Think Visual and the 1987 live album Live: The Road).[citation needed]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ray Davies, except as noted.Disc 1 | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
1. | "Here Comes Yet Another Day" | 3:53 | ||||||||
2. | "Maximum Consumption" | 4:04 | ||||||||
3. | "Unreal Reality" | 3:32 | ||||||||
4. | "Hot Potatoes" | 3:25 | ||||||||
5. | "Sitting in My Hotel" | 3:20 | ||||||||
6. | "Motorway" | 3:28 | ||||||||
7. | "You Don't Know My Name" | Dave Davies | 2:34 | |||||||
8. | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" | 3:29 | ||||||||
9. | "Look a Little on the Sunny Side" | 2:47 | ||||||||
10. | "Celluloid Heroes" | 6:19 |
Disc 2 Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 2–3 March 1972 | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
1. | "Top of the Pops" | 4:33 | ||||||||
2. | "Brainwashed" | 2:59 | ||||||||
3. | "Mr. Wonderful" | Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener | 0:42 | |||||||
4. | "Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues" | 4:00 | ||||||||
5. | "Holiday" | 3:53 | ||||||||
6. | "Muswell Hillbilly" | 3:10 | ||||||||
7. | "Alcohol" | 5:19 | ||||||||
8. | "Banana Boat Song" | Irving Burgie, William Attaway | 1:42 | |||||||
9. | "Skin and Bone" | 3:54 | ||||||||
10. | "Baby Face" | Benny Davis, Harry Akst | 1:54 | |||||||
11. | "Lola" | 1:40 |
1998 CD reissue bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
22. | "Till the End of the Day" | 2:00 | ||||||||
23. | "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" | 3:04 |
Personnel
- Ray Davies - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
- Dave Davies - lead guitar, slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar on "Celluloid Heroes", lead vocal on "You Don't Know My Name"
- John Dalton - bass guitar, backing vocals
- John Gosling - keyboards
- Mick Avory - drums
- Mike Cotton - trumpet
- John Beecham - trombone, tuba
- Alan Holmes - saxophone, clarinet
- Dave Rowberry - organ on "Celluloid Heroes"
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ↑ Josephes, Jason. "The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz". Archived from the original on 23 December 2001.
- ↑ Blender review
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ↑ Palmer, Bob (26 October 1972). "The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 120). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.
- ↑ Scaruffi, Piero (1999). "Kinks". pieroscaruffi.com. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- Everybody's in Show-Biz at Discogs (list of releases)
External links
- Official Ray Davies Web Site
- Dave Emlen's Unofficial Kinks Web Site - Covers Latest News Concerning the Kinks
- The Golden Age of the Kinks - Discusses the Kinks' Most Artistically Fertile Period (1966-1972)
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