Name: Word Of Mouth
Brand: The Kinks

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

2738394

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Download code: No

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-07-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Kinks

Genre GB

Classic

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<p>The Kinks are an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1963. The band was founded by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, along with Pete Quaife and Mick Avory. Throughout their career, The Kinks have explored various styles of rock music. In 2018, Ray Davies announced that the band had reformed for a new studio album and potential live performances. The Kinks were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.</p>

the rich, warm production is perfectly suited to some of ray davies' finest songs, 'good day' and 'summer's gone', while 'too hot' would have sounded right at home on muswell hillbillies, while 'sold me out' out-stones the rolling stones. for anyone sceptical about the kinks post-'70s output, this album will be a revelation. this 1984 album came near the end of the kinks' tenure with the arista label. though the band had enjoyed some of the greatest commercial success of their career on arista, 'word of mouth' sank with nary a trace upon release. ironically, the record is now quite clearly seen as their finest work of the decade. for the most part, 'word of mouth' is toned down from the volume and pace of its predecessors ('state of confusion', 'give the people what they want'), and there's a calm and quiet that pervades the whole album. this actually stands in marked contrast to the tumult and chaos the band was in the midst at the time this was recorded.

Word Of Mouth

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