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Muswell Hillbillies is the tenth studio album by the English rock group the Kinks. Released on 24 November 1971, it was the band's first album released through RCA Records. 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. [3]
"Muswell Hillbilly" has generally received positive reviews. Thomas Kitts wrote in his book, Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else, that "'Muswell Hillbilly' brings together [the Muswell Hillbillies album's] various musical and thematic motifs." AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited the track as a highlight from the Muswell Hillbillies album. [4]
The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due ...
The hard rock sound of Low Budget, released in 1979, helped make it the Kinks' second gold album and highest charting original album in the US, where it peaked at number 11. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The live album One for the Road was produced in 1980, along with a video of the same title, bringing the group's concert-drawing power to a peak that ...
"20th Century Man" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released as a single in December 1971 from the band's 1971 LP Muswell Hillbillies, an album with blues and country roots. It centered on such themes as poverty, housing development, alienation, the welfare state, and other troubles of the modern world. [1]
"Have a Cuppa Tea" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by the Kinks on their 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies. Like many Kinks songs, it is stylistically influenced by the British Music Hall. It also has a slight country influence—with the mesh of these two styles being a hallmark of the album. It is believed to be about Ray and Dave ...
Front entrance to Konk Studios. In 1971, the Kinks left Pye Records for a five-album stint with RCA, who offered them a million-dollar advance. [5] Ray and Dave Davies put this and money from recent hits like "Lola" towards a new studio of their own in Hornsey, a mile down the road from their home territory of Muswell Hill.
The piece differs from the other songs on Muswell Hillbillies in the fact that it features a much quieter sound and overall feel.Mick Avory's drums are absent, and the only instruments used are an acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboards (piano/organ).