Ray Davies

Raymond Douglas Davies was born on June 21, 1944 in Muswell Hill, London, ENGLAND; although he's best known as the chief songwriter singer+guitarist for The Kinks, one of the most influential bands of the '60s British music scene, Davies also composed several pioneering rock operas including, "The Village Green Preservation Society", "Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)" and "Preservation". Following the initial British Invasion, further stateside success continued with The Kinks becoming a major act over the next two decades; they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

In 1983 Davies wrote and directed his first film for Channel 4, "Return To Waterloo" but the soundtrack album, the firs LP credited to Ray Davies, failed to chart and went out of print the year after its summer 1985 release.
In 1995 he published his unauthorized autobiography, "X-Ray", to critical acclaim and since then has been touring internationally with his one-man show, "The Storyteller"; the album which accompanied the project was released in March of 1998.
Ray Davies resurfaced with his first proper solo album, "Other People's Lives", in February 2006; it reached #122 on the American Billboard Top 200 chart spawning a minor Adult Contemporary hit single in "Things Are Gonna Change".

Released free with every copy of The Sunday Times in October 2007, the new LP, "Working Man's Café", is Davies' official second solo album. Recorded in Nashville and mixed at London's Konk Studios the disc is available to buy with two extra bonus tracks.

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Return To Waterloo
[soundtrack]

(1985)

1. intro
2. Return To Waterloo
3. Going Solo
4. Missing Persons
5. Sold Me Out
6. Lonely Hearts
7. Not Far Away
8. Expectations
9. Voices In The Dark (End Title)

 

The Storyteller

(1998)

1. Storyteller
2. Introduction
3. Victoria
4. My Name [dialogue]
5. 20th Century Man
6. London Song
7. My Big Sister [dialogue]
8. That Old Black Magic
9. Tired Of Waiting
10. Set Me Free [instrumental]
11. Dad And The Green Amp [dialogue]
12. Set Me Free
13. The Front Room [dialogue]
14. See My Friends
15. Autumn Almanac
16. Hunchback [dialogue]
17. X-Ray
18. Art School [dialogue]
19. Art School Babe
20. Back In The Front Room
21. Writing The Song [dialogue]
22. When Big Bill Speaks / The Man Who Knew A Man [dialogue]
23. It's Alright [Managers dialogue]
24. It's Alright [Havana version, The Kinks Name dialogue]
25. It's Alright [Up Tempo, On The Road dialogue]
26. Julie Finkle [dialogue]
27. The Ballad Of Julie Finkle
28. The Third Single [dialogue]
29. You Really Got Me
30. London Song [studio version]

 

Other People's Lives

(2006)

1. Things Are Gonna Change
2. After The Fall
3. Next-Door Neighbour
4. All She Wrote
5. Creatures Of Little Faith
6. Run Away From Time
7. The Tourist
8. Is There Life After Breakfast?
9. The Getaway (Lonesome Train)
10. Other People's Lives
11. Stand Up Comic
12. Over My Head
13. Thanksgiving Day

 

Working Man's Café

(2007)

1. Vietnam Cowboys
2. You're Asking Me
3. Working Man's Café
4. Morphine Song
5. In A Moment
6. Peace In Our Time
7. No One Listen
8. Imaginary Man
9. One More Time
10. The Voodoo Walk
11. Hymn For A New Age [bonus track]
12. The Real World [bonus track]

 

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