Post by Smiley on Aug 31, 2007 18:43:24 GMT -5
Wednesday, 12 September 2007 _ THANKS TO GIB for all the INFO! ;D
Ray Davies Returns With New Solo LP!
‘Working Mans Café’ released October 29th
Eighteen months after releasing his first ever solo album, Ray Davies is back with what promises to be one of the best albums of his incredible career. While last year’s ‘Other People’s Lives’ was a lifetime in the making, this new album happened relatively quickly.
Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in North London at Konk earlier this year, ‘Working Mans Café’ features 12 stellar songs written by Ray Davies and co- produced with Ray Kennedy. They assembled a crackerjack band of top musicians who breathe life into a wonderful collection of songs.
The 12 new songs are vintage Ray Davies and bears all the hallmark classic musical and lyrical insights we have come to expect from him. The album is infused with a transatlantic sound befitting Ray’s close ties to the American south coupled with his well respected Englishness. From the first upbeat notes of the lead track ‘Vietnam Cowboys’, it is clear Ray has never sung better.
‘Working Mans Café’ is a wistful, humorous and poignant look at today, just what we have come to expect from one of Britain’s greatest songwriters. Highlights are many and include the Preservation Jazz Hall sway of ‘Morphine Song’, the painful longing of ‘Imaginary Man’ and the haunting emotion of ‘One More Time’.
‘You’re Asking Me’ and ‘In A Moment’ offer incredibly affecting pop while ‘Working Man’s Café’ revisits familiar Davies territory – that yearning for an era gone by. Brimming with variety, ‘Voodoo Walk’ is a steamy stroll on the rock side.
‘Where is the real world?’ he asks on the album’s final track after giving ample evidence throughout this impressive 12-song cycle that it lives within these grooves.
Thanks to Mr. Lenny for the Swedish translation and GIB for finding this GREAT piece of information ;D
Hot off the press from V2;
Ray Davies släpper nytt album i very *friendly* personet av oktober!
31 Aug 2007
Kinkslegenden Ray Davies släpper ett nytt album "Working Man's Café" i very *friendly* personet av oktober. Första spåret heter "Vietnam Cowboys" och är bland de starkare spåren han skrivit. Vi ser skarpt fram emot att återse honom på svensk mark tidigt
2008.
Ray Davies releases new album in the end of October.
The legendary front man of The Kinks, releases his new album ¨Working Man´s Cafe¨ in the end of october. The first track ¨Vietnam Cowboys¨ is among the strongest songs he has ever written. We are looking forward to see him on Swedish ground early 2008.
Those of you elsewhere in the world may wanna keep some free space in your diaries, too.....
Thanks again GIB! & Mr. Lenny
Ray Davies Returns With New Solo LP!
‘Working Mans Café’ released October 29th
Eighteen months after releasing his first ever solo album, Ray Davies is back with what promises to be one of the best albums of his incredible career. While last year’s ‘Other People’s Lives’ was a lifetime in the making, this new album happened relatively quickly.
Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in North London at Konk earlier this year, ‘Working Mans Café’ features 12 stellar songs written by Ray Davies and co- produced with Ray Kennedy. They assembled a crackerjack band of top musicians who breathe life into a wonderful collection of songs.
The 12 new songs are vintage Ray Davies and bears all the hallmark classic musical and lyrical insights we have come to expect from him. The album is infused with a transatlantic sound befitting Ray’s close ties to the American south coupled with his well respected Englishness. From the first upbeat notes of the lead track ‘Vietnam Cowboys’, it is clear Ray has never sung better.
‘Working Mans Café’ is a wistful, humorous and poignant look at today, just what we have come to expect from one of Britain’s greatest songwriters. Highlights are many and include the Preservation Jazz Hall sway of ‘Morphine Song’, the painful longing of ‘Imaginary Man’ and the haunting emotion of ‘One More Time’.
‘You’re Asking Me’ and ‘In A Moment’ offer incredibly affecting pop while ‘Working Man’s Café’ revisits familiar Davies territory – that yearning for an era gone by. Brimming with variety, ‘Voodoo Walk’ is a steamy stroll on the rock side.
‘Where is the real world?’ he asks on the album’s final track after giving ample evidence throughout this impressive 12-song cycle that it lives within these grooves.
Thanks to Mr. Lenny for the Swedish translation and GIB for finding this GREAT piece of information ;D
Hot off the press from V2;
Ray Davies släpper nytt album i very *friendly* personet av oktober!
31 Aug 2007
Kinkslegenden Ray Davies släpper ett nytt album "Working Man's Café" i very *friendly* personet av oktober. Första spåret heter "Vietnam Cowboys" och är bland de starkare spåren han skrivit. Vi ser skarpt fram emot att återse honom på svensk mark tidigt
2008.
Ray Davies releases new album in the end of October.
The legendary front man of The Kinks, releases his new album ¨Working Man´s Cafe¨ in the end of october. The first track ¨Vietnam Cowboys¨ is among the strongest songs he has ever written. We are looking forward to see him on Swedish ground early 2008.
Those of you elsewhere in the world may wanna keep some free space in your diaries, too.....
Thanks again GIB! & Mr. Lenny
