Ray Davies - Return to Waterloo: The Kinks
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Artist: Ray DaviesEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Music Label: Velvel Records
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Return To Waterloo
- Going Solo
- Missing Persons
- Sold Me Out
- Lonely Hearts
- Not Far Away
- Expectations
- Voices In The Dark (End Title)
Music reviews of Return to Waterloo: The Kinks
Music Review: + 1/2 stars...Ray Davies Explores Familiar Territory
Rating: 3 Stars
This album, first released twenty years ago, is a Kinks album in everything but name. As such, it is the only solo studio album by Ray Davies. However, the musicians credited on the album comprise the then-current lineup of The Kinks: Ian Gibbons (synths & keyboards), Jim Rodford (bass), and Bob Henritt and original member Mick Avory on drums. [Although brother Dave is not credited, three of these songs--"Going Solo," "Sold Me Out" and "Missing Persons"--first appeared on 1984's WORD OF MOUTH.]
This only leaves five new songs that are from a long out-of-print soundtrack to a film written and directed by the Kinks' frontman. The title track is a terrific song tinged with nostalgia and regret. [One of Ray's favorite themes.] "Lonely Hearts" is a touching ballad, but not one of Ray's first-rate efforts. "Not Far Away" is a punchy rocker railing against the conformity of society. In "Expectations," Ray laments how England has let him down. "Voices in the Dark" has Ray exploring the feeling of loneliness. [Favorite line: "A voice that has no face/Is lost in time and inner space/Chasing dreams that got lost in the dark.]
Lyrically there's nothing really new here. Ray has explored these themes before on albums like VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY and ARTHUR. But if you passed on this album when it was first released, there is a hole in your Kinks collection. While it has a running time of just over thirty-one minutes, there are enough good songs to justify its purchase. RECOMMENDED
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