The Kinks - Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
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Artist: The KinksEdition: Music CD
Published: 1969
CD Release Date: 1990-05-02
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Victoria
- Yes Sir, No Sir
- Some Mother's Son
- Drivin'
- Brainwashed
- Australia
- Shangri-La
- Mr. Churchill Says
- She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina
- Young and Innocent Days
- Nothing to Say
- Arthur
Music reviews of Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
Music Review: Great Kinks album
Rating: 5 Stars
Hoo boy! List the twenty albums that I have listened to more than any others in the last thirty or so years and this album will be there (along with several Beatles albums, Blonde on Blonde, Let it Bleed, etc.). This is the Kinks at their best. I bought this album on the basis of a positive review when it came out and, boy, am I glad that I did. Always more popular in the USA than in the UK, this album was embraced by yanks because of its highly melodic and tightly arranged songs about England in happier days. Few bands played this well. Few composers could turn out songs the way that Ray Davies did. Still brings a smile to my face when I hear one of these songs. Highly recommended.
Description of Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.Written as the score for a never-aired BBC television drama, Arthur is the story of late-'60s English working-class exhaustion. Perhaps not the most attention-grabbing subject for a rock album, but in Ray Davies's hands it's rich in texture and stylistic possibility. From the rousing ode to Britain's glorious past ("Victoria") to its less-than-glamorous present (that being the late '60s), Davies portrays a life of cautiously reduced expectations. Arthur once dreamed of owning his own business but has settled for a car and an indoor bathroom ("Shangri-La"). One of his sons spends his time complaining about the system ("Brainwashed"), the other dreams of moving to a new land of opportunity ("Australia"), and when they get together for Sunday dinner there's simply "Nothing to Say." The Kinks at their mighty and surprisingly tender best. --Percy Keegan
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