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Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)

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Released
  
19 November 1984

Length
  
43:04

Word of Mouth (1984)
  
Think Visual (1986)

Release date
  
19 November 1984

Label
  
Arista Records

Studio
  
Konk Studios, London

Language
  
English

Artist
  
The Kinks

Producer
  
Ray Davies

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
June 1983 - September 1984

Similar
  
Phobia, State of Confusion, Think Visual, UK Jive, Preservation Act 2

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Word of Mouth is the twentieth studio album by the English rock group, The Kinks. "Do It Again" was released as a single from the album in 1985.

Contents

Information

The track "Living on a Thin Line" by Dave Davies was played three times in the 2001 episode "University" of the American TV show The Sopranos. According to producer Terence Winter on the DVD extras, it is the series' most asked about song.

The song "Good Day" includes an allusion to the death of actress Diana Dors.

The song "Do It Again" was featured in the film Click (released in 2006), and in trailers that were promoting the film. It was also used in TV ad promotions for the 2013 edition of the Tour de France.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ray Davies, except as noted.

Personnel

The Kinks
  • Ray Davies - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
  • Dave Davies - guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Guilty" and "Living on a Thin Line"
  • Jim Rodford - bass, background vocals
  • Mick Avory - drums on "Missing Persons", "Sold Me Out" and "Going Solo"
  • Bob Henrit - drums on all other tracks
  • Ian Gibbons - keyboards, background vocals
  • Technical
  • "Special thanks to" Luisa and John for their help on "Too Hot" and "Good Day"
  • David Baker - engineer
  • Donn Davenport - art direction
  • Chris Morton - concept
  • Maude Gilman, Howard Fritzson - design
  • Renate Stürmer - illustration
  • Chart performance

    The album spent twenty weeks on the U.S. Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of #57 in February 1985.

    Songs

    1Do It Again4:09
    2Word of Mouth3:51
    3Good Day4:35

    References

    Word of Mouth (The Kinks album) Wikipedia