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Muswell Hillbillies

The first album for RCA, with brass from the Mike Cotton Sound.
The Kinks, 1971

Released
24 November 1971
Recorded
August to October 1971
Studio
Morgan Studios, Willesden
Label
RCA
Producer
Ray Davies
Length
44:38

It was the first Kinks album for RCA and was produced by Ray at Morgan Studios. The Mike Cotton Sound supplied brass. It reached 100 on Billboard and did not chart in the UK. Pitchfork gave it 8.9, and the 1984 Rolling Stone album guide gave it five stars.

Track listing

  1. 20th Century Man5:57
  2. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues3:32
  3. Holiday2:40
  4. Skin and Bone3:39
  5. Alcohol3:35
  6. Complicated Life4:02
  7. Here Come the People in Grey3:46
  8. Have a Cuppa Tea3:45
  9. Holloway Jail3:29
  10. Oklahoma U.S.A.2:38
  11. Uncle Son2:33
  12. Muswell Hillbilly4:58

More from The Kinks

Kinks (1964), The Kink Kontroversy (1965), Kinda Kinks (1965), Face to Face (1966), Something Else by the Kinks (1967), The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969), Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970), Low Budget (1979), State of Confusion (1983)

Sources

  1. Muswell Hillbillies, Wikipedia