The Kinks - Misfits (Translucent Blue vinyl)
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Ray Davies - vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
Dave Davies - lead guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "Trust Your Heart")
Mick Avory - drums, percussion (except as noted)
John Gosling - piano, organ, synthesizer
Andy Pyle - bass guitar
Nick Trevisik - drums on "Trust Your Heart", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
John Dalton - bass guitar on “In A Foreign Land”
Ron Lawrence - bass guitar on “Live Life,” “Rock and Roll Fantasy,” and “Get Up”
Zaine Griff - bass guitar overdubs
Clem Cattini - drum overdubs
John Beecham - trombone on "Black Messiah"
Nick Newall - clarinet on "Black Messiah"
Mike Cotton - trumpet on "Black Messiah"
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Translucent blue
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Arista
Recorded July 1977 - January 1978 at Konk Studios London
Engineered & mixed by Steve Waldman
Produced by Ray Davies
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1978
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A :
1 Misfits
2 Hay Fever
3 Live Life
4 Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy
5 In A Foreign Land
Side B :
1 Permanent Waves
2 Black Messiah
3 Out Of The Wardrobe
4 Trust Your Heart
5 Get Up
Reviews :
"The Kinks became arena rockers with Sleepwalker, and its follow-up, Misfits, follows in the same vein, but it's a considerable improvement on its predecessor. Ray Davies has learned how to write within the confines of the arena rock formula, and Misfits is one of rock & roll's great mid-life crisis albums, finding Davies considering whether he should even go on performing. "Misfits," a classic outsider rallying cry, and "Rock and Roll Fantasy" provide the two touchstones for the album -- Davies admits that he and the Kinks will never be embraced by the rock & roll mainstream, but after Elvis' death, he's not even sure if rock & roll is something for mature adults to do. Over the course of Misfits, he finds answers to the question, both in his lyrics and through the band's muscular music. Eventually, he discovers that it is worth his time, but the search itself is superbly affecting -- even songs like the musichall shuffle "Hay Fever," which appear as filler at first, have an idiosyncratic quirk that make them cut deeper. Although Ray would return to camp on their next album, Misfits is a moving record that manages to convey deep emotions while rocking hard. The Kinks hadn't made a record this good since Muswell Hillbillies." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 3,95 / 5