To the Bone

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To the Bone
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Artist: The Kinks
Released: 1994, October
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Tracks

  All Day and All of the Night (Davies) Lyrics
  Apeman (Davies) Lyrics
  Tired of Waiting for You (Davies) Lyrics
  See My Friends (Davies) Lyrics
  Death of a Clown (Davies/Davies) Lyrics
  Muswell Hillbilly (Davies) Lyrics
  Better Things (Davies) Lyrics
  Don't Forget to Dance (Davies) Lyrics
  Sunny Afternoon (Davies) Lyrics
  10  Dedicated Follower of Fashion (Davies) Lyrics
  11  Do It Again [Acoustic] (Davies) Lyrics
  12  Do It Again (Davies) Lyrics
  13  Celluloid Heroes (Davies) Lyrics
  14  Picture Book (Davies) Lyrics
  15  Village Green Preservation Society (Davies) Lyrics
  16  Do You Remember Walter? (Davies) Lyrics
  17  Set Me Free (Davies) Lyrics
  18  Lola (Davies) Lyrics
  19  Come Dancing (Davies) Lyrics
  20  I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Davies) Lyrics
  21  Till the End of the Day (Davies) Lyrics
  22  Give the People What They Want (Davies) Lyrics
  23  State of Confusion (Davies) Lyrics
  24  Dead End Street (Davies) Lyrics
  25  A Gallon of Gas (Davies) Lyrics
  26  Days (Davies) Lyrics
  27  You Really Got Me (Davies) Lyrics
  28  Animal (Davies) Lyrics
  29  To the Bone (Davies) Lyrics
All album lyrics on one page 

Credits

Mixed at Konk Studio
Produced by Ray Davies
Engineered by Stan Loubieres
Assistant Engineer Will Pitt

Vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboards: Ray Davies
Lead guitar and vocals: Dave Davies
Bass and vocals: Jim Rodford
Drums and percussion: Bob Henrit
Keyboards and vocals: Ian Gibbons

All songs composed by Ray Davies with the exception of "Death Of A Clown"
composed by Ray Davies and Dave Davies

A Message From Ray and Dave Davies:

"I must have played YOU REALLY GOT ME a thousand times and yet at each performance there was something different about it." Most people think of the KINKS records and have a single memory. That becomes nostalgia. When you are actually playing the songs it feels different every time. Earlier this year, the band went into Konk studio and played the songs in front of a small audience. This record is a unique combination of these recordings and live concerts recorded during the Kinks tours the previous year. The record starts with ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT being performed in front of a wild crowd, then we make the transition into the intimate surroundings of Konk Studio where the band perform a calypso version of APEMAN. Spontaneous and unpredictable as ever, the KINKS then run through an impromptu set of their hits and cult classics. "It is still unclear to me what a pop song actually provideds for people apart from entertainment. In the end, when you strip the music bare, you are left with all these songs that on the surface don't add up to much. So much music is over produced and hyped up so that we don't believe the hype." TO THE BONE is a combination of KINKS songs played in two very different environments. This record is to the point. No strings attached. No obligation but to listen and join in with the audience as they sing SUNNY AFTERNOON and DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION accompanied only by Ray Davies and his acoustic guitar. Then it's back to those memorable power chords of Daves as the band take the stage and perform YOU REALLY GOT ME with that famous opening riff. It's gritty stuff. Unapologetic and uncompromising. Yet it still makes the audience want to be part of it.

Reviews

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7/10 David Christie (June 20, 2006)
Anyone who loves The Kinks will love this one.
Interspersed with live locales and studio offerings this little gem just got to me which proves that I am truly not very \'present\' with respect to my music.
I did have my daughter download Fall Out Boy for me.......
Any way this one is worth it for all the kinkiest reasons.
Also check my view on the latest Ray Davies piece:Other Peoples\'Lives.
DC

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