Other People's Lives

by Ray Davies

Other People's Lives cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 February 2006
  • Label: V2
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:01:00
  • Community rating: 3.45/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Decades after rising to prominence with The Kinks, iconic British songwriter Ray Davies finally released his first official solo album, 'Other People's Lives'. Healing from a gunshot wound sustained in New Orleans, Davies infused the record with his trademark sharp, observational wit and notably melancholic, acoustic-driven pop-rock arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, male-vocals, storytelling, piano

Tracklist

  1. Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After) (4:21)
  2. After The Fall (4:35)
  3. Next Door Neighbour (3:52)
  4. All She Wrote (4:09)
  5. Creatures Of Little Faith (3:43)
  6. Run Away From Time (3:47)
  7. The Tourist (4:45)
  8. Is There Life After Breakfast? (4:30)
  9. The Getaway (Lonesome Train) (6:36)
  10. Other People's Lives (4:52)
  11. Stand Up Comic (4:31)
  12. Over My Head (11:13)

Credits

  • Norman Watt-Roy - bass
  • Dylan Howe - drums
  • Toby Baron - drums
  • Mark Johns - guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro, slide guitar, dobro, e-bow
  • Steve Bolton - guitar
  • David Swift - bass
  • John Beecham - horns [horn section]
  • Mike Cotton - horns [horn section]

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