Muswell Hillbillies

by The Kinks

Muswell Hillbillies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 November 1971
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:12:09
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, John Gosling, John Dalton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Shifting labels and expanding their sonic palette with distinct Americana and country-rock influences, Ray Davies delivered an incredibly empathetic, highly satirical portrait of working-class London. 'Muswell Hillbillies' is wonderfully playful and deeply sarcastic, matching beautifully bittersweet, acoustic-driven roots rock with highly conscious tales of urban displacement and alienation.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, conscious, satirical

Tracklist

  1. 20th Century Man (5:59)
  2. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues (3:33)
  3. Holiday (2:41)
  4. Skin and Bone (3:39)
  5. Alcohol (3:37)
  6. Complicated Life (4:08)
  7. Here Come the People in Grey (3:47)
  8. Have a Cuppa Tea (3:46)
  9. Holloway Jail (3:29)
  10. Oklahoma USA (2:40)
  11. Uncle Son (2:37)
  12. Muswell Hillbilly (5:01)
  13. Lavender Lane (3:46)
  14. Mountain Woman (3:07)
  15. Have a Cuppa Tea - Alternate Version (3:32)
  16. Uncle Son - Alternate Version (2:42)
  17. Kentucky Moon (3:54)
  18. Nobody's Fool - Demo (2:27)
  19. 20th Century Man - Alternate Instrumental Take (3:02)
  20. Queenie - Backing Track (3:40)
  21. Muswell Hillbillies Radio Spot (0:51)

Credits

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