Sunny Afternoon

by The Kinks

Sunny Afternoon cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: July 1966
  • Label: Pye
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Shel Talmy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven by a descending chromatic bassline and a distinctly music-hall sensibility, this track offers a satirical look at aristocratic decline. Its lethargic, summery atmosphere and biting social commentary firmly established the band's uniquely English observational style.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, british, witty, satirical, observational

Tracklist

  1. Sunny Afternoon
  2. I'm Not Like Everybody Else

Credits

  • The Kinks - primary artist
  • Howard Barrow - lacquer cut by
  • Ray Davies - written-by

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