''Other People's Lives'' is the second studio album by English Singer-songwriter
Ray Davies
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voca ...
. It reached the top 40 in the
UK Albums Chart
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in February 2006, and 122 in the US
Billboard 200
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. Released on
V2 Records
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it was Davies' third solo album, but his first straightforward studio release.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Ray Davies
#"Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)"
#"After The Fall"
#"Next Door Neighbour"
#"All She Wrote"
#"Creatures of Little Faith"
#"Run Away From Time"
#"The Tourist"
#"Is There Life After Breakfast?"
#"The Getaway (Lonesome Train)"
#"Other People's Lives"
#"Stand Up Comic"
#"Over My Head"
#"Thanksgiving Day"
Promotional singles were distributed to radio for the tracks "Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)" and "Over my Head". No singles have been commercially released.
The title song appeared in the radio program ''
This American Life
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'' episode 344: "The Competition".
Personnel
*Ray Davies - guitar, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Vox organ, bass, vocals
*Mark Johns - guitar, dobro, slide guitar, E-bow
*Steve Bolton - guitar
*Dick Nolan,
Norman Watt-Roy
Norman Joseph Watt-Roy (born 15 February 1951) is an English musician, arranger and composer.
Watt-Roy's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music as the bass ...
, David Swift - bass
*
Dylan Howe
Dylan Lee Howe (born 4 August 1969) is an English drummer, bandleader, session musician and composer. The son of guitarist Steve Howe with whom he has sometimes collaborated, Dylan is also noted for his work with rock band the Blockheads (both ...
, Toby Baron - drums
*John Beecham, Mike Cotton, Nick Payn - horn section on "Next Door Neighbor"
*Phil Veacock - saxophone on "Stand Up Comic"
*Matt Winch - trumpet on "Thanksgiving Day"
*
Milton McDonald
Mike "Milton" McDonald is a session guitarist. He has played with Patricia Kaas, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Spice Girls, S Club 7, Ray Davies, Take That, Robert Palmer, M People, Louise, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Atomic Kitten, Hear'Sa ...
- guitar on "Thanksgiving Day"
*Serge Krebs - SFX effects and loops on "The Tourist"
*Isabel Fructuoso - vocals on "Other People's Lives"
*Alida Giusti, Dick Nolan, Linda McBride, Martin Davies, Martin Rex, Serge Krebs - Konk choir on "Stand Up Comic"
;Technical
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Laurie Latham
Laurie Latham (born 1955) is a British rock producer who worked with Glenn Tilbrook, Paul Young and others. He has produced albums by Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze, The Stranglers, The Christians and Slapp Happy.
Care ...
, Graham Dominy - engineer
References
External links
The Official Ray Davies Website
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2006 albums
Ray Davies albums
V2 Records albums
Albums produced by Ray Davies