''Phobia'' is the twenty-fourth and final studio album by the English

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Reception

The album received mixed reviews upon release.

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gave it two out of five stars stating that "Ray Davies continues to turn out three or four brilliant songs on albums that barely anyone will ever hear."

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were more forgiving rating the album four out of five stars stating that "Phobia is prime late-model Kinks."

Track listing

Personnel

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– guitar, keyboards, vocals *

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– guitar, vocals on "It's Alright (Don't Think About It)", "Hatred" and "Close to the Wire" *

Jim Rodford James Walter Rodford (7 July 1941 – 20 January 2018) was an English musician, who played bass for several British rock bands. He was a founding member of Argent, which was led by his cousin Rod Argent, and performed with them from their format ...

– bass, backing vocals *

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– drums Technical * R. Douglas Davies– producer *Kevin Paul, Stan Loubières – engineer *Richard Edwards – recording *

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, John Rollo – mixing *Christopher Austopchuk, Nicky Lindeman – art direction *Sue Coe – illustration

References

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