''Word of Mouth'' is the twenty-first studio album by the

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group

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. "Do It Again" was released as a single from the album in 1985.

Information

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was played three times in the 2001 episode "

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on the DVD extras, it is the series' most asked-about song. The song was also played in the final episode of the

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. The song " Do It Again" was featured in the film '' Click'' (released in 2006), and in trailers that were promoting the film. It was also used in TV ad promotions for the 2013 edition of the

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. Three tracks ("Going Solo", "Missing Persons", and "Sold Me Out") were repurposed for Kinks leader Ray Davies' solo debut album, the soundtrack to his concurrently produced, self-directed film, ''

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Commercial performance

The album spent twenty weeks on the US ''

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'' album charts and reached its peak position of No. 57 in February 1985.

Track listing

Personnel

The Kinks *

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 ...

– guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals, drum machine on "Good Day", "Do It Again" and "Living on a Thin Line" *

– guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Guilty" and "Living on a Thin Line" *

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, background vocals *

Bob Henrit Robert John "Bob" Henrit (born 2 May 1944, in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England)Eder, Bruce " Robert Henrit Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2010-02-13 is an English drummer who has been a member of several musical groups, including Buster Meikle ...

– drums, percussion on "Word of Mouth", "Massive Reductions", "Guilty", "Too Hot" and "Summer's Gone" *

Mick Avory Michael Charles Avory (born 15 February 1944) is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the English rock band the Kinks. He joined them shortly after their formation in 1964 and remained with them until 1984, ...

– drums, percussion on "Missing Persons", "Sold Me Out" and "Going Solo" * Ian Gibbons – keyboards, background vocals Additional personnel *David Baker – engineer *Donn Davenport – art direction *Chris Morton – concept *Maude Gilman, Howard Fritzson – design *Renate Stürmer – illustration

Notes

External links

* 1984 albums The Kinks albums Arista Records albums Albums produced by Ray Davies {{1980s-rock-album-stub