Other People's Lives

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Other People's Lives
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Studio album by
Released7 February 2006 [1]
Studio Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
Genre Rock
Length61:23
Label V2
Producer Ray Davies
Ray Davies chronology
The Storyteller
(1998)
Other People's Lives
(2006)
Working Man's Café
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [2]
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Other People's Lives is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Ray Davies. It reached the top 40 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2006[ citation needed ] and 122 in the US Billboard 200.[ citation needed ] Released on V2 Records, it was Davies' third solo album, but his first straightforward studio release.

Contents

Release and reception

Promotional singles were distributed to radio for the tracks "Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)" and "Over My Head". No singles were commercially released.[ citation needed ]

The title song appeared in the radio program This American Life , episode 344: "The Competition". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies

No.TitleLength
1."Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)"4:21
2."After the Fall"4:36
3."Next Door Neighbour"3:52
4."All She Wrote"4:10
5."Creatures of Little Faith"3:13
6."Run Away from Time"3:47
7."The Tourist"4:45
8."Is There Life After Breakfast?"4:31
9."The Getaway (Lonesome Train)"6:31
10."Other People's Lives"4:53
11."Stand Up Comic"4:31
12."Over My Head"5:58
13."Thanksgiving Day"6:15
Total length:61:23

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Other People's Lives - Ray Davies". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. Marc Hogan (14 March 2006). "Ray Davies: Other People's Lives". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. David Fricke (15 February 2006). "Ray Davies - Other People's Lives". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  5. "Episode Archive - 344: The Competition". This American Life. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2023.