Think Visual

Think Visual
Studio album by the Kinks
Released	17 November 1986
Recorded	January 1986 and June–August 1986
Studio	Konk Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	44:22
Label	MCA (US) [1] London (UK) Metronome (Germany)
Producer	Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) UK Jive (1989)
Singles from Think Visual
"Rock 'n' Roll Cities" Released: 1986 "How Are You" Released: 1986 "Lost and Found" Released: 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) [4]

Think Visual is the twenty-second studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released in 1986. It peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard chart. ^[5]

According to Ray Davies, the album was originally going to be a concept album where his "spiv" character from the "Come Dancing" music video was put in the "environment of a video shop." ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Working at the Factory"	2:58
2.	"Lost and Found"	5:19
3.	"Repetition"	4:06
4.	"Welcome to Sleazy Town"	3:50
5.	"The Video Shop"	5:15
Total length:		21:31

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock 'n' Roll Cities"	Dave Davies	3:43
2.	"How Are You"		4:27
3.	"Think Visual"		3:12
4.	"Natural Gift"		3:44
5.	"Killing Time"		4:02
6.	"When You Were a Child"	Dave Davies	3:40
Total length:			22:53

Personnel

The Kinks

• Ray Davies – rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards, harmonica
• Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards; lead vocals on "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" and "When You Were a Child"
• Ian Gibbons – keyboards, backing vocals
• Jim Rodford – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bob Henrit – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Kim Goody – backing vocals on "Think Visual"
• Mick Avory – drums on "Rock 'n' Roll Cities"

Technical

• Ben Fenner – engineer
• Dave Powell – engineer
• David Baker – engineer
• Damian Korner – engineer

Cover design Design and photography by Icon: Richard Evans and Andrew Ellis

References

Citations

1. "A KINK'S VISUAL THOUGHTS". Los Angeles Times. 21 December 1986.
2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Think Visual – The Kinks | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
3. "Blender is coming soon". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
4. Archived 6 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. "The Kinks Think Visual Chart History". Billboard.
6. Hinman 2004, p. 280.

Sources

• Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961-1996. Backbeat Books. ISBN   978-0879307653.