Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)

Word of Mouth
Studio album by the Kinks
Released	19 November 1984
Recorded	June 1983–September 1984
Studio	Konk Studios, London
Genre	Power pop hard rock [1]
Length	43:04
Label	Arista
Producer	Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
State of Confusion (1983) Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986)
Singles from Word of Mouth
"Good Day" Released: 1984 (UK) "Do It Again" Released: 1984 "Living on a Thin Line" Released: 1985 (US, Radio Promo) "Summer's Gone" Released: 1985 (US)

Professional ratings

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

Word of Mouth is the twenty-first studio album by the English rock group the Kinks released in November 1984.

Background

The song "Good Day" includes an allusion to the death of actress Diana Dors.^{[ citation needed ]}

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, Return to Waterloo .

Uses in Media

The track "Living on a Thin Line" by Dave Davies was played three times in the 2001 episode "University" of the American TV show The Sopranos . According to producer Terence Winter on the DVD extras, it is the series' most asked-about song. The song was also played in the final episode of the HBO series Vice Principals .

The song "Do It Again" was featured in the film Click (released in 2006), and in trailers that were promoting the film. ^[5] It was also used in TV ad promotions for the 2013 edition of the Tour de France.

Commercial performance

The album spent twenty weeks on the US Billboard album charts and reached its peak position of No. 57 in February 1985. ^[6]

Track listing

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

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do It Again"		4:14
2.	"Word of Mouth"		3:51
3.	"Good Day"		4:35
4.	"Living on a Thin Line"	Dave Davies	4:16
5.	"Sold Me Out"		3:44

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Massive Reductions"		3:15
2.	"Guilty"	Dave Davies	4:12
3.	"Too Hot"		4:08
4.	"Missing Persons"		2:53
5.	"Summer's Gone"		3:52
6.	"Going Solo"		3:58

1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Good Day" (extended edit)	5:31
13.	"Summer's Gone" (extended edit)	4:54

Personnel

The Kinks

• Ray Davies – guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals, drum machine on "Good Day", "Do It Again" and "Living on a Thin Line"
• Dave Davies – guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Guilty" and "Living on a Thin Line"
• Jim Rodford – bass, background vocals
• Bob Henrit – drums, percussion except on "Missing Persons", "Sold Me Out" and "Going Solo"
• Mick Avory – 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

1. "Billboard". Vol. 112, no. 44. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 28 October 2000. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Word of Mouth > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
3. Blender review Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. Fricke, David (31 January 1985). "The Kinks: Word of Mouth". Rolling Stone . No. RS 440. Straight Arrow. ISSN   0035-791X. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007.
5. "Soundtracks for Click". IMDb. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
6. "Billboard 200: February 9, 1985". Billboard . 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

External links

• Kinks, The – Word of Mouth at Discogs (list of releases)