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After the commercial failure of VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY, the Kinks could have gone one of two ways. They could have forgotten about making cohesive, "veddy British" albums and gone back to simply putting together album-length collections of unrelated songs. Or they could have moved from concept albums to full-fledged rock operas, full of third-person tunes that would enable Ray Davies to further distance himself from his audience.

They chose the latter, earning themselves a solid core of new fans along the way. The pleasure of ARTHUR is that, while it shows the Kinks' readiness to tackle the rock opera form, it retains a close connection with their more pop-oriented past. Opener "Victoria" remained a concert favorite for years afterwards, while the delicate "Shangri-La" likewise took on a life of its own outside the rock-opera format. Clearly, the group had more creativity at this point than it knew what to do with. ARTHUR is probably the only album that you could play for a fan of the pop Kinks and a fan of the theatrical Kinks and please both.

Live Recording

Recorded at Pye Studios, London, England.

The Kinks: Ray Davies (vocals, guitar, piano); Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); John Dalton (bass); Mick Avory (drums).

Rolling Stone (3/6/03, p.73) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...ARTHUR sounds like a quiet masterpiece....Davies' tunes are spilling over with ideas and melodies..."
Rolling Stone (11/1/69, p.38) - "...An incredible album, the band in their finest form, turning it in from start to finish...a masterpiece on every level: Ray Davies' finest hour, the Kinks' supreme achievement."

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Category Rock Albums, Oldies CDs, Rock/Pop, British Invasion, 60's
Label Reprise
Orig Year 1969
All Time Product Rank 7,638
CD Universe Part number 1099382
Catalog number 6366
Discs 1
Release Date May 02, 1990
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Ray Davies
Personnel Dave Davies - vocals, guitar
Mick Avory - drums
Ray Davies - vocals, guitar, piano
John Dalton - bass
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1Victoria See All 30 Kinks VICTORIA Lyrics
2Yes Sir, No Sir See All 7
3Some Mother's Son See All 8
4Drivin' See All 10
5Brainwashed See All 13
6Australia See All 7
7Shangri-La See All 12 Kinks SHANGRILA Lyrics
8Mr. Churchill Says See All 7
9She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina See All 8
10Young And Innocent Days See All 7
11Nothing to Say See All 8
12Arthur See All 8 Kinks ARTHUR Lyrics
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5 stars top 10 album, all categories
Simply one of the greatest masterpiece of rock music. Hugely innovative and creative, although never pretentious, this is the album that establishes the Kinks (at least) as the equals of the Who, the Beatles or the Stones. You can never get tired of this album.
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5 stars Absolutely Brilliant!
Even if you've never bought a Kinks' disc, you must own Arthur. It is superb on every level!
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5 stars five star album
arthur is truly the kinks at their best.
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5 stars A rockier "Village Green"
This is just a phenomenal CD. Like its predecessor, the classic "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society," this CD has a very British theme. However, the instrumentation on this one is much more interesting and imaginative, and Dave Davies' guitar is much more evident than on the subdued "low-fi" (Ray Davies' word, not mine) Village Green CD.
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