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Other People's Lives

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Other People's Lives
Studio album by
Released7 February 2006[1]
StudioKonk Studios, Hornsey, London
GenreRock
Length61:23
LabelV2
ProducerRay Davies
Ray Davies chronology
The Storyteller
(1998)
Other People's Lives
(2006)
Working Man's Café
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(6.7/10)[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

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.

Release and reception

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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

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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

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  • Ray Davies - guitar, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Vox organ, bass guitar, vocals
  • Mark Johns - guitar, dobro, slide guitar, E-bow
  • Steve Bolton - guitar
  • Dick Nolan, Norman Watt-Roy, David Swift - bass guitar
  • Dylan Howe, Toby Baron - drums
  • John Beecham, Mike Cotton, Nick Payn - horn section on "Next Door Neighbor"
  • Phil Veacock - saxophone on "Stand Up Comic"
  • Matt Winch - trumpet on "Thanksgiving Day"
  • Milton McDonald - guitar on "Thanksgiving Day"
  • Serge Krebs - SFX effects and loops on "The Tourist"
  • Isabel Fructuoso - vocals on "Other People's Lives"
  • Alida Giusti, Dick Nolan, Linda McBride, Martin Davies, Martin Rex, Serge Krebs - Konk choir on "Stand Up Comic"
Technical

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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