Americana
5
By Guy Koutouvidis
I have fallen in love with this album! It took a few listens and now there's no turning back. I am 61 years old and when I listened to the music I heard elements from the 60's that Ray Davies and Dave Davies created; they permeate this album. He left room for Dave but The Jayhawks have done a beautiful job interpreting Ray's vision. Yes, the lyrics sometimes are pedestrian, but when I listened to the storytelling, I got it; Ray is telling us about his journey to America in the 60's and the love affair that developed. He brought me back to the place that grew between music and my life, and as twilight sets in, he reminds me of what captured me as a youngster and never let go. I'm glad he fell in love with America; he and The Beatles and The Stones made me fall in love with England. Have a listen.
no thanks!
2
By Danora3630
Ray was great at one time, but obviously doesnt have the chops to sing anymore!
Where is the digital booklet?
4
By Tireandwheel
No album art with the download?
Puts all the other rockers to shame !
5
By rollingstones92
Ray actually can still write and be original!! Take tips Pete, McCartney, Jagger, Rod..........
Steverino
5
By steverino911
Ray Davies and The Jayhawks. you can't beat that.
Beautiful
5
By Pupfun
Sounds a lot like the Dire Straits
Can’t wait!
5
By cdogpats14
I can’t wait for this CD! April 21st can’t get here soon enough! The first two songs are very good. I absolutely love Rock N Roll Cowboys. Classic Ray Davies!
Where is the Poetry?
4
By Reel Music
Poetry is an intriguing song that is growing on me. I am surprised that it took 16 years to make it onto a Ray Davies album. Davies wrote about the song in his 2013 book of the same name as this album, Americana. In 2001 he recorded it originally not at Konk Studios, but at Paul Weller’s Black Barn Studio in Ripley, Surrey, England, near where Ray was staying at the time. On p. 29 Davies writes, “Then there was a tune called ‘Poetry,’ about someone lost in a shopping mall in middle America, buying clothes from retail chains, eating at fast food restaurants, only to have the singer deliver the venomous line, ‘And in a shopping mall somewhere you’ll fall down on your knees crying out loud, ‘Where is the Poetry?’”
The Master Storyteller Returns
5
By Lextcee
First released track is awesome and further cements Kinks leader Ray Davies as the iconic voice of a generation. An undervalued treasure that gets better with age.
