To the Bone (The Kinks album)

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To the Bone
Kinks To The Bone.jpg
Live album by
the Kinks
Released3 October 1994
RecordedAugust 1993 - April 1994
  • Philadelphia August 1993
  • Portsmouth March 1994
  • Konk Studios April 1994
GenreRock
Length101:27 (1996 expanded reissue)
LabelKonk
ProducerRay Davies and Dave Davies
The Kinks chronology
Phobia
(1993) 		To the Bone
(1994)

To the Bone is a 1994 live album by the Kinks. Recorded partly at Konk Studios with a small audience, and partly during their 1993 American tour and the 1994 UK tour, it was the band's final release before their breakup in 1996.

Production[]

Some tracks were recorded at Konk Studios during April 1994 with a small audience in an Unplugged style,[1] other tracks were recorded live in Portsmouth in March 1994, and "You Really Got Me" was recorded live in Philadelphia in August 1993.[2] All the songs had been previously released as studio recordings.

Release[]

Released 3 October 1994 in the U.K. on the band's own Konk label.[1] An EP-single was released off the album to promote its release, "Waterloo Sunset '94", which in addition to a live take of "You Really Got Me" featured the unreleased demos "Elevator Man" and "On the Outside", both recorded in 1976.

In 1996, an expanded double CD-version with 29 tracks was released in the U.S. on Guardian/Konk. Two new studio tracks - "To The Bone" and "Animal" - were included on the double-disc U.S. version, while two tracks on the shorter U.K. issue - "Waterloo Sunset" and "Autumn Almanac" - were omitted.

Reception[]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a review for AllMusic, felt that the songs suited the stripped back "Unplugged" style, but the album as a whole was little more than a "pleasant diversion".[1]

Track listing - 1994 1-CD UK release[]

All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted.

  1. "All Day and All of the Night" – 4:26
  2. "Apeman" – 4:06
  3. "Tired of Waiting for You" – 1:49
  4. "See My Friends" – 3:24
  5. "Death of a Clown" (Ray Davies, Dave Davies) – 2:35
  6. "Waterloo Sunset" – 3:20
  7. "Muswell Hillbilly" – 3:06
  8. "Better Things" – 4:50
  9. "Don't Forget to Dance" – 2:38
  10. "Autumn Almanac" – 1:54
  11. "Sunny Afternoon" – 1:46
  12. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" – 3:54
  13. "You Really Got Me" - 3:49

Track listing - 1996 2-CD US release[]

All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted.

Disc 1[]

  1. "All Day and All of the Night" – 4:26
  2. "Apeman" – 4:06
  3. "Tired of Waiting for You" – 1:49
  4. "See My Friends" – 3:24
  5. "Death of a Clown" (Dave Davies) – 2:35
  6. "Muswell Hillbilly" – 3:06
  7. "Better Things" – 4:50
  8. "Don't Forget to Dance" – 2:38
  9. "Sunny Afternoon" – 1:46
  10. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" – 3:54
  11. "Do It Again" (Acoustic) - 1:46
  12. "Do It Again" - 3:55

Disc 2[]

  1. "Celluloid Heroes" - 5:21
  2. "Picture Book" - 2:34
  3. "The Village Green Preservation Society" - 2:26
  4. "Do You Remember Walter?" - 3:44
  5. "Set Me Free" - 2:37
  6. "Lola" - 4:29
  7. "Come Dancing" - 3:53
  8. "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - 5:28
  9. "Till the End of the Day" - 2:37
  10. "Give the People What They Want" - 3:57
  11. "State of Confusion" - 3:24
  12. "Dead End Street" - 2:36
  13. "A Gallon of Gas" - 5:21
  14. "Days" - 3:17
  15. "You Really Got Me" - 3:41
  16. "Animal" - 3:37
  17. "To the Bone" - 4:30

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "To The Bone". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "To The Bone". kindakinks.net.
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