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  • Artist: The Kinks
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1998, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008
  • UPC: 4988002547715
  • Item Number: MSI254771
  • Release date: 06/25/2008
  • 1. Schooldays
  • 2. Jack the Idiot Dunce
  • 3. Education
  • 4. First Time We Fall in Love
  • 5. I'm in Disgrace
  • 6. Headmaster
  • 7. Hard Way
  • 8. Last Assembly
  • 9. No More Looking Back
  • 10. Finale
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The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace by The Kinks on CD


Ray Davies had indulged himself one time too often with Soap Opera, and his bandmates, namely brother Dave and founding member Mick Avory, revolted, insisting that their sixth RCA album sound more like a Kinks album (certainly, that's something RCA wanted too). So, Davies designed their next album as a return to a simpler, band-oriented sound. Of course, he didn't jettison his love for conceptual works, so Schoolboys in Disgrace was born. Working under the presumption that a return to simple rock demanded a simple theme, Davies constructed the album as a nostalgic trip through childhood, reviving '50s rock & roll (including the occasional doo wop harmony) for the album's foundation, then turning the amps up high. There's no actual story per se -- it's a series of vignettes, like a coming-of-age film. As such, it's intermittently successful, on both the hard rock ("Jack the Idiot Dunce") and ballads ("The First Time We Fall in Love"). [A Japanese edition was issued in 2009.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
  • Artist: The Kinks
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1998, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008
  • UPC: 4988002547715
  • Item Number: MSI254771
  • Release date: 06/25/2008
  • Label: Import, JVC Compact Discs, JVC Japan, Velvel
  • Genre: Rock
  • Style: Album Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
  • Album Time: 36:11
  • Album Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Group Member: Andy Pyle, Dave Davies, Ian Gibbons, Jim Rodford, John Dalton, John Gosling, Mick Avory, Peter Quaife, Ray Davies
  • Group Formed: 1963 in London, England
  • SPARS Code: AAD

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  • The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace The Kinks CD
The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace The Kinks CD