Something Else: Deluxe Edition

Rating

Album: Something Else: Deluxe Edition
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	David Watts	More Info...
2)	Death of a Clown	More Info...
3)	Two Sisters	More Info...
4)	No Return	More Info...
5)	Harry Rag	More Info...
6)	Tin Soldier Man	More Info...
7)	Situation Vacant	More Info...
8)	Love Me Till the Sun Shines	More Info...
9)	Lazy Old Sun	More Info...
10)	Afternoon Tea	More Info...
11)	Funny Face	More Info...
12)	End of the Season	More Info...
13)	Waterloo Sunset	More Info...

Album: Something Else: Deluxe Edition
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	David Watts	More Info...
2)	Death of a Clown	More Info...
3)	Two Sisters	More Info...
4)	No Return	More Info...
5)	Harry Rag	More Info...
6)	Tin Soldier Man	More Info...
7)	Situation Vacant	More Info...
8)	Love Me Till the Sun Shines	More Info...
9)	Lazy Old Sun	More Info...
10)	Afternoon Tea	More Info...
11)	Funny Face	More Info...
12)	End of the Season	More Info...
13)	Waterloo Sunset	More Info...

Performer Notes

The Kinks: Ray Davies, Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Pete Quaife (bass); Mick Avory (drums).
Personnel: Ray Davies (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Peter Quaife (bass guitar); Mick Avory (drums).
Audio Remasterers: Daniel Hersch; Andrew Sandoval.
Liner Note Author: Peter Doggett.
Recording information: Playhouse Theatre, London (01/1967-10/1967); Pye Studios, No. 2 (01/1967-10/1967); Playhouse Theatre, London (08/04/1967/10/25/1967); Pye Studios, No. 2 (08/04/1967/10/25/1967).
Having closed out their hard-rock period, the Kinks went pastoral on SOMETHING ELSE. It's an album of folk and pop songs about the quiet pleasures of family life and the English countryside, dotted with harpsichords, acoustic guitars, and ethereal harmonies. A radical rejection of the Age of Aquarius, it was one of the boldest pop albums of its time, a commercial failure but an artistic landmark. In "Two Sisters," Ray Davies sings about a wild, swinging woman and her homemaking sister, and dares to side with the latter. Other songs include "Afternoon Tea," surely the first rock song ever written on that subject, and the majestic "Waterloo Sunset," which has been described as the most beautiful song ever written in the English language.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (9/14/00, p.180) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...An eccentric brand of rock & roll that had far more to do with Thomas Hardy than Chuck Berry....The arrangements are quieter and occasionally employ keyboard and strings....The album's gem is its concluding track, 'Waterloo Sunset'..."

Mojo (Publisher) (9/03, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...SOMETHING ELSE, originally released in 1967, was the anti-PEPPER..."

Uncut (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "SOMETHING ELSE is The Kinks at their best, a flawless 13-song suite of elegant and quintessentially English songwriting..."