The Kinks - Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
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Artist: The KinksBrand: KINKS
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-05-02
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Victoria
- Yes Sir, No Sir
- Some Mother's Son
- Drivin'
- Brainwashed
- Australia
- Shangri-La
- Mr. Churchill Says
- She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina
- Young and Innocent Days
- Nothing to Say
- Arthur
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Free Music Review: I love Arthur!
Hit: 5 Stars
I had this album when it first came out. Each song reflects some phase of British development from Victoria to suburbia. It was never very popular in the US, maybe because most Americans couldn't relate... except for one song. "Some Mother's Son" is by far one of the most poignant anti-war songs of its day and even now. It isn't blatantly and judgmentally against war, but it reminds one of the realities of what a soldier's death means to those left behind. Ray Davies is one of the best at walking the thin line between biting sarcasm and just plain excellent observation of life around him.
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Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.Written as the score for a never-aired BBC television drama, Arthur is the story of late-'60s English working-class exhaustion. Perhaps not the most attention-grabbing subject for a rock album, but in Ray Davies's hands it's rich in texture and stylistic possibility. From the rousing ode to Britain's glorious past ("Victoria") to its less-than-glamorous present (that being the late '60s), Davies portrays a life of cautiously reduced expectations. Arthur once dreamed of owning his own business but has settled for a car and an indoor bathroom ("Shangri-La"). One of his sons spends his time complaining about the system ("Brainwashed"), the other dreams of moving to a new land of opportunity ("Australia"), and when they get together for Sunday dinner there's simply "Nothing to Say." The Kinks at their mighty and surprisingly tender best. --Percy Keegan
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