Ray Davies to Release Solo Album, EP

Ray Davies to Release Solo Album, EP

Timothy Najmolhoda reports:
It's a good time to be a Kinks fan. More accurately, it's a good time to be a Ray Davies fan. It has to be karma or something. After waiting patiently for so long, you guys deserve the musical gifts your man is about to shower upon you in the forms of an EP, an LP, an exclusive club performance, and an appearance on "Conan".

First up is the benefit EP Thanksgiving Day, which drops November 22 (two days prior to the eponymous holiday), with the title track arriving on iTunes a week earlier, on November 15. Davies describes the five-song set as part of an attempt to "discover America;" we hope he discovered more than 7-11 parking lots and race riots. Tracklist:

01 Thanksgiving Day
02 Yours Truly Confused N10
03 London Song
04 Storyteller
05 Thanksgiving Day (Alternative Mix)

But what is all this action leading up to? It just so happens that, come February, Davies will release his first-ever solo album. We know, we know, it's hard to believe that Ray Davies has never released a solo set before, but we've thought about it long and hard, and Return to Waterloo and that Storytellers thing just don't count. And Davies' marketing people seem to agree with us.

Entitled Other People's Lives, the disc hits February 7.

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