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The Kinks Album: “Percy”
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Release Date:1994-02-23
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Mainstream Rock
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Label:Castle
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5013428781647
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| 1 |
God's Children Video |
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| 2 |
Lola Video |
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| 3 |
Way Love Used to Be |
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Completely |
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| 5 |
Running Round Town |
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| 6 |
Moments |
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| 7 |
Animals in the Zoo |
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| 8 |
Just Friends |
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| 9 |
Whip Lady Video |
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| 10 |
Dreams |
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| 11 |
Helga |
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| 12 |
Willesden Green |
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| 13 |
God's Children - End |
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Review - :
{$Ray Davies} and company had already participated in one failed television {\musical} when the movie {#Percy} came along -- it wasn't as original as {#Arthur}, nor did {$Davies} have nearly as much to do with its creation, but he still outdid himself given the material at hand. Directed and co-produced by {$Ralph Thomas}, who had been responsible for some brilliant {\thrillers} ({#The Clouded Yellow}, {#Above Us the Waves}) and very popular {\comedies} ({#Doctor in the House}) in past decades, {#Percy} was the story of the world's first penis transplant (it was probably inspired, or at least justified, by big-budget efforts of the period like {#Myra Breckinridge}). Although virtually unseen in the United States, it was still popular enough to yield a sequel ({#Percy's Progress}), but its real impact came from its {\soundtrack}. {$Davies} wrote some hauntingly beautiful {\ballads} and some solid {\blues} and {\country} as well -- {&"God's Children"} and {&"Animals in the Zoo"} have turned up on some career anthologies, but there's a lot more to {^Percy} than those two tracks. {&"Completely"} is as fine a slow {\blues} as the band ever recorded, with a sizzling performance by {$Dave Davies}, and {&"Dreams"} is a pretty solid rocker, even up alongside {&"Animals in the Zoo."} To this day the album has never appeared in the U.S. catalog -- recorded at the tail end of their contract with {@Pye Records} in England and {@Warner}/{@Reprise} in America, and connected with a movie that was never going to see much exposure in the U.S.A., {@Reprise} passed on it at the time. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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