Live: The Road

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Live: The Road
Live The Road - The Kinks.jpg
Live album by The Kinks
Released 11 January 1988 (US)
23 May 1988 (UK)
Recorded 29 June – 1 July 1987, recorded by Fanta Sound mobile studio.
September – overdubs at Konk Studios, London
2–12 October mixing session at PUK Recording Studios, Denmark.
17–27 October mixing session at Konk Studios, London.
2–9 November – mastering at Masterdisk, New York City.[1]
Genre Rock
Length 54:23
Label London
Producer Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
Think Visual
(1976)Think Visual1976		 Live: The Road
(1988)		 UK Jive
(1989)UK Jive1989
Singles from Live: The Road
  1. "The Road"
    Released: 16 May 1988 (UK)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 1.5/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars

Live: The Road is the third live album recorded by the British rock band, the Kinks. It was recorded at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, on 29 June 1987, and at Mann Centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1 July; the second date provided most of the material on the album.[2] One new song, "The Road", was recorded in the Kinks' own studio in September. Most of the concert songs were previously released on other Kinks albums except for "The Road" and "It (I Want It)".

Upon release, the album, like many other albums the band made at the time, was a flop, both commercially and critically. It did not make a dent in the Billboard 100, only hitting 110.[3] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the album as "a tepid document of their workmanlike arena rock shows from 1987" and said the album "wasn't anything special."[3] Rolling Stone was more kind to the album, saying that "it's less predictable and more textured than the tiresome arena-rock performances of the early-Eighties Kinks."[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ray Davies except "Living on a Thin Line", which was written by Dave Davies.. 

Side 1
No. Title Length
1. "The Road"   6:13
2. "Destroyer"   3:46
3. "Apeman"   3:50
4. "Come Dancing"   3:55
5. "Art Lover"   3:22
6. "Cliches of the World (B Movie)"   4:49
Side 2
No. Title Length
1. "Think Visual"   3:13
2. "Living on a Thin Line"   4:09
3. "Lost and Found"   5:19
4. "It (I Want It)"   6:55
5. "Around the Dial"   4:45
6. "Give the People What They Want"   4:07

Personnel

Band
Production
  • Ray Davies - producer[1]
  • Johnie Rosen – live recording engineer[2]
  • Dave Powell – overdub engineer[1]
  • George Holt – overdub assistant engineer[1]
  • Jeremy Allom – mix engineer[1]
  • Peter Iverson – mix assistant engineer[2]
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer[1]

References

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