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Music CD - Ray Davies: Working Man's Cafe (Ltd Ed Deluxe CD/DVD Combo)
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Music CD: Working Man's Cafe (Ltd Ed Deluxe CD/DVD Combo)
Artist: Ray Davies
List Price: $20.98
Our Price: $15.06
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Manufacturer: New West Records
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Tracks:
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1. Vietnam Cowboys (4:12)
2. You re Asking Me (3:22)
3. Working Man s Café (3:41)
4. Morphine Song (4:18)
5. In A Moment (4:29)
6. Peace In Our Time (4:39)
7. No One Listen (3:13)
8. Imaginary Man (4:09)
9. One More Time (4:28)
10. The Voodoo Walk (4:24)
11. Hymn For A New Age (3:42)
12. The Real World (5:06)
13. Angola (Wrong Side Of The Law) (4:29)
14. I, The Victim (4:33) (rough mix from the upcoming project called Ripper )
15. Vietnam Cowboys (demo) (2:52)
16. The Voodoo Walk (demo) (4:25)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0607396613724
Format: Enhanced
Label: New West Records
Manufacturer: New West Records
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: New West Records
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Studio: New West Records
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: New work from an old master
Comment: Ray Davies still has the eye for detail and ear for melody that made the Kinks one of THE classic rock bands. His new songs, as ever, comment wryly on the world today, including class differences, something rarely discussed in rock. The songs are good, the arrangements show them off well. And if you can catch Ray live, he still rocks.
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Summary: Working Man's Cafe (Ltd Ed Deluxe CD/DVD Combo)
Comment: This CD shows that Ray Davies is still a gifted songwriter. He continues to write about his observations as he goes through life in a way that pleases Kinks fans and non-fans alike. Seeing Ray Davies perform these new songs live made me love them even more. The bonus DVD is a great treat.
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Summary: Ray gets back to form
Comment: Workingman's Cafe is a real return to form for Ray, hearkening back to his salad days with the Kinks. The title track and "Vietnam Cowboys" have that character study feel that remind you of "Village Green"-era Kinks.
Another aspect of the disc is how Ray's medical woes after the stabbing in New Orleans seem to have permeated his writing. There are several references to hospitals and a stark view of death and dying that are revealed here. Ray can be sentimental, but he seems clearheaded in facing his and others' demise.
The music is understated, but the arrangements feel familiar, one or two could have fit in well with the speak-singing that he did on "Soap Opera" or "Preservation Act I".
If you are a Kinks or Ray Davies fan, get this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great
Comment: i have always loved the kinks. this is a cd that you have to listen to at least three times ti really understand the genuis of this man. ray davis is just a great performer.
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Summary: very enjoyable
Comment: I love the new lp, and I just saw him live april 29th. He only played 3 songs from this lp and 3 from the last one, and OH! was Ray in a good mood and the rest of the night was filled with Kinks song. It sure is nice when an artist loves his work, because the whole audience was up and into his performance. Hooray for you Ray, now get your brother and the rest of the Kinks and do a tour....
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Editorial Reviews:
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2008 must be an interesting year to have an outsider's view on the US and its role in the world, and when Ray Davies sings "everywhere I go it looks and feels like America," it's hard to miss a bit of the bitterness in the observation. His second studio solo album in three years, Working Man's Cafe feels like exactly the album a 60-something rocker would craft--assured and direct yet searching and restless, a glimpse into the head of a man who's comfortable in his skin but still wonders how he fits into a world that seems to be turning faster and stranger as the years pass by. Davies has cultivated this contraposition of bitter and sweet, of intertwining comfort and conflict throughout his years leading the Kinks, and now continues into what looks to be a fruitful solo career. There's a bit of George Harrison in the melody and sentiment of "One More Time," acknowledging the widening gap between powerful corporations and the overtaxed little guy, while still envisioning the possibility of a brighter future. And the title track's half-acidic, half-nostalgic take on modern homogenization follows the classic Davies approach of reporting what he sees around him with one eye toward a fading past: "I bought a pair of new designer pants where the fruit and veg man used to stand." It's nice to note that, 40 years on, the songwriter that skewered '60s Brits with "A Well-Respected Man" and "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" still wields a sharpened pen and pulls no punches. --Ben Heege
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