''Other People's Lives'' is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter

Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the Rock music, rock band the Kinks, which he led, with his younger brother Dave Davies, Dave pro ...

. It reached the top 40 in the

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in February 2006 and 122 in the US

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. Released on

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, it was Davies' third solo album, but his first straightforward studio release.

Release and reception

Promotional singles were distributed to radio for the tracks "Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)" and "Over My Head". No singles were commercially released. The title song appeared in the radio program ''

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'', episode 344: "The Competition".

Track listing

Personnel

* Ray Davies - guitar, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Vox organ, bass guitar, vocals * Mark Johns - guitar, dobro, slide guitar, E-bow * Steve Bolton - guitar * Dick Nolan,

Norman Watt-Roy Norman Joseph Watt-Roy (born 15 February 1951) is an English musician, arranger and composer. Watt-Roy's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music as the bass ...

, David Swift - bass guitar *

Dylan Howe Dylan Lee Howe (born 4 August 1969) is an English drummer, bandleader, session musician and composer. The son of guitarist Steve Howe (musician), Steve Howe with whom he has sometimes collaborated, Dylan is also noted for his work with rock ba ...

, Toby Baron - drums * John Beecham, Mike Cotton, Nick Payn - horn section on "Next Door Neighbor" * Phil Veacock - saxophone on "Stand Up Comic" * Matt Winch - trumpet on "Thanksgiving Day" *

Milton McDonald Mike "Milton" McDonald is a session guitarist. He has played with Patricia Kaas, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Spice Girls, S Club 7, Ray Davies, Take That, Robert Palmer, M People, Louise, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Atomic Kitten, Hear'S ...

- guitar on "Thanksgiving Day" * Serge Krebs - SFX effects and loops on "The Tourist" * Isabel Fructuoso - vocals on "Other People's Lives" * Alida Giusti, Dick Nolan, Linda McBride, Martin Davies, Martin Rex, Serge Krebs - Konk choir on "Stand Up Comic" ;Technical *

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, Graham Dominy - engineer

References

External links

Official Ray Davies website
{{Authority control 2006 albums Ray Davies albums V2 Records albums Albums produced by Ray Davies