Ray Davies, singer and songwriter of The Kinks, has revisited his remarkable repertoire of songs and recorded an album of collaborations with a diverse set of artists from Jon Bon Jovi, Metallica and Bruce Springsteen to Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol and Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins, as well as Mumford & Sons and Paloma Faith. The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. They were in the forefront of the British Invasion along with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and are recognised as one of the most important rock acts of the era, influencing everything from heavy metal to Britpop. The album also features the last known recording by Big Star’s Alex Chilton.(Amazon.com)
Весьма странный релиз, особенности которого - сотрудничество Рэя с рядом музыкантов. Тут и Джон Бон Джови, и Билли Корган, и Metallica, и Брюс Спрингстин, и Snow Patrol, и др. (это одновременно настораживает...). Из сообщения на сайте Amazon.com следует, что в выпуске альбома принимал участие и Алекс Шилтон из группы Big Star. Так что винегрет с современным звучанием, я думаю.
