Ray DaviesBest Ray Davies Albums Ranked
7.3
Avg Score
5
Opinions
4
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 5 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Ray Davies's catalog across 4 albums from 5 opinions, with an overall average of 7.3/10. The top-rated Ray Davies album is Americana (2017) with a 7.7/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Our Country: Americana Act 2 and See My Friends. The discography on Wavelength spans 2005 to 2018.
Our Country: Americana Act 2
“Ray Davies wasn’t the only Briton who grew up in the aftermath of World War II entranced by American culture, especially rock, blues and country music. But the former Kinks frontman dug deeper than most of his British Invasion compatriots. America became a kind of fever dream for Davies, a knot for his imagination to unravel. More than 50 years after the Kinks first toured the U.S., Davies is stil”
Americana
“The Kinks legend uses Americana to blaze a path through both America’s rock’n’roll history and his own. Its back-to-basics energy and prosaic storytelling make it his best solo album in years.”
See My Friends
“The highlight of this collaborative set is "Days/This Time Tomorrow," a medley of Kinks classics. Done pub-chorale-style with banjo and upright piano, it pairs Ray Davies with Mumford & Sons, tipsy folk rockers who share with Davies a profound Englishness. For every dud (the world needs no more "You Really Got Me" covers), there are […]”
Other People's Lives
“First proper solo album from the Kinks legend finds him flirting with confessional singer-songwriter material and tapping into the sounds of the Southern U.S.”
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