Other People's Lives

Other People's Lives is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Ray Davies. It reached the top 40 in the UK Albums Chart in February 2006, and 122 in the US Billboard 200. Released on V2 Records, it was Davies' third solo album, but his first straightforward studio release.

This article is about the Ray Davies album. For the 1997 song by Modest Mouse, see Other People's Lives (Modest Mouse song).

Other People's Lives
Studio album by
Ray Davies
Released2006
StudioKonk Studios, Hornsey, London
GenreRock
Length61:23
LabelV2
ProducerRay Davies
Ray Davies chronology
The Storyteller
(1998)		 Other People's Lives
(2006)		 Working Man's Café
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(6.7/10)[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

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 This American Life, episode 344: "The Competition".[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies

No.TitleLength
1."Things Are Gonna Change (The Morning After)"4:21
2."After the Fall"4:36
3."Next Door Neighbour"3:52
4."All She Wrote"4:10
5."Creatures of Little Faith"3:13
6."Run Away from Time"3:47
7."The Tourist"4:45
8."Is There Life After Breakfast?"4:31
9."The Getaway (Lonesome Train)"6:31
10."Other People's Lives"4:53
11."Stand Up Comic"4:31
12."Over My Head"5:58
13."Thanksgiving Day"6:15
Total length:61:23

Personnel
  • Ray Davies - guitar, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, Vox organ, bass, vocals
  • Mark Johns - guitar, dobro, slide guitar, E-bow
  • Steve Bolton - guitar
  • Dick Nolan, Norman Watt-Roy, David Swift - bass
  • Dylan Howe, 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 - 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

References
  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Other People's Lives - Ray Davies | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. "Ray Davies: Other People's Lives | Album Reviews". Pitchfork.com. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. Archived January 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. "Radio Archive by Date". Thisamericanlife.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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