Everybody's in Show-Biz
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| Studio album and live album by The Kinks | ||||
| Released | 25 August 1972 | |||
| Recorded | (studio) March - June 1972 at Morgan Studios, London; (live) Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, 2–3 March 1972 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length |
69:26 (Original release) 74:28 (Remastered release) |
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| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Ray Davies | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.5/10) |
| Blender | |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Rolling Stone | (favourable) |
Everybody's in Show-Biz is the tenth studio album released by English rock group The Kinks, released in 1972. A double album, the first disc features studio recordings, while the second disc documents a two-night Carnegie Hall stand.
Everybody's in Show-Biz is often seen by fans as a transition album for The Kinks, marking the change in Ray Davies' songwriting style toward more theatrical, campy and vaudevillian work, as evidenced by the rock-opera concept albums that followed it.
This album marks Davies' explorations of the trials of rock-star life and the monotony of touring, themes that would reappear in future releases like The Kinks Present A Soap Opera and the 1987 live album Live: The Road.
On 3 June 2016, a Legacy Edition was released, with disc 1 containing the original stereo album (studio and live tracks) and disc 2 containing bonus tracks including previously unreleased live tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts, alternate mixes and studio outtakes. (Disc 2 tracks 7-10 were recorded on the other night of the two-night Carnegie Hall stand; Disc 2 track 14 is a never-released outtake; and Disc 2 tracks 1 and 12 are the same as those bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.)
All tracks written by Ray Davies, except as noted.
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