Misfits (The Kinks album)

Misfits
Studio album by The Kinks
Released	19 May 1978
Recorded	July 1977 - January 1978 at Konk Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	40:29
Label	Arista
Producer	Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
Sleepwalker (1977) Misfits (1978) Low Budget (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Robert Christgau	(B)[3]</ref>
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[4]
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Misfits is a 1978 album by the English rock group The Kinks.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ray Davies, except as noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Misfits"		4:41
2.	"Hay Fever"		3:32
3.	"Live Life"		3:49
4.	"A Rock & Roll Fantasy"		4:58
5.	"In a Foreign Land"		3:03

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Permanent Waves"		3:47
2.	"Black Messiah"		4:08
3.	"Out of the Wardrobe"		3:35
4.	"Trust Your Heart"	Dave Davies	4:11
5.	"Get Up"		3:22

On the UK version of the LP, a longer version of "Live Life" (4:47) switches places with "Black Messiah". Remastered CD releases have the UK LP track order and include the shorter "Live Life" as a bonus track. Arista released a ten track CD (Arista 260 173) that reproduces the original, non-UK LP version.

Remastered CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Misfits"		4:42
2.	"Hay Fever"		3:33
3.	"Black Messiah"		4:08
4.	"A Rock & Roll Fantasy"		4:58
5.	"In a Foreign Land"		3:02
6.	"Permanent Waves"		3:48
7.	"Live Life"		4:47
8.	"Out of the Wardrobe"		3:37
9.	"Trust Your Heart"	Dave Davies	4:11
10.	"Get Up"		3:22

Remastered CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Black Messiah" (Single remix)	3:37
12.	"Father Christmas"	3:42
13.	"A Rock & Roll Fantasy" (US single edit)	4:01
14.	"Live Life" (US single remix)	3:47

Musicians and production

• Ray Davies: vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
• Dave Davies: lead guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "Trust Your Heart")
• Mick Avory: drums except as noted
• Andy Pyle: bass guitar except as noted
• John Gosling: piano, organ, synthesizer
• John Dalton: bass guitar on "In a Foreign Land"

• Ron Lawrence: bass guitar on "Live Life", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
• Nick Trevisik: drums on "Trust Your Heart", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
• Zaine Griff: bass guitar overdubs
• Clem Cattini: drum overdubs
• John Beecham: trombone on "Black Messiah"
• Nick Newall: clarinet on "Black Messiah"
• Mike Cotton: trumpet on "Black Messiah"

• Written and Produced by Raymond Douglas Davies
• Engineered by Steve Waldman

Notes

1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Misfits > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
2. ^ Blender review^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1464. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
4. ^ Emerson, Ken (12 July 1978). "The Kinks: Misfits". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 269). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071209183333/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/121725/review/5946116/misfits. 

• The Kinks - Misfits at Discogs (list of releases)