UK Jive

Infobox Album | Name = UK Jive
Type = Album
Artist = The Kinks


Released = 2 October 1989
Recorded = December 1988 - April 1989
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 43:44
Label =
Producer = Ray Davies
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uifjzf0hehak link]
*Blender Rating|1|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?ID=3856 link] | Last album = "Come Dancing with the Kinks" (1986)
This album = "UK Jive"
(1989)
Next album = "Phobia"
(1993)

"UK Jive" is a 1989 album by the English rock group, The Kinks. It was the first album in almost three years since the 1986 album, "Think Visual". It was one of the The Kinks' most poorly received albums.Fact|date=January 2008

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted

Original Release

# "Aggravation" – 6:10
# "How Do I Get Close?" – 5:07
# "UK Jive" – 3:49
# "Now and Then" – 3:32
# "What Are We Doing?" – 3:38
# "Entertainment" – 4:19
# "War Is Over" – 3:41
# "Down All the Days (To 1992)" – 4:57
# "Loony Balloon" – 5:03
# "Dear Margaret" (Dave Davies) – 3:27

Bonus Tracks On CD

# "Bright Lights" (Dave Davies) – 3:28
# "Perfect Strangers" (Dave Davies) – 6:26

Production

Considered a "comeback" album, "UK Jive" was recorded in only 12 hours.Fact|date=January 2008