Autumn Almanac

Infobox Single
Name = Autumn Almanac


Artist = The Kinks
from Album =
B-side = "Mister Pleasant" (UK)
"David Watts" (USA)
Released = 13 October, 1967 (UK)
29 November, 1967 (USA)
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Sep 1967 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Pye 7N 17400
Writer = Ray Davies
Producer = Ray Davies
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Waterloo Sunset"
(1967)
This single = Autumn Almanac
(1967)
Next single = "Wonderboy"
(1968)

Autumn Almanac is a pop song, written by Ray Davies and recorded by the musical group the Kinks in 1967. 'Autumn Almanac' has since been noted for being an "absolute classic" [Charles, Paul. "The Complete Guide to Playing Live". Omnibus Press, 2004. p.41.] , "a finely observed slice of English custom" [Rawlings, Terry. "British Beat, 1960-1969: Then, Now and Rare". Omnibus Press, 2002. p.112.] , a "weird character study" [Brackett, Nathan. "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". New York: Fireside Books, 2004. p.460. ] and for its "mellow, melodic sound that was to characterize the Kinks' next [musical] phase..." [Hardy & Laing, "The Encyclopedia of Rock". Schirmer Books, 1988. p 253.] Some have placed this and other Davies compositions in the pastoral-Romantic tradition of the poetry of Wordsworth, among others. ["Cf.", Krause, MJ. "The Greatest Rock Star of the 19th Century: Ray Davies, Romanticism, and the Art of Being English." "Popular Music and Society". Volume 29, Issue 2. (May 2006) pp201-212]

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