| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[4] |
Think Visual is the twenty-second studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released in 1986. It peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard chart.[5]
According to Ray Davies, the album was originally going to be a concept album where his “spiv” character from the “Come Dancing” music video was put in the “environment of a video shop”.[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ray Davies, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Working at the Factory” | 2:58 |
| 2. | “Lost and Found“ | 5:19 |
| 3. | “Repetition” | 4:06 |
| 4. | “Welcome to Sleazy Town” | 3:50 |
| 5. | “The Video Shop” | 5:15 |
| Total length: | 21:31 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Rock ‘n’ Roll Cities“ | Dave Davies | 3:43 |
| 2. | “How Are You“ | 4:27 | |
| 3. | “Think Visual” | 3:12 | |
| 4. | “Natural Gift” | 3:44 | |
| 5. | “Killing Time” | 4:02 | |
| 6. | “When You Were a Child” | D. Davies | 3:40 |
| Total length: | 22:53 | ||
Personnel
The Kinks
- Ray Davies – rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards, harmonica
- Dave Davies – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards; lead vocals on “Rock ‘n’ Roll Cities” and “When You Were a Child”
- Ian Gibbons – keyboards, backing vocals
- Jim Rodford – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Bob Henrit – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Kim Goody – backing vocals on “Think Visual”
- Mick Avory – drums on “Rock ‘n’ Roll Cities”
Technical
- Ben Fenner – engineer
- Dave Powell – engineer
- David Baker – engineer
- Damian Korner – engineer
Cover design Design and photography by Icon: Richard Evans and Andrew Ellis
References
Citations
- ^ “A KINK’S VISUAL THOUGHTS”. Los Angeles Times. 21 December 1986.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. “Think Visual – The Kinks | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards”. AllMusic. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ “Blender is coming soon”. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ [1] Archived 6 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “The Kinks Think Visual Chart History”. Billboard.
- ^ Hinman 2004, p. 280.
Sources
- Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961-1996. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0879307653.
