Everybody's in Show-Biz

Everybody's in Show-Biz
Studio album and live album by The Kinks
Released	25 August 1972
Recorded	March - June 1972 at Morgan Studios, London and Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, 2–3 March 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	69:26 (Original release) 74:28 (Remastered release)
Label	RCA
Producer	Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
The Kink Kronikles (1972) Everybody's in Showbiz (1972) The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973)
Singles from Everybody's In Show-Biz
"Supersonic Rocket Ship" Released: 5 May 1972 "Celluloid Heroes" Released: 24 November 1972

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.5/10)[2]
Blender	[3]
Robert Christgau	B+[4]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[5]

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.

Track listing

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

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Here Comes Yet Another Day"		3:53
2.	"Maximum Consumption"		4:04
3.	"Unreal Reality"		3:32
4.	"Hot Potatoes"		3:25
5.	"Sitting in My Hotel"		3:20
6.	"Motorway"		3:28
7.	"You Don't Know My Name"	Dave Davies	2:34
8.	"Supersonic Rocket Ship"		3:29
9.	"Look a Little on the Sunny Side"		2:47
10.	"Celluloid Heroes"		6:19

Disc 2 Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 2–3 March 1972
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Top of the Pops"		4:33
2.	"Brainwashed"		2:59
3.	"Mr. Wonderful"	Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener	0:42
4.	"Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues"		4:00
5.	"Holiday"		3:53
6.	"Muswell Hillbilly"		3:10
7.	"Alcohol"		5:19
8.	"Banana Boat Song"	Irving Burgie, William Attaway	1:42
9.	"Skin and Bone"		3:54
10.	"Baby Face"	Benny Davis, Harry Akst	1:54
11.	"Lola"		1:40

1998 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
22.	"Till the End of the Day"	2:00
23.	"She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina"	3:04

Personnel

• Ray Davies - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
• Dave Davies - lead guitar, slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar on "Celluloid Heroes", lead vocal on "You Don't Know My Name"
• John Dalton - bass guitar, backing vocals
• John Gosling - keyboards
• Mick Avory - drums
• Mike Cotton - trumpet
• John Beecham - trombone, tuba
• Alan Holmes - saxophone, clarinet
• Dave Rowberry - organ on "Celluloid Heroes"

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
2. Josephes, Jason. "The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz". Archived from the original on 23 December 2001.
3. Blender review Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
4. Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
5. Palmer, Bob (26 October 1972). "The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 120). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.

External links

• Everybody's in Show-Biz at Discogs (list of releases)