Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)

Word of Mouth
Studio album by The Kinks
Released	19 November 1984
Recorded	June 1983 - September 1984 at Konk Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	43:04
Language	English
Label	Arista
Producer	Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
State of Confusion (1983) Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) Singles from Word of Mouth "Good Day" Released: 1984 (U.K.) "Do It Again" Released: 1984 "Living on a Thin Line" Released: 1985 (U.S., Radio Promo) "Summer's Gone" Released: 1985 (U.S.)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Word of Mouth is the twentieth studio album by the English rock group, The Kinks. "Do It Again" was released as a single from the album in 1985.

Information

The track "Living on a Thin Line" by Dave Davies was played three times in the 2001 episode "University" of the American TV show The Sopranos. According to producer Terence Winter on the DVD extras, it is the series' most asked about song.

The song "Good Day" includes an allusion to the death of actress Diana Dors.

The song "Do It Again" was featured in the film Click (released in 2006), and in trailers that were promoting the film.^[4]

The Song "Do It Again" was used in TV ad promotions for the 2013 edition of the Tour de France.

Track listing

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

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Do It Again"	4:14
2.	"Word of Mouth"	3:51
3.	"Good Day"	4:35
4.	"Living on a Thin Line" (Dave Davies)	4:16
5.	"Sold Me Out"	3:44

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Massive Reductions"	3:15
2.	"Guilty" (Dave Davies)	4:12
3.	"Too Hot"	4:08
4.	"Missing Persons"	2:53
5.	"Summer's Gone"	3:52
6.	"Going Solo"	3:58

1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Good Day" (extended edit)	5:31
13.	"Summer's Gone" (extended edit)	4:54

Personnel

• Ray Davies - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
• Dave Davies - guitar, vocals on "Guilty" and "Living on a Thin Line"
• Jim Rodford - bass, background vocals
• Mick Avory - drums on "Missing Persons", "Sold Me Out" and "Going Solo"
• Bob Henrit - drums on all other tracks
• Ian Gibbons - keyboards. background vocals
• "Special thanks to" Luisa and John for their help on "Too Hot" and "Good Day"
• David Baker - engineer
• Renate Sturmer - illustration

Notes

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Word of Mouth > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
2. Blender review Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. Fricke, David (31 January 1985). "The Kinks: Word of Mouth". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 440). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007.
4. "Soundtracks for Click". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

• Kinks, The – Word Of Mouth at Discogs (list of releases)