Everybody's in Show-Biz
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{{Infobox album
| name = Everybody's in Show-Biz
| type = studio
| longtype = and live album
| artist = the Kinks
| cover = kinksshowbiz.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 September 1972
| recorded = *2–3 March 1972 (live)
- March–June 1972 (studio)
| venue = Carnegie Hall, New York City
| studio = Morgan, London
| genre = Rock
| length = 69:26
| label = RCA
| producer = Ray Davies
| chronology = The Kinks UK
| prev_title = Muswell Hillbillies
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Preservation Act 1
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Kinks US
| title = Everybody's in Show-Biz
| type = studio
| year = 1972
| prev_title = The Kink Kronikles
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = The Great Lost Kinks Album
| next_year = 1973
}}
{{Singles
| name = Everybody's in Show-Biz
| type = Album
| single1 = Supersonic Rocket Ship
| single1date = 5 May 1972
| single2 = Celluloid Heroes
| single2date = 24 November 1972
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/everybodys-in-show-biz-mw0000203436 |title=The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=12 October 2018}}
|rev3 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev3Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=0-89919-026-X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: K|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=K&bk=70|access-date=28 February 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev4 = Pitchfork Media
|rev5 = Rolling Stone
|rev5score = (favourable){{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/102519/review/5944526/everybodys_in_showbiz |title=The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz |first=Bob |last=Palmer |date=26 October 1972 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=RS 120 |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002011916/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/102519/review/5944526/everybodys_in_showbiz |archive-date=2 October 2007}}
}}
Everybody's in Show-Biz is the eleventh studio album released by the 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.
On 3 June 2016, a Legacy Edition was released, with disc 1 containing the original stereo album (studio and live tracks) and disc 2 containing bonus tracks including previously unreleased live tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts, alternate mixes and studio outtakes. (Disc 2 tracks 6-10 were recorded on the other night of the two-night Carnegie Hall stand; Disc 2 track 14 is a previously-unreleased outtake; and Disc 2 tracks 1 and 12 are the same as those bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.){{Cite web |last=Delgreco |first=Lisa |date=2016-04-19 |title=The Kinks' 'Everybody's In Show-Biz' To Be Released As Expanded Edition June 3 |url=https://www.legacyrecordings.com/2016/04/19/rcalegacy-recordings-set-to-release-newly-expanded-edition-of-the-kinks-everybodys-in-show-biz-on-friday-june-3/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Legacy Recordings |language=en-US}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one {{nobold|(studio)}}
| all_writing = Ray Davies, except where noted.
| title1 = Here Comes Yet Another Day
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = Maximum Consumption
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Unreal Reality
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = Hot Potatoes
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = Sitting in My Hotel
| length5 = 3:20
| total_length = 18:14
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two {{nobold|(studio)}}
| title1 = Motorway
| length1 = 3:28
| title2 = You Don't Know My Name
| note2 = Dave Davies
| length2 = 2:34
| title3 = Supersonic Rocket Ship
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = Look a Little on the Sunny Side
| length4 = 2:47
| title5 = Celluloid Heroes
| length5 = 6:19
| total_length = 18:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side three {{nobold|(live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 2–3 March 1972)}}
| title1 = Top of the Pops
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Brainwashed
| length2 = 2:59
| title3 = Mr. Wonderful
| note3 = Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener
| length3 = 0:42
| title4 = Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
| length4 = 4:00
| title5 = Holiday
| length5 = 3:53
| total_length = 16:07
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side four {{nobold|(live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 2–3 March 1972)}}
| title1 = Muswell Hillbilly
| length1 = 3:10
| title2 = Alcohol
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = Banana Boat Song
| note3 = Irving Burgie, William Attaway
| length3 = 1:42
| title4 = Skin and Bone
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Baby Face
| note5 = Benny Davis, Harry Akst
| length5 = 1:54
| title6 = Lola
| length6 = 1:40
| total_length = 17:39
}}
Personnel
The Kinks
- 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", co-lead vocals on "Hot Potatoes"
- John Dalton – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mick Avory – drums
- John Gosling – keyboards
Additional personnel
- Alan Holmes – saxophone, clarinet
- Mike Cotton – trumpet
- John Beecham – trombone, tuba
- Dave Rowberry – organ on "Celluloid Heroes"
References
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External links
- {{discogs master|101433|type=album}}
{{The Kinks}}
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Category:Albums produced by Ray Davies