Thanksgiving Day [EP]

Ray Davies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: V2 North America
• ASIN: B000BTJCPY
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,352 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Thanksgiving Day

2. Yours Truly Confused N10

3. London Song

4. Storyteller

5. Thanksgiving Day (Alternative Mix)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I think Ray is just fine without Dave, November 23, 2005

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MiBoDoCa "mibodoca" (Manalapan, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thanksgiving Day (Audio CD)

I generally don't write reviews but I've been a Kinks fan for over 35 years so I had to speak up. This EP and Tourist EP from England prove that Ray has lost none of his ability to champion the common man. This is a GREAT song. The two versions of Thanksgiving Day are completely different so buy this so you won't miss out. I love Dave and The Kinks but Ray is who all true Kinks fans have been waiting for and he delivers.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THANKSGIVING RAY!, November 22, 2005

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ralph (Woodbridge, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thanksgiving Day (Audio CD)

Don't expect this song to grab you immediately like the first five chords of YOU REALLY GOT ME. Instead, after just a couple listens it slowly creeps in and gets a hold of you till you can't get it out of your head. For longtime Kinks fans - this is a welcome reward for your patience. If this track and "The Tourist" (European release EP) are any indication of what's to come on Ray's first proper SOLO ALBUM (due early '06) then we are all in for a treat. Rays's songwriting continues to evolve in different directions, and it is evident he is experimenting with different sounds (less Kinky, but still intriguing). Anyway

to get back on track THANKSGIVING DAY is a wonderful song lyrically and musically (would we expect anything less from our well respected hero?) with a funky backbeat, and the other tracks on the EP will satisfy any Kinky Kollector because they include a track previously only released on a Jools Holland & Friends CD, and remixes of the two original Storyteller tunes! The net proceeds of this EP go to the New Orleans music school charity that Ray had been active in at the time of his unfortunate incident down there. There's no excuse not to get this one!

And God Save The Kinks.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The genius is back, November 22, 2005

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Teebee "Teebee" (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thanksgiving Day (Audio CD)

This EP gives you an insight to what Ray Davies is still capable of. The tune of this first track from the forthcoming first solo album "Other People's Lives" is a piece of thoughtful commentary on (American) family life, with a great tune and evolving into a powerful hymn backed with a choir.

The bonus tracks are alternate versions of already known songs which are now hard to find (e . g. tracks from the "Storyteller CD") and which are worth having.

A must-have for dedicated followers and people who'd like to be one of them!