Americana

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AlbumApr 21 / 201715 songs, 58m 28s
Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock
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7.3 / 10

The Kinks legend uses Americana to blaze a path through both America's rock’n’roll history and his own. Its back-to-basics energy and prosaic storytelling make it his best solo album in years.

7.3 / 10

The Kinks legend uses Americana to blaze a path through both America's rock’n’roll history and his own. Its back-to-basics energy and prosaic storytelling make it his best solo album in years.

6.7 / 10

Americana is part love letter, part lament for an America hasn’t really existed for at least 100 years

6.7 / 10

Americana is part love letter, part lament for an America hasn’t really existed for at least 100 years

Also: Fujiya & Miyagi, Ciaran Lavery and Angaleena Presley

Also: Fujiya & Miyagi, Ciaran Lavery and Angaleena Presley

If there’s ever been a moment in your life that Ray Davies or The Kinks made better, you’ll find joy on Americana.

If there’s ever been a moment in your life that Ray Davies or The Kinks made better, you’ll find joy on Americana.

8 / 10

The recently knighted Sir Ray Davies, co-founder and principal songwriter for the Kinks, is back with his first record in almost a decade. B...

8 / 10

The recently knighted Sir Ray Davies, co-founder and principal songwriter for the Kinks, is back with his first record in almost a decade. B...

5.5 / 10

Americana is a collection of comfortable rock 'n' roll songs detailing Ray Davies' relationship with, and travels across, America.

5.5 / 10

Americana is a collection of comfortable rock 'n' roll songs detailing Ray Davies' relationship with, and travels across, America.

(Sony/Legacy)<br />

(Sony/Legacy)<br />

8 / 10

Serving as a musical companion piece to his memoir of the same name, Americana finds Ray Davies embracing his younger self’s idealistic view of America...

8 / 10

Serving as a musical companion piece to his memoir of the same name, Americana finds Ray Davies embracing his younger self’s idealistic view of America...

8.0 / 10

'Americana' by Ray Davies album review by Owen Maxwell. The full-length is out on April 21st, via Sony Music.

8.0 / 10

'Americana' by Ray Davies album review by Owen Maxwell. The full-length is out on April 21st, via Sony Music.

60 %

Davies has lost none of his biting wit.

60 %

Davies has lost none of his biting wit.

Album Reviews: Ray Davies ‒ Americana

Album Reviews: Ray Davies ‒ Americana

A love letter to the USA by the most English of songwriters. New music review by Liz Thomson

A love letter to the USA by the most English of songwriters. New music review by Liz Thomson

8 / 10

8 / 10