Think Visual

Think Visual
Studio album by
the Kinks
Released17 November 1986
RecordedJanuary 1986 and June–August 1986
StudiosKonk, London
GenreRock
Length44:22
Labels
ProducerRay Davies
The Kinks chronology
Word of Mouth
(1984)		 Think Visual
(1986)		 Live: The Road
(1987)
Singles from Think Visual
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Cities"
    Released: 17 November 1986 (US)
  2. "How Are You"
    Released: 22 December 1986 (UK)
  3. "Lost and Found"
    Released: 9 February 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rolling Stone(mixed)

Think Visual is the twenty-second studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released in 1986. It peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard chart.

According to Ray Davies, the album was originally going to be a concept album where his "spiv" character from the "Come Dancing" music video was put in the "environment of a video shop".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Working at the Factory"2:58
2."Lost and Found"5:19
3."Repetition"4:06
4."Welcome to Sleazy Town"3:50
5."The Video Shop"5:15
Total length:21:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock 'n' Roll Cities"Dave Davies3:43
2."How Are You" 4:27
3."Think Visual" 3:12
4."Natural Gift" 3:44
5."Killing Time" 4:02
6."When You Were a Child"D. Davies3:40
Total length:22:53

Personnel

The Kinks

Additional personnel

Technical

Cover design Design and photography by Icon: Richard Evans and Andrew Ellis

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "A Kink's Visual Thoughts". Los Angeles Times. 21 December 1986.
  2. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Think Visual The Kinks". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Blender is coming soon". Blender. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  4. ↑ Archived 6 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "The Kinks Think Visual Chart History". Billboard.
  6. ↑ Hinman 2004, p. 280.

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