Muswell Hillbillies: Legacy Edition 2XLP

Album Details

Expanded with 2nd LP of 9 Rare Bonus Tracks from the Recording Sessions & 3 BBC Peel Session Performances
One of the most important and influential artists in rock history, The Kinks have been credited by many as the crucial '60s genesis for everything from heavy metal to garage punk to Britpop thanks to such immortal singles as “You Really Got Me,” “All Day and All of the Night” and “Lola” among many others.

Released in 1971, Muswell Hillbillies, their first album for the RCA label, was a vivid portrait of working class life in the band's North London home. Rolling Stone called it Ray Davies' "signature statement" as a songwriter. Sonically Muswell Hillbillies was a marked departure from the band’s rough-and-tumble approach of the ‘60s, taking influences from turn-of-the-century British music hall and country styles, with expanded arrangements thanks to the brass section The Mike Cotton Sound.