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"Picture Book" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Written and sung by Ray Davies, the song's lyrics describe the experience of an ageing narrator flipping through a photo album reflecting on happy memories from "a long time ago".
In July 1965, the Kinks were informally blacklisted from performing in the United States by the American Federation of Musicians. [4] The circumstances that led to the ban are unclear but likely stemmed from several incidents during the band's first US tour; [5] [6] Ray Davies later attributed it to a combination of "bad luck, bad management, [and] bad behaviour".
Picture Book is a six-disc box set of material by the Kinks. It was released in December 2008 and compiles previously unreleased demos and outtakes together with selections from the group's four decade-long career. The first box set released by the band, the track listing for the collection is mostly in chronological order. [3]
"Living on a Thin Line" was first released on Word Of Mouth, but has since been released as a 12-inch promotional radio single (backed with "Sold Me Out") in America, [3] [deprecated source] and on numerous compilation albums, such as Come Dancing with the Kinks, Lost & Found (1986–1989), The Ultimate Collection, and Picture Book. The song ...
The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due ...
Like both "Picture Book" and the unreleased song "Pictures in the Sand", the song explores how memory relates to photographs and serves as a reflection on humans' transitory existence. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Several authors see "Picture Book" and "People Take Pictures of Each Other" as direct contrasts of one another, with the latter featuring a darker ...
"She's Got Everything" has appeared in multiple other Kinks releases aside from the "Days" single. it first appeared in album format on The Kink Kronikles, a 1972 compilation album that varied from hits to rarities. Other compilation albums the track appeared on include The Ultimate Collection and Picture Book.
Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks. Rumford, Rhode Island: Desolation Angel Books. pp. 153–164. ISBN 0-9641005-4-1. Rogan, Johnny (1984). The Kinks: The Sound and the Fury. London: Elm Tree Books. ISBN 0-241-11308-3. Rogan, Johnny (1998). The Complete Guide to the Music of the Kinks. London: Omnibus Press.