Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1136006 in Books
• Published on: 1995-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 432 pages

Review
"'We romp across the decade with flair: tales of power games with The Beatles, girls in lacquered hair... greedy deals in Denmark Street and immortal songs written from within in pits of despair' Mojo 'X-Ray is that rarest of things: a rock star autobiography that is engaging, entertaining and well written, to boot' Mail on Sunday 'Pop biographies rarely come more inventive than this' The Times"

The New York Times
'"X-Ray" is ample evidence that Mr. Davies is still a first-class writer'

Customer Reviews

Pshychologically stimulating and factually interesting.
Ray Davies leader of the most influential group of the 20th century uses this autobiography to give the reader an insight into life in the `swinging 60s' and early 70s and outlines the history of the kinks. The book describes the controversy surrrounding the Kinks and is particularly interesting to fansas `RD' describes what he was thinking when he wrote the songs and how he reacted to the successes and failure of the music industry. Non-Kinks fans who enjoy thrillers will find the pshychological element particularly stimulating. A great book.

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The book was intrigiuing with its invention of new literary devices. Being younger than most of the crowd following Ray Davies I found insightful the comments mentioned about his earlier songs. One of the let-downs was the vague information about his Albums , however I enjoyed the socio - economic satire of Muswell was quite surprisinging . It,s a good bang for the buck. l

My review will consist of the way the book was arranged.
The book was intrigiuing with its invention of new literary devices. Being younger than most of the crowd following Ray Davies I found insightful the comments mentioned about his earlier songs. One of the let-downs was the vague information about his Albums , however I enjoyed the socio - economic satire of Muswell was quite surprisinging . It,s a good bang for the buck. l