Everybody's in Show-Biz

Studio album and live album by The Kinks

Released

25 August 1972

Recorded

(studio) March - June 1972 at Morgan Studios, London;

(live) Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY, 2–3 March 1972

Genre

Rock

Length

69:26 (Original release)
74:28 (Remastered release)

Label

RCA

Producer

Ray Davies

The Kinks chronology

The Kink Kronikles
(1972)

Everybody's in Showbiz
(1972)

The Great Lost Kinks Album
(1973)

Singles from Everybody's In Show-Biz

"Supersonic Rocket Ship"
Released: 5 May 1972
"Celluloid Heroes"
Released: 24 November 1972

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.5/10)^[2]
Blender	^[3]
Robert Christgau	B+^[4]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)^[5]

Everybody's in Show-Biz is the tenth studio album released by English rock group The Kinks, released in 1972. A double album, the first disc features studio recordings, while the second disc documents a two-night Carnegie Hall stand.

Everybody's in Show-Biz is often seen by fans as a transition album for The Kinks, marking the change in Ray Davies' songwriting style toward more theatrical, campy and vaudevillian work, as evidenced by the rock-opera concept albums that followed it.

This album marks Davies' explorations of the trials of rock-star life and the monotony of touring, themes that would reappear in future releases like The Kinks Present A Soap Opera and the 1987 live album Live: The Road.

On 3 June 2016, a Legacy Edition was released, with disc 1 containing the original stereo album (studio and live tracks) and disc 2 containing bonus tracks including previously unreleased live tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts, alternate mixes and studio outtakes. (Disc 2 tracks 7-10 were recorded on the other night of the two-night Carnegie Hall stand; Disc 2 track 14 is a never-released outtake; and Disc 2 tracks 1 and 12 are the same as those bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.)

Track listing

All tracks written by Ray Davies, except as noted.

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Here Comes Yet Another Day"		3:53
2.	"Maximum Consumption"		4:04
3.	"Unreal Reality"		3:32
4.	"Hot Potatoes"		3:25
5.	"Sitting in My Hotel"		3:20
6.	"Motorway"		3:28
7.	"You Don't Know My Name"	Dave Davies	2:34
8.	"Supersonic Rocket Ship"		3:29
9.	"Look a Little on the Sunny Side"		2:47
10.	"Celluloid Heroes"		6:19

Disc 2 Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 2–3 March 1972
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Top of the Pops"		4:33
2.	"Brainwashed"		2:59
3.	"Mr. Wonderful"	Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener	0:42
4.	"Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues"		4:00
5.	"Holiday"		3:53
6.	"Muswell Hillbilly"		3:10
7.	"Alcohol"		5:19
8.	"Banana Boat Song"	Irving Burgie, William Attaway	1:42
9.	"Skin and Bone"		3:54
10.	"Baby Face"	Benny Davis, Harry Akst	1:54
11.	"Lola"		1:40

1998 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
22.	"Till the End of the Day"	2:00
23.	"She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina"	3:04

2016 Disc 2 tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"'Til the End of the Day"	2:16
2.	"You're Looking Fine"	4:38
3.	"Get Back in Line"
4.	"Have a Cuppa Tea"	2:58
5.	"Sunny Afternoon"	2:38
6.	"Muswell Hillbilly"	3:21
7.	"Brainwashed"	2:57
8.	"Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues"	4:11
9.	"Holiday"	3:26
10.	"Alcohol"
11.	"Complicated Life"	3:22
12.	"She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina"	3:17
13.	"Long Tall Shorty"	2:34
14.	"History (studio outtake)"	5:22
15.	"Supersonic Rocket Ship (alternate mix)"	4:08
16.	"Unreal Reality (alternate mix)"	4:00
17.	"Sophisticated Lady (rehearsal for early version of "Money Talks")"	3:22

Personnel

Ray Davies - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar
Dave Davies - lead guitar, slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar on "Celluloid Heroes", lead vocal on "You Don't Know My Name"
John Dalton - bass guitar, backing vocals
John Gosling - keyboards
Mick Avory - drums
Mike Cotton - trumpet
John Beecham - trombone, tuba
Alan Holmes - saxophone, clarinet
Dave Rowberry - organ on "Celluloid Heroes"

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
↑ Josephes, Jason. "The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz". Archived from the original on 23 December 2001.
↑ Blender review Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
↑ Palmer, Bob (26 October 1972). "The Kinks: Everybody's in Showbiz". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow (RS 120). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.

External links

Everybody's in Show-Biz at Discogs (list of releases)

The Kinks

Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton Gordon Edwards Ian Gibbons John Gosling Mark Haley Bob Henrit Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Nicky Hopkins Shel Talmy

Studio albums	Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody's in Show-Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia

Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live: The Road To the Bone

EPs	Kinksize Session Kwyet Kinks

Compilations	Kinks-Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found (1986–1989) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book

Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)

Stage	Sunny Afternoon (musical)

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