Ray Davies & Crouch End Festival Chorus - The Kinks Choral Collection (2009) {Special Edition}
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Classic Rock, Pop, Choral | Universal Music #2724050
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 456 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 253 Mb
Full Scans | 00:56:39 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock, Pop, Choral | Universal Music #2724050
Orchestral and choral arrangements of rock songs have been a curious subgenre ever since the mid-'60s when Andrew Loog Oldham arranged The Rolling Stones Songbook for syrupy strings, but The Kinks Choral Collection stands apart from the pack for the simple reason that it's not the project of some associate or admirer, but rather chief Kink Ray Davies. His very presence as arranger and lead vocal means The Kinks Choral Collection isn't nearly as stuffy and middlebrow as so many of these orchestral rock albums; he manages to inject some semblance of rock & roll by pushing the songs forward with guitar, and letting the rhythms swing instead of plod.