Liner Notes/1970s/Muswell Hillbillies

The Kinks · 1971 · 1970s · Entry 21 of 272

Muswell Hillbillies

Country, music hall, and Davies's working-class London. The least Kinks-sounding record they ever made, and one of the best.

— Jason Chletsos, curator
8.9

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A quietly devastating portrait of working-class English life, rendered in music-hall flourishes and Ray Davies's most understated songwriting.