ARTiST: The Kunks
ALBUM: The Kunks
BiTRATE: 184kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 63.78 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 45min 29sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-11-05
STORE DATE: 2007-10-16
Track List:
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01. I've Got Nothing 2:27
02. The Bad Times Are Coming 2:47
03. Life In Order 3:36
04. Mr. Trendy 2:10
05. Beautiful Spring Day 2:48
06. The Only Things We Can Afford 3:36
07. Charlie Watts 2:09
08. The Olde Fashioned Values 2:24
Committee
09. Archie 3:54
10. Leslie 4:14
11. A Fair Lady 2:59
12. Sleeping Fits 3:27
13. Aquaman 3:20
14. The Next Day 2:38
15. At The Picture Show (live) 3:00
Release Notes:
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The Kunks were formed in the sleepy little UK town of Swell Mum Hill by brothers
Dae and Nite Ravens and childhood friend Pat Quaint; drummer Nick Avarice joined
in the middle of their first recording session when their original drummer, Henry
Bobbit, was kicked out of the British Federation of Musicians for cutting off the
president of orginization on the M4 en route to the studio. Their career spanned
four decades but they were constantly overshadowed by the legendary Rutles. While
Rutlemania swept the world, The Kunks continually put out solid albums and built
up a cult following that started a tradition of throwing paper cups on stage with
song requests written inside them.
After a string of unsuccessful singles, The Kunks finally broke through with the
song I've Got Nothing, a song written by Dae after losing his girlfriend to Stig
O'Hara of The Rutles, hence the lyric," He's in a money making band, And he's the
one who holds your hand and I've got nothing." The song is often covered to this
day: Swedish rock god Hans Valen's version of the song is often mistaken for being
the original.
They built a reputation as consistent hit-makers. The most popular ones, Mr. Trendy,
Beautiful Spring Day & The Bad Times Are Coming are all included on this compilation
CD. They were soon respected for their string of, now considered, classic albums;
Kunkthing Else, The Olde Fasioned Values Committee, Archie and Swell Mum Hill
Follies. In the 70's they gained a bad reputation for entering the world of concept
albums a little too enthusiastically. Although the albums Scubas In Disgrace,
Sleeping Fits and Fit Miss, among others, were dismissed by fans and critics alike,
you could still find a Dae Ravens gem or 2 hidden inside those ambitious efforts.
Their later records were amongst the biggest sellers of their career, but they lost
some of their dedicated cult following. Later albums, No Budget, Give The Pupils
What They Want and State of Connecticut gave them a new fanbase that only knew them
from the hits off those albums-Aquaman, The Next Day and At The Picture Show are
represented on this disc. The legendary strained relationship between brothers Dae
and Nite finally led to the disbanding of The Kunks in the 90's. Diehard fans keep
hoping the rumors that pop up every couple of years about a reunionon tour will one
day become true.