The Kinks – Think Visual

A little bright, but what an amazing album. Start to finish!

A fine outing by The Kinks, circa 1986. The music, recording, and especially my pressing on lp sound great. This one flies under the radar, but is worth a listen if you"re a Kinks fan.

very under rated! How are you is amost as good as tired of waiting!

THINK VISUAL contains a few gems..."Lost and Found" and "How Are You" are highlights, while "Welcome To The Factory" and the title track share similar themes of bitterness and resentment towards the music industry. But there's one thing that's always bugged me about this album: the decision to use keyboards to approximate the sound of a horn section on a few tracks. Perhaps it was financially driven, perhaps you can blame it on cheesy 80's trends, but it was a dubious choice. Songs like "Welcome To Sleazy Town" and "The Video Shop" would have worked better with real horns. This pressing sounds fine, the vinyl actually sounds better than the CD I've had for decades, it's got a bit more oomph to the low end and the rhythm section sounds more robust. My copy plays nice and clean, with faint surface noise here and there.

Not their best album, but probably the most underrated. "Lost And Found" is a lost classic that needs to be found again (pun intended).

This is my fave from the 80's by Ray and Dave, this is the lineup I was lucky enough to watch in live concert in Milano, way back to 1987. The Lp starts with "Working at the factory", lovely lyrics about ".. they sold us a dream, but in reality , was just another factory" Ray is in great shape in all the songs. Lost and foud in a mid slow one, so classic by the Kinks, and the beautiful words brings outta space! "How are you ?" another mid slow song and seems to speak directly to the fan or a once lover . These are my fave. Thinkg that the other songs are weak is a mistake, Ray is always able to paint reality in his romantic point view, other time is able to give the cynical point of view to reality. Lovely , and Dave sings too in his own one. It's a great LP, one of my fave by the Kinks

This is one of my favorite Kinks albums. I always read it wasn't well received and generally people didn't like it. After first hearing it I really don't understand why that was so.