The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British EmpireThe hugely well respected and historically important Kinks seventh studio album Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire was released on 10th October 1969, and celebrates its 50th anniversary on 2019. 'Rock musical' in style and one of the most effective concept albums in rock history, the album was constructed by Kinks' frontman Ray Davies as the soundtrack to a subsequently cancelled Granada Television play. The album receiving almost

‘Disco Not Disco’ was a perfectly timed compilation back in 2000

Stripping them back to the essence of what they are was also something we wanted to explore

'suck it and see' sees arctic monkeys in major chord

like beauty

and is followed by the rousing ‰ÛÏChekhov's Hangnail‰۝

The wire is always a live one

” He could render the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel alike into easy listening and also dreamed up his own ditties

Kilgour doesn’t want to elaborate too much

The songs were bounced back and forth from tape machine to computer to tape machine to computer again

The album covers an extraordinary amount of ground in its 45 minutes

features the background vocal talents of Rita Marley

the rambunctious energy of Jim Ford