The Storyteller

I have not posted in a while. The reason is simple: I loved Working Man's Café too much. Ever stopped caring about anything else but one album? One artist? One band? That's my current problem. I have lost objectivity.

Music Junkie no more? That remains to be seen...

I did get my hands on Ray Davies's 1998 The Storyteller and spent the past few weeks trying to rationalize why I love it so much, and there's just no point. This album needs no rational because it is the best gift any artist could deliver his listeners and fans. It is without any doubt one of the most entertaining and delightful live album I have ever heard. Ray Davies is giving us a glimpse into his world, supported by wonderful acoustic versions of old Kinks classics (klassiks?) and very often hilarious stories and anecdotes from his youth and from the early days of The Kinks. The album supported his sing and tell show of the era, which in turn supported his unauthorized autobiography X-Ray, which I suppose explains a little more about the whole concept behind the album. There's not much else to say about it: it is fun, it has wonderful vocals, great music, who needs more? Any Kinks fans will tell you you need it.