See My Friends Davies has been in a retrospective mood of late: In 2009, the legendary Kinks frontman released a set of choral covers, and here he redoes…
Music Review

See My Friends

Reviewed by Mikael Wood | Mar 31, 2011
Ray Davies | YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND Kinks frontman Ray Davies
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND Kinks frontman Ray Davies

Davies has been in a retrospective mood of late: In 2009, the legendary Kinks frontman released a set of choral covers, and here he redoes his early hits alongside pals like Bruce Springsteen, Billy Corgan, and Spoon. Hearing Metallica roar through ''You Really Got Me''? Definitely a hoot. The high point of See My Friends, though, is Davies' duet on '' 'Til the End of Day'' with a fellow power-pop icon: the late Alex Chilton. B+

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Originally posted Mar 30, 2011 Published in issue #1149 Apr 08, 2011 Order article reprints