Ray Davies: See My Friends | CD review

(Universal)Finally, it's Ray Davies's turn to make the elder-statesmen-collaborates-with-star-admirers album. See My Friends sees him plunder his back catalogue, with generally pleasurable results. Though Bruce Springsteen's gruff bark is an uncomfortable fit with Davies's camp quaver, they recast Better Things as a Byrdsy ramble that's an improvement on the original's clumping new wave. Metallica make a decent fist of You Really Got Me, often cited as the first heavy metal song, and Mumford & S...

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