- aor, pop rock, rock
- 52 min
- 12 tracks
- London Records
UK Jive is the twenty-third studio album by the English rock group the Kinks, released in 1989. It was the first album in almost three years since the 1986 album, Think Visual.
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Classical in form, cool, spare and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1Aggravation6:12
- 2How Do I Get Close5:08
- 3UK Jive3:52
- 4Now and Then3:34
- 5What Are We Doing3:41
- 6Entertainment4:23
- 7War Is Over3:44
- 8Down All the Days (Till 1992)5:02
- 9Loony Balloon5:07
- 10Dear Margaret3:30
- 11Bright Lights3:29
- 12Perfect Strangers4:27
12 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Kinks
- Label
- London Records
- Released
- October 2, 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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