"Autumn Almanac"
Single by The Kinks
B-side "Mister Pleasant" (UK)
"David Watts" (USA) & (Europe)
Released 13 October 1967 (UK)
29 November 1967 (USA)
Format 7" single
Recorded September 1967 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
Genre Rock
Label Pye 7N 17400 (UK)
Reprise 0647 (US)
Writer(s) Ray Davies
Producer Ray Davies
The Kinks singles chronology
"Waterloo Sunset"
(1967)
---
"Death of a Clown"
(1967)
(Dave Davies solo release)
Autumn Almanac
(1967)
"Wonderboy"
(1968)
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"Susannah's Still Alive"
(1967)
(Dave Davies solo release)

"Autumn Almanac" is a pop song, written by Ray Davies and recorded by the musical group The Kinks in 1967. "Autumn Almanac" has since been noted for being an "absolute classic",[1] "a finely observed slice of English custom",[2] a "weird character study"[3] and for its "mellow, melodic sound that was to characterize the Kinks' next [musical] phase..."[4] Some have placed this and other Davies compositions in the pastoral-Romantic tradition of the poetry of Wordsworth, among others.[5]

In his 1995 autobiography X-Ray and in subsequent performances of his VH1 Storytellers effort, Davies described the song as being inspired by a local hunch-backed gardener in his native Muswell Hill neighbourhood of North London.

Like many recordings of the mid-to-late 1960s, "Autumn Almanac" was released in both mono and stereo versions. The mono version was released as single and appears as a bonus track on the 1998 CD reissue of Something Else by The Kinks as well as most compilations. The stereo version, which is ten seconds longer and features more "psychedelic" audio effects such as a tape loop during the fadeout, appears on the 1972 compilation The Kink Kronikles as well as the deluxe 2-CD reissue of Something Else.

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  1. ^ Charles, Paul. The Complete Guide to Playing Live. Omnibus Press, 2004. p.41.
  2. ^ Rawlings, Terry. British Beat, 1960-1969: Then, Now and Rare. Omnibus Press, 2002. p.112.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Fireside Books, 2004. p.460.
  4. ^ Hardy & Laing, The Encyclopedia of Rock. Schirmer Books, 1988. p 253.
  5. ^ Cf., Krause, MJ. "The Greatest Rock Star of the 19th Century: Ray Davies, Romanticism, and the Art of Being English." Popular Music and Society. Volume 29, Issue 2. (May 2006) pp201-212



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    Autumn Almanac

    by: Ray Davies

    From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar,
    When the dawn begins to crack.
    It's all part of my autumn almanac.
    Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow,
    So I sweep them in my sack.
    Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.
    Friday evenings, people get together,
    Hiding from the weather.
    Tea and toasted, buttered currant buns
    Can't compensate for lack of sun,
    Because the summer's all gone.
    La-la-la-la...
    Oh, my poor rheumatic back
    Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.
    La-la-la-la...
    Oh, my autumn almanac
    Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.
    I like my football on a Saturday,
    Roast beef on Sundays, all right.
    I go to Blackpool for my holidays,
    Sit in the open sunlight.
    This is my street, and I'm never gonna to leave it,
    And I'm always gonna to stay here
    If I live to be ninety-nine,
    'Cause all the people I meet
    Seem to come from my street
    And I can't get away,
    Because it's calling me, (come on home)
    Hear it calling me, (come on home)
    La-la-la-la...
    Oh, my autumn Armagnac
    Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac.
    La-la-la-la...
    Oh, my autumn almanac
    Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
    Bop-bop-bopm-bop-bop, whoa!
    Bop-bop-bopm-bop-bop, whoa!




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