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"Autumn Almanac" is a pop song written by Ray Davies and recorded by the rock group The Kinks in 1967. "Autumn Almanac" has since been noted for being an "absolute classic",〔Charles, Paul. ''The Complete Guide to Playing Live''. Omnibus Press, 2004. p.41.〕 "a finely observed slice of English custom",〔Rawlings, Terry. ''British Beat, 1960–1969: Then, Now and Rare''. Omnibus Press, 2002. p.112.〕 a "weird character study"〔Brackett, Nathan. ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide''. New York: Fireside Books, 2004. p.460.〕 and for its "mellow, melodic sound that was to characterize the Kinks' next () phase..."〔Hardy & Laing, ''The Encyclopedia of Rock''. Schirmer Books, 1988. p 253.〕 Some have placed this and other Davies compositions in the pastoral-Romantic tradition of the poetry of Wordsworth, among others.〔''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〕 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. Autumn Almanac was a non-album single in between 1967's Something Else by the Kinks and 1968's The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. 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''. ==External links== *(Official Ray Davies Web Site ) *(The Official Ray Davies Forum – "The Old Grey Board" ) *( The Official Ray Davies Forum on YouTube ) * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Autumn Almanac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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