| Everybody's in Show-Biz | |
| Type: | studio |
| Longtype: | and live album |
| Artist: | the Kinks |
| Cover: | kinksshowbiz.jpg |
| Released: | 1 September 1972 |
| Recorded: |
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| Venue: | Carnegie Hall, New York City |
| Studio: | Morgan, London |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 69:26 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Ray Davies |
| Chronology: | The Kinks UK |
| Prev Title: | Muswell Hillbillies |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Preservation Act 1 |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
Everybody's in Show-Biz is the eleventh studio album released by the English rock group the Kinks, released in 1972. A double album, the first disc features studio recordings, while the second disc documents a two-night Carnegie Hall stand.
Everybody's in Show-Biz is often seen by fans as a transition album for the Kinks, marking the change in Ray Davies' songwriting style toward more theatrical, campy and vaudevillian work, as evidenced by the rock-opera concept albums that followed it.
This album marks Davies' explorations of the trials of rock-star life and the monotony of touring, themes that would reappear in future releases like The Kinks Present A Soap Opera and the 1987 live album .
On 3 June 2016, a Legacy Edition was released, with disc 1 containing the original stereo album (studio and live tracks) and disc 2 containing bonus tracks including previously unreleased live tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts, alternate mixes and studio outtakes. (Disc 2 tracks 6-10 were recorded on the other night of the two-night Carnegie Hall stand; Disc 2 track 14 is a previously-unreleased outtake; and Disc 2 tracks 1 and 12 are the same as those bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue.)[1]
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