Word of Mouth is a 1984 album by the English

England

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 rock

Rock music

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 group, The Kinks

The Kinks

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Track listing

Personnel

• Ray Davies
  Ray Davies
  Ray Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
  
   - guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals
• Dave Davies
  Dave Davies
  David Russell Gordon "Dave" Davies is an English rock musician best known for his role as lead guitarist and vocalist for the English rock band The Kinks....
  
   - guitar, background vocals
• Jim Rodford
  Jim Rodford
  Jim Rodford is a musician who played with The Kinks, The Swinging Blue Jeans and was a founding member of Argent...
  
   - bass, background vocals
• Mick Avory
  Mick Avory
  Michael Charles "Mick" Avory is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the British rock band, The Kinks, joining them shortly after their formation in 1964 and remaining with them until 1984, when he left amid creative friction with guitarist Dave Davies...
  
   - drums
• Bob Henrit
  Bob Henrit
  Bob Henrit is an English drummer who has been a member of several musical groups, including Buster Meikle & The Daybreakers, The Hunters, Unit 4 + 2, The Roulettes, Argent and The Kinks....
  
   - drums
• Ian Gibbons
  Ian Gibbons
  Ian Gibbons is an English keyboardist, most notable for playing with The Kinks.Gibbons began playing the accordion at the age 9, playing in the school band, and solo at music festivals, competitions and charity events. At the age of 14, he started a school rock band, playing guitar and singing...
  
   - keyboards. background vocals

Information

Though never released as a single, the track "Living on a Thin Line" by Dave Davies

Dave Davies

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 is one of the most popular songs on the album and was played thrice in the 2001 episode "University

University (The Sopranos episode)

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" of the American TV show The Sopranos

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. According to producer Terence Winter

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 on the DVD extras, it is the series' most asked about song.

The song "Good Day" includes an allusion to the death of actress Diana Dors

Diana Dors

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The song "Do It Again" was featured in the film Click (released in 2006), and in trailers that were promoting the film.