I PROWL AROUND
WHEN YOU'RE FAST SLEEP
I WALK AROUND
AND I GET INTO PLACES
THAT NOBODY KNOWS
Sleepwalker
is the sixteenth
studio album
by the English
rock group,
released in 1977,
and their first album
for the Arista label.
Sleepwalker
marked a return
to straight-ahead,
self-contained
rock songs
after several years
of concept albums.
It is the first album
in what critics
usually call the
"arena rock"
phase of the group,
in which
more commercial
and mainstream
production techniques
would be employed.
The lineup
of the Kinks
also was trimmed down
as the brass section
and backup singers
were removed
and the band
returned to a
standard
rock band outfit.
The album
also marks
the last appearance
of bassist
John Dalton,
who worked with
the band since 1969
and left the band
during the album's
recording sessions.
Background
Despite their success
with the hit singles
"Lola"
and
"Apeman"
in 1970,
the Kinks
had less and less
commercial success
throughout the 1970s,
largely attributed to
bandleader
Ray Davies's
shift toward
concept albums
and a theatrical sound
for the band.
After the release
of the band's
more rock-oriented
1975 album,
Schoolboys in Disgrace,
the Kinks
switched labels
from RCA Records
to Clive Davis'
Arista Records,
signaling a
transition toward
less theatrical material
Following the band's
signing to Arista,
plans for a
new album
began to emerge.
Just prior to
the album's recording,
the band's
Konk Studios
was equipped with
a new
24-track recorder
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