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Released | 19 May 1978 | |||
Recorded | July 1977 – January 1978 | |||
Studio | Konk, London | |||
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Length | 40:29 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Ray Davies | |||
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Misfits is the seventeenth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released in 1978. Following the minor success of Sleepwalker in the United States, Misfits featured a more rock-oriented style than many other Kinks records of the 1970s. It was their last album to feature pianist John Gosling and the only one to feature bassist Andy Pyle as a member, both of whom quit the band following internal conflicts. Despite this, the album made the Top 40 in America. The album also contained the minor hit single "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", as well as less successful releases "Live Life" and "Black Messiah".