Ray Davies Teams Up With Metallica, Bruce Springsteen For New Kinks Album

Ray Davies has re-recorded several Kinks songs with the likes of Metallica and Bruce Springsteen for a new collaboration album.

The LP, entitled 'See My Friends', is released on November 1 and also includes Bon Jovi, Mumford & Sons and Smashing Pumpkins.

Along with Davies, the special guests have re-imagined a number of the band's most famous songs, including 'You Really Got Me' and 'Waterloo Sunset'.

“This project came about almost by accident,” Davies said.

“With some tracks I had to appreciate the style of the other artists, otherwise it would have sounded unbalanced. And I wanted the album to work as an entire listening experience but each track had a life of its own.”

Davies travelled around the world - to studios in Chicago, New York and Denmark - in order to record the 'See My Friends'.

The album also features Paloma Faith, Amy Macdonald and Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody.

The tracklisting for 'See My Friends' is:

Ray Davies & Bruce Springsteen – 'Better Things'
Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora – 'Celluloid Heroes'
Ray Davies & Mumford & Sons - 'Days/This Time Tomorrow'
Ray Davies, Lucinda Williams & The 88 - ' Long Way From Home'
Ray Davies & Metallica - 'You Really Got Me '
Ray Davies & Paloma Faith - 'Lola'
Ray Davies & Jackson Browne - 'Waterloo Sunset'
Ray Davies, Alex Chilton & The 88 - ''Til The End of The Day '
Ray Davies & Amy Macdonald -  'Dead End Street'
Ray Davies & Spoon - 'See My Friends'
Ray Davies & Black Francis -  'This Is Where I Belong'
Ray Davies & The 88 - 'David Watts'
Ray Davies & Gary Lightbody -  'Tired Of Waiting'
Ray Davies & Billy Corgan -  'All Day And All Of The Night/Destroyer'