Working Man's Café is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Ray Davies released on 22 October 2007 in the UK.
The cafe pictured in the artwork is Lane Cafe, located within walking distance of Konk Studios.
Release The day before the UK release, on 21 October, a ten track promotional copy of the album (without bonus tracks) was "given away" with the Sunday Times newspaper in the UK.
The album was released in the US on New West/Ammal Records on 19 February 2008. The American Limited Edition also contained a separate DVD with a twenty-minute short film named Americana: A Work in Progress, filmed and directed by Ray Davies, featuring footage from the Storyteller tour that took place in the autumn of 2001.
Track listing
Personnel Ray Davies - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals Patrick Buchanan - electric guitar Ray Kennedy - additional electric guitar, percussion Craig Young - bass Tim Lauer - keyboards Shannon Otis Forrest - drums Karin Forsman, Ray Kennedy - background vocals Mick Avory - percussion on "You're Asking Me" Nick Payne - tenor and baritone saxophone on "Morphine Song" Mike Cotton - trumpet on "Morphine Song" Simon Edwards - bass on "One More Time" Martyn Baker - drums on "One More Time" Bill Lloyd - electric guitar on "The Real World" Technical Rob Crane - design Chris Clunn - photography
External links The Official Ray Davies Website