Ray Davies See My Friends

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

In an interview with website Vinyl Vintage News, Ray Davies explained that collaborations-project See My Friends wasn't necessarily planned in the normal sense. “This project came about almost by accident,” he said, adding that he had to “appreciate the style of other artists” in creating certain tracks. And those artists' styles run the gamut of heavier acts (Metallica) to indie rock stalwarts (Spoon, Black Francis) to Americana giants (Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen). They have all teamed-up with Davies to create new studio versions of tracks written by the Kinks frontman for his former band, including “Lola,” “You Really Got Me,” and “Better Things.”

Abstract by Andrew Martin