Think Visual

Think Visual
Think Visual
Studio album by the Kinks
Released	17 November 1986
Recorded	January 1986 and June–August 1986
Studio	Konk, London
Genre	Rock
Length	44:22
Label	MCA (US); London (UK); Metronome (Germany);
Producer	Ray Davies
The Kinks chronology
Singles from Think Visual
	"Rock 'n' Roll Cities"; Released: 17 November 1986 (US); "How Are You"; Released: 22 December 1986 (UK); "Lost and Found"; Released: 9 February 1987;

Released17 November 1986

RecordedJanuary 1986 and June–August 1986

StudioKonk, London

GenreRock

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AllMusic	^[2]
Blender	^[3]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[4]

Think Visual is the twenty-second studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released in 1986. It peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard chart.^[5]

According to Ray Davies, the album was originally going to be a concept album where his "spiv" character from the "Come Dancing" music video was put in the "environment of a video shop".^[6]

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"Working at the Factory"	2:58
2.	"Lost and Found"	5:19
3.	"Repetition"	4:06
4.	"Welcome to Sleazy Town"	3:50
5.	"The Video Shop"	5:15
Total length:		21:31

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock 'n' Roll Cities"	Dave Davies	3:43
2.	"How Are You"		4:27
3.	"Think Visual"		3:12
4.	"Natural Gift"		3:44
5.	"Killing Time"		4:02
6.	"When You Were a Child"	D. Davies	3:40
Total length:			22:53

v t e The Kinks
Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton John Gosling Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Ian Gibbons Bob Henrit
Studio albums	Kinks (1964) Kinks-Size (1965; US-only) Kinda Kinks (1965) Kinkdom (1965; US-only) The Kink Kontroversy (1965) Face to Face (1966) Something Else (1967) Village Green Preservation Society (1968) Arthur (1969) Lola Versus Powerman (1970) Percy (1971) Muswell Hillbillies (1971) Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) Preservation Act 1 (1973) Preservation Act 2 (1974) Soap Opera (1975) Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) Sleepwalker (1977) Misfits (1978) Low Budget (1979) Give the People What They Want (1981) State of Confusion (1983) Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) UK Jive (1989) Phobia (1993)
Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall (1968) One for the Road (1980) Live: The Road (1988) To the Bone (1994/1996) BBC Sessions: 1964–1977 (2001)
EPs	Kinksize Session (1964) Kwyet Kinks (1965)
Compilations	The Kinks Greatest Hits! (1966) Well Respected Kinks (1966) Sunny Afternoon (1967) Then Now and Inbetween (1969) The Kink Kronikles (1972) The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973) Come Dancing with The Kinks (1986) The Kinks Are Well Respected Men (1987) The Ultimate Collection (2002) Picture Book (2008) The Kinks in Mono (2012) Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies (2012) The Essential Kinks (2014) The Journey, Pt. 1 (2023) The Journey, Pt. 2 (2023) The Journey, Pt. 3 (2025)
Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)
Concert tours	1965 UK tour 1965 US tour
Related articles	Discography Band members Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks This Is Where I Belong – The Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks Sunny Afternoon (musical)
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