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Why this album mattered
Word Of Mouth (1984) is a The Kinks album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #57 and charted for 20 weeks.
The music
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Do It Again
- 2
Word of Mouth
- 3
Good Day
- 4
Living on a Thin Line
- 5
Sold Me Out
- 6
Massive Reductions
- 7
Guilty
- 8
Too Hot
- 9
Missing Persons
- 10
Summer's Gone
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Dec 15, 1984#89
- Dec 22#77
- Dec 29#77
- 1985
- Jan 5, 1985#72
- Jan 12#71
- Jan 19#65
- Jan 26#63
- Feb 2#62
- Feb 9#57
- Feb 16#57
- Feb 23#57
- Mar 2#67
- Mar 9#71
- Mar 16#89
- Mar 23#86
- Mar 30#89
- Apr 6#110
- Apr 13#131
- Apr 20#148
- Apr 27#151
A long tail — 20 weeks on the chart, outlasting most peers without ever claiming the summit. Entered at #89, climbed rapidly for 9 weeks to reach #57 and fell quickly across 20 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
