Ray Davies set for second solo release

While his former band's music is floating through Jason Schwartzman's iPod speakers in The Darjeeling Limited, the legendary Kinks frontman has announced plans to release a new solo album, Working Man's Cafe, on Feb. 19, 2008 via New West Records/Ammal Records. Earlier this year, the album was released in the UK, bundled in a copy of the Sunday Times.

Recorded in Nashville, the album is only Davies’ second solo album, following his solo debut, Other People’s Lives, which was released last year. But things haven't been as rosy as cashing in royalty checks from Wes Anderson films lately. One track from the new album, “Morphine Song,” was written when Davies was in the Intensive Care unit at Charity Hospital-Louisiana State University after being attacked and shot in New Orleans. Yikes.

Tracklisting:
1. Vietnam Cowboys
2. You’re Asking Me
3. Working Mans Café
4. Morphine Song
5. In A Moment
6. Peace In Our Time
7. No One Listen
8. Imaginary Man
9. One More Time
10. The Voodoo Walk
11. Hymn for a New Age
12. The Real World