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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r812939|pure_urltab=yesreview |label="The Kinks: ''Misfits'' > Review" |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate={{date|2011-11-13}}}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3847 Blender review]{{dead link}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev3Score = (B)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1464&name |title=The+ Kinks |first=Robert Christgau |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |accessdate={{date|2011-11-13}}}}</ref></ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/121725/review/5946116/misfits |title=The Kinks: ''Misfits'' |first=Ken |last=Emerson |date={{date|Jul 12, 1978}} |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=RS 269 |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071209183333/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/121725/review/5946116/misfits |archivedate={{date|2007-12-09}}}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
 
'''''Misfits''''' is a 1978 album by the [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] group [[The Kinks]].
 
==Track listing==
==Tracklisting (US version)==
{{Track listing | headline = Side one
<small>All| songsall_writing by = [[Ray Davies]], except as noted</small>
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Misfits
| length1 = 4:41
| title2 = Hay Fever
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Live Life
| length3 = 3:49
#| title4 = "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" – 4:58▼
| length4 = 4:58
#| title5 = "In a Foreign Land" – 3:03▼
| length5 = 3:03
}}
{{Track listing | headline = Side two
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Permanent Waves
| length1 = 3:47
| title2 = Black Messiah
| length2 = 4:08
#| title3 = "Out of the Wardrobe" – 3:35▼
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Trust Your Heart
| writer4 = [[Dave Davies]]
| length4 = 4:11
| title5 = Get Up
| length5 = 3:22
}}
 
On the UK version of the [[LP record|LP]], a longer version of "Live Life" (4:47) switches places with "Black Messiah". Remastered [[Compact Disc|CD]] releases have the UK LP track order and include the shorter "Live Life" as a bonus track. [[Arista Records|Arista]] released a ten track CD (Arista 260 173) that reproduces the original, non-UK LP version.
===Side One===
# "Misfits" – 4:41
# "Hay Fever" – 3:32
# "Live Life" – 3:49
▲# "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" – 4:58
▲# "In a Foreign Land" – 3:03
 
{{Track listing | headline = Remastered CD
===Side Two===
| writing_credits = yes
# "Permanent Waves" – 3:47
| title1 = Misfits
# "Black Messiah" – 4:08
| length1 = 4:42
▲# "Out of the Wardrobe" – 3:35
| title2 = Hay Fever
# "Trust Your Heart" ([[Dave Davies]]) – 4:11
#| "Getlength2 Up" –= 3:2233
| title3 = Black Messiah
 
| length3 = 4:08
===CD remaster track listing===
#| title4 = "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" – 4:58▼
This track listing is the same as on the original UK version of the LP:
| length4 = 4:58
 
#| title5 = "In a Foreign Land" – 3:02▼
# "Misfits" – 4:42
#| "Haylength5 Fever" –= 3:3302
| title6 = Permanent Waves
# "Black Messiah" – 4:08
| length6 = 3:48
▲# "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" – 4:58
| title7 = Live Life
▲# "In a Foreign Land" – 3:02
| length7 = 4:47
# "Permanent Waves" – 3:48
| title8 = Out of the Wardrobe
# "Live Life" – 4:47
#| "Outlength8 of the Wardrobe" –= 3:37
| title9 = Trust Your Heart
# "Trust Your Heart" (Dave Davies) – 4:11
| writer9 = Dave Davies
# "Get Up" – 3:22
| length9 = 4:11
 
| title10 = Get Up
===Bonus tracks on CD reissues===
| length10 = 3:22
# "Black Messiah" (Single Remix) – 3:37
}}
# "[[Father Christmas (song)|Father Christmas]]" – 3:42▼
{{Track listing | headline = Remastered CD bonus tracks
# "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" (US Single Edit) – 4:01
| title11 = Black Messiah
# "Live Life" (US Single Mix) – 3:47
| note11 = Single remix
| length11 = 3:37
▲#| title12 = "[[Father Christmas (song)|Father Christmas]]" – 3:42
| length12 = 3:42
| title13 = A Rock & Roll Fantasy
| note13 = US single edit
| length13 = 4:01
| title14 = Live Life
| note14 = US single remix
| length14 = 3:47
}}
 
==Musicians and production==
*Ray Davies : vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
*Dave Davies : lead guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "Trust Your Heart")
*[[Mick Avory]] : drums except as noted
*[[Andy Pyle]] : bass guitar except as noted
*[[John Gosling]] : piano, organ, synthesizer
*[[John Dalton (musician)|John Dalton]] : bass guitar on "In a Foreign Land"
 
*[[Ron Lawrence]] : bass guitar on "Live Life", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
*[[Nick Trevisik]] : drums on "Trust Your Heart", "A Rock & Roll Fantasy" and "Get Up"
*[[Zaine Griff]] : bass guitar overdubs
*[[Clem Cattini]] : drum overdubs
*[[John Beecham (musician)|John Beecham]] : trombone on "Black Messiah"
*[[Nick Newall]] : clarinet on "Black Messiah"
*[[Mike Cotton (musician)|Mike Cotton]] : trumpet on "Black Messiah"
 
*Written and Produced by Raymond Douglas Davies
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== Notes ==
{{reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
*{{Discogs master|101412|{{noitalic|The Kinks}} - Misfits}}
{{refend}}
 
{{The Kinks}}
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