The Kinks - Give the People What They Want
Our Price: $16.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $9.48 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: The KinksEdition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Music Label: Velvel Records
Soundtracks:
- Around The Dial
- Give The People What They Want
- Killer's Eyes
- Predictable
- Add It Up
- Destroyer
- Yo-Yo
- Back To Front
- Art Lover
- A Little Bit Of Abuse
- Better Things
Free Music Notes for Give the People What They Want
Free Music Review: The Kinks hit their 80's peak
Hit: 5 Stars
While the albums preceding "Give The People What They Want" were both solid, neither "Sleepwalker" nor "Low Budget" prepared us for this. Ray Davies not only brings The Kinks squarely into a new decade, he takes the time to acknowledge his past. "Destroyer" revives the the propulsive two-note drive of "All The Day and All Of The Night," quotes "Lola" and marries it all to Reagan era paranoia that is quintessential Kinks.
Nostalgia aside, Davies usual delivers his typical skewed vision to the instability of relationships ("Yo Yo" and "Add It Up" featuring a then Mrs Davies, Chrissie Hynde), topical; ("Killers Eyes") and statements on the state of rock (the terrific "Around The Dial"). "Give The People What They Want" was a moment of rock and roll acknowledgement; that Davies and company were spiritual forebears to the raving punk rock that was peaking at the time and that The Kinks were legends that necessitated homage.
But homage aside, "GTPWTW" ends with one of the singular most beautiful songs Davies has ever written, "Better Days."
"Here's wishing you the bluest skies and hoping something better comes tomorrow,
Hoping all the verses rhyme and the very best of choruses to
follow all the doubt and sadness.
I know that better things are on their way."
It's delivered in the most humble of voices with a simple melody, without dipping into a maudlin sound. Davies himself recently admitted on an NPR interview that this was one of The Kinks' songs he regrets isn't better known, and frankly, makes me give this CD an essential rating. The following "State of Confusion" yielded the hit ("Come Dancing"), but "Give The People What They Want" is the superior album.
Pop Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Must-Have CDs For Any Music Lover!
Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using)Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $7.16
Price in other shops:
Jackson Browne - The PretenderRelease date: 1990-10-25; Published: 1976; Music CD
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Jackson Browne - For EverymanRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $7.18
Price in other shops:
Eagles - Hotel CaliforniaRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $7.63
Price in other shops:
Bruce Springsteen - Born to RunRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.89
Price in other shops:
Bruce Springsteen - The RiverRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $14.27
Price in other shops:
Bread - The Best of BreadRelease date: 2001-06-19; Music CD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Prince & the Revolution - Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain"Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.82
Price in other shops:
The Cars - The CarsRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $7.28
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Give the People What They WantRelease date: 2004-08-24; Music CD
Best price: $9.60
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe (Ltd Ed Deluxe CD/ DVD Combo)Release date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $13.84
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1Release date: 2004-10-04; Music CD
Best price: $8.25
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation SocietyRelease date: 1990-05-02; Music CD
Best price: $8.05
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Something Else by the KinksRelease date: 1990-05-02; Music CD
Best price: $8.02
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Something Else by the KinksRelease date: 2004-05-03; Music CD
Best price: $7.50
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Preservation: Act 2Release date: 1998-07-14; Music CD
Best price: $7.97
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part OneRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $7.59
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Kinks (The Ultimate Collection)Release date: 2002-06-03; Music CD
Best price: $10.49
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British EmpireRelease date: 1990-05-02; Published: 1969; Music CD
Best price: $7.42
Price in other shops:
The Kinks - Face to FaceRelease date: 2004-05-03; Music CD
Best price: $7.11
Price in other shops: