The Kinks - Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One
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Free Music Review: Top 5 Albums in the history of rock
Hit: 5 Stars
I will simply say that this is one of the best albums of all time. As for songwriting ability this album is why Ray Davies is my favorite songwriter along with Bob Dylan. I have owned this album for so many years (now the cd). "Lola" is why, I think at least, the Kinks are perhaps the most underappreciated band of all time.Free Music Review: Along with Who's Next, Best Album ever made
Hit: 5 Stars
The Kinks "1965-1970" period is, in my opinion, matched only by the Stones 4 album stretch encompassing Let It Bleed through Exile On Main Street. And this specific album is matched only by Who's Next - there isn't a weak track on the entire album and brother Dave kicks in two stellar tracks with Strangers and Rats. Ray Davies is without peer when it comes to seeing the world as it really is and translating all of that grasping conceit into music. He takes the throwaway, the mundane, and skewers it without mercy. The world would be a far drearier place without him. Do yourself a favor, if you've never listened to the earlier Kinks, get this disc, give it repeated listenings, and you will love it, its that simple.Free Music Review: The Kinks At their Best
Hit: 5 Stars
Raymond Douglas Davies Is the most gifted singer / songwriters in the history of the planet. If you're not a KINKS fan(what's wrong with you?) then press GO .My Lord what a influence on my world. Village Green Preservation Society is my favorite though.Ray Davies Story Teller, a solo albuw Is A must Hear. God what a storyrteller it's a AAA+ GOD SAVE THE KINKS !! Just in case you're interested, NRBQ is awesome as well
Dave
Free Music Review: Another Kinks Klassic
Hit: 5 Stars
These many years later, as I play "Apeman" in my pick-up band, I read review after review in "Critic" books that lavish praise (as I do) on the previous four Kinks LPs and trash this one. What gives? This is a great album, people!
'Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround Part One' is about the music business, and as such is a departure from the previous four, but it works as a concept album and shows the resurgance of Dave Davies as a songwriter in the band. The fact that it was a return to commercial success should not diminish the artistic triumphs on this disc, and these are many besides the catchy, classic rock icon "Lola", which might not be the fourth best song on the album. The 14 tracks include what might be the best guitar-rock song recorded by the Kinks, ever (including their primal, power chord early singles): "Powerman"-a song that incorporates a lyrical message about music company heavies with shifting time signatures, pounding drums, and layers of serious guitars. "Top of the Pops", which uses overdriven guitars with familiar riffs to tell the story that might be the Kinks's own ("You Really Got Me", for instance). The last song on the album is often a filler tune, but not on this disc, "Got To be Free" starts quiet and buids to a crescendo with new keyboardist John Gosling much in evidence, "Apeman" is a satire about modern society and environmental concerns, years ahead of its time. There are two strong contributions from brother Dave, "Strangers", and the hard-rocking "Rats", which like many of the tunes spares no blows for the men in suits. There are no throw aways on this LP, and while "The Contenders", "Get Back in Line" and "The Moneygoround" are about the concept they stand up as tunes, and "This Time Tomorrow" is, as I write this, being used (with "Strangers") in a movie trailer on television for a recent film being released on video-38 years after the release of the album. 'Lola vs Powerman' is front to back, another triumph for the band and one of the last of their Klassic period. A must have.
Free Music Review: One of the best... Ever.
Hit: 5 Stars
I can not say more than this is one of the best Rock & Roll albums of all time.