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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Part of the Kinks' great rock cycle - tremendous collection of songs along with Sleepwalker, Misfits, State of Confusion, Low Budget and Give the People What They Want. For me, this cycle is the very best songs Ray Davies ever wrote - they are largely unknown, forgotten or ignored. What a shame - start discovering them now!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This album is like the decade it came from. Once again The Kinks predict what is coming for the next decade. Dave Davis songs are truly inspired as are Rays. I grew up on this album and I rate every song on it. Daves guitar playing skills have vastly improved and Rays songwriting has also adapted to the decade. I read a review saying it was 80's metal but it isn't that is just daft it has an element of punk in it but not metal
I would recommend this album to every Kinks fan. I would also say it is a must to the new fans
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The Kinks enjoyed a resurgence in the USA between 1977 and 1984 when they shook off the old thematic conceits and got back to combining straight rock music with Ray Davies's insightful lyrics. 'Sleepwalker', one of the stronger efforts, started it off and 'Word of Mouth', the weakest, ended it. There is, to use a cliche, a lot of perspiration here and not much inspiration. 'Do It Again' is the outstanding track with, perversely, slower songs such as 'Living On A Thin Line' among the best of the rest.
For once, RD's muse let him down, while the rockers are let down particularly by the drumming. Mick Avory - assuming he was still with the band, as I seem to recall he was sacked around this time - does little more than mark time on most of these songs. The album's only saving grace is its energy level and the first track.
For once, RD's muse let him down, while the rockers are let down particularly by the drumming. Mick Avory - assuming he was still with the band, as I seem to recall he was sacked around this time - does little more than mark time on most of these songs. The album's only saving grace is its energy level and the first track.
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Amazon review totally overrates this
This is far from even the best album the Kinks did in the '70's. What is on here that's good? I don't mean quite good, but good. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Simon Turner
Excellent but not the best
As far as the seasoned Kinks fan goes, this is slightly below par. Despite having said that, it is an excellent album, let down by some of the Dave Davis songs, which are a little... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2000
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