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Give The People What They Want,The Kinks

- Give The People What They Want
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The Kinks
Released 1981

Around The Dial
04:45
4,494 plays

Better Things
03:00
3,126 plays

Give The People What They Want
03:45
3,106 plays

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- 1
- Around The Dial
- 04:45
- 4,494 plays

- 2
- Give The People What They Want
- 03:45
- 3,106 plays

- 3
- Killer's Eyes
- 04:39
- 2,550 plays

- 4
- Predictable
- 03:21
- 2,095 plays

- 5
- Add It Up
- 03:14
- 2,433 plays

- 6
- Destroyer
- 03:47
- 25,140 plays

- 7
- Yo-Yo
- 04:10
- 2,752 plays

- 8
- Back To Front
- 03:16
- 1,987 plays

- 9
- Art Lover
- 03:23
- 2,596 plays

- 10
- A Little Bit Of Abuse
- 03:45
- 1,948 plays

- 11
- Better Things
- 03:00
- 3,126 plays

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album review

Riding high on the success of Low Budget, the Kinks turned out another collection of hard-driving, arena-ready rock & roll with Give the People What They Want -- in short, they delivered exactly what the title suggests. Throughout the record, the band kicks up a storm, rocking out with a surprising amount of precision, and although Ray Davies' writing isn't as strong as it was on the group's two previous albums, he has contributed a set of professional hard rock that is distinguished by solid hooks and a clever sense of humor. After all, there's a certain charm in hearing him rework "All Day and All of the Night" into the paranoid "Destroyer," or his pure cynicism on the title track. But the minor masterpiece of the album is "Better Things," a sweet piece of charming sentimentalism that is the only time Davies lets his guard down during the entire album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide