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Key Information
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| Artist: |
The Kinks |
| Record Label: |
Reprise |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Hard Rock |
| Release Date: |
September 19, 1988 |
| Album Duration: |
38m:15s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Introduction 2. Contenders 3. Strangers 4. Denmark Street 5. Get Back in Line 6. Lola 7. Top of the Pops 8. Moneygoround 9. This Time Tomorrow 10. Long Way From Home, A 11. Rats 12. Apeman 13. Powerman 14. Got to Be Free |
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The Kinks: Ray Davies (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); John Dalton (bass instrument, background vocals); Mick Avory (drums). Additional personnel: John Gosling (keyboards). This 1970 album serves as the final installment in the Kinks' string of '60s masterpieces. In an age when most rockers were capitalizing on the new sound inspired by The Beatles' SGT. PEPPER, Ray Davies and the Kinks were looking back in time for musical inspiration on records like ARTHUR and VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY. Mixing classic rock & roll, blues, American country, and English dance hall music, The Kinks were ahead of and behind the times all at once. LOLA VERSUS POWERMAN AND THE MONEY-GO-ROUND merges some of Davies's highbrow stylistic concepts with the edgier rock & roll of the band's early years on some of the finest songs of the group's career. The 14-track disc features the irresistible radio hits "Lola" and "Apeman"--the first a confused love song to a transvestite, the second ... |
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