- rock, pop rock
- 41 min
- 11 tracks
- E1 Entertainment
Give the People What They Want is the nineteenth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on 15 August 1981, through Arista Records. Produced by Ray Davies, the album followed up the successful Low Budget (1979) and expanded on that record's hard rock style.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
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- Blender4/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauC+
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Around the Dial4:46
- 2Give the People What They Want3:46
- 3Killer's Eyes4:41
- 4Predictable3:22
- 5Add It Up3:15
- 6Destroyer3:48
- 7Yo-Yo4:11
- 8Back to Front3:16
- 9Art Lover3:23
- 10A Little Bit of Abuse3:47
- 11Better Things3:03
11 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Kinks
- Label
- E1 Entertainment
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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