After having spent a long stretch of albums inside a predominately English sound, The Kinks explored outside of that by crafting a concept album about a band making their way through the music industry and it really worked on the well executed Lola Versus Powerman and the Money ground Part One. Davies and the boys stick to the concept pretty well as they go through the birth of the band on the rock & roll banger “The Contenders”, get to the top on the charts on hard rocker ... read more
Their most underrated, ambitious, and overall easily listenable because of the sheer complexion every single track has, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround (Part 1) is easily their best album and their most experimental (yet simple) album, and also the most underrated of them all.
MY OVERALL INSIGHT: 91/100. Simple and plain. It was an amazing kickoff for 1970, better than The Beatles' Let It Be but shadowed by The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers.
1 | The Contenders 2:42 | 88 |
2 | Strangers 3:19 | 93 |
3 | Denmark Street 2:01 | 80 |
4 | Get Back in Line 3:04 | 89 |
5 | Lola 4:01 | 95 |
6 | Top of the Pops 3:39 | 86 |
7 | The Moneygoround 1:46 | 78 |
8 | This Time Tomorrow 3:21 | 95 |
9 | A Long Way From Home 2:26 | 86 |
10 | Rats 2:39 | 86 |
11 | Apeman 3:52 | 86 |
12 | Powerman 4:17 | 92 |
13 | Got to Be Free 3:01 | 86 |
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