Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1970 Ratings: #111 / 161
User Score
Based on 324 ratings
1970 Rank: #45
Liked by 59 people
November 27, 1970 / Release Date
LP / Format
Pye, Reprise / Label
Pop Rock / Genre
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ThomasGuy
NR

*rubs hands together*

My Kinks album be so fine

Then BOOM!

Racism

SonicDiscovery
90

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

Fredfredburger
90

Still waiting on that part two

88

Really suprised how good it was.
lots of catchy melodies and great songs.

SonicCDGaming
91

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.

charlievnstne
75

i found this to be quite alright

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Added on: June 1, 2013