Lost/Forgotten Album #125

Unless I'm wrong, I believe this is the first album from The Kinks to be featured on this site! It's cause for celebration I think!

Way back when, a friend of mine talked incessantly about The Kinks and how great they were. He tried to convince me by overplaying "Low Budget" so I of course began to despise The Kinks.

The something interesting happened in 1981. That year saw the release of "Give The People What They Want" and a bunch of us went to see The Kinks at the Meadowlands Arena. This was my first concert and I wasn't too psyched to be there since I despised The Kinks and thought they were soft rock at best.

Well, that concert proved me wrong. These guys tore up the stage and were incredibly LOUD. I walked out of that concert with a newfound respect for the group and the next day picked up "Give The People What They Want" which, to this day, remains my favorite Kinks album.

After that album, I was letdown by the next three releases ("State Of Confusion", "Word Of Mouth" and "Think Visual"), feeling that they were a bit wimpy. Then came the 1989 release of "UK Jive" and I was hooked again.

Sadly, by this time The Kinks were considered has-beens which is a shame since this is a first class album. It also features one of my favorite Kinks songs, "Loony Balloons". After this album came "Phobia" and that was it for The Kinks.

What's kinda funny (to me) is the Bruce Hall Effect. You want a good REO Speedwagon song? Check out the songs written and/or sung by Bruce Hall. Even though I like Ray Davies I'm always drawn to the Dave Davies songs because he tears it up on the geetar. Yep, the BHE!

UK Jive

1. Aggravation
2. How Do I Get Close
3. UK Jive
4. Now And Then
5. What Are We Doing
6. Entertainment
7. War Is Over
8. Down All The Days (To 1992)
9. Loony Balloons
10. Dear Margaret
11. Bright Lights
12. Perfect Strangers

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Permalink Reply by Scott on December 23, 2012 at 8:00pm

Rebecca DeMornay (or however you spell her name) - very nice!!!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Pell on December 24, 2012 at 1:24am

Jon,

I am a Kinks nut.

You gotta go all the way back and start with the first album.

Some brilliant ones over the years- Face To Face, Arthur, Village Green Preservation Society (probably my favorite), Muswell Hillbillies, Schoolboys in Disgrace, Low Budget, Something Else, of course Give the People What They Want and more!

No record collection is complete or valid without these, LOL!

Mike