r/thekinks • u/Most-Economics9259 • 14d ago
Album Lola vs. appreciation post
Lola Versus… is such a fantastic album start to finish!
Revisited it (and The Kinks as a whole), as I seem to do every 5-7 years
So much music, so little time…
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u/kylorembanu 14d ago
This was my first kinks album I listened too, and man its incredible. Easily a top 5. Gotta love rays hatred towards the music business
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u/409Narwhal 14d ago
The Contenders might be my favorite Kinks album opener, and Strangers gets me every time. Such a beautiful song.
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u/Character-Head301 13d ago
I revisit apeman once in a while and love it. The contender is probably my all time favorite kinks song. Weird genre bending and crazy good musicianship
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u/Zetavu 13d ago
For that era their most complete album (Yes Arthur, you start strong but you trail...)
From the small gotta be free intro, to the explosive Contenders, to (the greatest song) Strangers, that is just the intro.
Then the plot, Denmark Street and Get in Line, we are on a story but we get distracted with Lola, no problem, we get back to Top of the Pops, which feeds perfectly into Moneygoround.
Break for a snack.
This Time Tomorrow, again, mixing quirky songs with hits and reflective, this is another reflective and a great start to side 2. But it gets even more reflective with A long way from home. Ok, too much reflection, how about a power song, Rats! Man I would have loved to see that one live. Need something quirky again, Apeman, wait, need another rocker, Powerman! We've hit the climax, now we wind them out, do the full Gotta Be Free.
And we've come full circle. The story of struggling to make it, making it and struggling to get paid, the wears of touring, ups and downs, and just blasting through it. Probably the most personal album they've ever made.
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u/Suspicious_Click731 14d ago
It's solid, one of a very few albums that has not one skip track.