The Kinks' classic  "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround," (Reprise 6423), original 1970 release.

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Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1  Review  

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

 

"Lola" gave  an unexpected hit and its crisp, muscular sound, pitched halfway between acoustic folk and hard rock, provided a new style for the band. However, the song only hinted at what its accompanying album  was all about. It didn't matter that  just had his first hit in years -- he had suffered greatly at the hands of the music industry and he wanted to tell the story in song. Hence,  -- a loose concept album about ' own psychosis and bitter feelings toward the music industry.  never really delivers a cohesive story, but the record holds together because it's one of his strongest set of songs.  contributes the lovely "Strangers" and the appropriately paranoid "Rats," but this is truly 's show, as he lashes out at ex-managers (the boisterous vaudevillian "The Moneygoround"), publishers ("Denmark Street"), TV and music journalists (the hard-hitting "Top of the Pops"), label executives ("Powerman"), and, hell, just society in general ("Apeman," "Got to Be Free"). If his wit wasn't sharp, the entire project would be insufferable, but the album is as funny as it is angry. Furthermore, he balances his bile with three of his best melancholy ballads: "This Time Tomorrow," "A Long Way from Home," and the anti-welfare and union "Get Back in Line," which captures working-class angst better than any other rock song. These songs provide the spine for a wildly unfocused but nonetheless dazzling tour de force that reveals 's artistic strengths and endearing character flaws in equal measure.