Give the People What They Want

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Give the People What They Want
Studio album by The Kinks
Released	August 15, 1981 (US) January, 1982 (UK)
Recorded	April 1981 - June 1981
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	41:09
Label	Arista Records
Producer(s)	Ray Davies
Professional reviews
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The Kinks chronology
One for the Road (1980)	Give the People What They Want (1981)	State of Confusion (1983)

Give the People What They Want is an album by the English rock group The Kinks released in August of 1981 in the US, but it was delayed until January of 1982 in Europe.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies

1. "Around the Dial" – 4:45
2. "Give the People What They Want" – 3:45
3. "Killer's Eyes" – 4:40
4. "Predictable" – 3:31
5. "Add It Up" – 3:14
6. "Destroyer" – 3:47
7. "Yo-Yo" – 4:10
8. "Back to Front" – 3:15
9. "Art Lover" – 3:22
10. "A Little Bit of Abuse" – 3:45
11. "Better Things" – 2:59

The Kinks
Ray Davies – Dave Davies – Pete Quaife – Ian Gibbons – Mick Avory – Jim Rodford
John Gosling – John Dalton – Bob Henrit – Andy Pyle – Gordon Edwards
Discography
Albums: The Kinks (1964) - Kinda Kinks (1965) - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) - Face to Face (1966) - Something Else by the Kinks (1967) - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) - Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) - Muswell Hillbillies (1971) - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) - Preservation: Act 1 (1973) - Preservation: Act 2 (1974) - Soap Opera (1975) - Schoolboys in Disgrace (1976) - Sleepwalker (1977) - Misfits (1978) - Low Budget (1979) - Give the People What They Want (1981) - State of Confusion (1983) - Word of Mouth (1984) - Think Visual (1986) - UK Jive (1989) - Phobia (1993)
Songs: "You Really Got Me" – "Waterloo Sunset" – "Sunny Afternoon" – "Lola" – "All Day and All of the Night" – "Celluloid Heroes"
Related: British Invasion - Argent