Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

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Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Studio album by The Kinks

Publication
(s)

November 27, 1970

Label (s) Pye Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

14th

running time

41 min 12 s

occupation

production

Ray Davies

chronology
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
(1969) 		Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies
(1971)

Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One is the eighth studio album by the British rock group The Kinks . It was recorded in the period from April to September 1970 and released in England on November 27, 1970.

With the folk and rock-heavy album, Ray Davies succeeded in taking a precise satirical look at the different facets of the music industry, settling accounts with publishers, record bosses, musicians' unions and hit parade managers who split the profit from record sales among themselves, manipulate hit parades and look with contempt at the bands would: "I hate your music and your hair is too long" ("Denmark Street"). In the title "The Moneygoround" he accuses his own agents of exploitation.

It's a very varied LP with sensitive ballads like “Get Back in Line” and “A Long Way From Home” but also harder titles like “Rats” or “Powerman”.

The best-known song on the album, "Lola", was released as a single in England on June 12, 1970: The worldwide hit (No. 2 in England and Germany and No. 9 in the USA) was considered offensive at the time of publication Ray Davies sang about a sexual relationship between a transvestite and a straight man - supposedly inspired by a personal experience. But not because of that the BBC considered putting the song on the index, but because of suspected surreptitious advertising for Coca-Cola in the opening verse of the album version of the song: “... where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola. .. ". For the single version, “Coca-Cola” was replaced by “Cherry-Cola”. The next single, the dropout fantasy "Apeman", also reached number 5 in the English charts (number 9 in Germany).

The success of the singles and of the album, which was once again very positively received by the critics, which - still very unusual for a Kinks release at the time - sold significantly better in the USA than in England, enabled the band to sign a new contract with RCA Records , which gave the band more say in the future. The organist and pianist John Gosling can be heard for the first time on a Kinks album.

Track list

page 1
  1. Introduction - 0:41
  2. The Contenders - 2:44
  3. Strangers ( Dave Davies ) - 3:21
  4. Denmark Street - 2:03
  5. Get Back in Line - 3:06
  6. Lola - 4:04
  7. Top of the Pops - 3:41
  8. The Moneygoround - 1:48
Page 2
  1. This Time Tomorrow - 3:23
  2. A Long Way From Home - 2:28
  3. Rats (Dave Davies) - 2:41
  4. Apeman - 3:53
  5. Powerman (Ray Davies / Dave Davies) - 4:19
  6. Got to Be Free - 3:00

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