| features in: Album Chart of 1971 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s |
The soundtrack album for the 1971 British comedy film based on a novel of the same name by Raymond Hitchcock. Plot: “Edwin (Bennett), an innocent and shy young man, is hit by a nude man falling from a high-rise building while carrying a chandelier. Edwin's penis is mutilated in the accident and has to be amputated; the falling man is killed. Edwin becomes the recipient of the world's first penis transplant: he receives the very large penis of the womanizer killed in the same accident. With his new bit of anatomy (which he names "Percy"), Edwin follows the womanizer's footsteps, meeting all his women friends, before settling happily with the donor's mistreated widow.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is the patchiest Kinks long player to date, veering from the sublime “Dreams” to the ridiculous “Lola [reworked instrumental mix]”. Landing somewhere in-between is the proto-Showaddywaddy “Willesden Green”, a rock n roll ballad sung by bassist John Dalton. Plus points come from the sexy blues instrumental “Completely” and the classy whiter-shade-of-pale-style “Moments”, orchestrally laced and very nice with it. A strange album for a strange film.
The Jukebox Rebel
13–Aug–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:19]  The Kinks - God’s Children (Ray Davies) Cerebral Pop |
| A2 | [04:45]  The Kinks - Lola [reworked instrumental mix] (Ray Davies) Rock |
| A3 | [02:14]  The Kinks - The Way Love Used To Be (Ray Davies) Songwriter |
| A4 | [03:41]  The Kinks - Completely (Ray Davies) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A5 | [01:05]  The Kinks - Running Round Town (Ray Davies) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A6 | [02:58]  The Kinks - Moments (Ray Davies) Songwriter |
| B1 | [02:22]  The Kinks - Animals In The Zoo (Ray Davies) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| B2 | [02:37]  The Kinks - Just Friends (Ray Davies) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B3 | [01:21]  The Kinks - Whip Lady (Ray Davies) Prog |
| B4 | [03:44]  The Kinks - Dreams (Ray Davies) Cerebral Pop |
| B5 | [01:55] The Kinks - Helga (Ray Davies) Folk |
| B6 | [02:28]  The Kinks - Willesden Green (Ray Davies) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B7 | [00:30]  The Kinks - God’s Children End (Ray Davies) Pop Ballad |
