The sixty-sixth album: #66 The Kinks - Face To Face
I feel like in the two first songs on this album, we're seeing two sides of the Kinks. While both are reminiscent of Beatles and Rolling Stones songs, the first is harder, while the second is a bit more of a ballad with psychedelic rock influences in its sound. It's the second that dominates the album after that, songs about real life at a gentler pace. There are some weird choices in there, with sound effects mixed into songs that were meant to link them together, but just feel like they interrupt the songs without reason now.
For the most part, it is a nice set of rocky ballads, with a handful of songs that rock more and try to get across a more aggressive point than the life stories in the quieter songs - in the former it swings towards punk. It's all about simpler things in life - again moving beyond love songs, but not trying to make their messages to big most of the time. We've had Sunny Afternoon on the songs list a while ago, and it stands out here as well. It's a still a pleasant melody and gives a good feeling overall. It's not quite typical, but tops off a nice album quite well.