Give The People What They Want
by The Kinks
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Give The People What They Want is ranked 10th best out of 62 albums by The Kinks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Kinks is The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society which is ranked number 148 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,041.
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Give The People What They Want track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Give The People What They Want rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 33 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1981 Pt 2 | 5/14 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2301-2400* | 67/82 | - |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1981 | 85/85 | 0 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 42 Music Albums of 1981 | 36/42 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 73 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 261 | |||
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Give The People What They Want ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2026 17:25 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 13:34 | Juneof44 | 2,638 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 21:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,747 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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dihansse 10/04/2023 19:42 in My discoveries per yearGive The People What They Want comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/30/2016 20:39 | #179403 | TOP COMMENT
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Not quite the Kinks' most consistent album, but it has no shortage of outstanding cuts. There were minor hits in 'Destrooyer,' 'Around the Dial' and the title cut, but also look for great deep cuts in 'Add it Up,' 'Back to Front,' and the wonderful closer 'Better Things.'
It's okay, it's all a bit too dumb metal for me. It's very U.S. driven, probably because the Kinks as a successfully commercial force in the U.K. was long gone. This is nothing compared to their 1966-69 period.
A rockier sound but still The Kinks. Doesn't match up to their heyday but under rated nonetheless (Edited)
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