Title: One of the weakest Kinks 70's albums
Product review: Ray wasn't in top form here. The melodies are weak and derivative, the lyrics, while occasionally witty, are, for the most part, pedestrian by Davies standards. Clearly, Ray was running out of ideas with this one. This was probably Ray's idea of a bad joke played on RCA(their current record company) which had been pressuring him to produce material in the "glam rock" format. SCHOOLBOYS sold poorly and deservedly so as the contempt for both the record company and, to some degree, the audience is kept bubbling just below the surface. The band would soon return to form with the superior SLEEPWALKER and MISFITS.
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