One for the Road

UK edition of this 1980 live album from the British Rock institution. Capturing an era when The Kinks reclaimed their sleek muscularity, leaving behind the theatrics that had been a feature of their act in the first half of the '70s. They easily mix newer numbers ('Attitude', 'Superman', 'Misfits') with vintage chestnuts ('David Watts', 'Victoria', 'Stop your Sobbing'). The Kinks' live albums present a compelling portrait of the band across the decades, and this one stands up nicely alongside both Live Kinks and Everybody's in Showbiz. Universal.