Give the People What They Want is the nineteenth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on 15 August 1981, through Arista Records. Produced by Ray Davies, the album followed up the successful Low Budget (1979) and expanded on that record's hard rock style.
The initial release of the album in the UK was delayed because lead singer Ray Davies wanted to produce a full-length video for the album but financing fell through. Also scrapped were plans to remix the album for the European market. It was initially aimed to be a statement on the media.
Upon the reissue of the album on CD with the rest of the Kinks' six Arista studio albums, Give the People What They Want was the only one that did not contain bonus tracks, despite the existence of non-album tracks: the single version of "Better Things" was slightly longer than the album version (previously included on the Come Dancing with The Kinks compilation) and the British b-side of "Better Things" was a non-album track, "Massive Reductions", which was different from the version from the band's 1984 album Word of Mouth.
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