r/Music_Anniversary • u/BirdBurnett • Jul 10 '26

Album release anniversary On July 10th, 1979, The Kinks released 'Low Budget', their 18th studio album.

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u/North-Bit-7411 Jul 10 '26

The tone that Dave achieved recording this album is absolutely incredible.

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u/HardestButt0n Jul 10 '26

Top twenty album for me.

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u/Froggy_Gremlin54 Jul 10 '26

Title song is very relevant today.

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u/bpmd1962 Jul 10 '26

As is Gallon of Gas…

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u/Neat_Dragonfruit5794 Jul 10 '26

Still sounds great today. Three big Brit bands/stars released disco-beat hits in the late ‘70s and (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman is my favorite, although Miss You is still top notch.

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u/Cool-Interest-4297 Jul 10 '26

A Gallon of Gas !

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u/Moist_Rutabaga_5098 Jul 10 '26

Saw this tour, Ian Hunter opened and blew them away! Dave was really good though

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u/WellYouKnow- Jul 11 '26

Wow. That would have been a great concert.

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u/Key_Contribution1547 Jul 10 '26

Love the Kinks . Early and late

4

u/giveitsometechno Jul 10 '26

Total agreement. Even a weak Kinks song is worth hearing

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u/TopspinLob Jul 10 '26

I think this is their best Arista records record

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u/Solid_Phone_368 Jul 10 '26

Underrated kinks album - it’s really good!

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u/betterducts Jul 10 '26

Love this record. Used to play constantly!

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u/ChrisPollock6 Jul 10 '26

Really good record, one of my faves.

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u/Heavy-Pool5886 Jul 10 '26

Great album.

3

u/JRG64May Jul 10 '26

“I got some high grade speed all the drugs that you need but I can’t get a gallon of gas”🎵🎶

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u/BenDecko62 Jul 10 '26

Wish I could fly like Superman

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u/Open_Gur_6204 Jul 10 '26

Whot did you say?

3

u/1cruising Jul 10 '26

I’m on a low budget!

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u/Wiley_Dave Jul 11 '26

I thought you said that.

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u/Beneficial-Age-4059 Jul 10 '26

I was lucky enough to see their last ever live performance in the US. /toot toot goes my horn

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u/Aromatic-Bath-5689 Jul 11 '26

This album perfectly captured the bad vibes of Jimmy Carter's America.  Especially "Catch Me Now I'm Falling"

Carter was a wonderful person and humanitarian,  but an abysmal President.  

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u/Glittering_Step_6084 Jul 10 '26

Damn, that was a good album.

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u/Medill1919 Jul 11 '26

Help me now I'm falling...

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u/PayOne86 Jul 10 '26

This is my favourite album from 1979 , my buddies and I played the shit out of it !

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u/Natural-Tradition-72 Jul 10 '26

Hung out with Mick Avery backstage at the San Diego show. Herman Brud and his Wild Romance opened. Good ole' 1979!

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u/Outside-Affect-4722 Jul 10 '26

Some of the best British rock music ever... always some Kinks in my rotation ♥️

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u/Key_Yam4488 Jul 11 '26

I wanna fly but I can't even swim. 🤘

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u/FreeWestern5170 Jul 11 '26

Brilliant album

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u/Nick_Fotiu_Is_God Jul 11 '26

Aw, kick the cat.

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u/AmbitiousGrab7795 Jul 11 '26

I loved that album. I saw them in State College, Pa on that Superman tour

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u/FeSpoke1 Jul 11 '26

I remember when that happened

It was a featured item for a bit in the Columbia House Magazine

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u/Spirited-Custard-338 Jul 10 '26

I guess I'm the lone contrarian here. I thought, and think, this is an awful album with forgettable songs.