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Arthur

PYE, 1969

ritten to soundtrack a TV film that was never made, beaten to the punch by as the first rock opera, and continuing a period of commercial freefall for The Kinks, - subtitled - filters themes of imperial decay, an epic single which chucks in the kitchen sink, firing brass and guitar barrages as it demolishes the suburban dream. mourns a young man’s brains being blown out on the Western Front, and channels the Beach Boys, on The Kinks’ most angry, epic record.

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