Just because the Kinks only released three albums with MCA, that was no reason for the label not to anthologize them. Yet even in the one country in the world where it was released, Lost And Found only fulfilled the first half of its title. (London Records in the UK didn’t bother.) That said, it did collect some of the better songs of the period, beginning with “The Road”. “UK Jive” still wouldn’t make sense to Americans, but the virtual title track and “Working At The Factory” still belong on any Kinks anthology. Unfortunately, “Think Visual” and “Welcome To Sleazy Town” don’t invite any empathy. “How Do I Get Close” still sounded contemporary in 1991, but why would any compiler choose “The Video Shop” instead of, say, “Rock ‘N Roll Cities”, which actually got airplay? (Our guess: Dave Davies wrote it, not Ray, but that doesn’t explain “Now And Then” over “Down All The Days”.)
The well was pretty shallow to begin with, but they attempted to lure the unsuspecting with three tracks from Live: The Road. One of those is Dave’s “Living On A Thin Line”, but while “Apeman” thrills the small crowd, “Give The People What They Want” isn’t meant to be ironic. Even by cherry-picking from three lackluster sources, it’s unnecessary.
The Kinks Lost And Found (1986-89) (1991)—2
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