{"product_id":"the-kinks-low-budget","title":"The Kinks - Low Budget","description":"\u003cp\u003eRay Davies swapped wistful English nostalgia for loud guitars and sharp headlines on Low Budget, the 1979 album that turned The Kinks into an American arena draw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded between Konk Studios in London and New York, with Davies producing, it was the band's leanest, hardest-hitting record in years and the first to feature bassist Jim Rodford. America ate it up, making it their best-selling studio album, even as Britain largely looked the other way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavies points his pen squarely at the late seventies, with inflation, strikes and the energy crisis all getting the treatment. A Gallon of Gas is a bluesy grumble about life at the pump, and the title track is a strutting, self-mocking anthem for anyone living on cut-price everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman, written at Arista boss Clive Davis's urging for a radio hit, adds a disco pulse that still divides fans, while Catch Me Now I'm Falling turns a fading hero's plea for help into a stadium-sized rocker. Dave Davies' guitar crackles through the whole thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunchy, funny and a little bitter, it's the sound of a veteran band rediscovering its teeth. Six of these songs would soon power the double live album One for the Road.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57269570994481,"sku":"4099964220124","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/The_Kinks-Low_Budget.jpg?v=1793639930","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/the-kinks-low-budget","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}