The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies
Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 25 December 1971
SUPERSTARS may come and go but the Kinks keep marching on. They don't change as much as musical styles change around them; not for them going heavy, selling out or making solo albums as the current heroes on the rock biz do/don't according to what's in vogue.
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