"Give the People What They Want" is the 19th studio album by the English rock group the Kinks. It was released in August 1981 in the US but not until January 1982 in Europe. It was delayed because Ray Davies wanted to produce a full-length video for the album but financing fell through.

"Don’t you wish we had a rock composer who had the band-led empathy, first
rate excellence, full fledge zeitgeist, charismatic style, wit, melodic virtuosity and
flawless talent that Ray Davies had? Well the answer may lie within the timeless
merit and sheer excellence of this high pitched classic from 1981, even decades
after it’s release, the question becomes an even brighter direct response some-
where well in the future to how great The Kinks were and how Ray’s songwriting
talent still maintains it’s lyrical influence. Fresh off the multidimensional success
of their world tour that was also well-captured on the live album One More From
The Road—Live a year earlier, Give The People What They Want presents us a
high voltage rock and roll fever pitch which demonstrates how far the band have
come and how much progressed they have made as the album harkens back to
the band’s wild beginnings that took root in the mid-1960’s for which the back to
basics success made this one a bonafide hit. Officially aimed to be a statement
on the media, the track set begin with an artistic band on the open track Around
The Dial as it concludes with a series of rock-steady energetic power rock com-
positions, like the exhilarating title track, Killer’s Eyes, Predictable (described as
a monotony of the average person’s life played with a self-fulfilling background),
the opulent Destroyer and the ‘cheer-up’ Top Ten classic Better Things. With a
special guest appearance by Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders fame) on three
tracks, what also gave Give The People What They Want it’s high-rocking focal
point is how The Kinks fire up the boisterous solos as Mick Avory delivered yet
another set of thundering drum solos to utmost effect while Dave Davies’ guitar
brims with dynamic excellence, which gave this supercharged hit the intelligent
interplay and slam bang soaring rapport that it definitely deserves!"