The Kinks

It isn't only because I received this album gratis that I won't take the safe way out and coo
something glib like, "To hear Ray Davies intone such lines as 'You'd better come to bed,
darling' (in tones so urbane as to cause Bryan Ferry to tremble with envy) is alone
sufficient justification for the purchase of Soap Opera." Nor on the other hand will I
succumb to the enormous temptation to sniff, "On Soap Opera the Kinks sound p... More >

Maybe because it works so perfectly in the theater, this doesn't seem to work too well anywhere else. If you want a memento of the show, so be it. Otherwise avoid. (Grade: C+)