Following the lead on a post from a few days ago. I hadn't played this one for quite some time.
The Kinks - The Kink Kronicles
1972 Reprise Records
Early pressing that sounds surprisingly clean and with good SQ.
I agree with @loomisjohnson on his assessment of Ray Davies' skills as a lyricist.
While Paul was writing love songs Ray was writing about life with songs like Shangri-La and Get Back In Line.
Although, I may not be an impartial judge seeing how I was always a Lennon fan.