:siren:[B]A lot of this thread is taken from wikipedia simply because there's a lot of info and honestly it's the easiest way.[/B]:siren:
The Kinks are an awesome and underrated band.
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The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorized in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognized as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a wide range of genres, including rhythm and blues, British music hall, folk, and country. Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals) remained members throughout the group's 32-year run. Original members Pete Quaife (bass guitar, vocals) and Mick Avory (drums and percussion) were replaced by John Dalton in 1969 and Bob Henrit in 1984, respectively. Dalton was in turn replaced by Jim Rodford in 1978. Keyboardist Nicky Hopkins accompanied the band during studio sessions in the mid-1960s. Later, various keyboardists, including John Gosling and Ian Gibbons, were full-time members.
[B][h2]The Albums[/h2][/B]
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[I]Kinks[/I]
Kinks is the self-titled debut album by The Kinks, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks missing as You Really Got Me in the United States.
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[I]Kinda Kinks[/I]
Kinda Kinks is the second studio album by The Kinks, released in 1965. It was recorded immediately after the return of the group from an Asian tour, and was completed and released within two weeks. Consequently, the production was rushed and, according to Ray Davies, the band was not completely satisfied with the final cuts.
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[I]The Kink Kontroversy
[/I]The Kink Kontroversy is the third studio album by The Kinks, released in 1965. It is a transitional work, with elements of both the earlier Kinks' styles (heavily blues-influenced songs such as "Milk Cow Blues", and variations on the band's hits from 1964-65 such as "Till the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm On an Island"). The album's title is a mocking reference to the notorious reputation the band had developed over the previous year, including onstage fights and concert riots in Europe, which led to a ban on the group's concerts in the United States.
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[I]Face to Face
[/I]Face to Face, released in 1966 on Pye Records in the United Kingdom and on Reprise Records in the United States, is the fourth UK studio album by The Kinks. A major artistic breakthrough for Kinks' songwriter Ray Davies, the LP represents the first full flowering of Davies' use of narrative, observation, and wry social commentary in his songs. It heralded The Kinks' move away from the hard-driving rock and roll style of 1964-65, which had catapulted the group to international stardom. It was the first Kinks album consisting entirely of Ray Davies compositions, and was their first album recorded over several months, rather than in one concentrated session.
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[I]Something Else by The Kinks[/I]
Something Else by The Kinks, often referred to as just Something Else, is the fifth UK studio album by The Kinks, released in September 1967. The album marks the final involvement of American producer Shel Talmy in The Kinks' 1960s studio recordings; henceforth Ray Davies would assume recording production. Many of the recordings feature the keyboard work of session player Nicky Hopkins, and the backing vocals of Ray Davies' wife, Rasa. In 2003, the album was ranked number 288 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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[I]The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[/I]
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by The Kinks, released in November 1968. It was the last album by the original quartet, as bassist Pete Quaife left the group in early 1969. A collection of thematic vignettes of English town and hamlet life, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was assembled from songs written and recorded over the previous two years. Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Village Green as a "concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions."
The record is widely considered one of the most influential and important works by The Kinks, and of the period as a whole. Although it failed to chart upon release, with estimated worldwide sales at 100,000 copies, The Village Green Preservation Society has become one of the band's best selling and most popular records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 255 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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[I]Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
[/I]Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) is the seventh studio album by The Kinks, released in October 1969. Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the storyline with novelist Julian Mitchell; however, the television programme was cancelled and never produced. The rough plot revolved around Arthur Morgan, a carpet-layer, who was based on Ray Davies' brother-in-law Arthur Anning.
Arthur was met with almost unanimous acclaim upon release. It received generous coverage in the US rock press, with articles running in underground magazines such as Fusion and The Village Voice. It garnered back-to-back reviews by Mike Daly and Greil Marcus in Rolling Stone magazine's lead section; Daly rated it as "the Kinks' finest hour", and Marcus went so far as to call it "the best British album of 1969". Reviews in the UK were also positive. Although it received a mixed review in New Musical Express, Disc & Music Echo praised the album's musical integrity, and Melody Maker called it "Ray Davies' finest hour ... beautifully British to the core".
The album, although not very successful commercially, was a return to the charts in the US for The Kinks. Their critically well-received previous effort, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, failed to chart in any country upon its release in 1968, with total US sales estimated at under 25,000 copies. The Kinks returned to the Billboard charts in 1969 after a two year absence, with the lead single from the record, "Victoria", peaking at number 62. The album itself reached number 50 on the Record World charts, and number 105 on Billboard, their highest position since 1965. It failed to chart in Britain. Despite its moderate sales, Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) paved the way for the massive success of their 1970 comeback album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One and its accompanying US and UK Top 5 hit "Lola".
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[I]Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround Part One
[/I]Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One is the eighth studio album by The Kinks, recorded and released in 1970. A concept album, it is a satirical look at the various facets of the music industry, including song publishers, unions, the press, accountants, business managers, and the road. Musically Lola Versus Powerman is varied, drawing on the genres of folk, hard rock, and traditional British music hall.
Although it appeared during a transitional period for The Kinks, Lola Versus Powerman was a success both critically and commercially for the group, charting in the Top 40 in America and helping restore them in the public eye, making Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround a "comeback" album. It contained two hit singles: "Lola", which reached the top 10 in the US and UK, and "Apeman", which peaked at number five in the UK.
This is the point after which I haven't listened to really any of their work. So I really don't know much about the albums. So here's a nice old list:
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[h2]The Songs You Know[/h2]
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[B]Lola
[/B][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3Ei_yoI4c[/media]
[B]You Really Got Me
[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3gX47rHGg[/media]
[B]Waterloo Sunset
[/B][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEeH5OkjeIY[/media]
[B]Come Dancing
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[h2]The Songs You Should Know[/h2]
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[B]Victoria
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[B]Mr. Pleasant
[/B][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0IXkIVvo4[/media]
[B]Shangri-La
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[B]Mr. Churchill Said
[/B]There's a ton more but I'll just post these for now.
I'd recommend starting with [I]Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [/I]and going wherever you want from there. A good idea would be to buy a collection of their singles. Most of their best songs in my opinion were their singles.
The Kinks are one of my all-time favorite bands. They're seriously underrated and more people need to experience their music.
I guess I'll take honor of first post.
I know only a few songs by The Kinks, but I have a Greatest Hits album on vinyl.
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Nice OP btw
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;29726868]Since you have them and Daft Punk as top plays, I'll have to give this a spin.[/QUOTE]
You should. But don't judge them just from what's in the OP. They made a [I]lot [/I]of songs.
I have Arthur and The Village Green and they're both great.
I'm planning on heading over to the record store near me to see if there's a copy of Arthur on vinyl.
I'd kill for that album.
Muswell Hillbillies is such a great, Godly album. Acute Schizophrena Paranoia Blues is amazing, as is Have A Cuppa Tea. Apeman is out of this world too. Lola vs. Powerman is a masterpiece too. It's too bad they never got that big in the U.S.
[QUOTE=Pedro the Fuzzy;29729308]Muswell Hillbillies is such a great, Godly album. Acute Schizophrena Paranoia Blues is amazing, as is Have A Cuppa Tea. Apeman is out of this world too. Lola vs. Powerman is a masterpiece too. It's too bad they never got that big in the U.S.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. It also didn't help that they were banned from performing in the US for a bit iirc.
what's with the KKK shit
[QUOTE=neap tide;29729344]what's with the KKK shit[/QUOTE]
What.
[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29729343]Yeah. It also didn't help that they were banned from performing in the US for a bit iirc.[/QUOTE]
I think they got hit with a drug bust, and that's what stopped 'em.
[QUOTE=Pedro the Fuzzy;29729537]I think they got hit with a drug bust, and that's what stopped 'em.[/QUOTE]
It was also because they were infamous for starting on-stage riots.
I keep meaning to listen to them more but I never do.
Favorite song
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Hot Fuzz
Also Zero Punctuation
[QUOTE=Pedro the Fuzzy;29729308]Muswell Hillbillies is such a great, Godly album. Acute Schizophrena Paranoia Blues is amazing, as is Have A Cuppa Tea. Apeman is out of this world too. Lola vs. Powerman is a masterpiece too. It's too bad they never got that big in the U.S.[/QUOTE]
completely agree, OP should look into getting that album next
give the people what they want (1981) is a great album. Destroyer is amazing. EVERY kinks fan should check that out
was just rockin "all day and all of the night" earlier. Fucking amazing song. these guys are the true original punks
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just listen to them scream out their vocals, it's ridiculous. The nasal snarl the predated "first wave" punk by a decade
Yeah, they really were pioneers for their time.
I guess that's why they never really stayed popular until later years.
It's great, because my dad works with a huge Kinks fan...and by huge, I mean he literally has everything EVER released by the Kinks. I heard Lola and then asked my dad if he knew anyone who had a lot of Kinks stuff. He naturally referred me to this guy. I got Ultimate Kinks Collection, Hillbilles, and Lola vs. from him.
I genuinley believe they are better than the Beatles...
[QUOTE=samframpton;29744019]I genuinley believe they are better than the Beatles...[/QUOTE]
Your avatar doesn’t think so.
[QUOTE=samframpton;29744019]I genuinley believe they are better than the Beatles...[/QUOTE]
I think the Kinks are a really close second to them.
[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29763409]I think the Kinks are a really close second to them.[/QUOTE]
Rolling Stones.
[QUOTE=AK'z;29763442]Rolling Stones.[/QUOTE]
I don't like the Rolling Stones.
[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29763471]I don't like the Rolling Stones.[/QUOTE]
So?
[QUOTE=AK'z;29763483]So?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=TheBrokenHobo;29763409][B]I think[/B] the Kinks are a really close second to them.[/QUOTE]
It's fair to say, Rolling Stones are far more consistent than Kinks were throughout respective careers.
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They could've been so much better in the 70s.
the kinks were still great in the 80s and rollings stones have been shit past what, 1974? "Some Girls" is not a good album.
[QUOTE=Vedicardi;29766215]the kinks were still great in the 80s and rollings stones have been shit past what, 1974? "Some Girls" is not a good album.[/QUOTE]
It's not good, it's almighty. :smug:
I liked their 80s stuff too, even if it was under par.
Kinks just kind of, drifted after their greatness. I do still like their efforts to change.
give the people what we want is far better than everything the stones did in the 80s put together, and the first kinks album has more punch than anything the stones have put out (not to say that's all that matters).
Arthur is definitely my favorite album by them
I require it on vinyl.
And a record player.
[QUOTE=Vedicardi;29769917]give the people what we want is far better than everything the stones did in the 80s put together, and the first kinks album has more punch than anything the stones have put out (not to say that's all that matters).[/QUOTE]
Big deal. Saying "Some Girls is not a good album" without reason makes no relevance to this.
You're probably right about the debut.
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