Kinks (album) explained

Kinks
Type:studio
Artist:the Kinks
Cover:KinksTheKinks.jpg
Released:2 October 1964
Recorded:20 January, mid-July and 18August
Studio:Pye and IBC, London
Genre:
Label:Pye
Producer:Shel Talmy
Next Title:Kinda Kinks
Next Year:1965

Kinks is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on in the United Kingdom by Pye Records. The original United States release, issued by Reprise Records on, omits three tracks and is instead titled You Really Got Me.

The album was re-released in 1998 in the UK on Castle Records with twelve bonus tracks. This reissue was itself reissued in 2004 on the Sanctuary label. A deluxe edition was released on 28 March 2011.

Reception

Consequence of Sound listed the album as a key example of proto-punk, observing "lean aggression" and a "jolting", "in-your-face" approach, and described their rendition of Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" as the first punk rock cover.

The AllMusic review by Richie Unterberger assessed the album as lacking in consistency, commenting: "As R&B cover artists, the Kinks weren't nearly as adept as the Stones and Yardbirds; Ray Davies' original tunes were, "You Really Got Me" aside, perfunctory Mersey Beat-ish pastiches... [the] tunes that producer Shel Talmy penned for the group... were simply abominable."

Rock critic Mike Saunders of Rolling Stone had a more positive opinion of the Kinks' debut LP, described the album as one of their "successful rock and roll albums".[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray Davies unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry)2:07
  2. "So Mystifying"2:58
  3. "Just Can't Go to Sleep"1:58
  4. "Long Tall Shorty"(Don Covay, Herb Abramson)2:50
  5. "I Took My Baby Home"1:48
  6. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (J. D. "Jay" Miller)2:03
  7. "You Really Got Me"2:13

Side two

  1. "Cadillac" (Ellas McDaniel)2:44
  2. "Bald Headed Woman" (Shel Talmy)2:41
  3. "Revenge" (Davies, Larry Page)1:29
  4. "Too Much Monkey Business" (Berry)2:16
  5. "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" (Talmy)2:01
  6. "Stop Your Sobbing"2:06
  7. "Got Love If You Want It" (James Moore)3:46

Note

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:

The Kinks

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

+Weekly chart performanceChart (1964–65)Peak
position
UK Melody Maker Top Ten LPs4
UK New Musical Express Best Selling LPs[4] 5
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[5] 3
US Billboard Top LPs29
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[6] 25
US Record World 100 Top LPs[7] 20
West German Musikmarkt LP Hit Parade[8] 7
Chart (1965)! scope="col"
Ranking
US Billboard[9] 98
US Cash Box[10] 76

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mike Saunders. The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews. Rolling Stone. 1972-05-25. 2014-06-13.
  2. Web site: Blum . Jordon . 10 Proto-Punk Albums Every Music Fan Should Own . . 10 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Mike Saunders. The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews. Rolling Stone. 1972-05-25. 2014-06-13.
  4. Best Selling LPs in Britain (Wednesday, December 9, 1964. NME. 11 December 1964. 5. WorldRadioHistory.com.
  5. Web site: The Kinks . . 17 February 2023.
  6. Cash Box Top 100 Albums. 13 March 1965. Cash Box. 29. WorldRadioHistory.com.
  7. 100 Top LP's. 6 February 1965. Record World. 5.
  8. Web site: Offiziellecharts.de – The Kinks – Kinks . . 23 February 2023 . de.
  9. Top LP's of 1965 (Based on total sales at retail). 25 December 1965. Billboard. 25. WorldRadioHistory.com.
  10. Best Albums of 1965. 25 December 1965. Cash Box. 30. WorldRadioHistory.com.

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