The Kinks discography explained

Artist:The Kinks
Studio:26
Live:6
Compilation:34
Ep:10
Singles:78

The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums.[1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due to the US albums including the hit singles, and the UK albums not; after The Kink Kontroversy in 1965 the albums were the same.[2] Between 100 and 200 compilation albums have been released worldwide.[3] [4]

Their hit singles included three UK number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "You Really Got Me"; plus 18 top-40 singles in the 1960s alone and further top-40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s. The Kinks had five top-10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the top 40.[5] In the UK, the group had 17 top-20 singles and five top-10 albums.[6] The RIAA has certified four of the Kinks' albums as gold records. The Kinks Greatest Hits!, released in 1966, was certified gold for sales totaling of one million dollars on 28 November 1968—six days after the release of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, which failed to chart worldwide.[7] The group would not receive another gold record award until 1979's Low Budget. The 1980 live album One for the Road was certified gold on 8December 1980. Give the People What They Want, released in 1981, received its certification on 25 January 1982, for sales of 500,000 copies.[8] ASCAP, the performing-rights group, presented the Kinks with an award for "One of the Most-Played Songs of 1983" for the hit single "Come Dancing".[9]

Albums

Studio albums

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
Title[10] Peak chart positionsCertification
UK
[11]
AUS
[12]
CAN
[13]
FRA
[14]
GER
[15]
NED
[16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19] [20]
US
[21]
1964Kinks360729
1965Kinks-Size 13
Kinda Kinks31260
Kinkdom 47
The Kink Kontroversy9895
1966Face to Face12129135
1967Something Else by the Kinks35503112153
1968The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 4784
1969Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)5468105
1970Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One243335
1971Percy
Muswell Hillbillies36100
1972Everybody's in Show-Biz386370
1973Preservation Act 192177
1974Preservation Act 2114
1975The Kinks Present a Soap Opera8651
The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace1845
1977Sleepwalker132921
1978Misfits79483440
1979Low Budget85134611
1981Give the People What They Want11282315
  • MC: Gold[25]
  • RIAA: Gold
1983State of Confusion96145510442312
  • MC: Gold
1984Word of Mouth605057
1986Think Visual977881
1989UK Jive122
1993Phobia92166

Live albums

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitlePeak chart positionsCertification
AUS
CAN
FRA
GER
NED
NZ
US
1967Live at Kelvin Hall80162
1980One for the Road712449313114
  • MC: Gold[29]
  • RIAA: Gold
1988The Road110
1994To the Bone
200160
2016Kinks in Koncert 1965

Compilations

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitlePeak chart positionsCertification
UK
AUS
[30]
FRA
NOR
[31]
NZ
[32]
US
1966The Kinks
  • Label: Golden Guinea
3
1966 The Kinks Greatest Hits!9
  • RIAA: Gold
1966 Well Respected Kinks5 652
1967 Sunny Afternoon9 55
1970The Kinks
  • Label: Pye
1971 Golden Hour21
1972 The Kink Kronikles94
1973The Great Lost Kinks Album145
1976 The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes144
1978 20 Golden Greats 19
1980Second Time Around177
1983Dead End Street – Greatest Hits 96
1984 Compleat Collection35209
1986 Come Dancing with The Kinks: The Best of 1977–1986
  • Label: Arista
159
1987 The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
  • Label: Pye
?
1989Greatest Hits
  • Label: Rhino
The Ultimate Collection
  • Label: Castle Communications
35 37
1990Fab Forty – The Singles Collection 1964–1970
1991 Lost & Found 1986–89
  • Label: MCA
1993 The Definitive Collection
  • Label: Polygram
18
1993 A Portrait of the Kinks
  • Label: Castle Communications
1996The Definitive Collection
  • Label: Polygram TV
51
1997 You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks
  • Label: Edelton
42
1997 The Singles Collection
  • Label: Essential!
96
2001 The Singles Collection
  • Label: Sanctuary, Castle Music
81
2002 The Ultimate Collection
  • Label: Sanctuary
32546
2008 Picture Book (6-CD box set)
  • Label: Sanctuary, Universal
2011 The Singles Collection
  • Label: Sanctuary
39
2012
  • Label: Sanctuary
14
2014 The Essential Kinks
  • Label: RCA, Legacy, Arista
2014The Anthology 1964–1971 (5-CD box set)
  • Label: Sanctuary, Legacy
2015Sunny Afternoon: The Very Best of The Kinks
  • Label: Sanctuary, BMG
21
2023The Journey, Pt. 1
  • Label: BMG
41
2023The Journey, Pt. 2
  • Label: BMG
93

Extended plays

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
EP details[40] [41] [42] Peak chart positions
UK
[43]
US Main
1964Kinksize Session
  • Released: 27 November 1964
  • Label: Pye
  • Released in the US on 18 April 2015
1
The Kinks (All Day and All of the Night)
  • Released: December 1964
  • Label: Vogue
  • Originally only released in France
  • Released in the US and Europe on 22 April 2017
1965The Kinks (Got Love If You Want It)
  • Released: January 1965
  • Label: Vogue
  • Originally only released in France
  • Released in the US and Europe on 22 April 2017
Kinksize Hits
  • Released: 15 January 1965
  • Label: Pye
  • Released in the US on 18 April 2015
3
Kwyet Kinks
  • Released: 17 September 1965
  • Label: Pye
  • Released in the US on 27 November 2015
1
1966Dedicated Kinks
  • Released: 15 July 1966
  • Label: Pye
  • Released in the US on 27 November 2015
7
1967Mister Pleasant
  • Released: May 1967
  • Label: Pye
  • Originally only released in France
  • Released in the US on 16 April 2016
1968The Kinks
  • Released: 19 April 1968
  • Label: Pye
  • Released in the US on 25 November 2016
1971The Kinks (from the soundtrack of the film Percy)
  • Released: 2 April 1971
  • Label: Pye
  • Released in the US and Europe on 25 November 2016
You Really Got Me
  • Released: 27 August 1971
  • Label: Pye
1980Waterloo Sunset
  • Released: June 1980
  • Label: PRT
The Kinks Live EP
  • Released: 11 July 1980
  • Label: Arista
1984State of Confusion
  • Released: 23 March 1984
  • Label: Arista
1991Did Ya
  • Released: 24 October 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Also released as a single in Europe
48
1994Waterloo Sunset '94 EP
  • Released: 17 October 1994
  • Label: Konk
1996The Days EP 35
2016Till Death Us Do Part
2017Ravensize Session (The Pre-Kinks Regent Studio Demos)
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Label: Rhythm & Blues
2018Kinks TV Session
  • Released: 7 November 2018
  • Label: Rhythm & Blues

Singles

1960s

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitleNotesPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
US
AUS
CANGER
IRE
[44]
NLD
[45]
NZ
[46] [47]
1964"Long Tall Sally"
B-side "I Took My Baby Home"
B-side appears on début album Kinks42 [48] Non-album release[49]
"You Still Want Me"
B-side "You Do Something to Me"
Non-album release[50]
"You Really Got Me"
B-side "It's All Right" (non-album track)
1784396232Kinks[51]
"All Day and All of the Night"
B-side "I Gotta Move"
2714122295Non-album release[52]
Included on Kinks-Size in US
1965"Tired of Waiting for You"
B-side "Come On Now"
1629313318Kinda Kinks[53] Included on Kinks-Size in US
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [54]
b/w "Who'll Be the Next in Line"
172928Non-album release[55]
Included on Kinda Kinks in US
"Set Me Free"
B-side "I Need You"
9235423212Non-album release[56]
Included on Kinda Kinks in US
"See My Friends"
B-side "Never Met a Girl Like You Before"
103626Non-album release[57]
Included on Kinkdom in US
"Who'll Be the Next in Line"
B-side "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
3425Non-album release[58]
Included on Kinkdom in US
"A Well Respected Man" [59]
B-side "Such a Shame"
13116Non-album release[60] /Kwyet Kinks
Included on Kinkdom in US
"Till the End of the Day"
B-side "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
8506334196The Kink Kontroversy[61]
1966"Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
B-side "Sittin' on My Sofa"
436361111311Non-album release[62]
"Sunny Afternoon"
B-side "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (non-album track)
1141317112Face to Face[63]
"Dandy"
B-side "Party Line"
12Face to Face[64]
"Dead End Street"
B-side "Big Black Smoke"
57362285744Non-album release[65]
1967"Mister Pleasant"
B-side "Harry Rag" (US)
"This Is Where I Belong" (Europe)
B-side "Harry Rag" appears on Something Else by The Kinks803579122Non-album release
"Waterloo Sunset"
B-side "Act Nice and Gentle" (non-album track) (UK)
"Two Sisters" (US)
247317Something Else by The Kinks[66]
"Death of a Clown"
B-side "Love Me Till the Sun Shines"
Labelled as Dave Davies solo3316832Something Else by The Kinks[67]
"Autumn Almanac"
B-side "Mr. Pleasant"
"David Watts" used as B-side in non-UK regions373135151717Non-album release[68]
"Susannah's Still Alive"
B-side "Funny Face"
Labelled as Dave Davies solo 202710Non-album release[69]
1968"Wonderboy"
B-side "Polly"
36294Non-album release[70]
"Days"
B-side "She's Got Everything"
12772816611Non-album release[71]
"Lincoln County"
B-side "There Is No Life Without Love"
Labelled as Dave Davies solo15Non-album release[72]
1969"Starstruck"13The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[73]
"Picture Book"Australia only36The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[74]
"Hold My Hand"
B-side "Creeping Jean"
Labelled as Dave Davies solo±Non-album release[75]
"Plastic Man"
B-side "King Kong"
31973416Non-album release[76]
"Drivin'"
B-side "Mindless Child of Motherhood" (non-album track)
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[77]
"The Village Green Preservation Society"
B-side "Do You Remember Walter?"
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[78]
"Shangri-La"
B-side "This Man, He Weeps Tonight" (non-album track)
24Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[79]
"Australia"
B-side "She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina"
Australia onlyArthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[80]
"Victoria"
B-side "Mr. Churchill Says" (UK)
"Brainwashed" (US)
33625733Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[81]
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

1970s

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
US
GER
AUS
CANIRE
NLD
NZ
1970"Lola"
b/w "Berkeley Mews" (non-album track) (UK)
"Mindless Child Of Motherhood" (US)
29242111Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
"Apeman"
b/w "Rats"
54555191095
1971"God's Children"
b/w "Moments"
5321Percy
"20th Century Man"
b/w "Skin and Bone"
10689Muswell Hillbillies
1972"Supersonic Rocket Ship"
b/w "You Don't Know My Name"
161111625Everybody's in Show-Biz
"Celluloid Heroes"
b/w "Hot Potatoes"
1973"One of the Survivors"
b/w "Scrapheap City"
108Preservation Act 1
"Sitting in the Midday Sun"
b/w "One Of The Survivors"
"Sweet Lady Genevieve"
b/w "Sitting In My Hotel" (UK)
"Sitting In The Midday Sun" (US)
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
b/w "Lola"
±
1974"Money Talks"
b/w "Here Comes Flash"
Preservation Act 2
"Mirror of Love"
b/w "He's Evil"
"Mirror of Love"(Band Version)
b/w "He's Evil"
"Holiday Romance"
b/w "Shepherds Of The Nation"
±Soap Opera
"Preservation"
b/w "Salvation Road" (from Preservation Act 2)
Non-album single
1975"Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)"
b/w "Ordinary People"
Soap Opera
"Ducks on the Wall"
b/w "Rush Hour Blues"
±
"You Can't Stop the Music"
b/w "Have Another Drink"
±
1976"I'm in Disgrace"
b/w "The Hard Way"
Schoolboys in Disgrace
"No More Looking Back"
b/w "Jack The Idiot Dunce"/"The Hard Way"
±
1977"Sleepwalker"
b/w "Full Moon"
4854Sleepwalker
"Juke Box Music"
b/w "Sleepless Night" (UK)
"Life Goes On" (US)
"Father Christmas"
b/w "Prince Of The Punks"
Non-album single
1978"A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
b/w "Artificial Light" (non-album track) (US)
"Live Life" (US)
"Get Up" (US 2nd pressings)
3030Misfits
"Live Life"
b/w "In A Foreign Land" (UK)
"Black Messiah" (US)
"Black Messiah"
b/w "Misfits"
±
1979"(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
b/w "Low Budget"
417143Low Budget
"A Gallon of Gas"
b/w "Low Budget"
"Catch Me Now I'm Falling"
b/w "Low Budget"
"Moving Pictures"
b/w "In A Space"
±
"Pressure"
b/w "National Health"
±
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

1980s

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitleNotesPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
US
[82]
US
Main

[83]
AUS
CANIRE
NLD
NZ
[84]
1980"Celluloid Heroes" (live)
b/w "Lola" (live)
80691One for the Road
1981"Better Things"
b/w "Massive Reductions" (UK)
b/w "Yo-yo" (US)
469010Give the People What They Want
"Destroyer"
b/w "Back to Front"
80335
1982"Come Dancing"
b/w "Noise"
12617366429State of Confusion
1983"You Really Got Me"
b/w "Medley (You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night)"
b/w "Misty Water"
Picture-sleeve reissue of original 1964 version4726Non-album release
"Don't Forget to Dance"
b/w "Bernadette"
5829162038State of Confusion
"State of Confusion"
b/w "Labour of Love"
26
1984"Do It Again"
b/w "Guilty"
41491Word of Mouth
1985"Summer's Gone"
b/w "Going Solo"
Only a release in US
1985"Living on a Thin Line"
b/w "Sold Me Out"
Only a 12-inch promotional release in US24
1986"Rock 'n' Roll Cities"
b/w "Sleazy Town"
37Think Visual
1987"How Are You"
b/w "Killing Time" (UK)
b/w "Working at the Factory" (US)
8616
"Lost and Found"
b/w "Killing Time"
37
1988"The Road"
b/w "Art Lover"
14
1989"Down All the Days (Till 1992)"
b/w "You Really Got Me (Live)"
108UK Jive
"How Do I Get Close"
b/w "Down All the Days (Till 1992)" (UK)
b/w "War is Over" (US)
21

1990s

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitleNotesPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
US
Main

AUS
1991"Did Ya" (CD single and EP)[85]
  • Released: 24 October
  • Label: Columbia
  • Also released as a single in Europe
4848Non-album release
1993"Only a Dream"79Phobia
"Hatred (A Duet)"19
"Scattered" (CD single)
"Still Searching"
  • US-only promo single
  • issued in jewel case with back insert only
1996"To the Bone" (Radio edits)
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Guardian
  • "To the Bone" 3 versions
To the Bone
"To the Bone" (Promo)
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Guardian
  • "To the Bone", "Animal", "Celluloid Heroes"
1997"You Really Got Me" (Live)
"≈" = not released as a single in the UK

2000s

Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitleNotesPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
2004"You Really Got Me"[86]
b/w "It's All Right"
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Pye (SANSI317)
  • 40th anniversary edition
42Non-album releases
2007"Waterloo Sunset"[87]
b/w "Act Nice and Gentle"
  • Released: May 2007
  • Label: Sanctuary (CMWSE1524)
  • 40th anniversary edition
  • Limited edition (1000 copies)

2010s

Year! scope="col"
TitleNotesAlbum
2017"Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys" (Ray Davies solo)[88]
b/w "Oklahoma U.S.A" (The Kinks)
  • Released: 21 April 2017
  • Split single Ray Davies / The Kinks
  • Limited edition
  • "Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys" is taken from Americana
  • "Oklahoma U.S.A." is taken from Muswell Hillbillies by The Kinks
Americana (Ray Davies solo album)
"All Day and All of the Night"[89]
b/w "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter"
b/w "I Gotta Move"
b/w "Long Tall Shorty"
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Released for Record Store Day 2017
  • The Kinks 7-inch EP release series
  • Limited edition (2500 copies)
  • Reproduction EP (originally released in France 1964)
Non-album releases
"Got Love If You Want It"[90]
b/w "I Took My Baby Home"
b/w "Cadillac"
b/w "Beautiful Delilah"
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Released for Record Store Day 2017
  • The Kinks 7-inch EP release series
  • Limited edition (2500 copies)
  • Reproduction EP (originally released in France 1964)
  • Features material from the albums Kinks (1964) and Kinks-Size (1965)
2018"Time Song"[91]
b/w "The Village Green Preservation Society" (Preservation Version)
  • Released: 26 October 2018
  • Limited edition 7-inch (Came with first 1000 copies)
  • CD promotional copy only (separate release)
  • Previously unreleased
  • Part of "Village Green" 50th anniversary super deluxe box set
Village Green Preservation Society 50TH Super Deluxe Box Set
"Days"[92]
b/w "She's Got Everything"
  • Released: 26 October 2018
  • Reproduction with Italian picture cover version
  • Part of "Village Green" 50th anniversary super deluxe box set
"Starstruck"[93]
b/w "Picture Book"
  • Released: 26 October 2018
  • Reproduction with Dutch picture cover version
  • Part of "Village Green" 50th anniversary super deluxe box set
"The Village Green Preservation Society"[94]
b/w "Do You Remember Walter?"
  • Released: 26 October 2018
  • No picture cover
  • Part of "Village Green" 50th anniversary super deluxe box set
2019"Australia" (Mono)[95]
b/w "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" (Mono)
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Limited edition yellow 7-inch (bonus website only pre-order)
  • Part of "Arthur" 50th anniversary deluxe box set
Arthur 50th anniversary deluxe box set
"Drivin'" (Mono)[96]
b/w "Mindless Child of Motherhood" (Mono)
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Reproduction with French picture cover version
  • Part of "Arthur" 50th anniversary deluxe box set
"Shangri-La" (Mono)[97]
b/w "This Man He Weeps Tonight" (Mono)
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Reproduction with UK sleeve
  • Part of "Arthur" 50th anniversary deluxe box set
"Victoria" (Stereo)[98]
b/w "Mr. Churchill Says" (Stereo)
  • Released: 25 October 2019
  • Reproduction with Dutch picture cover version
  • Part of "Arthur" 50th anniversary deluxe box set
"Arthur" (Mono)[99]
b/w "Brainwashed" (Mono)
  • Released: 29 November 2019
  • Record Store Day Black Friday release
  • Limited edition (2500 copies), red vinyl
  • Newly created, never before issued 7-inch
  • Features material originally, released on LP "Arthur" in 1969
  • Remastered in 2019
Non-album release

2020s

Year! scope="col"
TitleNotesAlbum
2020"Lola"[100]
b/w "Berkerley Mews"
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Reproduction with Danish picture picture sleeve (Pye Records – 7N 17961), or Italian picture sleeve (Pye Records – P 67.023)
  • Reproduced artwork, remastered audio, clear or black 7-inch single
  • Limited edition
  • Part of "Lola" 50th anniversary deluxe box set
Lola 50th
"Apeman"[101]
b/w "Rats"
  • Released: 11 December 2020
  • Reproduction with Portuguese picture sleeve (Pye Records – PATS 7010)
  • Reproduced artwork, remastered audio, black 7-inch single
  • Part of "Lola" 50th anniversary deluxe box set

Music videos

List of music videos!Year!Title!Media!Director!Album
1966"Dead End Street"B&W FilmPaul O'DellNon-album single
1968"Wonderboy"B&W FilmNon-album single
"Days"B&W FilmNon-album single
"Starstruck"B&W FilmThe Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
1970"Apeman"Colour FilmLola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
1972"Supersonic Rocket Ship"B&W FilmLaurie LewisEverybody's in Showbiz
1973"Sitting in the Midday Sun"Colour FilmPreservation Act 1
1977"Father Christmas"Colour FilmNon-album single
1981"Predictable"Colour FilmJulien TempleGive the People What They Want
1982"Come Dancing"Colour FilmState of Confusion
1983"Don't Forget to Dance"Colour Film
"State of Confusion"Colour Film
1984"Do it Again"Colour FilmWord of Mouth
1986"Rock 'n' Roll Cities"Colour FilmThink Visual
"How Are You"Colour Film
1987"Lost and Found"Colour Film
1988"The Road"Colour VT/ FilmRay Davies
1989"Down All the Days (Till 1992)"Colour FilmUK Jive
"How Do I Get Close"Colour Film
1993"Only a Dream"B&W FilmPhobia
"Scattered"Colour Film
1994"To the Bone"Colour FilmTo the Bone
2018"Time Song"Lyric VideoLucy Dawkins and Tom ReaddyVillage Green Preservation Society 50TH Super Deluxe Box Set
2019Lyric video / Promotional videosLucy Dawkins and Tom ReaddyArthur 50th anniversary deluxe box set
2020"Any Time 2020"B&W Film / Lyric videoJohn PaveleyLola 50th anniversary deluxe box set
"Powerman 2020 Mix"Promotional Video (Animated)
"Lola" (2020 Stereo Remaster)Animated (Comic Style) VideoJohn Paveley and Andy Galloway

External links

Notes and References

  1. Disk Firms Swing to Less-Groove Policy. Hank Fox. 1 & 10. Billboard. 4 March 1967.
  2. Book: You Really Got Me: An Illustrated World Discography of the Kinks, 1964–1993. Doug Hinman. 1994. Douglas E Hinman.
  3. Book: You Really Got Me : An Illustrated World Discography of the Kinks, 1964–1993. Doug Hinman. 1994. Douglas E Hinman.
  4. Web site: The Kinks: Discography: Compilations. allmusic.com.
  5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4690|pure_url=yes}} Discography ]. Allmusic . 25 November 2009.
  6. Rogan, Johnny (2004). passim ("Chart Positions" data)
  7. Book: Doug Hinman. 2004. The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night. Hal Leonard Corporation. 0-87930-765-X. 121.
  8. Book: Doug Hinman. 2004. The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night. Hal Leonard Corporation. 0-87930-765-X. 256 .
  9. Book: Doug Hinman. 2004. The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night. Hal Leonard Corporation. 0-87930-765-X. 272.
  10. Web site: The Kinks: Discography (Albums). AllMusic. 23 January 2019.
  11. Web site: Kinks: Albums. Official Charts Company. 22 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20231213161521/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11246/kinks/. 13 December 2023.
  12. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 167.
  13. Web site: Canada . Library and Archives . 2013-07-17 . Results: RPM Weekly . 2021-08-11 . www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  14. Web site: InfoDisc : Les Albums (Interprètes, Classements, Ventes, Certifications, Les Tops, Les N° 1...) . 2020-12-22 . www.infodisc.fr.
  15. Web site: Discographie von Kinks . . 23 November 2020 . de.
  16. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 2021-08-11 . dutchcharts.nl.
  17. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal . 2021-08-11 . norwegiancharts.com.
  18. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal . 2021-08-13 . charts.nz.
  19. Web site: HITSALLERTIJDEN . 2020-11-08 . www.hitsallertijden.nl.
  20. Web site: HITS ALLER TIJDEN . 2021-08-11 . www.hitsallertijden.nl.
  21. The Kinks Chart History: Billboard 200 . . 23 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221154204/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-kinks/chart-history/tlp/ . 21 February 2023.
  22. Web site: BRIT Certified . Mar 3, 2022 . British Phonographic Industry.
  23. Web site: Gold/Platinum . 2021-08-11 . Music Canada . en-US.
  24. Web site: Gold & Platinum. RIAA. en-US. 2020-03-26.
  25. Web site: Gold/Platinum . 2021-08-11 . Music Canada . en-US.
  26. Web site: Kinks Size. Bruce Eder. AllMusic.
  27. Book: Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. registration. 64. Thomas M. Kitts. Routledge. 23 Jan 2008 .
  28. Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. OfficialCharts.com.
  29. Web site: Gold/Platinum . 2021-08-11 . Music Canada . en-US.
  30. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf.
  31. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal . 2021-08-11 . norwegiancharts.com.
  32. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal . 2021-08-13 . charts.nz.
  33. Web site: BRIT Certified . 2021-08-11 . BPI . en.
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  39. Web site: BRIT Certified . 2021-08-11 . BPI . en.
  40. Web site: Kinks Discography. 2021-03-17. www.kindakinks.net.
  41. Web site: Kinks Discography. 2021-03-17. www.kindakinks.net.
  42. Web site: Kinks Discography. 2021-03-17. www.kindakinks.net.
  43. Peak positions for the Kinks' EPs on the UK EP Chart:
  44. Web site: The Irish Charts – All there is to know. 2021-03-17. irishcharts.ie.
  45. Web site: Discografie The Kinks . dutchcharts.nl . 23 November 2020.
  46. Web site: flavour of new zealand – search lever. 2021-03-17. www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
  47. Web site: flavour of new zealand – search listener. 2021-03-17. www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
  48. "Long Tall Sally" did not chart on the Record Retailer chart, but did reach #42 on the Melody Maker
  49. Web site: Long Tall Sally. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  50. Web site: You Still Want Me. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  51. Web site: You Really Got Me. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  52. Web site: All Day And All Of The Night. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  53. Web site: Tired Of Waiting For You. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  54. "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" and "Who'll Be the Next in Line" were respectively the A-side and B-side of a UK/European single. This single was released several months later in North America, with the A-side and B-side reversed.
  55. Web site: Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  56. Web site: Set Me Free. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  57. Web site: See My Friends. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  58. Web site: Who'll Be the Next in Line. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  59. "A Well Respected Man" was originally released (September 1965) in the UK on the 45rpm 7-inch EP Kwyet Kinks which was not eligible for the UK singles chart.
  60. Web site: A Well Respected Man. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  61. Web site: Till the End of the Day. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  62. Web site: Dedicated Follower of Fashion. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  63. Web site: Sunny Afternoon. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  64. Web site: Dandy. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  65. Web site: Mr. Pleasant. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  66. Web site: Waterloo Sunset. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  67. Web site: Death of a Clown. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  68. Web site: Autumn Almanac. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  69. Web site: Susannah's Still Alive. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  70. Web site: Wonderboy. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  71. Web site: Days. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  72. Web site: Lincoln County. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  73. Web site: Starstruck. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  74. Web site: Picture Book. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  75. Web site: Hold My Hand. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  76. Web site: Plastic Man. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  77. Web site: Drivin'. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  78. Web site: The Village Green Preservation Society. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  79. Web site: Shangri-La. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  80. Web site: Australia. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  81. Web site: Victoria. Dave Emlen. kindakinks.net.
  82. The Kinks Chart History: Hot 100 . . 23 November 2020.
  83. The Kinks Chart History: Mainstream Rock . . 23 November 2020.
  84. Web site: Discography The Kinks . charts.nz . 23 November 2020.
  85. Web site: Did Ya. kindakinks.net.
  86. "You Really Got Me" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original Pye 2 track 7-inch single and a CD single which added rarity "Misty Water".
  87. "Waterloo Sunset" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original UK Pye 2 track 7-inch single and a CD single which was a replica of the French 4 track EP.
  88. Split single Ray Davies / The Kinks.
  89. RSD 2017 release
  90. RSD 2017 release
  91. "Time Song" 7-inch single (Part of "Village Green Preservation Society" 50th and a CD single promotional only.
  92. Part of "Village Green Preservation Society" 50th box set.
  93. Part of "Village Green Preservation Society" 50th box set.
  94. Part of "Village Green Preservation Society" 50th box set.
  95. Limited edition yellow 7-inch single.
  96. Part of "Arthur" 50th box set.
  97. Part of "Arthur" 50th box set.
  98. Part of "Arthur" 50th box set.
  99. RSDBF release.
  100. Part of "Lola" 50th box set.
  101. Part of "Lola" 50th box set.