The Kinks - Ultimate Collection [Sanctuary]

Artist:

Kinks (The)

UPC:

5050159010929

See Also:

Byrds (The) Beach Boys (The) Davies, Dave Velvet Underground (The) Davies, Ray (Kinks) Dylan, Bob

Description:

Personnel: Dave Davies, Ray Davies (vocals, guitar); Mick Avory (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Nick Watson.
Liner Note Author: David Wells .
Although generally not as highly regarded by the critics as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, or the Who, the Kinks may well have influenced far more musicians. The three-chord sledgehammer proto-metal burst of teenage lust called "You Really Got Me," the Kinks` third single and first hit, touched off a garage band explosion, which in turn influenced the rise of punk a decade later. Blessed with an astute songwriter in Ray Davies, the Kinks followed the template of "You Really Got Me" for a couple years, racking up hits with "All Day and All of the Night," "Tired of Waiting for You," and "Till the End of the Day." But Davies had more than one card in his pocket, and he blossomed into a sharp social satirist ("Dedicated Follower of Fashion"). By the time the album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was released in 1968, Davies had become a master of elegiac studies in English suburbia. The gender-bending "Lola" was a big hit in 1970 and the Kinks entered the video era in 1983 with "Come Dancing" and its memorable video. The Ultimate Collection spans the group`s career in two discs, including the hits, B-sides, and key album tracks. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. You Really Got Me
2. All Day and All of the Night
3. Tired of Waiting For You
4. Everybody`s Gonna Be Happy
5. Set Me Free
6. See My Friend
7. Till the End of the Day
8. Dedicated Follower of Fashion
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. Dead End Street
11. Waterloo Sunset
12. Death of a Clown - (By Dave Davies)
13. Autumn Almanac
14. Susannah`s Still Alive - (By Dave Davies)
15. Wonderboy
16. Days
17. Plastic Man
18. Victoria
19. Lola
20. Apeman
21. Supersonic Rocket Ship
22. Better Things
23. Come Dancing
24. Don`t Forget to Dance

DISC 2:

1. David Watts
2. Stop Your Sobbing
3. Dandy
4. Mr. Pleasant
5. I Gotta Move
6. Who`ll Be the Next in Line
7. I Need You
8. Where Have All the Good Times Gone
9. Sittin` on My Sofa
10. Well Respected Man, A
11. I`m Not Like Everybody Else
12. Love Me till the Sun Shines - (By Dave Davies)
13. She`s Got Everything
14. Starstruck
15. Shangri-La
16. God`s Children
17. Celluloid Heroes
18. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
19. Do It Again
20. Living on a Thin Line

Album Information

Release Date:

10/26/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

British Invasion

Label:

Sanctuary (USA)

Catalog Number:

SANDD 109

Original Release Year:

2002

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

141 : 21

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