 | Kinks (The Ultimate Collection) [Read More ...]
Description: Arguably the finest and most expansive Kinks collection on the market! The first disc of this double-disc begins with their third single and first No. 1, the insistent 'You Really Got Me', then races through the glory years with the absurdly infectious likes of 'Sunny Afternoon',... |
 | Face to Face [Read More ...]
Review: A long lost treasure!!!:This Kinks album was unavailable for a long time but I had always considered it one of their best. I was glad to find that it had been re-issued. Many times, albums that you were familiar with a long time ago don't seem quite so good when you hear them a... |
 | Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One [Read More ...]
Description: The Kinks' 1970 effort was the penultimate creation in a five-year, six-album burst that ranks just a notch below the great sustained rock & roll eruptions of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, and Elvis Costello. Of course, the linchpin to this collection is "Lola," Ray Davies'... |
 | Lola vs. the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 [Read More ...]
Review: Quite Possibly the the Best Kinks Album:If I had to choose the best Kinks album ever made, it would be a tough call between Muswell Hillbillies, Face to Face, and Lola vs. Powerman. The infamous Lola from this album is my least favorite song on the album thanks to overexposure, ... |
 | The Kink Kronikles [Read More ...]
Description: This compilation from one of the most influential bands in rock history is, like Neil Young's Decade, one of those rare summation packages that stands on its own in the discography. Released at a time in the early '70s when the Kinks, led by songwriter/vocalist Ray Davies and his... |
 | The Singles Collection [Read More ...]
Review: Kinks must haves:Fills the holes in the Itunes collection. All are Kinks classics that one must have to satisfy a craving for the lads. Sunny Afternoon, Dedicated follower of Fashion, Well Respected Man, Waterloo Sunset (original version-not live!) & Victoria (also original studi... |
 | The Kinks Greatest 1970-1986 (2 CDs plus bonus DVD) [Read More ...]
Exception Value:This picks up the Kinks greatest hits very nicely
If you combine this set with the Ultimate Collection you wil have a very very nice Kinks collection.
The DVD has been OOP for a while, so its inclusion here makes a good bonus.
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 | Muswell Hillbillies [Read More ...]
Description: The first album in the Kinks' RCA phase, this 1971 aggregation stands as one of the pivotal titles in the group's extensive oeuvre. Check out the cover for a sense where this collection is rooted: the five longhaired lads mill about at a sunlit working-class pub where the regular... |
 | The Kink Kontroversy [Read More ...]
Review: No Longer a Singles Band:I bought this one as a teenager the day it came out, and played the grooves off of it, as I did ever other Kinks LP until 1970. The difference with 'Kontroversy' is that the non-single cuts, which were for the most part quickly tossed together afterthough... |
 | One for the Road [Read More ...]
Review: "Rock Bands Come And Go":But Rock and Roll is Forever yells Ray Davies in between tunes on this fantastic live set by one of the best bands of their own or any other era. The Kinks at their live best- not to be missed. If you weren't around for these guys you really need to check... |
 | Give the People What They Want [Read More ...]
Review: The Kinks hit their 80's peak:While the albums preceding "Give The People What They Want" were both solid, neither "Sleepwalker" nor "Low Budget" prepared us for this. Ray Davies not only brings The Kinks squarely into a new decade, he takes the time to acknowledge his past. "Des... |
 | BBC Sessions 1964-1977 [Read More ...]
Description: As live Kinks albums go, BBC Sessions is about as fine a representation of the quartet's inimitable sense of showmanship as exists. Yes, there's Live at Kelvin Hall from the '60s, Everybody's in Show-Biz from the '70s, and One for the Road from the '80s, but this double-disc of b... |
 | Low Budget [Read More ...]
Review: Fresh From The Time Capsule:If you were knocked unconscious at a 1978 Kinks show and found yourself suddenly waking up in the time of Rip Van Obama, the sound of Low Budget in heavy rotation would not seem out of place in the least. And perhaps, given Ray Davies penchant for play... |
 | The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace [Read More ...]
Description: The Kinks' concise, typically bittersweet 1975 reflection on the trials and tribulations of the English school system would foreshadow Pink Floyd's similarly themed, if gratuitously unfocused The Wall by half a decade. It would also close out the band's oft-misunderstood "concept... |
 | Come Dancing with the Kinks: The Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 [Read More ...]
Review: Great compilation of Hits for a great British band:The Kinks may not have had the same overwhelming media coverage that other extraordinary British bands (i.e. Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, Pink Floyd et al) had in their moments of biggest glory, but even though ... |
 | To the Bone [Read More ...]
Description: This two-disc set is a live retrospective featuring 26 mostly (though not entirely) acoustic renditions of Kinks classics and obscurities, and possesses a poignancy and generosity of spirit that raises it several notches above standard Unplugged-style fare. The band's gracefully... |
 | Misfits [Read More ...]
Review: "You've Been Sleeping in a field, but you look well rested".:Misfits is my personal favorite Kinks album! Offerings of wit, humor and charm can be found on Misfits, picking up where Sleepwalker left off and pointing to where Low Budget would be headed, as the Kinks once again ca... |
 | "The Kinks - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" [Read More ...]
Description: The Kinks' early singles set a new standard for raucousness. "Louie Louie" chord progressions and monosyllabic declarations of lurve (love definitely isn't a strong-enough word) drove "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All of the Night," and "I Need You." Only maniacal cackles fr... |
 | Sleepwalker [Read More ...]
Review: 1977: Not the year of the Kinks:Sorry to hate what so many other Kinks fans love, but here it goes...
The sound of this album is clean and sleek, unbecoming for the Kinks. Ray Davies's tongue-in-cheek humor and distinctive blend of self-degradation and self-confidence give way to... |
 | The Kink Kontroversy [Read More ...]
Review: Kink Kontroversy Kicks Krotch!:You may be familiar with 'Till the End of the Day' and 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone', but this album has so much more to offer than just those two singles. THE KINK KONTROVERSY is listenable all the way through and contains many jewels. It is... |
