Track Listings (26) - Disc #1| All Artists: Kinks Title: Kinks Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Essential Records (UK) Release Date: 4/7/1998 Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal Style: British Invasion Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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UK digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1964 album from the British Rock band led by the ever-bickering Davies brothers, Ray and Dave. Contains the original album joined by a myriad of non-album tracks, rare ... more » |
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Album Description UK digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1964 album from the British Rock band led by the ever-bickering Davies brothers, Ray and Dave. Contains the original album joined by a myriad of non-album tracks, rare mixes and more. 26 tracks. Sanctuary. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsSo mystifying... Mark H. | Hanson, MA USA | 08/24/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "In 1964, probably the key year of the British Invasion, dozens of English bands dropped product on both sides of the Atlantic. Some of it was revolutionary but like any major movement in music, the mediocre was swept in with the exemplary. In October of this landmark year, a North London fourpiece led by a pair of brothers, Ray and Dave Davies, released their debut lp. The Kinks were unique in several ways from many of their contemporarties in that they were led by brothers and that elder brother, Ray, would prove to be one of rock greatest tunesmiths. What was ordinary about the band at the time was their rehash of R&B that everyone was doing. The Kinks were not as good at this as the Stones or the Yardbirds, masters of the form, so their legacy would live or die with their originals. It wasn't until their 3rd single "You Really Got Me", a true revolutionary piece of music, that the band would be formally recognized as not just another run of the mill "beat group". On 'The Kinks', "You Really Got Me" stood alongside such strong originals as "So Mystifying", "Just Can't Go to Sleep" and the classic early ballad "Stop Your Sobbin'". Both brothers handle the lead vocals on this record, with 17 year old Dave, screeching his way through "Beautiful Delilah" and three others. Again the blues and R&B covers are not that good, case in point, the Kinks' first single "Long Tall Sally" (included on this extended version)is pointless and would later be demolished by the Beatles' runthrough. 'The Kinks' is an interesting grab bag with subtle hints of future greatness but not the greatest debut for a rock legend. Four star rating for the expanded Castle version which includes "All Day and All of the Night" (another alltime classic originally released as a non-lp single), the b-sides to both "Night" ("I Gotta Move")and "Got Me"("It's Alright") and the first Kinks ep. Otherwise you may be unsatisfied with debut on its own with only "You Really Got Me" and "Stop Your Sobbin'" as truly memorable. Better days lay ahead for the brothers from Muswell Hill."
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