Greatest Hits

The Kinks: Ray Davies, Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Pete Quaife (bass); Mick Avory (drums).
Compilation producer: Gary Stewart.
Includes liner notes by John Mendelssohn.
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot, Shel Talmy & Ken Perry.
These eighteen songs are indeed the great hits of The Kinks, along with some B-sides and EP selections. From "You Really Got Me" in 1964 to "Sunny Afternoon" which was released at the beginning of the summer of 1966, these songs--all penned by Ray Davies--move easily from streamlined jackhammer rockers to cabaret-inflected character studies. Yet to come was the astounding SOMETHING ELSE of 1968, which perfectly realized Davies' vignettes celebrating the disappearing pleasures of English life, as well as his increasing distaste and distrust for contemporary business and politics. He moved easily between first-person plaints ("I'm Not Like Everybody Else") and scathing third person portraiture ("A Well Respected Man"). There were plenty of high points after 1966, but the compositions from those two years remains potent and exhilarating decades after their creation.

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