Kinda Kinks

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Kinda Kinks
Studio album by The Kinks
Released	March 5, 1965
Recorded	December 17, 1964 - February 17, 1965
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	34:55
Label	Pye NPL 18112
Producer(s)	Shel Talmy
Professional reviews
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The Kinks chronology
The Kinks (1964) ---- Kinks-Size (1965) (US)	Kinda Kinks (1965)	The Kink Kontroversy (1966) ---- Kinks Kinkdom (1965) (US)

Kinda Kinks is a 1965 rock and roll album by The Kinks. It was released in the U.S. as Kinks Kinkdom, with a highly altered track list made up mostly from singles from the time. All tracks from the U.S. release can be found on bonus tracks from CD releases of Kinda Kinks, The Kink Kontroversy and Face to Face.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK release 1.2 US release 2 Cover versions

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted

[edit] UK release

1. "Look for Me Baby" – 2:17
2. "Got My Feet on the Ground" (Davies/Davies) – 2:14
3. "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" – 2:44
4. "Naggin' Woman" (Anderson, West) – 2:36
5. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" – 2:01
6. "Tired of Waiting for You" – 2:31
7. "Dancing in the Street" (Gaye, Hunter, Stevenson) – 2:20
8. "Don't Ever Change" – 2:25
9. "Come on Now" – 1:49
10. "So Long" – 2:10
11. "You Shouldn't Be Sad" – 2:03
12. "Something Better Beginning" – 2:26

Bonus tracks

1. "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" – 2:16
2. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" – 2:02
3. "Set Me Free" – 2:12
4. "I Need You" – 2:26
5. "See My Friends" – 2:46
6. "I Never Met a Girl Like You Before" – 2:05
7. "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" (Dave Davies) – 2:07
8. "Such a Shame" – 2:19
9. "A Well Respected Man" – 2:43
10. "Don't You Fret" – 2:45
11. "I Go to Sleep" [demo version] – 2:42

[edit] US release

1. "Look for Me Baby" – 2:17
2. "Got My Feet on the Ground"(Davies/Davies) – 2:14
3. "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" – 2:44
4. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" – 2:01
5. "Set Me Free" – 2:12
6. "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" – 2:16
7. "Dancing in the Street" (Gaye, Hunter, Stevenson) – 2:20
8. "Don't Ever Change" – 2:25
9. "So Long" – 2:10
10. "You Shouldn't Be Sad" – 2:03
11. "Something Better Beginning" – 2:26

[edit] Cover versions

"I Need You" was covered by The Rationals on a 1967 single.

"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" was covered by the Queens of the Stone Age on the Limited Edition version of their album Songs for the Deaf.

The Queens of the Stone Age also covered "Who'll Be the Next in Line" on their album Stone Age Complications.

"Come on Now" was covered by The Pussywillows on their 12" EP Spring Fever!, and by The Plimsouls on their album One Night in America.

"I Go to Sleep" was covered by The Pretenders on their album Pretenders II, and by Cher on her album Outrageous.

The Kinks
Ray Davies – Dave Davies – Pete Quaife – Ian Gibbons – Mick Avory – Jim Rodford
John Gosling – John Dalton – Bob Henrit – Andy Pyle – Gordon Edwards
Discography
Albums: The Kinks (1964) - Kinda Kinks (1965) - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) - Face to Face (1966) - Something Else by the Kinks (1967) - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) - Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) - Muswell Hillbillies (1971) - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) - Preservation: Act 1 (1973) - Preservation: Act 2 (1974) - Soap Opera (1975) - Schoolboys in Disgrace (1976) - Sleepwalker (1977) - Misfits (1978) - Low Budget (1979) - Give the People What They Want (1981) - State of Confusion (1983) - Word of Mouth (1984) - Think Visual (1986) - UK Jive (1989) - Phobia (1993)
Songs: "You Really Got Me" – "Waterloo Sunset" – "Sunny Afternoon" – "Lola" – "All Day and All of the Night" – "Celluloid Heroes"
Related: British Invasion - Argent