The Kinks discography

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The recording career of the English rock group the Kinks spanned more than 30 years between 1964 and 1996. In that time the group released over 24 studio albums and a number of hit singles.

Contents

[edit] Studio albums

  1. The Kinks (Released in the US as You Really Got Me) – 1964, #3 UK, #7 US
  2. Kinks Size – 1965, #13 US
  3. Kinda Kinks – 1965, #3 UK, #60 US
  4. Kinks Kinkdom – 1965, #47 US
  5. The Kink Kontroversy – 1965, #9 UK, #95 US
  6. Face to Face – 1966, #12 UK, #136 US
  7. Something Else by The Kinks – 1967, #35 UK
  8. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society – 1968
  9. Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) – 1969
  10. Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One – 1970, #35 US
  11. Percy (soundtrack) – 1971
  12. Muswell Hillbillies – 1971, #100 US
  13. Everybody's in Show-Biz1 – 1972
  14. The Great Lost Kinks Album – 1973
  15. Preservation: Act 1 – 1973, #177 US
  16. Preservation: Act 2 – 1974
  17. Soap Opera – 1975
  18. Schoolboys in Disgrace – 1976
  19. Sleepwalker – 1977
  20. Misfits – 1978
  21. Low Budget – 1979, #11 US
  22. Give the People What They Want – 1981, #15 US
  23. State of Confusion – 1983
  24. Word of Mouth – 1984
  25. Think Visual – 1986
  26. UK Jive – 1989
  27. Phobia – 1993
  28. To The Bone (double CD) – 1996

[edit] Live albums

Note *: indicates an album that contains both live and studio tracks

[edit] Compilations

  • 1966 Greatest Hits! #4 UK, #50 US,
  • 1966 Well Respected Kinks #5 UK,
  • 1967 Sunny Afternoon #9 UK,
  • 1970 The Kinks ["The Black Album"]
  • 1971 Hit Collection
  • 1971 Kinks Greatest Hits
  • 1971 Golden Hour of The Kinks #21 UK,
  • 1972 The Kink Kronikles #94 US,
  • 1973 Lola
  • 1973 The Great Lost Kinks Album
  • 1973 Golden Hour of The Kinks Vol. 2
  • 1974 Lola, Percy and the Apeman Come Face to Face With the Village Green Preservation Society... Something Else
  • 1975 The Pye History of British Pop Music: The Kinks
  • 1976 The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes
  • 1977 The File Series: The Kinks
  • 1978 20 Golden Greats #19 UK,
  • 1980 Spotlight on The Kinks
  • 1980 You Really Got Me
  • 1980 Second Time Around
  • 1981 Hit Station
  • 1983 The Kinks Collection
  • 1983 Candy From Mr Dandy
  • 1983 Dead End Street: Kinks Greatest Hits
  • 1984 20th Anniversary Box Set
  • 1984 Kinks Kollectables
  • 1984 The Kinks: A Compleat Collection
  • 1984 The Kinks: A Compleat Collection - 20th Anniversary Edition
  • 1985 Backtrackin': The Definitive Double-Album Collection
  • 1986 Come Dancing With The Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986
  • 1987 The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
  • 1987 The Kinks Hit Singles
  • 1988 Kinks-Size / Kinkdom
  • 1989 25 Years - The Ultimate Collection
  • 1989 Best of The Kinks 1964-65
  • 1989 From 64 to 70
  • 1989 PRT Collector
  • 1989 The Kinks Greatest Hits
  • 1989 The Ultimate Collection #35 UK,
  • 1990 Fab Forty
  • 1990 The EP Collection
  • 1991 The Complete Collection
  • 1991 You Really Got Me
  • 1991 Lost & Found (1986-89)
  • 1992 The Kinks
  • 1992 The Kinks Story Vol. 1: 1964-1966
  • 1992 The Kinks Story Volume 2: 1967-1971
  • 1992 The Kinks - The Collection
  • 1992 The EP Collection Vol. Two
  • 1993 Gold (Greatest Hits)
  • 1993 The Definitive Collection: The Kinks Greatest Hits #18 UK,
  • 1994 Preservation - A Play in Two Acts
  • 1994 The Best of: 20 Classic Tracks
  • 1994 You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks
  • 1995 The Story of the Kinks
  • 1995 Tired of Waiting for You
  • 1995 The Kinks Remastered
  • 1996 The Kinks
  • 1997 Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 Pop Legends
  • 1997 The Very Best of: 25 Original Recordings
  • 1997 The Singles Collection
  • 1998 God Save The Kinks, Vol. 1
  • 1998 God Save The Kinks, Vol. 2
  • 1998 God Save The Kinks, Vol. 3
  • 1998 Limited Edition Compilation: Music From the First Four Velvel Reissues
  • 1998 It's The Kinks
  • 1998 Limited Edition Compilation 2
  • 1998 The EP Collection
  • 1999 Greatest Hits
  • 1999 Limited Edition Compilation 3
  • 2000 You Really Got Me: The Best of The Kinks
  • 2000 The EP Collection Vol. 2 (box set)
  • 2001 The Marble Arch Years
  • 2002 The Ultimate Collection #1 UK indie (2007)
  • 2005 The Pye Album Collection (10 CD box set)

[edit] Singles

Release date Title Chart Positions
UK Singles Chart UK Indie Chart US Billboard Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock Australia Belgium Canada Germany Netherlands New Zealand Sweden
7 February 1964 "Long Tall Sally" #1291
17 April 1964 "You Still Want Me"4 4A
4 August 1964 "You Really Got Me" #1 #7 #2 #4 #39 #23 #11
23 October 1964 "All Day and All of the Night" #2 #7 #18 #12 #22 #17 #18
15 January 1965 "Tired of Waiting for You" #1 #6 #24 #3 #27 #18 #6
19 March 1965 "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" 2 #17 #28
May 1965 "Set Me Free" #9 #23 #2 #12
30 July 1965 "See My Friends" #10 #111 #26 #19
14 August 1965 "Who'll Be the Next in Line"2 #34 #25
19 November 1965 "Till the End of the Day" #8 #50 #25 #34 #4 #3
October 1965 "A Well Respected Man" #13 #18 #20 #8 #3
25 February 1966 "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" #4 #36 #13 #11 #11 #1 #1 #6
March 1966 "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight"5 #7
3 June 1966 "Sunny Afternoon" #1 #14 #12 #14 #1 #7 #1 #2 #2
November 1966 "Dandy"5 #2 #1 #3
18 November 1966 "Dead End Street" #5 #73 #11 #28 #5 #5 #4 #12
5 May 1967 "Waterloo Sunset" #2 #6 #8 #7 #1 #7 #14
1 July 1967 "Mr. Pleasant" 6 #80 #3 #12 #2
7 July 1967 "Death of a Clown" 7 #3 #31 #5 #3 #2
13 October 1967 "Autumn Almanac" #3 #5 #13 #6 #17
January 1968 "Susannah's Still Alive" 7 #20 #18 #27 #10 #18
5 April 1968 "Wonderboy" #36 #29 #6
28 June 1968 "Days" #12 #17 #28 #7 #11
July 1968 "Lincoln County"7 4 #15
January 1969 "Starstruck"6 #13
January 1969 "Hold My Hand"7 4
28 March 1969 "Plastic Man"4 #31 #17
20 June 1969 "Drivin'"4
July 1969 "The Village Green Preservation Society"3
12 September 1969 "Shangri-La"4 #27
12 December 1969 "Victoria" #33 #70 #57 #33
12 June 1970 "Lola" #2 #9 #4 #2 #2 #1 #1 #5
20 November 1970 "Apeman" #5 #45 #5 #19 #9 #14 #5
April 1971 "God's Children" #53 #21
December 1971 "20th Century Man"3 #106 #89
5 May 1972 "Supersonic Rocket Ship" #16 #111 #29
24 November, 1972 "Celluloid Heroes"
April 1973 "One Of The Survivors"3 #108
June 1973 "Sitting In The Midday Sun"
21 September 1973 "Sweet Lady Genevieve"
16 November 1973 "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"4
April 1974 "Money Talks"3
July 1974 "Mirror Of Love"
November 1974 "Preservation"3
November 1974 "Holiday Romance"4
April 1975 "Starmaker"3
1975 "Ducks On The Wall"4
1975 "You Can't Stop The Music"4
January 1976 "I'm In Disgrace"3
1976 "No More Looking Back"4
2 April 1977 "Sleepwalker" #48
1977 "Juke Box Music"
December 1977 "Father Christmas"
22 July 1978 "A Rock 'N Roll Fantasy" #30 #30
1978 "Live Life"
1978 "Black Messiah"4
28 April 1979 "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" #41 #71 #43
1979 "Moving Pictures"4
1979 "Pressure"4
August 1979 "A Gallon Of Gas"3
September 1979 "Catch Me Now I'm Falling"3
30 August 1980 "Lola (Live)" #81 #69 #1
October 1980 "You Really Got Me (Live)"3
October 1981 "Predictable"4
31 October 1981 "Destroyer" #85 #3 #35
28 November 1981 "Better Things" #46 #92 #12
19 November 1982 "Come Dancing" #12 #6 #17 #36 #6 #25 #18
20 August 1983 "Don't Forget to Dance" #58 #29 #16 #20 #38
August 1984 "Good Day"4
December 1984 "Do It Again" #41 #4
March 1985 "Summer's Gone"3
November 1986 "Rock 'n' Roll Cities"3 #37
22 December 1986 "How Are You"
1987 "Lost and Found" #37
1991 Did Ya EP #48
January 1997 The Days EP #35
May 2007 Waterloo Sunset #1
  • Note 1: "Long Tall Sally" did not chart in the US until late 1964, after several other Kinks singles had charted.
  • Note 2: "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" and "Who'll Be The Next In Line" were respectively the A-side and B-side of a UK/European single. This single was released several months later in North America, with the A-side and B-side reversed.
  • Note 3: U.S. releases. "The Village Green Preservation Society", "20th Century Man", "One Of The Survivors", "Money Talks", "Preservation", "Starmaker", "I'm In Disgrace", "A Gallon Of Gas", "Catch Me Now I'm Falling", "You Really Got Me (Live)", "Summer's Gone" and "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" were US single releases. While some of these were also released as singles in other territories, none of these were released as singles in the UK.
  • Note 4: UK releases. "You Still Want Me", "Lincoln County", "Hold My Hand", "Plastic Man", "Drivin'", "Shangri-La", "Where Have All The Good Times Gone", "Holiday Romance", "Ducks On The Wall", "You Can't Stop The Music", "No More Looking Back", "Black Messiah", "Moving Pictures", "Pressure and "Good Day" were all UK/European releases, and were not released as singles in the US.
  • Note 4A: "You Still Want Me" was the intended second U.S. single, backed with You Do Something To Me. Both of these tracks, along with both sides of their first U.S. single, were issued as a bootleg EP with very little value.
  • Note 5: European releases. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" and "Dandy" were released as singles in continental Europe only.
  • Note 6: "Mr. Pleasant" and "Starstruck" were released as singles in continental Europe and North America only.
  • Note 7: "Death Of A Clown", "Susannah's Still Alive", "Lincoln County" and "Hold My Hand" were solo singles initially credited to Dave Davies. All have subsequently been reissued as Kinks tracks on various Kinks albums.

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