Kinks (album)

Kinks is the self-titled debut album by English rock band The Kinks, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks omitted as You Really Got Me in the US.

The album was re-released in 1998 in the UK on Castle Records with twelve bonus tracks. This reissue was itself reissued in 2004 on the Sanctuary label. A deluxe edition was released on 28 March 2011.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic assessed the album as lacking in consistency, commenting that "As R&B cover artists, the Kinks weren't nearly as adept as the Stones and Yardbirds; Ray Davies' original tunes were, "You Really Got Me" aside, perfunctory Mersey Beat-ish pastiches; and [the] tunes that producer Shel Talmy penned for the group... were simply abominable."^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies, except where noted.

UK release (Pye NPL 18096 mono: NSPL 83021 stereo)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beautiful Delilah"	Chuck Berry	2:07
2.	"So Mystifying"	Ray Davies	2:58
3.	"Just Can't Go to Sleep"	Davies	1:58
4.	"Long Tall Shorty"	Herb Abramson, Don Covay	2:50
5.	"I Took My Baby Home"	Davies	1:48
6.	"I'm a Lover Not a Fighter"	J. D. "Jay" Miller	2:03
7.	"You Really Got Me"	Davies	2:13

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cadillac"	Bo Diddley	2:44
2.	"Bald Headed Woman"	Shel Talmy	2:41
3.	"Revenge"	Davies, Larry Page	1:29
4.	"Too Much Monkey Business"	Chuck Berry	2:16
5.	"I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain"	Talmy	2:01
6.	"Stop Your Sobbing"	Davies	2:06
7.	"Got Love If You Want It"	James Moore	3:46

1998 and 2004 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Long Tall Sally"	Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman	2:12
16.	"You Still Want Me"	Davies	1:59
17.	"You Do Something to Me"	Davies	2:24
18.	"It's Alright"	Davies	2:37
19.	"All Day and All of the Night"	Davies	2:23
20.	"I Gotta Move"	Davies	2:22
21.	"Louie Louie" (Kinksize Session EP)	Richard Berry	2:57
22.	"I Gotta Go Now" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:53
23.	"Things Are Getting Better" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	1:52
24.	"I've Got That Feeling" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:43
25.	"Too Much Monkey Business"" (Alternate take)	Chuck Berry	2:10
26.	"I Don't Need You Any More"	Davies	2:10

2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"You Still Want Me"	Davies	1:59
16.	"I Don't Need You Any More"	Davies	2:10

2011 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition Disc 1 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"I Believed You" (mono demo as The Boll-Weevils)	Ray Davies, Dave Davies	1:56
16.	"I'm a Hog for You Baby" (mono demo as The Boll-Weevils)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
17.	"I Don't Need You Any More" (mono demo)	Davies	2:12
18.	"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" (mono demo)	Davies	2:21
19.	"Long Tall Sally" (mono single)	Penniman, Blackwell, Johnson	2:09
20.	"You Still Want Me" (mono single)	Davies	2:00
21.	"You Do Something to Me" (mono single)	Davies	2:26
22.	"It's Alright" (mono single)	Davies	2:38
23.	"All Day and All of the Night" (mono single)	Davies	2:21
24.	"I Gotta Move" (mono single)	Davies	2:15
25.	"Louie Louie" (Kinksize Session EP)	R. Berry	2:58
26.	"I've Got That Feeling" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:43
27.	"I Gotta Go Now" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:54
28.	"Things Are Getting Better" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	1:53

2011 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition Disc 2 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Don't Ever Let Me Go" (recorded Sept 1964)	Davies	2:19
16.	"I Don't Need You Anymore" (recorded January 1964)	Davies	2:12
17.	"Bald Headed Woman" (US mono mix)	Talmy	2:41
18.	"Too Much Monkey Business" (alternative take)	C. Berry	2:10
19.	"Got Love If You Want It" (alternative take)	Moore	3:35
20.	"Meet the Kinks" (BBC interview)	N/A	0:33
21.	"Cadillac" (recorded live at the BBC)	McDaniel	2:36
22.	"Ray Talks About 'You Really Got Me'" (BBC interview)	N/A	0:14
23.	"You Really Got Me" (recorded live at the BBC)	Davies	2:13
24.	"Little Queenie" (recorded live at the BBC)	C. Berry	1:46
25.	"I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (recorded live at the BBC)	Miller	2:01
26.	"All Day and All of the Night" (recorded live at the BBC)	Davies	2:22
27.	"Ray Talks About the USA" (BBC interview)	N/A	0:40
28.	"I've Got That Feeling" (recorded live at the BBC)	Davies	2:44

US Release You Really Got Me (Reprise R-6143 (mono) RS-6143 (stereo)) track listing

Side one

"Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry) - 2:07
"So Mystifying" - 2:53
"Just Can't Go to Sleep" - 1:58
"Long Tall Shorty" (Herb Abramson, Don Covay) - 2:50
"You Really Got Me" - 2:13

Side two

"Cadillac" (Ellas McDaniel) - 2:45
"Bald Headed Woman" (Traditional; arranged Shel Talmy) - 2:41
"Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry) - 2:15
"I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" (Traditional; arranged Shel Talmy) - 2:01
"Stop Your Sobbing" - 2:10
"Got Love If You Want It" (Slim Harpo) - 3:45

The US version is missing three tracks. "I Took My Baby Home" had already been licenced to Cameo in the US as the B-side to "Long Tall Sally", so could not be included. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and the instrumental, "Revenge", were held over for the US-only Kinks-Size album.

Personnel

The Kinks

Ray Davies – rhythm guitar, harmonica, keyboards, lead vocals
Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Beautiful Delilah", "Long Tall Shorty", "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain"
Pete Quaife – bass guitar, backing vocals
Mick Avory – tambourine, drums

Additional musicians

Jimmy Page – twelve string guitar, acoustic guitar
Jon Lord – piano
Bobby Graham – drums
Rasa Didzpetris-Davies - backing vocals on "Stop Your Sobbing"

Production

Simon Heyworth – remastering
Klaus Schmalenbach – design, photography
Brian Sommerville – 1998 liner notes
Peter Doggett – 2011 liner notes

References

↑ Mike Saunders (1972-05-25). "The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
↑ Richie Unterberger. "Kinks - The Kinks | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Unterberger, Richie. "The Kinks: Kinks" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

The Kinks

Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory John Dalton Gordon Edwards Ian Gibbons John Gosling Mark Haley Bob Henrit Andy Pyle Pete Quaife Jim Rodford Nicky Hopkins Shel Talmy

Studio albums	Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody's in Show-Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia

Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live: The Road To the Bone

EPs	Kinksize Session Kinksize Hits Kwyet Kinks Dedicated Kinks The Kinks Did Ya

Compilations	Kinks-Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album Come Dancing with The Kinks The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found (1986–1989) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book

Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)

Stage	Sunny Afternoon (musical)

Related articles	Discography Band members Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Percy Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks

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