The Kinks discography

The Kinks discography

The Kinks in Stockholm in 1965
Releases
↙Studio albums 26
↙Live albums 7
↙Compilation albums 32
↙EPs 10
↙Singles 78

The discography of English rock group The Kinks spanned more than 30 years between 1964 and 1996. In that time, the group released 25 studio albums and had many hit singles including three UK number-one singles starting in 1964 with hard rock hit "You Really Got Me", which subsequently influenced heavy metal music in the 1970s, they had 18 Top 40 singles in the 1960s alone and further Top 40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Kinks' music often focuses on everyday subjects for working-class people in Britain and are known for their poetic lyrics about subjects like fashion followers in "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", poverty in "Dead End Street" and environment issues in "Apeman."

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US
1964 Kinks (UK)

You Really Got Me (US)

 3 29
1965 Kinks-Size (US)
  • Released: March 1965 (US)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 - 13
Kinda Kinks
  • Released: 5 March 1965 (UK)
  • Released: 11 August 1965 (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 3 60
Kinkdom (US)
  • Released: November 1965 (US)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 - 47
The Kink Kontroversy
  • Released: 26 November 1965 (UK)
  • Released: 30 March 1966 (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 9 95
1966 Face to Face
  • Released: 28 October 1966 (UK)
  • Released: 7 December 1966 (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 12 135
1967 Something Else by The Kinks
  • Released: 15 September 1967 (UK)
  • Released: January 1968 (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 35 153
1968 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
  • Released: 22 November 1968 (UK)
  • Released: January 1969 (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 - -
1969 Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
  • Released: 10 October 1969
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 - 105
1970 Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
  • Released: 27 November 1970 (UK)
  • Released: 2 December 1970 (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 - 35
1971 Percy
  • Released: 26 March 1971
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
 - -
Muswell Hillbillies - 100
1972 Everybody's in Show-Biz
  • Released: 25 August 1972
  • Label: RCA Records
 - 70
1973 Preservation Act 1
  • Released: 16 November 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
 - 177
1974 Preservation Act 2
  • Released: 8 May 1974
  • Label: RCA Records
 - 114
1975 Soap Opera
  • Released: 16 May 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
 - 51
Schoolboys in Disgrace
  • Released: 17 November 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
 - 45
1977 Sleepwalker - 21
1978 Misfits
  • Released: 19 May 1978
  • Label: Arista Records
 - 40
1979 Low Budget
  • Released: 10 July 1979 (US)
  • Released: 7 September 1979 (UK)
  • Label: Arista Records
 - 11
1981 Give the People What They Want
  • Released: 15 August 1981 (US)
  • Released: January 1982 (UK)
  • Label: Arista Records
 - 15
1983 State of Confusion
  • Released: 10 June 1983
  • Label: Arista Records
 - 12
1984 Word of Mouth
  • Released: 19 November 1984
  • Label: Arista Records
 - 57
1986 Think Visual - 81
1989 UK Jive
  • Released: 2 October 1989
  • Label: London Records (UK)
  • Label: MCA Records (US)
 - 122
1993 Phobia - 166

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US
1965 Live in Germany - -
1967 The Live Kinks (US)

Live at Kelvin Hall (UK)

  • Released: 16 August 1967 (US)
  • Released: 12 January 1968 (UK)
  • Label: Reprise Records (US)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - 162
1980 One for the Road
  • Released: 4 June 1980 (US)
  • Released: 1 August 1980 (UK)
  • Label: Arista Records
 - 14
1988 The Kinks Live: The Road - -
1994 To the Bone - -

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US
1966 Greatest Hits!
(US-only album) 		- 9
1966 Well Respected Kinks 5 -
1967 Sunny Afternoon
(UK-only album) 		9 -
1970 The Hit Collection - -
1971 Golden Hour of the Kinks
(UK-only album) 		21 -
1972 The Kink Kronikles
(US-only album) 		- 94
1973 The Great Lost Kinks Album - 145
1974 Golden Hour of the Kinks Vol. 2
(UK-only album) 		- -
1974 Lola, Percy and the Apeman Come Face to Face
with the Village Green Preservation Society 		- -
1976 The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes - 144
1978 20 Golden Greats 19 -
1980 Second Time Around - 177
1981 The Kinks Collection - -
1983 Candy from Mr. Dandy
(UK-only album) 		- -
1983 Dead End Street: Kinks Greatest Hits 96 -
1984 Kinks Kollectables - -
1984 The Kinks: A Compleat Collection
20th Anniversary Edition 		- 209
1985 The Kinks: Backtrackin' (The Definitive Double Album Collection) -
1986 Come Dancing with the Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986 - 159
1987 Hit Singles - -
1988 The Kinks Are Well Respected Men - -
1989 The Kinks Greatest Hits (Rhino) - -
1989 25 Years: The Ultimate Collection 35 -
1991 The Complete Collection - Castle Communications (CCSCD 300).
Remastered version of 1989's "The Ultimate Collection" (CTVCD 001), both sharing EAN 5013428640029. 		- -
1991 The Kinks Lost & Found: 1986-1989 - -
1992 The Kinks Story Vol. 1: 1964-1966 - -
1992 The Kinks Story Vol. 2: 1967-1971 - -
1993 The Definitive Collection: The Kinks Greatest Hits 18 -
1994 You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks - -
1997 The Singles Collection 42 -
1998 God Save The Kinks, Vol. 1 - -
1998 God Save The Kinks, Vol. 2 - -
1998 God Save The Kinks, Vol. 3 - -
1999 You Really Got Me: The Best of The Kinks - -
2001 BBC Sessions: 1964-1977 149 -
2002 The Ultimate Collection 32 -
2007 The Ultimate Collection
(re-released as a 2-CD set) 		1
(Indie Chart) 		-
2007 Greatest Hits 1970-1986 (two CD + 1 DVD set) - -
2008 Picture Book (6-CD box set) - -
2011 Hidden Treasures (Dave Davies solo) - -
2011 The Kinks in Mono (Limited Edition 10-CD box set) - -
2011 Kinks Kollekted - -
2012 The Kinks At The BBC (Limited Edition 5 CD + 1 DVD box set) 110 -
2012 Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies 14 -
2014Best of The Kinks 1964-1971
2014The Essential Kinks
2014The Anthology 1964-1971

EPs

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US
1964 Kinksize Session
  • Released: 27 November 1964 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - -
1965 Kinksize Hits
  • Released: 15 January 1965 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 3 -
Kwyet Kinks
  • Released: 17 September 1965 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - -
1966 Dedicated Kinks
  • Released: 15 July 1966 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - -
1967 Mister Pleasant
  • Released: 1967 (France)
  • Label: Pye Records (France)
 - -
1968 Dave Davies Hits
  • Released: 1968 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - -
The Kinks
  • Released: 19 April 1968 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - -
1971 The Kinks (from the soundtrack of the film Percy)
  • Released: 2 April 1971 (UK)
  • Label: Pye Records (UK)
 - -
1978 The Kinks Misfit Record - -
1991 Did Ya
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: ?
 - -
1997 The Days
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: ?
 - -

Singles

1960s

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US US
Main		 AUS BEL CAN GER NED NZ SWE
1964 "Long Tall Sally"
b/w "I Took My Baby Home"		 -[1] 129[2]
"You Still Want Me"[3] [4]
b/w "You Do Something To Me"
"You Really Got Me"
b/w "It's All Right		 1 7 8 4 39 23 11
"All Day and All of the Night"
b/w "I Gotta Move"		 2 7 14 12 22 9 18
1965 "Tired of Waiting for You"
b/w "Come On Now"		 1 6 29 3 13 18 6
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [5]
b/w "Who'll Be The Next In Line"		 17 29 28
"Set Me Free"
b/w "I Need You"		 9 23 54 2 32 12
"See My Friends"
b/w "Never Met A Girl Like You Before"		 10 111 36 26 19
"Who'll Be the Next in Line"[5]
b/w "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"		 34 25
"A Well Respected Man" [6] [7]
b/w "Such A Shame"		 13 11 20 6 3
"Till the End of the Day"
b/w "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"		 8 50 63 25 34 19 6 3
1966 "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
b/w "Sittin' On My Sofa"		 4 36 36 13 11 11 1 1 6
"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight"[8]
b/w "I Need You"		 7
"Sunny Afternoon"
b/w "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"		 1 14 13 14 1 7 1 2 2
"Dandy"[8]
b/w "Party Line"		 3 1 2
"Dead End Street"
b/w "Big Black Smoke"		 5 73 62 11 28 5 4 4 12
"Mister Pleasant"[6]
b/w "Harry Rag"		 80 35 4 79 12 2
1967 "Waterloo Sunset"
b/w "Act Nice and Gentle (UK)
"Two Sisters" (US)		 2 4 6 7 1 7 14
"Death of a Clown"
b/w "Love Me Till The Sun Shines"
(Labeled as Dave Davies solo)[9]		 3 31 5 68 3 2
"Autumn Almanac"
b/w "David Watts" (Except for UK where"Mr. Pleasant" was used)		 3 67 5 13 5 17
"Susannah's Still Alive"
b/w "Funny Face"
(Labeled as Dave Davies solo) [9] 		20 18 27 10 18
1968 "Wonderboy"
b/w "Polly"		 36 29 4
"Days"
b/w "She's Got Everything"		 12 77 17 28 6 11
"Lincoln County"
b/w "There Is No Life Without Love"
(Labeled as Dave Davies solo) [9] [3]		 15
1969 "Starstruck /"[6] 9
"Picture Book"[10] 36
"Hold My Hand"
b/w "Creeping Jean"
(Labeled as Dave Davies solo) [9] [3]
"Plastic Man"[3]
b/w "King Kong"		 31 97 34 16
"Drivin'"[3]
b/w "Mindless Child Of Motherhood"
"The Village Green Preservation Society"[11]
b/w "Do You Remember Walter"
"Shangri-La"[3]
b/w "This Man, He Weeps Tonight"		 24
"Australia"[10]
b/w "She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina"
"Victoria"
b/w "Mr. Churchill Says (UK)
"Brainwashed" (US)		 33 62 57 33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US AUS BEL CAN GER NED NZ SWE
1970 "Lola"
b/w "Berkeley Mews" (UK)
"Mindless Child Of Motherhood" (US)		 2 9 4 3 2 2 1 1 5
"Apeman"
b/w "Rats"		 5 45 5 20 19 8 9 5
1971 "God's Children"
b/w "The Way Love Used To Be"		 53 21
"20th Century Man"[11]
b/w "Skin and Bone"		 106 89
1972 "Supersonic Rocket Ship"
b/w "You Don't Know My Name"		 16 111 25
"Celluloid Heroes"
b/w "Hot Potatoes"
1973 "One of the Survivors"[11]
b/w "Scrapheap City"		 108
"Sitting in the Midday Sun"
b/w "One Of The Surviviors"
"Sweet Lady Genevieve"
b/w "Sitting In My Hotel" (UK)
"Sitting In The Midday Sun" (US)
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"[3]
b/w "Lola"
1974 "Money Talks"[11]
b/w "Here Comes Flash"
"Mirror of Love"[3]
b/w "He's Evil"
"Mirror of Love"(Band Version)
b/w "He's Evil"
"Holiday Romance"[3]
b/w "Shepherds Of The Nation"
"Preservation"[11]
b/w "Salvation Road"
1975 "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)"[11]
b/w "Ordinary People"
"Ducks on the Wall"[3]
b/w "Rush Hour Blues"
"You Can't Stop the Music"[3]
b/w "Have Another Drink"
1976 "I'm in Disgrace"[11]
b/w "The Hard Way"
"No More Looking Back"[3]
b/w "Jack The Idiot Dunce"/"The Hard Way"
1977 "Sleepwalker"
b/w "Full Moon"		 48 54
"Juke Box Music"
b/w "Sleepless Night" (UK)
"Life Goes On" (US)
"Father Christmas"
b/w "Prince Of The Punks"
1978 "A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"
b/w "Artificial Light" (US)
"Live Life" (US)
"Get Up" (US 2nd pressings)		 30 30
"Live Life"
b/w "In A Foreign Land" (UK)
"Black Messiah" (US)
"Black Messiah"[3]
b/w "Misfits"
1979 "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
b/w "Low Budget"		 41 71 43
"A Gallon of Gas"[11]
b/w "Low Budget"
"Catch Me Now I'm Falling"[11]
b/w "Low Budget"
"Moving Pictures"[3]
b/w "In A Space"
"Pressure"[3]
b/w "National Health"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US US
Main		 AUS BEL CAN GER NED NZ SWE
1980 "Lola (Live)"[6]
b/w "Celluloid Heroes"		 81 69 1 1
"You Really Got Me (Live)"[11]
b/w "Attitude"
1981 "Better Things"
b/w "Massive Reductions" (UK)
"Yo-Yo" (US)		 46 92 12
"Destroyer"[11]
b/w "Back To Front"		 85 3 35
"Predictable"[3]
b/w "Back To Front"
1982 "Come Dancing"
b/w "Noise"		 12 6 17 36 18 6 29 18
1983 "Don't Forget to Dance"
b/w "Bernadette" (UK)
"Young Conservatives" (US)		 58 29 16 40 20 38
"State of Confusion"[8]
b/w "Labour Of Love"		 26
1984 "Good Day"[3]
b/w "Too Hot"
"Do It Again"
b/w "Guilty"		 41 4 91
1985 "Living on a Thin Line"[11][12]
b/w "Sold Me Out"		 24
"Summer's Gone"[11]
b/w "Going Solo"
1986 "Rock 'n' Roll Cities"[11]
b/w "Sleazy Town"		 37
"How Are You"
b/w "Killing Time" (UK)
"Working At The Factory" (US)		 86 16
1987 "Lost and Found"
b/w "Killing Time"		 37
1988 "The Road"[3]
b/w "Art Lover"
1989 "Down All the Days (Till 1992)"[3]
b/w "You Really Got Me"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US US
Main		 AUS BEL CAN GER NED NZ SWE
1990 "How Do I Get Close"
b/w "Down All The Days (Till 1992)" (UK)
"War Is Over" (US)		 21
1991 Did Ya EP 48
"Did Ya" [8]
b/w "Days"
1993 "Only a Dream"[3]
b/w "Somebody Stole My Car"		 79
"Scattered"[3](CD single)
1997 The Days EP 35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Year Title Peak chart positions
UK US US
Main		 AUS BEL CAN GER NED NZ SWE
2004 "You Really Got Me"[13] 42
2007 "Waterloo Sunset"[13] 88
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
  1. ↑ "Long Tall Sally" did not chart on the Record Retailer chart (now regarded as the 'official' chart) but did reach #42 on the Melody Maker chart which was arguably more important at the time.
  2. ↑ "Long Tall Sally" did not chart in the US until late 1964, after several other Kinks singles had charted.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 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", "Predictable", "Good Day", "The Road", "Down all the Days (Till 1992)", "Scattered" and "Only a Dream" were all UK/European releases, and were not released as singles in the US.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "A Well Respected Man","Mr. Pleasant", "Starstruck" and "Lola (Live)" were released as singles in continental Europe and North America only.
  7. ↑ "A Well Respected Man" was originally released (September 1965) in the UK on the 45rpm 7" EP Kwyet Kinks which was not eligible for the UK singles chart.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 European releases. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight", "Dandy", "State of Confusion", and "Did Ya" were released as singles in continental Europe only.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Death Of A Clown", "Susannah's Still Alive", "Lincoln County" and "Hold My Hand" were permormed by The Kinks but credited as solo singles by Dave Davies, as he was the writer of these songs. All have subsequently been reissued as Kinks tracks on various Kinks albums.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Australian releases. "Picture Book" and "Australia" were released as singles in Australia only.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 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)", "Destroyer", "Living on a Thin Line", "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.
  12. ↑ "Living on a Thin Line" was released as a 12 inch promotional single in America, but it never saw mainstream release.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "You Really Got Me" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which added rarity "Misty Water". "Waterloo Sunset" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original UK Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which was a replica of the French 4 track EP.

References

^ Discography including recording info
^ Kinks retrospective review article in Creem magazine including some US charting and sales Information
^ Ray Davies official website

External links