Kinks

by The Kinks

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 October 1964
  • Label: Pye
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:06:42
  • Community rating: 3.11/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Pete Quaife, Dave Davies, Mick Avory, Ray Davies

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Built around the distortion-heavy singles 'You Really Got Me' and 'All Day and All of the Night', this debut established the power chord as a foundational element of rock music. Dave Davies achieved his signature aggressive guitar tone by physically slicing the speaker cone of his amplifier.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Beautiful Delilah (2:06)
  2. So Mystifying (2:55)
  3. Just Can't Go to Sleep (1:57)
  4. Long Tall Shorty (2:51)
  5. I Took My Baby Home (1:47)
  6. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter (2:05)
  7. You Really Got Me (2:14)
  8. Cadillac (2:44)
  9. Bald Headed Woman (2:42)
  10. Revenge (1:30)
  11. Too Much Monkey Business (2:15)
  12. I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain (2:07)
  13. Stop Your Sobbing (2:05)
  14. Got Love If You Want It (3:45)
  15. I Believed You (Demo Version) (1:56)
  16. I'm a Hog for You Baby (Demo Version) (1:38)
  17. I Don't Need You Anymore (Demo Version) (2:12)
  18. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy (Demo Version) (2:21)
  19. Long Tall Sally (2:11)
  20. You Still Want Me (1:58)
  21. You Do Something to Me (2:23)
  22. It's All Right (2:36)
  23. All Day and All of the Night (2:22)
  24. I Gotta Move (2:23)
  25. Louie Louie (2:57)
  26. I've Got That Feeling (2:42)
  27. I Gotta Go Now (2:53)
  28. Things Are Getting Better (1:54)
  29. Beautiful Delilah (2:05)
  30. So Mystifying (2:53)
  31. Just Can't Go to Sleep (1:58)
  32. Long Tall Shorty (2:49)
  33. I Took My Baby Home (1:47)
  34. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter (2:03)
  35. You Really Got Me (2:13)
  36. Cadillac (2:44)
  37. Bald Headed Woman (2:41)
  38. Revenge (1:29)
  39. Too Much Monkey Business (2:15)
  40. I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain (2:02)
  41. Stop Your Sobbing (2:05)
  42. Got Love If You Want It (3:46)
  43. Don't Ever Let Me Go (2:17)
  44. I Don't Need You Anymore (2:08)
  45. Bald Headed Woman (2:39)
  46. Too Much Monkey Business (Alternate Take) (2:07)
  47. Got Love If You Want It (3:33)

Credits

  • The Kinks - primary artist
  • Jimmy Page - 12-string acoustic guitar [uncredited]
  • Rasa Davies - backing vocals [uncredited]
  • Klaus Schmalenbach - design [uncredited], photography [uncredited]
  • Bobby Graham - drums [uncredited]
  • Mick Avory - drums, tambourine [uncredited]
  • Tony Bridge - lacquer cut by
  • Brian Sommerville - liner notes
  • Jon Lord - organ [uncredited]
  • Perry Ford - piano [uncredited]
  • Shel Talmy - producer, written-by
  • Pete Quaife - vocals, bass
  • Dave Davies - vocals, lead guitar
  • Ray Davies - vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, written-by
  • Chuck Berry - written-by
  • Don Covay - written-by
  • Herb Abramson - written-by
  • J.D. Miller - written-by
  • Ellas McDaniel - written-by
  • Larry Page - written-by
  • Slim Harpo - written-by

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