The Kink Kontroversy

by The Kinks

The Kink Kontroversy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 November 1965
  • Label: Pye
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 29:30
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 8 ratings

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

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ray Davies begins to transition away from power-chord driven rhythm and blues toward more observational, character-based songwriting. The inclusion of acoustic guitars and piano lines adds nuance to the band's inherently aggressive, distorted garage-rock sound.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, melodic, british, jangly, punchy

Tracklist

  1. Milk Cow Blues (3:41)
  2. Ring the Bells (2:18)
  3. Gotta Get the First Plane Home (1:46)
  4. When I See That Girl of Mine (2:09)
  5. I Am Free (2:27)
  6. Till the End of the Day (2:18)
  7. The World Keeps Going Round (2:33)
  8. I'm on an Island (2:15)
  9. Where Have All the Good Times Gone (2:49)
  10. It's Too Late (2:33)
  11. What's In Store for Me (2:03)
  12. You Can't Win (2:39)

Credits

  • The Kinks - primary artist
  • Pete Quaife - bass
  • Mick Avory - drums
  • Shel Talmy - guitar, producer
  • Ray Davies - harmonica, vocals, performer, written-by
  • Derek Sticklen - lacquer cut by
  • Michael Aldred - sleeve notes, liner notes
  • Dave Davies - vocals, performer, written-by
  • Sleepy John Estes - written-by

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