Well Respected Kinks

by The Kinks

Well Respected Kinks cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2 September 1966
  • Label: Marble Arch
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:06:42
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Shel Talmy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued by Marble Arch Records primarily for the UK and European markets, this budget-priced compilation assembles many of the group's foundational, highly aggressive early singles. The collection highlights Ray Davies' rapidly evolving, character-driven songwriting alongside the band's pioneering, heavily distorted power-chord approach that significantly influenced the emerging garage rock and hard rock scenes.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, british, classic, guitar-driven, punchy

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)
  48. Meet the Kinks (BBC Interview) (0:33)
  49. Cadillac (Live at The Playhouse Theatre, 1964) (2:35)
  50. Meet the Kinks (BBC Interview: Ray Talks About 'You Really Got Me') (0:13)
  51. You Really Got Me (Live at The Playhouse Theatre, 1964) (2:08)
  52. Little Queenie (Live at The Playhouse Theatre, 1964) (1:48)
  53. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter (Live at The Playhouse Theatre, 1964) (2:11)
  54. All Day and All of the Night (Live at The Playhouse Theatre, 1964) (2:17)
  55. Meet the Kinks (BBC Interview: Ray Talks About the USA) (0:39)
  56. I've Got That Feeling (Live at Piccadilly Studios, 1964) (2:45)

Credits

  • The Kinks - primary artist
  • Tony Bridge - lacquer cut by
  • Ray Davies - written-by
  • Dave Davies - written-by

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