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1964 studio album by the Kinks
Kinks
is the debut studio album by the English
rock
band
the Kinks
. It was released on
2 October 1964
in the United Kingdom by
Pye Records
. The original United States release, issued by
Reprise Records
on
25 November 1964
, omits three tracks and is instead titled
You Really Got Me
.
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.
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Reception
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Consequence of Sound
listed the album as a key example of
proto-punk
, observing "lean aggression" and a "jolting", "in-your-face" approach, and described their rendition of
Chuck Berry
's "Beautiful Delilah" as the first
punk rock
cover.
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The
AllMusic
review by Richie Unterberger assessed the album as lacking in consistency, commenting: "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... [the] tunes that producer
Shel Talmy
penned for the group... were simply abominable."
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Rock critic
Mike Saunders
of
Rolling Stone
had a more positive opinion of the Kinks' debut LP, described the album as one of their "successful rock and roll albums".
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Track listing
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All tracks are written by
Ray Davies
unless otherwise noted.
Side one
- "
Beautiful Delilah
" (
Chuck Berry
) – 2:07
- "
So Mystifying
" – 2:58
- "Just Can't Go to Sleep" – 1:58
- "Long Tall Shorty" – (
Don Covay
,
Herb Abramson
) – 2:50
- "I Took My Baby Home" – 1:48
- "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (
J. D. "Jay" Miller
) – 2:03
- "
You Really Got Me
" – 2:13
Side two
- "
Cadillac
" (
Ellas McDaniel
) – 2:44
- "
Bald Headed Woman
" (
Shel Talmy
) – 2:41
- "Revenge" (Davies,
Larry Page
) – 1:29
- "
Too Much Monkey Business
" (Berry) – 2:16
- "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" (Talmy) – 2:01
- "
Stop Your Sobbing
" – 2:06
- "Got Love If You Want It" (
James Moore
) – 3:46
Note
- The original US release retained the same divisions between sides one and two but omitted three tracks: "I Took My Baby Home", "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "Revenge".
Personnel
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According to band researcher Doug Hinman:
The Kinks
- Ray Davies
– lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar,
harmonica
; lead guitar
("I'm a Lover Not a Fighter")
- Dave Davies
– backing vocals, electric guitar; lead vocal
("Beautiful Delilah", "Long Tall Shorty", "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain")
- Pete Quaife
– backing vocals, bass guitar
- Mick Avory
– drums
(side two, except "Revenge")
;
tambourine
,
maracas
Additional musicians
Production
- Shel Talmy – producer
- Bob Auger –
engineer
Charts
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Notes
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Hinman writes a guitarist from
Edward Kassner
's office played additional rhythm guitar on "You Really Got Me", "likely Harry, possibly Bob or Vic, surname unknown".
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