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Kinks is the debut album by the English rock band the Kinks, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks omitted as You Really Got Me in the United States.

Kinks
Studio album by
the Kinks
Released2 October 1964
Recordedc. 20 January, mid-July and 18 August – 1 September 1964[1]
StudioPye & IBC, London
Genre
Length32:54
Label
  • Pye (UK)
  • Reprise (US)
ProducerShel Talmy
The Kinks chronology
Kinks
(1964)		 Kinda Kinks
(1965)
The Kinks American chronology
You Really Got Me
(1964)		 Kinks-Size
(1965)
Singles from Kinks
  1. "You Really Got Me"
    Released: 4 August 1964

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.[3]


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

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.[2]

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."[3]

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".[4]


Track listing



In all markets except the US


All tracks are written by Ray Davies unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry) – 2:07
  2. "So Mystifying" – 2:58
  3. "Just Can't Go to Sleep" – 1:58
  4. "Long Tall Shorty" – (Don Covay, Herb Abramson) – 2:50
  5. "I Took My Baby Home" – 1:48
  6. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (J. D. "Jay" Miller) – 2:03
  7. "You Really Got Me" – 2:13

Side two

  1. "Cadillac" (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:44
  2. "Bald Headed Woman" (Shel Talmy) – 2:41
  3. "Revenge" (Davies, Larry Page) – 1:29
  4. "Too Much Monkey Business" (Berry) – 2:16
  5. "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" (Talmy) – 2:01
  6. "Stop Your Sobbing" – 2:06
  7. "Got Love If You Want It" (James Moore) – 3:46

Original US release


All tracks are written by Ray Davies except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Beautiful Delilah" (Berry) – 2:04
  2. "So Mystifying" – 2:49
  3. "Just Can't Go to Sleep" – 1:58
  4. "Long Tall Shorty" (Convay, Abramson) – 2:48
  5. "You Really Got Me" – 2:13

Side two

  1. "Cadillac" (McDaniel) – 2:41
  2. "Bald Headed Woman" (Talmy) – 2:41
  3. "Too Much Monkey Business" (Berry) – 2:14
  4. "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" (Talmy) – 2:02
  5. "Stop Your Sobbing" – 2:05
  6. "Got Love If You Want It" (Moore) – 3:49

Personnel


According to band researcher Doug Hinman:[5]

The Kinks

Additional musicians

Production


Notes


  1. 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".[6]

References


  1. Hinman 2004, pp. 21, 31.
  2. Blum, Jordon. "10 Proto-Punk Albums Every Music Fan Should Own". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. Unterberger, Richie. "The Kinks: Kinks" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  4. Mike Saunders (25 May 1972). "The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. Hinman 2004, pp. 29–30, 37.
  6. Hinman 2004, p. 29.

Sources



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Kinks — одноимённый дебютный альбом британской рок-группы The Kinks, выпущенный в 1964 году. В США он был издан под названием You Really Got Me[4].


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