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The Kink Kontroversy is the third studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 26 November 1965 in the United Kingdom and in March 1966 in the United States, where it was the first American Kinks album to feature an identical tracklist to its UK counterpart. It is a transitional work, with elements of both the earlier Kinks' styles (heavily blues-influenced songs such as "Milk Cow Blues" and variations on the band's power chord-driven hits from 1964–1965 such as "Till the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies' songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm On an Island"). The liner notes were written by Michael Aldred.

The Kink Kontroversy
Studio album by
Released26 November 1965 (1965-11-26)
RecordedEarly August, 25–26 October and 3–4 November 1965[1]
StudioPye, London
Genre
Length30:12
Label
  • Pye (UK)
  • Reprise (US)
ProducerShel Talmy
The Kinks chronology
Kinda Kinks
(1965)
The Kink Kontroversy
(1965)
Face to Face
(1966)
The Kinks US chronology
Kinkdom
(1965)
The Kink Kontroversy
(1966)
The Kinks Greatest Hits!
(1966)
Singles from The Kink Kontroversy

Background


The album's title is a mocking reference to the notorious reputation the band had developed over the previous year, including onstage fights and concert riots in Europe, which led to a ban on the group's concerts in the United States.[citation needed]

"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" makes several references and/or allusions to Beatles and Rolling Stones songs.[4]


Release


The single "Till the End of the Day" was a major hit, reaching #8 in the UK[5] and #50 in the USA, spending eight weeks or more in each chart.[6]

American singer Bobby Rydell covered "When I See That Girl of Mine", which was released as a single in the US a full month before the Kinks' version was made public.


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]

Allmusic praised the album as the Kinks' coming-of-age, commenting that their raw early material was being replaced by more thoughtful and sophisticated songs. They pointed out "I'm on an Island", "Where Have All the Good Times Gone", "Ring the Bells", "The World Keeps Going Round", and "I Am Free" as particularly strong examples of this.[7]


Legacy


American indie rock band Sleater-Kinney used the same album cover layout as an homage for their 1997 album Dig Me Out.


Track listing


All tracks are written by Ray Davies except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Milk Cow Blues" (Sleepy John Estes)  3:44
  2. "Ring the Bells"  2:21
  3. "Gotta Get the First Plane Home"  1:49
  4. "When I See that Girl of Mine"  2:12
  5. "I am Free" (Dave Davies)  2:32
  6. "Till the End of the Day"  2:21

Side two

  1. "The World Keeps Going Round"  2:36
  2. "I'm on an Island"  2:19
  3. "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"  2:53
  4. "It's too Late"  2:37
  5. "What's in Store for Me"  2:06
  6. "You Can't Win"  2:42

Personnel


According to band researcher Doug Hinman:[9]

The Kinks

Additional musicians and production


Notes


  1. The sleeve notes credit O'Duffy only as "Irish".[10]

References


  1. Hinman 2004, pp. 62, 68, 72.
  2. Haas, Riley (2013). The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It. ISBN 9780992151300. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. Matijas-Mecca, Christian (2020). Listen to Psychedelic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 102. ISBN 978-1440861970. the band’s last beat album The Kink Kontroversy
  4. Swanson, Dave (1 December 2015). "How the Kinks Took Big Steps with 'The Kink Kontroversy'". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  5. "Kinks | Artist | Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  6. "Billboard – Music Charts, Music News – The Kinks | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  7. Unterberger, Richie. "The Kink Kontroversy – The Kinks : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  8. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). London, England: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  9. Hinman 2004, p. 72.
  10. Hinman 2004, p. 92.

Sources



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[de] The Kink Kontroversy

The Kink Kontroversy ist das dritte Studioalbum der britischen Rockgruppe The Kinks. Es wurde aufgenommen vom 23. bis zum 30. Oktober 1965 und am 26. November 1965 in England veröffentlicht.
- [en] The Kink Kontroversy

[it] The Kink Kontroversy

The Kink Kontroversy è un album discografico del gruppo rock inglese The Kinks, pubblicato nel 1965.



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