Kinda Kinks

Kinda Kinks Artist: The Kinks
Label: Sanctuary UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5050749202628
ASIN: B0001XLXE8


Release Date: 2004-04-29

Kinda Kinks


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Tracks:

  1. Look For Me Baby
  2. Got My Feet On The Ground
  3. Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl
  4. Naggin' Woman
  5. Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
  6. Tired Of Waiting For You
  7. Dancing In The Street
  8. Don't Ever Change
  9. Come On Now
  10. So Long
  11. You Shouldn't Be Sad
  12. Something Better Beginning
  13. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
  14. Who'll Be The Next In Line
  15. Set Me Free
  16. I Need You
  17. See My Friends
  18. Never Met A Girl Like You Before
  19. Wait Till The Summer Come Along
  20. Such A Shame
  21. A Well Respected Man
  22. Don't You Fret
  23. I Go To Sleep (Unreleased Recording)

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Album Description

Remastered 1998 reissue of their 1965 album, repackaged withthe original artwork, new sleeve notes, lyrics and 11 bonustracks: 'Everybody's Gonna Be Happy', 'Who'll Be The Next InLine', 'Set Me Free', 'I Need You', 'See My Friends', 'NeverMet A Girl Like You Before', 'Wait Till The Summer ComesAlong', 'Such A Shame', 'A Well Respected Man', 'Don't YouFret' & 'I Go To Sleep' (unreleased demo recording). 23tracks total, also featuring the top 10 smash 'Tired OfWaiting For You' & their memorable cover of the Motownanthem 'Dancing In The Street'. A Castle release.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Famed British Invasion Band's Second Full Length Album featuring the Hit "Tired of Waiting for You". The Expanded Edition Includes a Plethora of Bonuses, 11 in all with B-sides, Singles and Alt Versions, Including "a Well Respected Man" and "i Go to SLEEP".

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Don't you ever change now..........2006-08-25

'Kinda Kinks', released in March 1965 is often unfairly slagged for its rushed production and supposed mediocre songwriting. I feel this is unfair, though some of the songs are definitely far below the quality of subsequent Kinks releases. This is where the REAL Ray Davies emerged as an introspective writer. While the debut was a typical British debut with many R&B covers, the second is dominated by originals. As with the first, a major hit single, "Tired of Waiting for You", appeared on the record just as "You Really Got Me" was on the debut. This was rare for British only releases which did not often feature singles. Other standouts include the "Tired" b-side, "Come On Now", another showcase for Dave's wild guitar and vocal style. My favorites are ths quieter tunes such as "Don't Ever Change", probably my fav early album track, "Nothin' in This World" (featured in the film 'Rushmore') and "So Long". Probably the most famous album track on 'Kinda' would be "Something Better Beginning", another great ballad in the tradition of "Stop Your Sobbin'". Lowlights would include a pitiful cover of "Dancing in the Streets", obviously the band was desperate to fill record space, and such subpar tunes as "You Shouldn't Sad" and "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight". The Castle release includes some of the Kinks greatest singles and their 2nd ep of original album material and for this reason alone does THIS 'Kinda Kinks' get 5 stars as opposed to maybe 3 for the original album. "Set Me Free", "I Need You", "See My Friends", "Who'll Be the Next in Line", "Such a Shame" and "A Well Respected Man" among others display the pop brilliance of Davies and the Kinks circa mid to late 1965. As album artists however the best was yet to come!

5 out of 5 stars Ray Davies begins to emerge as a songwriter.......2006-06-17

Though critics often slag the Kinks second album as generic British Invasion, it's the album's look at Ray Davies emergence (rather than arrival) as a songwriter within the confines of the invasion that's so compelling. Musically the Kinks hadn't progressed from the minimalist rock 'n' roll of their 1964 debut, but with ten of the original UK album's dozen tracks penned by Davies, the band was beginning to develop their own unique voice.

The hit single, "Tired of Waiting for You," and its powerhouse flip, "Come on Now" show both sides of Davies' genius. The first is a forlorn plea that points to the personal songs that would become Davies' forte, while the latter is a rave-up with a wicked guitar riff that surely set London dance floors ablaze. Davies' pen sticks to spurned and cheating lovers for the foot-stomping "Look For Me Baby" the confessional "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout that Girl," and the bluesy "Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight." His nostalgic and sentimental streaks reveal themselves in the folky "So Long," and he lightens up for the Brill Building styled "Don't Ever Change," the Merseybeat "You Shouldn't Be Sad," and the hesitant, melancholy "Something Better Beginning."

Sanctuary's 23-track reissue adds a full eleven bonus tracks, gathered primarily from UK singles and EPs. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" is as scathing as any kiss-off of the British Invasion, "Set Me Free" is a superb mid-tempo example of the Kinks' beat-era playing and Davies' heartbroken anger, "I Need You" is a grade-A garage-rocker with a classic Dave Davies guitar solo, the droning "See My Friends" adds early Eastern influences, the country-tinged "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" suggests the band's future Muswell Hillbillies phase, and "A Well Respected Man" is one of the jewels of Davies' songwriting catalog. A previously unreleased demo of "I Go to Sleep" (a song better known in its cover by The Pretenders) closes the CD with Davies accompanied only by piano.

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