Kinks (album)
Kinks is the self-titled 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.
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| Released | 2 October 1964 | |||
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| Studio | Pye & IBC, London | |||
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| Length | 32:54 | |||
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| Producer | Shel Talmy | |||
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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
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
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
UK release (Pye NPL 18096 mono: NSPL 83021 stereo)
All tracks are written by Ray Davies unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | Herb Abramson, Don Covay | 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Cadillac" | Bo Diddley | 2:44 |
| 9. | "Bald Headed Woman" | Shel Talmy | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Revenge" | Davies, Larry Page | 1:29 |
| 11. | "Too Much Monkey Business" | Chuck Berry | 2:16 |
| 12. | "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" | Talmy | 2:01 |
| 13. | "Stop Your Sobbing" | 2:06 | |
| 14. | "Got Love If You Want It" | James Moore | 3:46 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Long Tall Sally" | Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman | 2:12 |
| 16. | "You Still Want Me" | 1:59 | |
| 17. | "You Do Something to Me" | 2:24 | |
| 18. | "It's Alright" | 2:37 | |
| 19. | "All Day and All of the Night" | 2:23 | |
| 20. | "I Gotta Move" | 2:22 | |
| 21. | "Louie Louie" (Kinksize Session EP) | Richard Berry | 2:57 |
| 22. | "I Gotta Go Now" (Kinksize Session EP) | 2:53 | |
| 23. | "Things Are Getting Better" (Kinksize Session EP) | 1:52 | |
| 24. | "I've Got That Feeling" (Kinksize Session EP) | 2:43 | |
| 25. | "Too Much Monkey Business" (Alternate take) | Chuck Berry | 2:10 |
| 26. | "I Don't Need You Any More" | 2:10 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 15. | "You Still Want Me" | 1:59 |
| 16. | "I Don't Need You Any More" | 2:10 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "I Believed You" (mono demo as the Boll-Weevils) | Ray Davies, Dave Davies | 1:56 |
| 16. | "I'm a Hog for You Baby" (mono demo as the Boll-Weevils) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | |
| 17. | "I Don't Need You Any More" (mono demo) | 2:12 | |
| 18. | "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" (mono demo) | 2:21 | |
| 19. | "Long Tall Sally" (mono single) | Penniman, Blackwell, Johnson | 2:09 |
| 20. | "You Still Want Me" (mono single) | 2:00 | |
| 21. | "You Do Something to Me" (mono single) | 2:26 | |
| 22. | "It's Alright" (mono single) | 2:38 | |
| 23. | "All Day and All of the Night" (mono single) | 2:21 | |
| 24. | "I Gotta Move" (mono single) | 2:15 | |
| 25. | "Louie Louie" (Kinksize Session EP) | R. Berry | 2:58 |
| 26. | "I've Got That Feeling" (Kinksize Session EP) | 2:43 | |
| 27. | "I Gotta Go Now" (Kinksize Session EP) | 2:54 | |
| 28. | "Things Are Getting Better" (Kinksize Session EP) | 1:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 15. | "Don't Ever Let Me Go" (recorded Sept 1964) | 2:19 | |
| 16. | "I Don't Need You Anymore" (recorded January 1964) | 2:12 | |
| 17. | "Bald Headed Woman" (US mono mix) | Talmy | 2:41 |
| 18. | "Too Much Monkey Business" (alternative take) | C. Berry | 2:10 |
| 19. | "Got Love If You Want It" (alternative take) | Moore | 3:35 |
| 20. | "Meet the Kinks" (BBC interview) | N/A | 0:33 |
| 21. | "Cadillac" (recorded live at the BBC) | McDaniel | 2:36 |
| 22. | "Ray Talks About 'You Really Got Me'" (BBC interview) | N/A | 0:14 |
| 23. | "You Really Got Me" (recorded live at the BBC) | 2:13 | |
| 24. | "Little Queenie" (recorded live at the BBC) | C. Berry | 1:46 |
| 25. | "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (recorded live at the BBC) | Miller | 2:01 |
| 26. | "All Day and All of the Night" (recorded live at the BBC) | 2:22 | |
| 27. | "Ray Talks About the USA" (BBC interview) | N/A | 0:40 |
| 28. | "I've Got That Feeling" (recorded live at the BBC) | 2:44 |
US Release You Really Got Me (Reprise R-6143 (mono) RS-6143 (stereo)) track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Beautiful Delilah" | Chuck Berry | 2:04 |
| 2. | "So Mystifying" | 2:49 | |
| 3. | "Just Can't Go to Sleep" | 1:58 | |
| 4. | "Long Tall Shorty" | Herb Abramson, Don Convay | 2:48 |
| 5. | "You Really Got Me" | 2:13 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Cadillac" | Ellas McDaniel | 2:41 |
| 7. | "Bald Headed Woman" | Talmy | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Too Much Monkey Business" | Chuck Berry | 2:14 |
| 9. | "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" | Talmy | 2:02 |
| 10. | "Stop Your Sobbing" | 2:05 | |
| 11. | "Got Love If You Want It" | Slim Harpo | 3:49 |
The US version is missing three tracks. "I Took My Baby Home" had already been licensed to Cameo in the US as the B-side to "Long Tall Sally" and so could not be included. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and the instrumental "Revenge" were held over for the US-only Kinks-Size album.
Personnel
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:[5]
The Kinks
- Ray Davies – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica; lead guitar ("I'm a Lover Not a Fighter")
- Dave Davies – backing vocal, electric guitar; lead vocal ("Beautiful Delilah", "Long Tall Shorty", "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter", "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain")
- Pete Quaife – backing vocal, bass guitar
- Mick Avory – drums (side two, except "Revenge"); tambourine, maracas
Additional musicians
- Rasa Didzpetris – backing vocal ("Stop Your Sobbing")
- Perry Ford – piano ("Bald Headed Woman", "Stop Your Sobbing")
- Bobby Graham – drums (side one, "Revenge")
- Jon Lord – organ ("Bald Headed Woman")
- Jimmy Page – twelve-string acoustic guitar ("I'm a Lover Not a Fighter", "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain", possibly "Bald Headed Woman")
Production
- Shel Talmy – producer
- Bob Auger – engineer
References
- Hinman 2004, pp. 21, 31.
- Blum, Jordon. "10 Proto-Punk Albums Every Music Fan Should Own". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- Unterberger, Richie. "The Kinks: Kinks" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- Mike Saunders (25 May 1972). "The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- Hinman 2004, p. 37.
Sources
- Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
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