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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2010 at 19:00
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My favourite band. Criminally underrated. So is Ray Davies as a songwriter and frontman... I mean don't even get me started.

For me, the number one album is Muswell Hillbillies. That album just keeps on getting bet with every spin.

You totally need to check out Misfits quick. I was liking the Kinks until I heard the song Misfits after a sh*t day at work and felt it was talking about me and I became an unconditional. We've all been there, I'm sure, but it's just that kind of song.
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My Favourite Band Of All Time (at this moment naturally)  Even better than the Beatles (current opinion, likely to revolve back to considering The Beatles the best, or maybe even switching to Rolling Stones, The Who or even Bob Dylan for all I know or care, just at this moment in time it's .....).
 
The Kinks.
 
Best Albums: (all worthy of five Stars if I could review them on this site)
 
1. ARTHUR (OR THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE)
 
released 1969. Best Songs are Shangri-La, Arthur and She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina
 
2. THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY
 
released 1968. Best Songs are The Village Green Preservation Society, Do You Remember Walter? and Village Green
 
3. LOLA VERSUS POWERMAN AND THE MONEYGOROUND, PART 1
 
released 1970. Best Songs are Lola, Apeman and Got To Be Free
 
4. MUSWELL HILLBILLIES
 
released 1971. Best Songs are 20th Century Man, Here Come The People In Grey and Complicated Life
 
5. FACE TO FACE
 
released 1971. Best Songs are Sunny AfternoonDandy and Session Man and nice bonus tracks: Mr Pleasant and Dead End Street
 
 
aside this great albums they of course made numerous other albums, I haven't ventured far into their 80's and 90's albums, some nice songs scattered through those albums. their earlier 60's albums are mostly based on a couple hitsongs with lots of filler, but when the songs are great they trully are great. 70's Kinks is pretty pretensious but has some nice moments for the dedicated Kinks fan
 
The albums that don't get 5 stars, but still are interesting list. (in order of release date)
 
1964 Kinks (debut), 2 stars
best songs. You Really Got Me Now, All Day And All Of The Night (available as bonus track) Things Are Getting Better (available as bonus track)
 
1965 Kinda Kinks  3 stars
best songs. Tired Of Waiting For You, Set Me Free (available as bonus track), A Well Respected Man (available as bonus track)
 
1966 The Kink Kontroversy 2,5 stars
best songs. Till The End Of The Day, Were Have All The Good Times Gone, A Dedicated Follower Of Fashion (available as bonus track)
 
1967 Something Else By The Kinks  4 stars
best songs. David Watts, Death Of A Clown, Waterloo Sunset
 
1971 Percy (soundtrack) 2 stars
best songs. God's Children, Lola (instrumental)
 
1972 Everybody's In Show-Biz 3,5 stars
best songs. Celluloid Heroes, Here Comes Yet Another Day, Supersonic Rocket Ship
 
1973 Preservation Act 1 3 stars
best songs. Preservation, One Of The Survivors, Here Comes Flash
 
1974 Preservation Act 2 3 stars
best songs. Introduction to Solution, Mirror Of Love, Flash's Confession
 
1975 A Soap Opera 3 stars
best songs. Everybody's A Star (Starmaker), Holiday Romance, You Make It All Worthwhile
 
1975 Schoolboys In Disgrace 3 stars
best songs. Schooldays, Jack The Idiot Dunce, The Hard Way
 
The Rest of The albums I haven't yet really rated or anything so I'll Add those later.
Maybe even going so far as to actually reviewing the albums themselves.
 
Just interested what your thoughts on The Kinksare
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