The Kinks Greatest Hits!

The Kinks Greatest Hits!
A photo montage of the Kinks is beneath the album's title and a listing of its songs
Greatest hits album by
Released10 or 12 August 1966
RecordedJuly1964 – February1966
StudioPye & IBC, London
Genre
Length23:54
LabelReprise
ProducerShel Talmy
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The Kinks Greatest Hits! (also spelled The Kinks' Greatest Hits!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released in the United States in August 1966 by Reprise Records, the album mostly consists of singles issued by the group between 1964 and 1966. It was the band's first greatest hits album in either the US or UK, and remained in print for around 20 years.

Like subsequent British compilations collecting the Kinks' mid-1960s hits, the album's sales surpassed those of the band's late 1960s studio albums. It remained on the Billboard Top LPs chart for 64 weeks, peaking in November 1966 at No. 9, and additionally reached No. 13 and No. 8 on Cash Box and Record World's charts, respectively. RIAA certified it gold in November1968, indicating retail sales of US$1million (equivalent to US$7.8 million in 2021). It was the Kinks' only American gold record until Low Budget's (1979) certification in 1980.

Crawdaddy magazine critic Sandy Pearlman contemporaneously described it as among the best greatest hits albums available. Authors Steve Alleman and Bruce Eder each retrospectively write that the album's joining of various styles served to indicate the Kinks' earliest musical developments, though Eder suggests the album's shortcoming is its omission of the band's later 1966 songs, like "Sunny Afternoon" and "Dandy". Its liner notes include one of the earliest instances of Ray Davies, the Kinks' principal songwriter, being characterised as a genius, and Eder writes that Ed Thrasher's cover art for the album, depicting the band in several concert photographs, further added to its collectibility. Critic Robert Christgau included the album in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in his book Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).

Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Great Rock Discography

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies.

Side one

  1. "You Really Got Me" – 2:20
  2. "Tired of Waiting for You" – 2:30
  3. "Set Me Free" – 2:10
  4. "Something Better Beginning" – 2:23
  5. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" – 1:59

Side two

  1. "Till the End of the Day" – 2:20
  2. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" – 2:59
  3. "A Well Respected Man" – 2:38
  4. "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" – 2:15
  5. "All Day and All of the Night" – 2:20

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman, except where noted:

The Kinks

  • Ray Davies – lead vocals; electric and acoustic rhythm guitars; piano ("Something Better Beginning", "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy")
  • Dave Davies – backing vocals, electric lead guitar
  • Pete Quaife – backing vocals, bass
  • Mick Avory – drums; tambourine ("You Really Got Me", "Till the End of the Day", "All Day and All of the Night")

Charts and certifications


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