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The Kink Kontroversy is a rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 album by the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 band The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
, released in 1965. 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 hits from 1964-65 such as "Till the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies
Ray Davies

Ray Davies, Order of the British Empire is an English Rock music musician, best known as lead singer and songwriter for The Kinks - one of the most prolific and long-lived British Invasion bands - which he led with his younger brother, Dave Davies....
 songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm On an Island").






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The Kink Kontroversy is a rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 album by the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 band The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
, released in 1965. 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 hits from 1964-65 such as "Till the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies
Ray Davies

Ray Davies, Order of the British Empire is an English Rock music musician, best known as lead singer and songwriter for The Kinks - one of the most prolific and long-lived British Invasion bands - which he led with his younger brother, Dave Davies....
 songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm On an Island"). 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
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies except as noted

Side 1

  1. "Milk Cow Blues" (Sleepy John Estes
    Sleepy John Estes

    John Adam Estes , best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a United States blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, born in Ripley, Tennessee, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, Tennessee....
    ; arranged by The Kinks) – 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
    Dave Davies

    David Russell Gordon Davies is an English rock musician , most well known for his membership with the England Rock music Musical ensemble The Kinks....
    ) – 2:32
  6. "Till the End of the Day
    Till the End of the Day

    "Till the End of the Day" is a song by The Kinks, written by Ray Davies and released as a single in 1965 and later on their album The Kink Kontroversy....
    " – 2:21


Side 2


  2. "The World Keeps Going Round" – 2:36
  3. "I'm on An Island" – 2:19
  4. "Where Have All the Good Times Gone
    Where Have All The Good Times Gone

    "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks. It was first released as 7" single B-side and then included on their album The Kink Kontroversy in 1965....
    " – 2:53
  5. "It's Too Late" – 2:37
  6. "What's in Store for Me" – 2:06
  7. "You Can't Win" – 2:42


CD Bonus Tracks


  2. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion
    Dedicated Follower of Fashion

    "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" is a 1966 in music single by British band The Kinks. It lampoons the contemporary British fashion scene and Mod culture in general....
    " - 3:05
  3. "Sittin' on My Sofa" - 3:08
  4. "When I See That Girl of Mine" (Demo version) - 2:01
  5. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (Alternate stereo take) - 3:01


Trivia


The band Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney was an United States Rock music band that existed from 1994 to 2006. Formed in Olympia, Washington, the group's name is derived from Sleater Kinney Road, Interstate 5 off ramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, Washington state, the location of one of their early practice spaces....
 used the same album cover layout as a homage for their 1997 album Dig Me Out
Dig Me Out

Dig Me Out is the third album by punk rock group Sleater-Kinney. Marlene Goldman has described it as the album that "defined the band's sound."...
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