Kinks is the self-titled debut album by the
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band
The KinksThe Kinks are an English rock group 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 the British Invasion era....
, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks missing as
You Really Got Me in the
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.
The album was re-released in 2004 with twelve bonus tracks on the
SanctuarySanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world. It was also the world's largest independent owners of...
label.
- "Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry
Charles Edward "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.Chuck Berry is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music...
) – 2:07
- "So Mystifying" – 2:53
- "Just Can't Go to Sleep" – 1:58
- "Long Tall Shorty" (Herb Abramson
Herbert C. Abramson was an American record company executive and producer.-Life:He was born in 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City and initially studied to be a dentist but he landed a job with National Records producing such performers as The Ravens, Billy Eckstine and Joe Turner...
, Don CovayDon Covay is an influential American R&B/rock and roll/soul music singer and songwriter most active in the 1950s and 1960s, who received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994...
) – 2:50
- "I Took My Baby Home" – 1:48
- "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (J.
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Kinks is the self-titled debut album by the
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rockRock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States after World War II in the late 1940s, from a combination of the rhythms of the blues, from the African American culture, and from America's country music and gospel music scenes...
band
The KinksThe Kinks are an English rock group 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 the British Invasion era....
, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks missing as
You Really Got Me in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The album was re-released in 2004 with twelve bonus tracks on the
SanctuarySanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world. It was also the world's largest independent owners of...
label.
Side 1
- "Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry
Charles Edward "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.Chuck Berry is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music...
) – 2:07
- "So Mystifying" – 2:53
- "Just Can't Go to Sleep" – 1:58
- "Long Tall Shorty" (Herb Abramson
Herbert C. Abramson was an American record company executive and producer.-Life:He was born in 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City and initially studied to be a dentist but he landed a job with National Records producing such performers as The Ravens, Billy Eckstine and Joe Turner...
, Don CovayDon Covay is an influential American R&B/rock and roll/soul music singer and songwriter most active in the 1950s and 1960s, who received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994...
) – 2:50
- "I Took My Baby Home" – 1:48
- "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (J. D. "Jay" Miller) – 2:03
- "You Really Got Me
"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released as the group's third single, in August 1964, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the following month, staying there for two weeks...
" – 2:13
Side 2
- "Cadillac
"Cadillac" is a song written and recorded in 1959 by Bo Diddley and released the following year on his album Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger.It has been covered by a number of other artists, including The Kinks, The Downliners Sect, the New Colony Six and sung as a duet by Van Morrison and Linda Gail...
" (Bo DiddleyBo Diddley , born Ellas Otha Bates, was an American rock & roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from blues music to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton...
) – 2:44
- "Bald Headed Woman
"Bald Headed Woman" is a song written by Shel Talmy and released by The Kinks on their first album on October 2, 1964 and The Who in 1965. It was also covered by other artists of the time, including Harry Belafonte, as seen in the Bob Dylan documentary, No Direction Home....
" (Trad/Arr Shel Talmy) – 2:41
- "Revenge" (R. Davies, Larry Page
Larry Page is an English former pop singer of the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Career:After changing his name to Larry Page in honour of Larry Parks, the star of The Jolson Story, the teenager began a recording career as a singer .Page tried to magnify his fame through the wearing of unusually...
) – 1:29
- "Too Much Monkey Business
"Too Much Monkey Business" is a song by Chuck Berry. It was released as a single in 1956 and re-released on the compilation album The Great Twenty-Eight in 1982....
" (Chuck BerryCharles Edward "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.Chuck Berry is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music...
) – 2:16
- "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain" (Trad/Arr Shel Talmy) – 2:01
- "Stop Your Sobbing" – 2:06
- "Got Love If You Want It" (J. Moore
Slim Harpo was an American blues musician.-Biography:Born James Moore in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the eldest in an orphaned family, Moore worked as a longshoreman and building worker during the late 1930s and early 1940s...
) – 3:46
UK release: 2 October 1964 (Pye NPL 18096 mono: NSPL 83021 stereo)
2004 CD re-issue bonus tracks
- "Long Tall Sally
"Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman , recorded by Little Richard and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label....
" (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman) – 2:12
- "You Still Want Me
"You Still Want Me" is a single by The Kinks released in 1964. It was their second record, and failed to chart upon release. This prompted Pye Records to consider dropping the fledgling group. However, the massive success of the band's next single, "You Really Got Me", ensured their tenure with...
" – 1:59
- "You Do Something to Me" – 2:24
- "It's Alright" – 2:37
- "All Day and All of the Night
"All Day and All of the Night" is a song by the British band The Kinks from 1964. It reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #7 on the United States Charts. Like their previous hit "You Really Got Me", the song relies on a simple sliding power chord riff, although this song's riff is slightly more...
" – 2:23
- "I Gotta Move" – 2:22
- "Louie, Louie" (Richard Berry) – 2:57
- "I Gotta Go Now" – 2:53
- "Things Are Getting Better" – 1:52
- "I've Got That Feeling" – 2:43
- "Too Much Monkey Business" [Alternate Take] (C. Berry) – 2:10
- "I Don't Need You Any More" – 2:10
Side 1
- "Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry)
- "So Mystifying"
- "Just Can't Go To Sleep"
- "Long Tall Shorty" (Herb Abramson, Don Covay)
- "You Really Got Me"
Side 2
- "Cadillac" (E. McDaniel)
- "Bald Headed Woman" (Trad/Arr Shel Talmy)
- "Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry)
- "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain" (Trad/Arr Shel Talmy)
- "Stop Your Sobbing"
- "Got Love If You Want It" (Slim Harpo)
The US version is missing three tracks. "I Took My Baby Home" had already been licenced to
CameoCameo-Parkway Records was the parent company of Cameo Records and Parkway Records, which were major American Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 and 1958 , to 1967...
in the US as the B-side to "
Long Tall Sally"Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman , recorded by Little Richard and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label....
" so could not be included. "I'm a Lover Not a Figher" and instrumental "Revenge" were held over for the US only
Kinks-SizeKinks-Size is a US only album by the English band The Kinks, released in 1965. Differences in record company practice between the UK and US in the early 1960s, such as the US tending to issue shorter LPs, featuring less original material and the comparative unpopularity of EPs in the US all left US...
album.
Personnel
- Ray Davies
Ray Davies CBE is an English rock 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...
– guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
, harmonicaThe harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes. The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds to vibrate up and down creating sound...
, keyboards, lead vocals
- Dave Davies
Dave Davies is an English rock musician , best known for his membership with the English rock band The Kinks....
– guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Quaife – bass
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
, backing vocals
- Mick Avory
Michael Charles Avory is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the British rock band, The Kinks, joining them shortly after their formation in 1964 and remaining with them until 1984, when he left amid creative friction with guitarist Dave Davies...
– tambourineThe tambourine or Marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils"...
, drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
- Jimmy Page
James Patrick Page OBE is an Englishcomposer and record producer.Page has been described as "unquestionably one of the all-time most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history". In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Page #9 in its list of the 100 Greatest...
– twelve string guitarThe twelve-string guitar is an acoustic or electric guitar with 12 strings in 6 courses, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar...
, acoustic guitar
- Jon Lord
Jon Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms. He has most famously been a member of Deep Purple, as well as of Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord,...
– pianoThe piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Bobby Graham
Bobby Graham was an English session drummer, composer, arranger and record producer. Shel Talmy, who produced The Kinks, David Bowie and The Who, described Graham as "the greatest drummer the UK has ever produced."...
– drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
- Simon Heyworth – remastering
- Klaus Schmalenbach – design, photography
- Brian Sommerville – liner notes
- Peter Doggett – liner notes