But, lo and behold, when the ‘80s dawned, the Kinks were there again, with new hits ... pretentious title for an album. But it produced some of the band’s greatest music.

This one-volume collection of early Brit-rock classics (1964-66) is a landmark because the Kinks` songs are presented as they were meant to be heard: in full-blooded mono, not the dim-sounding ...

The Kinks were one of the defining rock outfits of the 1960s, but their late-period material is rarely mentioned or remembered, which is fine by Ray Davies.

All of this is just to say, we think it’s high-time we pick 20 greatest Kinks songs ever. In reality, there’s never a bad time to crow about what Ray Davies and his younger brother Dave ...

Though never as popular as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, the Kinks covered no less musical ground, blending elements of rock, folk, pop, country, R&B and British music hall in detailed songs ...

“Dandy” was a pop gem that The Kinks recorded for their 1966 album Face to Face ... The track became one of the U.K. punk band’s biggest hits in their homeland, reaching No. 7 on the ...

Shel Talmy, the producer behind hits including the Kinks‘ “You ... at Number 232 on its latest edition of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time List, while “Really Got Me” came in at 176.

This one-time cult favorite has become the Kinks’ most beloved classic, setting a standard that all kinds of songwriters aspire to reach. On Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs ...