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“Better Things” was one of the last top-50 hits the Kinks had and it reveals ... pretentious title for an album. But it ...
On multiple occasions, it seemed like they were a spent force, only for them to return to the charts with hits ... greatest songs on those debuts. The Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley covers on Kinks ...
With a sound that was both raw and poetic, The Kinks carved out a legacy in rock history. But which ones are considered their best songs?
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 ...
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.
As one of the rare independent producers of the time, he signed up The Kinks and oversaw many of their biggest hits during the mid-’60s, from the raw breakthrough single “You Really Got Me ...