I love results.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
Woo-hoo!
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
I love The Kinks.
Let me start off by acknowledging this two collections, which both got votes in the album election even though comps weren't eligible. However I'll throw listing logic out the window just this once for a weirdo #10 for the albums countdown.
10. (comps special entry)
http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/5/5d/The_Kinks_-_The_Great_Lost_Kinks_Album.jpg
The Great Lost Kinks Album, 1973
http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg431/soydelmonton3/KinkKronikles_320.jpg
The Kink Kronikles, 1972
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
9.
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Low Budget, 1979 -- 5 Points (2 Votes)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
8.
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Kinda Kinks, 1965 -- 11 Points (5 Votes)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
7.
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The Kink Kontroversy, 1965 -- 14 Points (5 Votes)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
I think Low Budget is my least favorite of the Arista years, but I did vote for a track from it.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
6.
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Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One, 1970 -- 17 Points (8 Votes, 1 #1)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda Kinks and Kontroversy should probs be higher, but it's only a top 10 anyway so I can live with those placements.
Lola Vs... should be lower. ;)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda surprised Low Budget made the list. It definitely sounds like a "comeback" album, but the more I think about it, the more it strikes me as a less-ambitious/less-tuneful Schoolboys.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
Love the cover of Lola vs Powerman even though it hasn't figured much in my ballot. Have been quietly anticipating these poll results, will admit that.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
I was so tempted to post this as the image for #7:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VZX3D11AL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
One of my fave vintage ILM memes from Cover Connections threads.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
5.
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Muswell Hillbillies, 1971 -- 20 Points (8 Votes, 1 #1)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
4.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-uNPUblhL._SS400_.jpg
Face To Face, 1966 -- 53 Points (18 Votes, 2 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
3.
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire), 1969 -- 53 Points (16 Votes, 5 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
2.
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Something Else By The Kinks, 1967 -- 67 Points (19 Votes, 5 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe schoolboys in disgrace took the top spot
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Quick question: What's up with the blue Something Else? I've been posting the Castle/Sanctuary covers (non-deluxe) when applicable, but my copy of their edition of the album is gray.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
I used to like Muswell more than I do now, but this is a solid top 5.
I think the blue Something Elses are just cruddy scans.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't vote in the albums poll, but would have voted "Arthur" for #1 (also let me be the first to say "Lola vs Powerman" is too low).
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
xp I've only ever seen gray Something Elses. First US Kinks album artwork not to be fucked with by Reprise, though.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
1.
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Think Visual, 1986 -- lol Points (haha Votes, yuckyuck #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
har har
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
yuckyuck #1s ftw
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if a single track from that album even got a vote from anyone. The band's nadir? Possibly.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
No really,
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rWPP0EAEL._SS400_.jpg
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968 -- 73 Points (20 Votes, 7 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
xp "Working at the Factory" might've made my top...50.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
BTW, this was up as a customer image on the amazon Think Visual page:
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b6/a0/66bc810ae7a0d30be5a31210.L.jpg
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
heh yukyuk
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. That's a real good song, although it gets tiring listening to Ray whine about the music industry.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I remember liking "The Video Shop" too, but thinking it was twice as long as it needed to be.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
I think other people must enjoy the Kinks differently from me, because "Village Green" is easily my least favorite of the 1966-1971 Kinks albums. It sounds like de-clawed Kinks to me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
random Kinks catalog question: how many songs has Ray Davies written about/referencing his sister emigrating to Australia. 10? 20?
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Now the "Most Hated"
5 (Three-Way Tie)
http://www.spirit-of-rock.com/les%20goupes/T/The%20Kinks/A%20Gallon%20of%20Gas/A%20Gallon%20of%20Gas.jpg
"A Gallon of Gas"Low Budget, 1979
http://www.demotivationalposters.org/image/demotivational-poster/small/1009/destroyer-paranoia-poster-day-cubby-kinks-tribute-demotivational-poster-1284127934.jpg
"Destroyer"Give The People What They Want, 1981
http://www.techxplode.com/wp-content/uploads/white-people-stole-my-car.png
"Somebody Stole My Car"Phobia, 1993
Each 3 Points (2 Votes)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for "Destroyer" -- i will try not to troll this thread too much but in the course of putting together my ballot and listening to a bunch of songs (I'm mostly familiar with them from the Ultimate Kinks 2xCD comp) i realized that i kinda sorta hate this band, or at least RD's voice/sense of humor.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/6039781.jpg
"Harry Rag"Something Else By The Kinks, 19676 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Lazy_Lester.jpg/220px-Lazy_Lester.jpg
"Naggin' Woman"Kinda Kinks, 19656 Points (2 Votes, 2 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
Harry Rag is so weird. never heard this euphemism for weed anywhere else.
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
BTW, That's Lazy Lester, who did the original. (xpost)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.wax.fm/releases/1572018/kinks-come-dancing-1310276.jpeg
"Come Dancing"State of Confusion, 19837 Points (3 Votes, 2 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Weird. Had no idea that song was hated by Kinks fans at all. Always thought it was widely seen as a resounding return to form.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
well, 3 votes. and one of 'em is me, who just came out as a non-fan.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.45cat.com/the-kinks-a-rock-n-roll-fantasy-1978-s.jpg
"Black Messiah"Misfits, 19789 Points (3 Votes, 3 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
I was 8 when Come Dancing came out, but I thought it was great if not a little confusing thanks to the video, which I watched over and over and over while we were on vacation because I had MTV for the first time in my short life. Had nfi what a Pally was, that's for sure.
I didn't know anyone hated it either.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
some people need to listen to 'art lover'
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
And that's it for today.
Will be back to begin the "Top 50" Rollout tomorrow.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
haha, no, I wasn't saying "Grr, you're not a fan if you don't like this." I'm just surprised is all.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
idg hating "Come Dancing", at least not enough to give it a hate vote.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Come Dancing" is great. video with the old cleaning ladies dancing with mops = A+
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Utterly baffled by this band, early fuzz notwithstanding. Cultural barrier may be a factor.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 11 August 2019 10:41 (four years ago) link
Utterly baffled by imago liking the Kinks tbh.
― Euripedes' Trousers (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 August 2019 11:43 (four years ago) link
I liked my ballot so much I made a playlist out of it and have listened to it countless times. I even tried to play all the songs a few times, to varying degrees of success. Always good to think about the Kinks š
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 11 August 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
it's not our fault, look cardiacs even covered "susannah's still alive" in 1988, what else did you need?
― Abigail, Wife of Preserved Fish (rushomancy), Sunday, 11 August 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
Pssst imago the Kinks are fantastic
Also there are like a hundred ILM Kinks threads
― Īį½ĻĪ¹Ļ, Sunday, 11 August 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
Face to Face through Muswell is pretty much all essential, and get the expanded editions so you don't miss all the non-album sides.
― o. nate, Sunday, 11 August 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
Haven't looked at these results yet but if Ray Davies has written more than two or three better songs than Do You Remember Walter then I'll hardly believe it, that is one of the best things I have ever heard
― imago, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
Wistful songs of lost opportunity, middling regret, and unsatisfied complacency? I'd put that one in the middle of a dozen great songs in that mode.
― bendy, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Kink Kronicles is one of the best compilations ever made and it's downright essential even if you've got all the studio albums since half of it is non-album/single tracks
― frogbs, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
The big 50th anniversary reissue box set of Arthur is coming out in a couple months. Theres a few different super deluxe versions of it with tons of extras and bonus discs and toys, but none of the bonus material really tempts me that much, my vinyl copy still sounds great and endless alternate mono mixes don't really excite me. But I'll probably still get whatever the cheapest CD version is that still comes with the book-length liner notes -I know the broad strokes behind the context & making of the album but I'd love to dig deeper into it.
― āHakuna Matata,ā a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 12 August 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Which reminds me, imago, don't sleep on the unreleased Dave Davies album, which is pretty easy to find in various versions, amazing stuff there!
― āHakuna Matata,ā a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 12 August 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
picked up a nice copy of Arthur been listening a lot... lyrics to Some Mother's Son are so brutal, what a songwriterTwo soldiers fighting in a trenchOne soldier glances up to see the sunAnd dreams of games he played when he was youngAnd then his friend calls out his nameIt stops his dream and as he turns his headA second later he is deadSome mother's son lies in a fieldBack home they put his picture in a frameBut all dead soldiers look the sameWhile all the parents stand and waitTo meet their children coming home from schoolSome mother's son is lying dead
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 August 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
Wow. Makes me think of the Kipling poem "The Beginner"
On the first hour of my first dayIn the front trench I fell(Children in boxes at a playStand up to watch it well.)
― Lily Dale, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
For such a 'Lost Album' there's been loads of Official reissues of the Dave stuff. Your best bet is a single disc called Hidden Treasures that collects the most relevant stuff (and then some) with superb annotation.
"Creeping Jean" is one of the great lost Kinks songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07i8jUpFxg
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 August 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
Yeah the Hidden Treasures disc is the one I've got, definitely recommend it, seems like the definitive version of that group of tracks.
"Creeping Jean" is an all-time track for me, would have been very high in my ballot if I'd voted here
― āHakuna Matata,ā a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 12 August 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
whoa, I did not know abt these old Dave tracks
― sleeve, Monday, 12 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
just realized the last track on the āhidden treasuresā comp is a spider john koerner cover !
― budo jeru, Monday, 12 August 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
also, does anybody know if the tracks collected here are available elsewhere, in print and preferably legally ?
i think i used to have the mp3s somewhere but not anymore and i wouldnāt mind investing in a physical disc
― budo jeru, Monday, 12 August 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
link:
https://www.discogs.com/The-Kinks-Neue-Revue-The-Great-Lost-Album/release/4713595
Seems like a bunch of those have been spread out as bonus tracks on expanded/deluxe editions.
Several are also on The Great Lost Kinks Album (Kink Kronicles sequel the Ray had pulled after the initial pressing).
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 August 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/The-Kinks-The-Great-Lost-Kinks-Album/master/293040
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 12 August 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
itās mostly the demo stuff (particularly ātell me now so iāll knowā) that iām after
― budo jeru, Monday, 12 August 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
Ok, based on the fine-to-good Something Else and the so-far-incredible Arthur, there's a clear moment when this band became great - TKATVGPS.
― imago, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
if you haven't heard Face To Face, I think that's where the greatness begins fwiw
― sleeve, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
I won't leave it out! Arthur is just next-level though for all sorts of reasons
― imago, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
esp "Shangri-La" :)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
yes sir, no sir is a personal fave from arthuri will also stan for sleepwalker but i know it's not esp popular
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
good to know, i have that one but I don't think I've re-listened in a long time
― sleeve, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
Itās fun and funny (Life on the Road), has at least one jam (Mr Big), and the whole thing isnāt great but the songs I love are among my fave Kinks songs. Sleepwalker, Jukebox Music come to mind. Itās a fun rock album. I keep it in my car bc itās perfect for listening to while driving.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
I basically spent an entire summer as a teenager listening to VGPS on repeat and playing old Zelda games
― frogbs, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
I thought Village Green was the one album I could never wear out, though I have, kinda. Still the only album I've regularly listened to in every decade of my life. (save 0-9).
― bendy, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Iām with UMS on Some Motherās Son. Just devastating and flawless the way he moves back and forth through the three different viewpoints/time periods of the song (mother of young child, soldier, parents of fallen soldier).
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
the bridge of shangri-la is monumental
― imago, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
imago - youāve heard āSee My Friendsā and āAutumn Almanacā right? There are so many singles comps and bonus track editions now that Iām not sure what you find where.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
This thread revive has got me revisiting the peak-era albums over the past week, right now I'm thinking Arthur is their best.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
that seems pretty clear to me too
autumn almanac obviously mega-classic and long-beknownst to me, dunno why I didn't check out the albums sooner
― imago, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
timely message in arthur concerning the british tendency to genuflect before wealth and power even as it destroys you. quite dispiriting that he ended up accepting a knighthood
― imago, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
New mix of "Australia" from the reissue sounding pretty good this morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FKOzZwODO8
― āHakuna Matata,ā a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Saturday, 12 October 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
Happy birthday Ray Davies! Long live THE KINKSTheir music always puts me in a good mood, feels like home :)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 21 June 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
"Some Motherās Son" missed the top 50!? I figured that that was widely beloved.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 21 June 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
A good countdown, the only song in the top 50 that I dislike is "Dedicated Follower of Fashion".
Favourite deep cut not included: "Supersonic Rocketship" or "He's Evil".Favourite Dave song: "Lincoln County".
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
Chatting with a buddy tonight about all things Kinks on Ray's bday, & he contends Ray is UK's best songwriter, & I do believe I may agree with him. Arthur sounding great tonight. They should have never trashed those Holiday Inns. America missed out. But maybe that's what made em great.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 01:48 (two years ago) link
I absolutely love "Destroyer" what the fuck was wrong with ILX in 2012?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
i've got red hot kinks fever. i really love this live cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkUwSiJ7VQ
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
this would be my ballot, or something like this:
till the end of the daypicture bookdead end streetdaysi go to sleepi need youwaterloo sunsetsession manstrangerstired of waiting for youbig skydeath of a clownyou shouldn't be sadparty linestarstruckdavid wattsyou really got methe world keeps going rounddo you remember walter?victoriaall day and all of the nightanimal farmi'm not like everybody elsewhen i see that girl of mineshe's got everything20th century manshangri-lamr. pleasantring the bellsget back in line
i have no idea on the albums. i do think that i favor arthur/lola less than a lot of others, and i think their earlier garage stuff is wonderful even when they're on autopilot. ray davies sounded cool as hell on some of those songs.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 17:46 (two years ago) link
Nice to see your appreciation for some of the more obscure tracks on The Kinks Kontroversy.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 20:36 (two years ago) link
yeah i love that album so much! it flows really well. songs like "what's in store for me" are kind of the "autopilot" mode i was talking about - it would fit in really well on the Beatles Help, I think from the same year, which is high praise imo. i'm not sure who's influencing who at that point, in '65. but i think it's impressive for the kinks to hang with the beatles on a kind of deep cut like that, from the same year, because at the point the beatles had played a billion raw garage shows in germany/liverpool etc and they were probably tight as hell. the kinks seem to just kind of arrive and immediately sound like an absolute unit. underrated drumming, in the pocket/ringo style
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
Plus they had like half an hour to record their albums in Pye's second rate studios.
― Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 23:06 (two years ago) link