Something Else by the Kinks

Something Else by the Kinks
Something Else by the Kinks
Studio album by the Kinks
Released	15 September 1967
Recorded	January–July 1967; (except April and 9 June 1966 for "End of the Season");
Studio	Pye, London
Genre	Pop ; art pop ; rock ; psychedelia ; folk ; music hall ;
Length	36:17
Label	Pye
Producer	Shel Talmy (US); uncredited (UK);
The Kinks UK chronology
The Kinks US chronology

Last updated October 18, 2024

1 2 When detailing the song's recording session, Hinman writes "Funny Face" features Mellotron.^[21] When listing the song's personnel, he instead writes Davies or Hopkins played either piano or organ.^[22]

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1 2 3 4 5 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks – Something Else by The Kinks". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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↑ McColl 2014, p. 347.
↑ Matijas-Mecca 2020, p. 102.
↑ Stylus Staff (22 March 2004). "Top 101–200 Favourite Albums Ever". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023. Laced with Ray Davies' trademark masquerade folk music and wry observations on British life, Something Else was the band's Rubber Soul ...
1 2 3 Sante, Luc (25 March 2018). "The Kinks: Something Else". Pitchfork . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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↑ Something Else CD liner notes
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↑ "THE KINKS: FACE TO FACE, SOMETHING ELSE, ARTHUR – REMASTERS". Glide Magazine. 11 July 2011.
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[Funny_Face-23] 1 2 When detailing the song's recording session, Hinman writes "Funny Face" features Mellotron.^[21] When listing the song's personnel, he instead writes Davies or Hopkins played either piano or organ.^[22]

[FOOTNOTEHinman200482,_84,_104-1] Hinman 2004, pp. 82, 84, 104.

[AMG-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks – Something Else by The Kinks". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[Larkin_1999-3] Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021.

[FOOTNOTEMcColl2014347-4] McColl 2014, p. 347.

[FOOTNOTEMatijas-Mecca2020102-5] Matijas-Mecca 2020, p. 102.

[Stylus_Staff_2004-6] Stylus Staff (22 March 2004). "Top 101–200 Favourite Albums Ever". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023. Laced with Ray Davies' trademark masquerade folk music and wry observations on British life, Something Else was the band's Rubber Soul ...

[pm-7] 1 2 3 Sante, Luc (25 March 2018). "The Kinks: Something Else". Pitchfork . Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[Straight_Arrow-8] 1 2 "288 | Something Else By the Kinks - The Kinks". Rolling Stone . No. Special Issue. Straight Arrow. November 2003. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[Larkin-9] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). London, England: Virgin Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

[Liner_Notes-10] Something Else CD liner notes

[11] "Kinks guitarist Dave Davies continues to stake his claim as a rawk god at age 72". 11 April 2019.

[12] "THE KINKS: FACE TO FACE, SOMETHING ELSE, ARTHUR – REMASTERS". Glide Magazine. 11 July 2011.

[tyf-13] Thompson, Brian (15 September 2017). "From the Record Crate: The Kinks – "Something Else by The Kinks" (1967)". The Young Folks. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[14] "Something Else by the Kinks". Rolling Stone. 9 March 1968. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[15] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.

[16] "Kinks Klassics". Uncut . No. 88. September 2004. p. 62.

[Pomeroy-17] 1 2 James Pomeroy (9 March 1968). "Something Else by the Kinks". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

[18] "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

[19] "Something Else by the Kinks ranked 478th greatest album by Rolling Stone magazine". Rolling Stone. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[FOOTNOTEHinman200495,_99,_101,_104-20] Hinman 2004, pp. 95, 99, 101, 104.

[FOOTNOTEHinman2004101-21] Hinman 2004, p. 101.

[FOOTNOTEHinman2004107-22] Hinman 2004, p. 107.

[FOOTNOTESmith201123-24] Smith 2011, p. 23.

[FOOTNOTERogan199856-25] Rogan 1998, p. 56.

[FOOTNOTERogan199854-26] Rogan 1998, p. 54.

[FOOTNOTEHinman200498,_104-27] Hinman 2004, pp. 98, 104.

[FOOTNOTEHinman200496,_98-28] Hinman 2004, pp. 96, 98.

[FOOTNOTEMiller200311-29] 1 2 Miller 2003, p. 11.

[FOOTNOTEHinman200498-30] Hinman 2004, p. 98.

[ac_Norway_The_Kinks-31] "Norwegiancharts.com – The Kinks – Something Else by the Kinks". Hung Medien.

[32] "The Kinks". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[33] "Billboard Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. 2 March 1968. pp. 60, 62.

[34] "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . 24 February 1968. p. 51.

[35] "Offiziellecharts.de – The Kinks – Something Else by the Kinks" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts . Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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v t e The Kinks
Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton John Gosling Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Ian Gibbons Bob Henrit Gordon John Edwards Mark Haley
Studio albums	Kinks (1964) Kinks-Size (1965; US-only) Kinda Kinks (1965) Kinkdom (1965; US-only) The Kink Kontroversy (1965) Face to Face (1966) Something Else (1967) Village Green Preservation Society (1968) Arthur (1969) Lola Versus Powerman (1970) Percy (1971) Muswell Hillbillies (1971) Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) Preservation Act 1 (1973) Preservation Act 2 (1974) Soap Opera (1975) Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) Sleepwalker (1977) Misfits (1978) Low Budget (1979) Give the People What They Want (1981) State of Confusion (1983) Word of Mouth (1984) Think Visual (1986) UK Jive (1989) Phobia (1993)
Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall (1968) One for the Road (1980) Live: The Road (1988) To the Bone (1994/1996) BBC Sessions: 1964–1977 (2001)
EPs	Kinksize Session (1964) Kwyet Kinks (1965)
Compilations	The Kinks Greatest Hits! (1966) Well Respected Kinks (1966) Sunny Afternoon (1967) Then Now and Inbetween (1969) The Kink Kronikles (1972) The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973) Come Dancing with The Kinks (1986) The Kinks Are Well Respected Men (1987) The Ultimate Collection (2002) Picture Book (2008) Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies (2012) The Essential Kinks (2014)
Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)
Concert tours	1965 UK tour 1965 US tour
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