The Kinks discography | |
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Studio albums | 26 |
EPs | 10 |
Live albums | 6 |
Compilation albums | 34 |
Singles | 78 |
The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due to the US albums including the hit singles, and the UK albums not; after The Kink Kontroversy in 1965 the albums were the same. [2] Between 100 and 200 compilation albums have been released worldwide. [3] [4]
Their hit singles included three UK number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "You Really Got Me"; plus 18 top-40 singles in the 1960s alone and further top-40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s. The Kinks had five top-10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the top 40. [5] In the UK, the group had 17 top-20 singles and five top-10 albums. [6] The RIAA has certified four of the Kinks' albums as gold records. The Kinks Greatest Hits! , released in 1966, was certified gold for sales totaling of one million dollars on 28 November 1968—six days after the release of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society , which failed to chart worldwide. [7] The group would not receive another gold record award until 1979's Low Budget . The 1980 live album One for the Road was certified gold on 8 December 1980. Give the People What They Want , released in 1981, received its certification on 25 January 1982, for sales of 500,000 copies. [8] ASCAP, the performing-rights group, presented the Kinks with an award for "One of the Most-Played Songs of 1983" for the hit single "Come Dancing". [9]
Year [10] | Title [10] | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||||||
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AUS [12] | CAN [13] | FRA [14] | GER [15] | NED [16] | NZ [18] | US [21] | |||
1967 | Live at Kelvin Hall | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | 162 | |
1980 | One for the Road | 71 | 24 | — | 49 | 31 | 31 | 14 | |
1988 | The Road | — | — | — | — | — | — | 110 | |
1994 | To the Bone | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2001 | BBC Sessions: 1964–1977 | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | |
2016 | Kinks in Koncert 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Year [30] | Title [30] | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||
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UK [11] | AUS [31] | FRA [14] | NOR [32] | NZ [33] | US [21] | |||
1966 | The Kinks
| 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1966 | The Kinks Greatest Hits! | ≈ | — | — | — | — | 9 |
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1966 | Well Respected Kinks | 5 | — | 65 | 2 | — | — | |
1967 | Sunny Afternoon | 9 | — | 55 | — | — | — | |
1970 | The Kinks
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1971 | Golden Hour | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1972 | The Kink Kronikles | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | |
1973 | The Great Lost Kinks Album | — | — | — | — | 145 | ||
1976 | The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes | — | — | — | — | — | 144 | |
1978 | 20 Golden Greats | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1980 | Second Time Around | — | — | — | — | — | 177 | |
1983 | Dead End Street – Greatest Hits | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1984 | Compleat Collection | — | — | — | 35 | — | 209 | |
1986 | Come Dancing with The Kinks: The Best of 1977–1986
| — | — | — | — | — | 159 | |
1987 | The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
| — | — | — | — | — | ? | |
1989 | Greatest Hits
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The Ultimate Collection
| 35 | 37 | — | — | — | — | ||
1990 | Fab Forty – The Singles Collection 1964–1970
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1991 | Lost & Found 1986–89
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1993 | The Definitive Collection
| 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
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1993 | A Portrait of the Kinks
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1996 | The Definitive Collection
| 51 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1997 | You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks
| 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
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1997 | The Singles Collection
| 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
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2001 | The Singles Collection
| 81 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2002 | The Ultimate Collection
| 32 | — | — | 5 | 46 | — |
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2008 | Picture Book (6-CD box set)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2011 | The Singles Collection
| 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
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2012 | Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies
| 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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2014 | The Essential Kinks
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2014 | The Anthology 1964–1971 (5-CD box set)
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2015 | Sunny Afternoon: The Very Best of The Kinks
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2023 | The Journey, Pt. 1
| 41 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2023 | The Journey, Pt. 2
| 93 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | EP details [41] [42] [43] | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [44] [11] | US Main [45] | ||
1964 | Kinksize Session
| 1 | — |
The Kinks (All Day and All of the Night)
| — | — | |
1965 | The Kinks (Got Love If You Want It)
| — | — |
Kinksize Hits
| 3 | — | |
Kwyet Kinks
| 1 | — | |
1966 | Dedicated Kinks
| 7 | — |
1967 | Mister Pleasant
| — | — |
1968 | The Kinks
| — | — |
1971 | The Kinks (from the soundtrack of the film Percy)
| — | — |
You Really Got Me
| — | — | |
1980 | Waterloo Sunset
| — | — |
The Kinks Live EP
| — | — | |
1984 | State of Confusion
| — | — |
1991 | Did Ya
| — | 48 |
1994 | Waterloo Sunset '94 EP
| — | — |
1996 | The Days EP
| 35 | — |
2016 | Till Death Us Do Part
| — | — |
2017 | Ravensize Session (The Pre-Kinks Regent Studio Demos)
| — | — |
2018 | Kinks TV Session
| — | — |
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||
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UK [11] | US [46] | AUS [12] | CAN | GER [15] | IRE [47] | NLD [48] | NZ [49] [50] | ||||||||||||
1964 | "Long Tall Sally" B-side "I Took My Baby Home" | B-side appears on début album Kinks | 42 [nb 2] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release [51] | ||||||||
"You Still Want Me" B-side "You Do Something to Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release [52] | ||||||||||
"You Really Got Me" B-side "It's All Right" (non-album track) | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 23 | 2 | Kinks [53] | ||||||||||
"All Day and All of the Night" B-side "I Gotta Move" | 2 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 22 | — | 9 | 5 | Non-album release [54] Included on Kinks-Size in US | ||||||||||
1965 | "Tired of Waiting for You" B-side "Come On Now" | 1 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 18 | — | Kinda Kinks [55] Included on Kinks-Size in US | |||||||||
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [nb 3] b/w "Who'll Be the Next in Line" | 17 | — | — | — | 29 | — | 28 | — | Non-album release [56] Included on Kinda Kinks in US | ||||||||||
"Set Me Free" B-side "I Need You" | 9 | 23 | 54 | 2 | 32 | — | 12 | — | Non-album release [57] Included on Kinda Kinks in US | ||||||||||
"See My Friends" B-side "Never Met a Girl Like You Before" | 10 | — | — | — | 36 | — | 26 | — | Non-album release [58] Included on Kinkdom in US | ||||||||||
"Who'll Be the Next in Line" B-side "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" | — | 34 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | Non-album release [59] Included on Kinkdom in US | ||||||||||
"A Well Respected Man" [nb 4] B-side "Such a Shame" | ≈ | 13 | 11 | — | — | — | 6 | — | Non-album release [60] / Kwyet Kinks Included on Kinkdom in US | ||||||||||
"Till the End of the Day" B-side "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" | 8 | 50 | 63 | 34 | 19 | — | 6 | — | The Kink Kontroversy [61] | ||||||||||
1966 | "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" B-side "Sittin' on My Sofa" | 4 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Non-album release [62] | |||||||||
"Sunny Afternoon" B-side "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (non-album track) | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Face to Face [63] | ||||||||||
"Dandy" B-side "Party Line" | ≈ | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | Face to Face [64] | ||||||||||
"Dead End Street" B-side "Big Black Smoke" | 5 | 73 | 62 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | Non-album release [65] | ||||||||||
1967 | "Mister Pleasant" B-side "Harry Rag" (US) "This Is Where I Belong" (Europe) | B-side "Harry Rag" appears on Something Else by The Kinks | ≈ | 80 | 35 | 79 | 12 | — | 2 | — | Non-album release [65] | ||||||||
"Waterloo Sunset" B-side "Act Nice and Gentle" (non-album track) (UK) "Two Sisters" (US) | 2 | — | 4 | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Something Else by The Kinks [66] | ||||||||||
"Death of a Clown" B-side "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" | Labelled as Dave Davies solo | 3 | — | 31 | 68 | 3 | — | 2 | — | Something Else by The Kinks [67] | |||||||||
"Autumn Almanac" B-side "Mr. Pleasant" | "David Watts" used as B-side in non-UK regions | 3 | — | 73 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 17 | Non-album release [68] | |||||||||
"Susannah's Still Alive" B-side "Funny Face" | Labelled as Dave Davies solo | 20 | — | — | — | 27 | — | 10 | — | Non-album release [69] | |||||||||
1968 | "Wonderboy" B-side "Polly" | 36 | — | — | — | 29 | — | 4 | — | Non-album release [70] | |||||||||
"Days" B-side "She's Got Everything" | 12 | — | 77 | — | 28 | 16 | 6 | 11 | Non-album release [71] | ||||||||||
"Lincoln County" B-side "There Is No Life Without Love" | Labelled as Dave Davies solo | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | Non-album release [72] | |||||||||
1969 | "Starstruck" | ≈ | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society [73] | |||||||||
"Picture Book" | Australia only | ≈ | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society [74] | |||||||||
"Hold My Hand" B-side "Creeping Jean" | Labelled as Dave Davies solo | — | ± | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release [75] | |||||||||
"Plastic Man" B-side "King Kong" | 31 | — | 97 | — | 34 | — | 16 | — | Non-album release [76] | ||||||||||
"Drivin'" B-side "Mindless Child of Motherhood" (non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [77] | ||||||||||
"The Village Green Preservation Society" B-side "Do You Remember Walter?" | ≈ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society [78] | ||||||||||
"Shangri-La" B-side "This Man, He Weeps Tonight" (non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [79] | ||||||||||
"Australia" B-side "She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" | Australia only | ≈ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [80] | |||||||||
"Victoria" B-side "Mr. Churchill Says" (UK) "Brainwashed" (US) | 33 | 62 | 57 | 33 | — | — | — | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) [81] | ||||||||||
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
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UK [11] | US [46] | GER [15] | AUS [12] | CAN | IRE [47] | NLD [48] | NZ [50] | |||
1970 | "Lola" b/w "Berkeley Mews" (non-album track) (UK) "Mindless Child of Motherhood" (US) | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One |
"Apeman" b/w "Rats" | 5 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | ||
1971 | "God's Children" b/w "Moments" | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | 21 | Percy |
"20th Century Man" b/w "Skin and Bone" | — | 106 | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | Muswell Hillbillies | |
1972 | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" b/w "You Don't Know My Name" | 16 | 111 | 16 | — | — | — | 25 | — | Everybody's in Show-Biz |
"Celluloid Heroes" b/w "Hot Potatoes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973 | "One of the Survivors" b/w "Scrapheap City" | — | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Preservation Act 1 |
"Sitting in the Midday Sun" b/w "One of the Survivors" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Sweet Lady Genevieve" b/w "Sitting in My Hotel" (UK) "Sitting in the Midday Sun" (US) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" b/w "Lola" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Kink Kontroversy | |
1974 | "Money Talks" b/w "Here Comes Flash" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Preservation Act 2 |
"Mirror of Love" b/w "He's Evil" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Mirror of Love"(Band Version) b/w "He's Evil" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Holiday Romance" b/w "Shepherds of the Nation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soap Opera | |
"Preservation" b/w "Salvation Road" (from Preservation Act 2 ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
1975 | "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" b/w "Ordinary People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soap Opera |
"Ducks on the Wall" b/w "Rush Hour Blues" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"You Can't Stop the Music" b/w "Have Another Drink" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976 | "I'm in Disgrace" b/w "The Hard Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Schoolboys in Disgrace |
"No More Looking Back" b/w "Jack the Idiot Dunce"/"The Hard Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977 | "Sleepwalker" b/w "Full Moon" | — | 48 | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | Sleepwalker |
"Juke Box Music" b/w "Sleepless Night" (UK) "Life Goes On" (US) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Father Christmas" b/w "Prince of the Punks" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
1978 | "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" b/w "Artificial Light" (non-album track) (US) "Live Life" (US) "Get Up" (US 2nd pressings) | — | 30 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | Misfits |
"Live Life" b/w "In a Foreign Land" (UK) "Black Messiah" (US) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Black Messiah" b/w "Misfits" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979 | "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" b/w "Low Budget" | — | 41 | — | 71 | 43 | — | — | — | Low Budget |
"A Gallon of Gas" b/w "Low Budget" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Catch Me Now I'm Falling" b/w "Low Budget" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Moving Pictures" b/w "In a Space" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Pressure" b/w "National Health" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
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UK [11] | US [46] | US Main [45] | AUS [12] | CAN | IRE [47] | NLD [48] | NZ [82] | ||||
1980 | "Celluloid Heroes" (live) b/w "Lola" (live) | — | 80 | — | 69 | — | — | 1 | — | One for the Road | |
1981 | "Better Things" b/w "Massive Reductions" (UK) b/w "Yo-Yo" (US) | 46 | 90 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | Give the People What They Want | |
"Destroyer" b/w "Back to Front" | — | 80 | 3 | — | 35 | — | — | — | |||
1982 | "Come Dancing" b/w "Noise" | 12 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 29 | — | State of Confusion | |
1983 | "You Really Got Me" b/w "Medley (You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night)" b/w "Misty Water" | Picture-sleeve reissue of original 1964 version | 47 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
"Don't Forget to Dance" b/w "Bernadette" | 58 | 29 | 16 | — | 20 | — | — | 38 | State of Confusion | ||
"State of Confusion" b/w "Labour of Love" | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1984 | "Do It Again" b/w "Guilty" | — | 41 | 4 | — | 91 | — | — | — | Word of Mouth | |
1985 | "Summer's Gone" b/w "Going Solo" | Only a release in US | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1985 | "Living on a Thin Line" b/w "Sold Me Out" | Only a 12-inch promotional release in US | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1986 | "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" b/w "Sleazy Town" | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | Think Visual | |
1987 | "How Are You" b/w "Killing Time" (UK) b/w "Working at the Factory" (US) | 86 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Lost and Found" b/w "Killing Time" | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1988 | "The Road" b/w "Art Lover" | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | Live: The Road | |
1989 | "Down All the Days (Till 1992)" b/w "You Really Got Me" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | UK Jive | |
"How Do I Get Close" b/w "Down All the Days (Till 1992)" (UK) b/w "War Is Over" (US) | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Main [45] | ||||
1991 | "Did Ya" (CD single and EP) [83] |
| 48 | Non-album release |
1993 | "Only a Dream" | — | Phobia | |
"Hatred (A Duet)" | 19 | |||
"Scattered" (CD single) | — | |||
"Still Searching" |
| — | ||
1996 | "To the Bone" (Radio edits) |
| — | To the Bone |
"To the Bone" (Promo) |
| — | ||
1997 | "You Really Got Me" (Live) | — |
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album |
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UK [11] | ||||
2004 | "You Really Got Me" [nb 5] b/w "It's All Right" |
| 42 | Non-album releases |
2007 | "Waterloo Sunset" [nb 6] b/w "Act Nice and Gentle" |
| 47 |
Year | Title | Notes | Album |
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2017 | "Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys" (Ray Davies solo) [nb 7] b/w "Oklahoma U.S.A" (The Kinks) |
| Americana (Ray Davies solo album) |
"All Day and All of the Night" [nb 8] b/w "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" b/w "I Gotta Move" b/w "Long Tall Shorty" |
| Non-album releases | |
"Got Love If You Want It" [nb 9] b/w "I Took My Baby Home" b/w "Cadillac" b/w "Beautiful Delilah" |
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2018 | "Time Song" [nb 10] b/w "The Village Green Preservation Society" (Preservation Version) |
| Village Green Preservation Society 50TH Super Deluxe Box Set |
"Days" [nb 11] b/w "She's Got Everything" |
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"Starstruck" [nb 12] b/w "Picture Book" |
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"The Village Green Preservation Society" [nb 13] b/w "Do You Remember Walter?" |
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2019 | "Australia" (Mono) [nb 14] b/w "She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" (Mono) |
| Arthur 50th anniversary deluxe box set |
"Drivin'" (Mono) [nb 15] b/w "Mindless Child of Motherhood" (Mono) |
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"Shangri-La" (Mono) [nb 16] b/w "This Man He Weeps Tonight" (Mono) |
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"Victoria" (Stereo) [nb 17] b/w "Mr. Churchill Says" (Stereo) |
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"Arthur" (Mono) [nb 18] b/w "Brainwashed" (Mono) |
| Non-album release |
Year | Title | Notes | Album |
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2020 | "Lola" [nb 19] b/w "Berkerley Mews" |
| Lola 50th |
"Apeman" [nb 20] b/w "Rats" |
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Year | Title | Media | Director | Album |
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1966 | "Dead End Street" | B&W Film | Paul O'Dell | Non-album single |
1968 | "Wonderboy" | B&W Film | Non-album single | |
"Days" | B&W Film | Non-album single | ||
"Starstruck" | B&W Film | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society | ||
1970 | "Apeman" | Colour Film | Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One | |
1972 | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" | B&W Film | Laurie Lewis | Everybody's in Showbiz |
1973 | "Sitting in the Midday Sun" | Colour Film | Preservation Act 1 | |
1977 | "Father Christmas" | Colour Film | Non-album single | |
1981 | "Predictable" | Colour Film | Julien Temple | Give the People What They Want |
1982 | "Come Dancing" | Colour Film | State of Confusion | |
1983 | "Don't Forget to Dance" | Colour Film | ||
"State of Confusion" | Colour Film | |||
1984 | "Do it Again" | Colour Film | Word of Mouth | |
1986 | "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" | Colour Film | Think Visual | |
"How Are You" | Colour Film | |||
1987 | "Lost and Found" | Colour Film | ||
1988 | "The Road" | Colour VT/ Film | Ray Davies | Live: The Road |
1989 | "Down All the Days (Till 1992)" | Colour Film | UK Jive | |
"How Do I Get Close" | Colour Film | |||
1993 | "Only a Dream" | B&W Film | Phobia | |
"Scattered" | Colour Film | |||
1994 | "To the Bone" | Colour Film | To the Bone | |
2018 | "Time Song" | Lyric Video | Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy | Village Green Preservation Society 50TH Super Deluxe Box Set |
2019 | Lyric video / Promotional videos | Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy | Arthur 50th anniversary deluxe box set | |
2020 | "Any Time 2020" | B&W Film / Lyric video | John Paveley | Lola 50th anniversary deluxe box set |
"Powerman 2020 Mix" | Promotional Video (Animated) | |||
"Lola" (2020 Stereo Remaster) | Animated (Comic Style) Video | John Paveley and Andy Galloway |
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"Shangri-La" is a song written by Ray Davies of the Kinks. The song appeared on the 1969 concept album, Arthur. The song's inspiration can be traced back to when the band visited the Davies brothers' sister, Rose, and her family in Australia, the "designed community" that the family lived in serving as the initial lyrical inspiration. The song's highly ironic lyrics comment on British class society while portraying Arthur, the album's ill-fated protagonist, and his empty life in the suburbs. The musical aspects of the song both reflect and comment on the mood of the lyrics.
"Apeman" is a 1970 song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies and appears on the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. Written as a call to return to nature amidst the crowding and industry of the city, the song features calypso stylings. Like its predecessor, "Lola", it had to have a lyric re-dubbed for commercial release.
"All Day and All of the Night" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from 1964. Released as a single, it reached No. 2 in the UK on the Record Retailer chart and No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965. The song was included on the Kinksize Hits EP in the UK and the Kinks' second American album, Kinks-Size (1965).
"Tired of Waiting for You" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released as a single on 15 January 1965 in the UK and on 17 February 1965 in the US. The single reached number one in the UK and number six in the US. It then appeared on their second studio album, Kinda Kinks. It was the group's highest-charting single in the US - tied with "Come Dancing", which achieved the same chart position eighteen years later in 1983.
The Ultimate Collection is a compilation of singles by British rock band the Kinks. It was released on Sanctuary Records on 27 May 2002 in the UK and 23 September 2003 in the United States. In June 2002, it reached no. 32 on the UK Albums Chart, and in August 2007, no. 1 on the UK Indie albums chart. It has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.
"Susannah's Still Alive" is a song by Dave Davies, released for his second solo single. The recording featured all of the Kinks' members as his backing band. It was a hit but it did not live up to the expectations of Davies' last single "Death of a Clown", which was a Top 5 hit. It failed to chart in the US, but was a significant success in Europe, reaching #10 in the Netherlands, #27 in Germany, #18 in Belgium and #18 in Sweden. Although it was never featured on an LP, its B-side "Funny Face" was included on the Kinks' 1967 album Something Else by the Kinks.
"Mister Pleasant" is a song recorded by British rock group the Kinks in 1967, written by Ray Davies.
Kinksize Session is the first EP released by the Kinks in the UK in 1964, a month after their debut LP. The tracks were all exclusive to this release and it includes some original compositions.
Sunny Afternoon is the second UK budget-priced compilation album by British rock group the Kinks released in 1967. The album consists of some of the most popular singles and B-sides released by the Kinks from 1965 and 1966. It also includes a cover of "Louie Louie", originally from the 1964 Kinksize Session EP and the track "Such A Shame" from the 1965 Kwyet Kinks EP.
Kwyet Kinks is the third EP by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on 17 September 1965 in the United Kingdom by Pye Records. Driven by the inclusion of the song "A Well Respected Man", Kwyet Kinks topped sales charts in Britain for several weeks. In the United States, which had no corresponding market for EPs, Reprise Records instead used its songs as the basis for the November 1965 LP Kinkdom.
"Who'll Be the Next in Line" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies.
The Kinks Are Well Respected Men is a two disc compilation album by British rock group the Kinks, released in 1987. The album consists of all the non-album singles and b-sides released in the UK by the Kinks from 1964 to 1970. It also includes all of the tracks from the 1964 Kinksize Session EP and the 1965 Kwyet Kinks EP.
A Hole in the Sock of Dave Davies refers to an unreleased album of solo material by Dave Davies, lead guitarist and co-founder of British rock band the Kinks. Apparently the album was, at least for a time, intended to be released under the name Lincoln County, however, numerous names have been applied to it, including The Album That Never Was.
Konk is the name of a recording studio established by members of English rock band the Kinks.
Scottish recording artist Jimmy Somerville has entered the music industry as the frontman of the synth-pop act, known as Bronski Beat. Alongside, he would score an early international success with a series of top-ten hits, such as "Smalltown Boy", "Why?" and "I Feel Love Medley"; all taken from the trio's debut album, The Age of Consent (1984), as well the remix equivalent, Hundreds & Thousands (1985). A similar status enjoyed the follow-up hit singles: "Don't Leave Me This Way", "So Cold the Night" and "Never Can Say Goodbye"; these though, were recorded for the eponymous set of his later duo Communards (1986), or its Red successor (1987) yet. The singer's own full-length debut would see its eventual results at the very end of the 1980s, marking the ending of his former bands' years, or rather the beginning of his solo era since.
"Only a Dream" is a song released and performed by the British rock band the Kinks, written by the main songwriter of the band, Ray Davies. The song appeared on their 1993 album Phobia, the band's final LP.