The Kinks Greatest Hits! (also spelled The Kinks' Greatest Hits!)[a] is a compilation album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released in the United States in August 1966 by Reprise Records, the album mostly consists of singles issued by the group between 1964 and 1966. The band's first greatest hits album, it remained on the Billboard Top LPs chart for over a year, peaking at number 9, making it the Kinks' highest charting album in the US. The album was in print for decades and was the Kinks' only gold record in America until 1980.
Reprise Records released The Kinks Greatest Hits! in the US on 10 August 1966.[b] The band's first greatest hits album,[5] it mostly consists of singles issued by the group between 1964 and 1966,[6] ranging from "You Really Got Me" to "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", recorded in mid-July1964 and February1966, respectively. All the tracks were recorded at Pye or IBC Studios in London and were produced by Shel Talmy.[7] "Something Better Beginning" is the only non-single on the album, first issued on Kinda Kinks (1965).[8]
The album's liner notes include one of the earliest instances of Ray Davies, the Kinks' principal songwriter, being characterised as a genius.[9] Author Thomas. M. Kitts suggests the description of Davies as "a brooding-faced, long-haired genius"[10] was an attempt to connect him to the English poet Lord Byron.[11] Eder writes that Ed Thrasher's cover art for the album, depicting the band in several concert photographs, further added to its collectibility.[12][13]
Like subsequent British compilations collecting the Kinks' mid-1960s hits, the album's sales surpassed those of the band's late 1960s studio albums.[16][c] It remained on the Billboard Top LPs chart for 64 weeks, peaking in November 1966 at number 9,[19] making it the Kinks' highest charting album in the US.[20] It additionally reached number 13 and 8 on Cash Box and Record World's charts, respectively.[21]RIAA certified it gold in November1968, indicating retail sales of US$1million (equivalent to US$8.8 million in 2023).[22] The album remained in print for around 20 years and was the Kinks' only American gold record until Low Budget's (1979) certification in 1980.[12][23]
Crawdaddy magazine critic Sandy Pearlman contemporaneously described it as among the best greatest hits albums available.[24] Authors Steve Alleman and Bruce Eder each retrospectively write that the album's joining of various styles served to indicate the Kinks' earliest musical developments, though Eder suggests the album's shortcoming is its omission of the band's later 1966 songs, like "Sunny Afternoon" and "Dandy".[12][25] Critic Robert Christgau included the album in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in his book Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[26]
^The title includes the apostrophe on the spine of the album sleeve, but it is omitted on the LP's label and on the sleeve's front and back.[3]
^Author Thomas M. Kitts wrote in 2002 that the album was released on 12 August 1966, while Kinks researcher Doug Hinman wrote in 2004 that it was the 10th.[4]
^Hinman writes a guitarist from Edward Kassner's office played additional rhythm guitar on "You Really Got Me", "likely Harry, possibly Bob or Vic, surname unknown".[28]
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^Gross 1967, p. 10: "The repackaged product currently clicking in the pop field include[s]... 'The Kinks' Greatest Hits' (Reprise)".
^Santosuosso 1966, p. 23: "Another well-wrapped package of R 'n R hits is 'The Kinks Greatest Hits!' (Reprise)."
Alleman, Steve (2002). "'The Hard Way' or 'Something Better Beginning' – An Alternate View of The Kinks' Artistic Development". In Kitts, Thomas M. (ed.). Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks. Rumford, Rhode Island: Desolation Angel Books. pp. 44–51. ISBN0-9641005-4-1.
Anon.[b] (8 October 1966). "Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 29. (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
Anon.[c] (22 October 1966). "100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. p. 29. (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
Anon.[d] (19 November 1966). "Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard. p. 50. (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
Anon.[e] (24 December 1966). "Best Albums of 1966" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
Barnes, Terry (13 May 2000). "Rock". Billboard. p. 76. from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
Christgau, Robert (10 April 1969). "Kinks Kountry". The Village Voice. Vol. XIV, no. 26. pp. 31, 36–37. from the original on 16 December 2021 – via robertchristgau.com.
Gross, Mike (24 June 1967). "Dressed-Up Reissues Giving Record Firms Sales Bonanza" (PDF). Billboard. pp. 1, 10. (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
Gunton, Sharon R., ed. (1982). Contemporary Literary Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Filmmakers, Screenwriters, and Other Creative Writers. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company. ISBN0-8103-0117-2.
Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN978-0-87930-765-3.
Kitts, Thomas M., ed. (2002). "Chronology". Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks. Rumford, Rhode Island: Desolation Angel Books. pp. 9–24. ISBN0-9641005-4-1.
Santosuosso, Ernie (4 September 1966). "Pseudo-Emperor's Reign A Traumatic Experience". The Boston Globe. p. 23. from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
The Kinks Greatest Hits! at Discogs (list of releases)
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Greatest Hits redirects here For other uses see Greatest Hits disambiguation The Kinks Greatest Hits also spelled The Kinks Greatest Hits a is a compilation album by the English rock band the Kinks Released in the United States in August 1966 by Reprise Records the album mostly consists of singles issued by the group between 1964 and 1966 The band s first greatest hits album it remained on the Billboard Top LPs chart for over a year peaking at number 9 making it the Kinks highest charting album in the US The album was in print for decades and was the Kinks only gold record in America until 1980 The Kinks Greatest Hits Greatest hits album by the KinksReleased10 August 1966RecordedJuly 1964 February 1966StudioPye and IBC LondonGenrePop 1 rock and roll 2 Length23 54LabelRepriseProducerShel TalmyThe Kinks US chronologyThe Kink Kontroversy 1966 The Kinks Greatest Hits 1966 Face to Face 1966 Contents 1 Release 2 Commercial performance and reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts and certifications 6 Notes 7 References 7 1 Citations 7 2 Sources 8 External linksRelease editReprise Records released The Kinks Greatest Hits in the US on 10 August 1966 b The band s first greatest hits album 5 it mostly consists of singles issued by the group between 1964 and 1966 6 ranging from You Really Got Me to Dedicated Follower of Fashion recorded in mid July 1964 and February 1966 respectively All the tracks were recorded at Pye or IBC Studios in London and were produced by Shel Talmy 7 Something Better Beginning is the only non single on the album first issued on Kinda Kinks 1965 8 The album s liner notes include one of the earliest instances of Ray Davies the Kinks principal songwriter being characterised as a genius 9 Author Thomas M Kitts suggests the description of Davies as a brooding faced long haired genius 10 was an attempt to connect him to the English poet Lord Byron 11 Eder writes that Ed Thrasher s cover art for the album depicting the band in several concert photographs further added to its collectibility 12 13 Commercial performance and reception editRetrospective professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 The Great Rock Discography nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 Like subsequent British compilations collecting the Kinks mid 1960s hits the album s sales surpassed those of the band s late 1960s studio albums 16 c It remained on the Billboard Top LPs chart for 64 weeks peaking in November 1966 at number 9 19 making it the Kinks highest charting album in the US 20 It additionally reached number 13 and 8 on Cash Box and Record World s charts respectively 21 RIAA certified it gold in November 1968 indicating retail sales of US 1 million equivalent to US 8 8 million in 2023 22 The album remained in print for around 20 years and was the Kinks only American gold record until Low Budget s 1979 certification in 1980 12 23 Crawdaddy magazine critic Sandy Pearlman contemporaneously described it as among the best greatest hits albums available 24 Authors Steve Alleman and Bruce Eder each retrospectively write that the album s joining of various styles served to indicate the Kinks earliest musical developments though Eder suggests the album s shortcoming is its omission of the band s later 1966 songs like Sunny Afternoon and Dandy 12 25 Critic Robert Christgau included the album in his Basic Record Library of 1950s and 1960s recordings published in his book Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies 1981 26 Track listing editAll songs by Ray Davies Side one You Really Got Me 2 20 Tired of Waiting for You 2 30 Set Me Free 2 10 Something Better Beginning 2 23 Who ll Be the Next in Line 1 59 Side two Till the End of the Day 2 20 Dedicated Follower of Fashion 2 59 A Well Respected Man 2 38 Ev rybody s Gonna Be Happy 2 15 All Day and All of the Night 2 20Personnel editAccording to band researcher Doug Hinman 27 except where noted The Kinks Ray Davies lead vocals electric and acoustic rhythm guitars piano Something Better Beginning Ev rybody s Gonna Be Happy Dave Davies backing vocals electric lead guitar Pete Quaife backing vocals bass Mick Avory drums tambourine You Really Got Me Till the End of the Day All Day and All of the Night Additional musicians Clem Cattini drums Till the End of the Day Rasa Davies backing vocals Something Better Beginning Set Me Free Till the End of the Day Ev rybody s Gonna Be Happy Perry Ford piano All Day and All of the Night Bobby Graham drums You Really Got Me Tired of Waiting for You All Day and All of the Night Arthur Greenslade piano You Really Got Me Nicky Hopkins piano Till the End of the Day Dedicated Follower of Fashion Unidentified girlfriends of the Kinks backing vocals Ev rybody s Gonna Be Happy Unidentified session musician d rhythm guitar You Really Got Me Production and additional personnel Bob Auger engineering Glyn Johns engineering You Really Got Me Alan MacKenzie engineering Till the End of the Day Dedicated Follower of Fashion A Well Respected Man Shel Talmy producer Ed Thrasher art direction 3 Charts and certifications editWeekly chart performance Chart 1966 1967 Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs 29 9 US Cash Box Top 100 Albums 30 13 US Record World Album Chart 31 8 Year end chart performance Chart 1966 Ranking US Cash Box 32 83 Certifications for The Kinks Greatest Hits Region Certification Certified units sales United States RIAA 33 Gold 1 000 000 22 Notes edit The title includes the apostrophe on the spine of the album sleeve but it is omitted on the LP s label and on the sleeve s front and back 3 Author Thomas M Kitts wrote in 2002 that the album was released on 12 August 1966 while Kinks researcher Doug Hinman wrote in 2004 that it was the 10th 4 The album sold over 200 000 copies by 1969 17 By comparison Something Else by the Kinks 1968 and The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 1969 sold a combined 25 000 copies in America 18 Hinman writes a guitarist from Edward Kassner s office played additional rhythm guitar on You Really Got Me likely Harry possibly Bob or Vic surname unknown 28 References editCitations edit Gross 1967 p 10 The repackaged product currently clicking in the pop field include s The Kinks Greatest Hits Reprise Santosuosso 1966 p 23 Another well wrapped package of R n R hits is The Kinks Greatest Hits Reprise a b Anon a 1966 Kitts 2002 p 12 Hinman 2004 p 88 Rogan 2015 p 721 Hinman 2004 p 88 Hinman 2004 pp 31 38 46 50 51 56 66 70 Hinman 2004 pp 50 88 Kitts 2008 p 115 Anon a 1966 quoted in Kitts 2008 pp 11 115 Kitts 2008 p 11 a b c d Eder Bruce The Kinks Greatest Hits Reprise The Kinks AllMusic Archived from the original on 29 June 2022 Retrieved 29 June 2022 Anon a 1966 Ed Thrasher s cover art Larkin 2011 chap Kinks Strong 2004 p 840 Hinman 2004 p 121 Christgau 1969 p 31 Hasted 2011 p 147 Hinman 2004 pp 88 92 The Kinks Chart History Billboard Archived from the original on 21 February 2023 Retrieved 21 February 2023 Anon b 1966 p 29 Anon c 1966 p 29 a b Hinman 2004 pp 88 121 Barnes 2000 p 76 Hinman 2004 p 236 Low Budget certified gold on 7 January 1980 Pearlman 1968 p 38 quoted in Gunton 1982 p 89 Alleman 2002 p 46 Christgau 1981 p 455 Hinman 2004 pp 29 30 38 46 50 51 56 66 70 77 88 Hinman 2004 p 29 Anon d 1966 p 50 Anon b 1966 p 29 Anon c 1966 p 29 Anon e 1966 p 34 American album certifications The Kinks The Kinks Greatest Hits Recording Industry Association of America Sources edit Alleman Steve 2002 The Hard Way or Something Better Beginning An Alternate View of The Kinks Artistic Development In Kitts Thomas M ed Living on a Thin Line Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks Rumford Rhode Island Desolation Angel Books pp 44 51 ISBN 0 9641005 4 1 Anon a 1966 The Kinks Greatest Hits Liner notes The Kinks Reprise Records R 6217 Anon b 8 October 1966 Top 100 Albums PDF Cash Box p 29 Archived PDF from the original on 22 March 2022 Retrieved 28 June 2022 Anon c 22 October 1966 100 Top LP s PDF Record World p 29 Archived PDF from the original on 7 July 2022 Retrieved 28 June 2022 Anon d 19 November 1966 Top LPs PDF Billboard p 50 Archived PDF from the original on 29 June 2022 Retrieved 28 June 2022 Anon e 24 December 1966 Best Albums of 1966 PDF Cash Box p 34 Archived PDF from the original on 9 October 2022 Retrieved 29 June 2022 Barnes Terry 13 May 2000 Rock Billboard p 76 Archived from the original on 29 June 2022 Retrieved 29 June 2022 Christgau Robert 10 April 1969 Kinks Kountry The Village Voice Vol XIV no 26 pp 31 36 37 Archived from the original on 16 December 2021 via robertchristgau com Christgau Robert 1981 Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies New Haven Connecticut Ticknor amp Fields ISBN 978 0 89919 025 9 Gross Mike 24 June 1967 Dressed Up Reissues Giving Record Firms Sales Bonanza PDF Billboard pp 1 10 Archived PDF from the original on 29 June 2022 Retrieved 29 June 2022 Gunton Sharon R ed 1982 Contemporary Literary Criticism Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Today s Novelists Poets Playwrights Short Story Writers Filmmakers Screenwriters and Other Creative Writers Detroit Michigan Gale Research Company ISBN 0 8103 0117 2 Hasted Nick 2011 The Story of the Kinks You Really Got Me London Omnibus Press ISBN 978 1 84938 660 9 Hinman Doug 2004 The Kinks All Day and All of the Night Day by Day Concerts Recordings and Broadcasts 1961 1996 San Francisco California Backbeat Books ISBN 978 0 87930 765 3 Kitts Thomas M ed 2002 Chronology Living on a Thin Line Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks Rumford Rhode Island Desolation Angel Books pp 9 24 ISBN 0 9641005 4 1 Kitts Thomas M 2008 Ray Davies Not Like Everybody Else New York City Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 97768 5 Larkin Colin ed 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Fifth concise ed London Omnibus Press ISBN 978 0 85712 595 8 Archived from the original on 24 March 2023 Retrieved 3 July 2022 Pearlman Sandy January 1968 Doors amp Kinks Crawdaddy pp 21 25 36 39 Rogan Johnny 2015 Ray Davies A Complicated Life London The Bodley Head ISBN 978 1 84792 317 2 Santosuosso Ernie 4 September 1966 Pseudo Emperor s Reign A Traumatic Experience The Boston Globe p 23 Archived from the original on 23 October 2023 Retrieved 4 July 2022 via Newspapers com Strong Martin C 2004 The Great Rock Discography New York City Canongate U S ISBN 978 1 84195 615 2 External links editThe Kinks Greatest Hits at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Kinks Greatest Hits amp oldid 1183243589, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
