The Kinks
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Tom Waits For No One
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Re: The Kinks
Good to see/hear from you!
Preservation Act Vol.1 is worth a listen John.
Preservation Act Vol.1 is worth a listen John.
Give a shit or be a shit.
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robertff
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Re: The Kinks
Interesting question. You’ve definitely got the ones to have already but of everything that came after Muswell Hillbillies it becomes a little more problematic.
I think I have most of the albums after MH, all of them have something worth having on them but to fully recommend any becomes a difficulty. If you look at a site like allmusic.com very few of the 70s’+ Kinks’ albums ever get more that a 3* recommendation from allmusic yet on the user ratings side most have at least 4*, which makes it confusing. I know you don’t need to take any notice of what music site reviewers say but it is a guide. Other reviewers like Colin Larkin rate many of them higher such as Kink Kronikles, The Great Lost Kinks Album, Schoolboys In Disgrace, Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, State of Confusion, Phobia and To The Bone.
As I said they all have something worthy about them but if you’re searching for another Face To Face, Something Else, Village Green and Arthur you might be a little disappointed. I like the later albums but not as much as the mid 60s’ to early 70s’ albums.
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I think I have most of the albums after MH, all of them have something worth having on them but to fully recommend any becomes a difficulty. If you look at a site like allmusic.com very few of the 70s’+ Kinks’ albums ever get more that a 3* recommendation from allmusic yet on the user ratings side most have at least 4*, which makes it confusing. I know you don’t need to take any notice of what music site reviewers say but it is a guide. Other reviewers like Colin Larkin rate many of them higher such as Kink Kronikles, The Great Lost Kinks Album, Schoolboys In Disgrace, Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, State of Confusion, Phobia and To The Bone.
As I said they all have something worthy about them but if you’re searching for another Face To Face, Something Else, Village Green and Arthur you might be a little disappointed. I like the later albums but not as much as the mid 60s’ to early 70s’ albums.
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Charlie O.
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Re: The Kinks
What robertff said, basically. (The Kink Kronikles and The Great Lost Kinks Album are comps and To The Bone mostly live/remakes, just to be clear.)
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GoogaMooga
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Re: The Kinks
The Kink Kronikles is the Kinks album I have played the most.
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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Matt Wilson
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Re: The Kinks
Jock, the very next one, Everybody's in Show-biz is pretty good too.
Johnny Coan, describing the members of Preludin with no irony whatsofuckingever:
"Dopey lethargic cunts sitting around the table waiting to be fed."
"Dopey lethargic cunts sitting around the table waiting to be fed."
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Jock
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pcqgod
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Re: The Kinks
My favorites after Muswell Hillbillies are:
Schoolboys in Disgrace
Misfits
State of Confusion
Word of Mouth
One for the Road (live)
The ones I would recommend skipping are:
Everybody's in Showbiz
Low Budget
Give the People What They Want
Think Visual
Schoolboys in Disgrace
Misfits
State of Confusion
Word of Mouth
One for the Road (live)
The ones I would recommend skipping are:
Everybody's in Showbiz
Low Budget
Give the People What They Want
Think Visual
Where would rock 'n' roll be without feedback?
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Charlie O.
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Re: The Kinks
I love the live half of Everybody's In Showbiz - too loose and woozy for some, I'm sure, but I think it's a real hoot. (WAY more fun than they were the two times I saw them in the '80s.) The studio half - mostly songs about the touring life and the vagaries of pop stardom - has its moments, but I always think of Kinks kronikler John Mendelssohn saying that the theme of the album "can be summed up in three words: bitch, bitch, bitch."