The Kink Kronikles

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The Kink Kronikles
Pye & Morgan, London[1]
GenreRock
Length82:35
LabelReprise
ProducerRay Davies
The Kinks US chronology
Muswell Hillbillies
(1971) 		The Kink Kronikles
(1972) 		Everybody's in Show-Biz
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideA[3]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[4]

The Kink Kronikles is a

Percy), and one track previously unreleased. Designed specifically for the American market, it peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard 200
. The single versions and mixes were not necessarily used for each track.

Content

After the Kinks failed to renew their American distribution contract with Reprise, the label assembled this compilation without input from the band. Instead, Reprise invited rock journalist and noted Kinks fan John Mendelsohn to compile this package, ignoring the band's early trademark hits already appearing on The Kinks Greatest Hits!. Mendelsohn also contributed the liner notes.

The album contains all five singles that charted on the

Mr. Pleasant". "Lola" and "Apeman" were the band's first American top ten hits in over five years. Five tracks made their U.S. debut in any format here – "Berkeley Mews
", "Willesden Green", "This Is Where I Belong", "Did You See His Name?" and "King Kong". "Did You See His Name?" was original to this compilation. "King Kong" would make its US single debut Reprise 1094 two months after the release of this double album. (It had been released in 1969 in the UK and other European countries.)

Considered an exemplary compilation, the album was ranked number 232 on

the 500 greatest albums of all time,[5] one of the few compilations to appear on the list. It became an important milestone in the Kinks' career by introducing highlights of the band's England-centered 1966-1970 period to American audiences. It was never properly remastered for compact disc
; the CD track listing is identical to that on the original vinyl, placing sides one and two on disc one and sides three and four on disc two. On August 29, 2020, a remastered release was issued in digital and vinyl formats. The remastering was done by Phil Kinrade at Alchemy Mastering.

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies except "Death of a Clown", "Mindless Child of Motherhood", and "Susannah's Still Alive" by Dave Davies. All catalogue numbers and titles US release except *UK or European release. **Stereo debut of single previously released in mono.

Side one

No.TitleSource album and Single catalog numberLength
1."
Percy *
2:28
6."This Is Where I Belong"Non-album single: Pye 7N 17314b*2:27
7."Waterloo Sunset"Something Else by the Kinks, Reprise 06123:21

Side two

No.TitleSource album and Single catalog numberLength
1."
Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround
3:08
7."Did You See His Name?"previously unreleased1:56

Side three

No.TitleSource album and Single catalog numberLength
1."Fancy"Face to Face2:30
2."
Mr. Pleasant"
Non-album single: Reprise 05873:02
6."God's Children"Percy, Reprise 10173:19
7."Death of a Clown"Something Else, Reprise 06143:14

Side four

No.TitleSource album and Single catalog numberLength
1."
She's Got Everything**"
Non-album single: Reprise 0762b3:08
7."Days**"Non-album single: Reprise 07622:52

References

  1. ^ a b Hinman 2004, pp. 84, 92, 93, 98, 99, 101, 105, 107, 112, 117, 121, 126, 129, 132, 133, 142, 147, 151, 161.
  2. AllMusic
  3. ISBN 089919026X
    . Retrieved 28 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone review". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

Sources

  • 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
    .

External links
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