2014 two CD collection, the first-ever career-spanning retrospective anthology of the classic original recordings made for the Pye/Reprise, RCA, Arista and Columbia labels. Contains 48 tracks personally selected by Ray Davies, jam-packed onto two discs, including many recordings long out of print in the U.S.! All the hits from every era, beginning with the brash '60s rock of 'You Really Got Me' and 'All Day And All Of The Night,' into the mature classics a la 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Celluloid Heroes,' on through the anthemic hits 'Come Dancing' and 'Destroyer.'
M**F
Five Stars
Best Kinks Greatest compilation. The tracks from the RCA and Arista periods are as excellent as the Pye tracks.
G**F
great career retrospective ...
Excellent selection of material covering this extraordinarily innovative bands career. All the hits are here and a great deal more! Very highly recommended!
S**E
Four Stars
DON'T KNOW, IAM GIVING IT TO SOMEONE WHO LOVES THEM
C**S
Quality
Love this
A**K
The Essential Kinks ~ 'essential'
Give it a try, you'll love it too
G**N
Five Stars
Great collection covering Kinks classics through 4 decades.
S**N
Five Stars
Excellent
D**P
Four Stars
very happy
T**R
BEST TRACK LISTING AVAILABLE ON ANY KINKS COMPLATION.
Quite simply, the Kinks have released many compilations throughout the years, but often those single disc, or even double-disc collections failed to deliver a well-balanced sampling of the Kinks in each stage of their long career. Fortunately 'The Essential Kinks' does just that. You won't find many of the bands best missing from this two-disc set. Only hardcore Kinks fans would find any fault here - tracks that should've been included, but then any hardcore fan would no doubt have the bulk of the bands discography already. This set takes aim at those who are well versed on the bands catalog, but perhaps on a budget, having neither the time, or money to chase down every hit. If you're a burgeoning fan of this super group - 'The Essential' is the perfect place to start. Paul L. Lucjak April, 2022
G**R
This set hits a motherlode of old gems.
Even though I have pretty well all of The Kinks' greatest hits on vinyl,I always wanted to have them all on a single CD or 2CD set so I could listen to them while driving.The Essential Kinks is by far the best and most complete compilation of their hits,plus it was an excellent bargain.The sound quality on a couple of the songs wasn't what you could call hi-fidelity,I suspect that these tracks were sourced directly from the original studio tapes and not remastered-at least I couldn't see any mention of it.Considering the amount of original music on these 2 discs and the fact that they are just as they sounded when we Baby Boomers were listening to them on our little record players or transistor radios back in the day,this set makes up a great nostalgic trip back to a time when musicians didn't need a bank of electronic processors to make it sound like they could actually sing and play on key.This is a must for Kinks' diehards and it will refresh your memory with songs that you had all but forgotten.
B**L
Einmalig und unerreicht
Die Kinks sind einmalig und unerreicht, keine andere Band kann einen solchen Backkatalog mit sovielen grandiosen Songs vorweisen.Frage : Beatles oder Rolling Stones - wer war die bessere Band ? Antwort : Eindeutig die Kinks.
J**O
the kinks
En aquella epoca dorada de la musica, tras Beatles y Rolling, estaban ellos. ES esencial en tu discoteca, la grabaciĆ³n se conserva muy bien
R**N
Didn't know how many great tunes the Kinks had.
So many great songs ! I must admit I didn't know the full scope of all the songs the Kinks had done over the years. Enjoyed listening to them all.
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