The Kinks discography
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 24 | |
| ↙Live albums | 7 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 32 | |
| ↙Singles | 78 | |
The recording career of the English rock group the Kinks spanned more than 30 years between 1964 and 1996. In that time the group released 25 studio albums and a number of hit singles. This impressive run makes the Kinks one of the few British Invasion bands to continue after the Invasion was over without a breakup (unlike some other notable bands, such as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones.
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[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album Title | Highest UK Chart Position |
Highest US Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Kinks (Released in the US as You Really Got Me) |
#3 | #29 |
| 1965 | Kinks-Size (US-only album) |
- | #13 |
| 1965 | Kinda Kinks | #3 | #60 |
| 1965 | Kinkdom (US-only album) |
- | #47 |
| 1965 | The Kink Kontroversy | #9 | #95 |
| 1966 | Face to Face | #12 | #136 |
| 1967 | Something Else by The Kinks | #35 | #153 |
| 1968 | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society | - | - |
| 1969 | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) | - | #105 |
| 1970 | Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One | - | #35 |
| 1971 | Muswell Hillbillies | - | #100 |
| 1972 | Everybody's in Show-Biz | - | #70 |
| 1973 | Preservation: Act 1 | - | #177 |
| 1974 | Preservation: Act 2 | - | #114 |
| 1975 | Soap Opera | - | #51 |
| 1975 | Schoolboys in Disgrace | - | #45 |
| 1977 | Sleepwalker | - | #21 |
| 1978 | Misfits | - | #40 |
| 1979 | Low Budget | - | #11 |
| 1981 | Give the People What They Want | - | #15 |
| 1983 | State of Confusion | - | #12 |
| 1984 | Word of Mouth | - | #57 |
| 1986 | Think Visual | - | #81 |
| 1989 | UK Jive | - | #122 |
| 1993 | Phobia | - | #166 |
[edit] Live and other albums
- 1968 – Live at Kelvin Hall (Released in the US as The Live Kinks in 1967) #162 US
- 1971 – Percy (soundtrack)
- 1980 – One for the Road #14 US
- 1988 – Live: The Road
- 1994 – To the Bone
[edit] Compilation albums
| Year | Album Title | Highest UK Chart Position |
Highest US Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Greatest Hits! (US-only album) |
- | #9 |
| 1966 | Well Respected Kinks | #5 | - |
| 1967 | Sunny Afternoon (UK-only album) |
#9 | - |
| 1970 | The Hit Collection | - | - |
| 1971 | Golden Hour of the Kinks (UK-only album) |
#21 | - |
| 1972 | The Kink Kronikles (US-only album) |
- | #94 |
| 1973 | The Great Lost Kinks Album | - | #145 |
| 1974 | Golden Hour of the Kinks Vol. 2 (UK-only album) |
- | - |
| 1974 | Lola, Percy and the Apeman Come Face to Face with the Village Green Preservation Society |
- | - |
| 1976 | The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes | - | #105 |
| 1978 | 20 Golden Greats | #19 | - |
| 1980 | Second Time Around | - | - |
| 1981 | The Kinks Collection | - | - |
| 1983 | Candy from Mr. Dandy (US-only album) |
- | - |
| 1983 | Dead End Street: Kinks Greatest Hits | #96 | - |
| 1984 | Kinks Kollectables | - | - |
| 1984 | The Kinks: A Compleat Collection 20th Anniversary Edition |
- | #209 |
| 1985 | The Kinks: Backtrackin' (The Definitive Double Album Collection) | - | |
| 1986 | Come Dancing with the Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986 | - | - |
| 1988 | The Kinks Are Well Respected Men | - | - |
| 1989 | 25 Years: The Ultimate Collection | #35 | - |
| 1992 | The Kinks Story Vol. 1: 1964-1966 | - | - |
| 1992 | The Kinks Story Vol. 2: 1967-1971 | - | - |
| 1993 | The Definitive Collection: The Kinks Greatest Hits | #18 | - |
| 1994 | You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks | - | - |
| 1997 | The Singles Collection | #42 | - |
| 1998 | God Save The Kinks, Vol. 1 | - | - |
| 1998 | God Save The Kinks, Vol. 2 | - | - |
| 1998 | God Save The Kinks, Vol. 3 | - | - |
| 1999 | You Really Got Me: The Best of The Kinks | - | - |
| 2001 | BBC Sessions: 1964-1977 | - | - |
| 2002 | The Ultimate Collection | #32 | - |
| 2007 | The Ultimate Collection (re-released as a 2CD set) |
#1 (Indie Chart) |
- |
| 2008 | Picture Book (6 CD box set) | - | - |
[edit] EPs
- 1964 – Kinksize Session
- 1965 – Kinksize Hits
- 1965 – Kwyet Kinks
- 1966 – Dedicated Kinks
- 1968 – The Kinks
- 1991 – Did Ya
[edit] Singles
| Release Date (UK unless noted) |
Title | Chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart | US Billboard Hot 100 | US Mainstream Rock | Australia | Belgium | Canada | Germany | Netherlands | New Zealand | Sweden | |||
| 7 February 1964 | "Long Tall Sally" | -[1] | #129[2] | |||||||||
| 17 April 1964 | "You Still Want Me"[3] [4] | |||||||||||
| 4 August 1964 | "You Really Got Me" | #1 | #7 | #2 | #4 | #39 | #23 | #11 | ||||
| 23 October 1964 | "All Day and All of the Night" | #2 | #7 | #18 | #12 | #22 | #17 | #18 | ||||
| 15 January 1965 | "Tired of Waiting for You" | #1 | #6 | #24 | #3 | #27 | #18 | #6 | ||||
| 19 March 1965 | "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [5] | #11 | #28 | |||||||||
| 21 May 1965 | "Set Me Free" | #9 | #23 | #2 | #12 | |||||||
| 30 July 1965 | "See My Friends" | #10 | #111 | #26 | #19 | |||||||
| 14 August 1965 | "Who'll Be the Next in Line"[5] | #34 | #25 | |||||||||
| October 1965 | "A Well Respected Man" [6] [7] | #13 | #18 | #20 | #8 | #3 | ||||||
| 19 November 1965 | "Till the End of the Day" | #8 | #50 | #25 | #34 | #4 | #3 | |||||
| 25 February 1966 | "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" | #4 | #36 | #13 | #11 | #11 | #1 | #1 | #6 | |||
| March 1966 (Sweden) | "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight?"[8] | #7 | ||||||||||
| 3 June 1966 | "Sunny Afternoon" | #1 | #14 | #12 | #14 | #1 | #7 | #1 | #2 | #2 | ||
| October 1966 (Europe) | "Dandy"[8] | #2 | #1 | #3 | ||||||||
| 18 November 1966 | "Dead End Street" | #5 | #73 | #11 | #28 | #5 | #5 | #4 | #12 | |||
| 21 April 1967 (Europe) | "Mister Pleasant"[6] | #80 | #3 | #12 | #2 | |||||||
| 5 May 1967 | "Waterloo Sunset" | #2 | #6 | #8 | #7 | #1 | #7 | #14 | ||||
| 7 July 1967 | "Death of a Clown"[9] | #3 | #31 | #5 | #3 | #2 | ||||||
| 13 October 1967 | "Autumn Almanac" | #3 | #5 | #13 | #6 | #17 | ||||||
| 24 November 1967 | "Susannah's Still Alive"[9] | #20 | #18 | #27 | #10 | #18 | ||||||
| 5 April 1968 | "Wonderboy" | #36 | #29 | #6 | ||||||||
| 28 June 1968 | "Days" | #12 | #17 | #28 | #7 | #11 | ||||||
| 30 August 1968 | "Lincoln County"[9] [3] | #15 | ||||||||||
| 8 January 1969 (US) | "Starstruck"[6] | #13 | ||||||||||
| 17 January 1969 | "Hold My Hand"[9] [3] | |||||||||||
| 28 March 1969 | "Plastic Man"[3] | #31 | #17 | |||||||||
| 20 June 1969 | "Drivin'"[3] | |||||||||||
| 30 July 1969 (US) | "The Village Green Preservation Society"[10] | |||||||||||
| 12 September 1969 | "Shangri-La"[3] | #27 | ||||||||||
| 12 December 1969 | "Victoria" | #33 | #62 | #57 | #33 | |||||||
| 12 June 1970 | "Lola" | #2 | #9 | #4 | #2 | #2 | #1 | #1 | #5 | |||
| 20 November 1970 | "Apeman" | #5 | #45 | #5 | #19 | #9 | #14 | #5 | ||||
| April 1971 | "God's Children" | #53 | #21 | |||||||||
| December 1971 (US) | "20th Century Man"[10] | #106 | #89 | |||||||||
| 5 May 1972 | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" | #16 | #111 | #29 | ||||||||
| 24 November 1972 | "Celluloid Heroes" | |||||||||||
| 20 April 1973 (US) | "One Of The Survivors"[10] | #108 | ||||||||||
| 29 June 1973 | "Sitting In The Midday Sun" | |||||||||||
| 21 September 1973 | "Sweet Lady Genevieve" | |||||||||||
| 16 November 1973 | "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"[3] | |||||||||||
| April 1974 (US) | "Money Talks"[10] | |||||||||||
| 26 July 1974 | "Mirror Of Love" | |||||||||||
| 11 October 1974 | "Holiday Romance"[3] | |||||||||||
| November 1974 (US) | "Preservation"[10] | |||||||||||
| 18 April 1975 | "Ducks On The Wall"[3] | |||||||||||
| April 1975 (US) | "Starmaker"[10] | |||||||||||
| 23 May 1975 | "You Can't Stop The Music"[3] | |||||||||||
| January 1976 (US) | "I'm In Disgrace"[10] | |||||||||||
| 23 January 1976 | "No More Looking Back"[3] | |||||||||||
| 18 March 1977 | "Sleepwalker" | #48 | #54 | |||||||||
| 3 June 1977 | "Juke Box Music" | |||||||||||
| 25 November 1977 | "Father Christmas" | |||||||||||
| 19 May 1978 | "A Rock 'N Roll Fantasy" | #30 | #30 | |||||||||
| 14 July 1978 | "Live Life" | |||||||||||
| 29 September 1978 | "Black Messiah"[3] | |||||||||||
| 26 January 1979 | "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" | #41 | #71 | #43 | ||||||||
| 28 September 1979 | "Moving Pictures"[3] | |||||||||||
| August 1979 (US) | "A Gallon Of Gas"[10] | |||||||||||
| September 1979 (US) | "Catch Me Now I'm Falling"[10] | |||||||||||
| 30 November 1979 | "Pressure"[3] | |||||||||||
| July 1980 (US) | "Lola (Live)"[6] | #81 | #69 | #2 | #1 | |||||||
| 29 October 1980 (US) | "You Really Got Me (Live)"[10] | |||||||||||
| 19 June 1981 | "Better Things" | #46 | #92 | #12 | ||||||||
| 28 September 1981 (US) | "Destroyer"[10] | #85 | #3 | #35 | ||||||||
| 30 October 1981 | "Predictable"[3] | |||||||||||
| 19 November 1982 | "Come Dancing" | #12 | #6 | #17 | #36 | #18 | #6 | #25 | #18 | |||
| 30 September 1983 | "Don't Forget to Dance" | #58 | #29 | #16 | #20 | #38 | ||||||
| 10 August 1984 | "Good Day"[3] | |||||||||||
| March 1985 (US) | "Summer's Gone"[10] | |||||||||||
| 19 April 1985 | "Do It Again" | #41 | #4 | #91 | ||||||||
| 17 November 1986 (US) | "Rock 'n' Roll Cities"[10] | #37 | ||||||||||
| 22 December 1986 | "How Are You" | |||||||||||
| 3 April 1987 | "Lost and Found" | #37 | ||||||||||
| 16 May 1988 | "The Road"[3] | |||||||||||
| 25 September 1989 | "Down all the Days (Till 1992)"[3] | |||||||||||
| 19 February 1990 | "How Do I Get Close" | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Did Ya EP | #48 | ||||||||||
| 12 July 1993 | "Scattered"[3] | |||||||||||
| 15 November 1993 | "Only a Dream"[3] | #79 | ||||||||||
| January 1997 | The Days EP | #35 | ||||||||||
| September 2004 | "You Really Got Me"[11] | #42 | ||||||||||
| May 2007 | "Waterloo Sunset"[11] | #88 (#1 Indie) |
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- ^ "Long Tall Sally" did not chart on the Record Retailer chart (now regarded as the 'official' chart) but did reach #42 on the Melody Maker chart which was arguably more important at the time.
- ^ "Long Tall Sally" did not chart in the US until late 1964, after several other Kinks singles had charted.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t UK releases. "You Still Want Me", "Lincoln County", "Hold My Hand", "Plastic Man", "Drivin'", "Shangri-La", "Where Have All The Good Times Gone", "Holiday Romance", "Ducks On The Wall", "You Can't Stop The Music", "No More Looking Back", "Black Messiah", "Moving Pictures", "Pressure", "Predictable", "Good Day", "The Road", "Down all the Days (Till 1992)", "Scattered" and "Only a Dream" were all UK/European releases, and were not released as singles in the US.
- ^ "You Still Want Me" was the intended second U.S. single, backed with You Do Something To Me. Both of these tracks, along with both sides of their first U.S. single, were issued as a bootleg EP with very little value.
- ^ a b "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" and "Who'll Be The Next In Line" were respectively the A-side and B-side of a UK/European single. This single was released several months later in North America, with the A-side and B-side reversed.
- ^ a b c d "A Well Respected Man","Mr. Pleasant", "Starstruck" and "Lola (Live)" were released as singles in continental Europe and North America only.
- ^ "A Well Respected Man" was originally released (September 1965) in the UK on the 45rpm 7" EP Kwyet Kinks which was not eligible for the UK singles chart.
- ^ a b European releases. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" and "Dandy" were released as singles in continental Europe only.
- ^ a b c d "Death Of A Clown", "Susannah's Still Alive", "Lincoln County" and "Hold My Hand" were solo singles initially credited to Dave Davies. All have subsequently been reissued as Kinks tracks on various Kinks albums.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m U.S. releases. "The Village Green Preservation Society", "20th Century Man", "One Of The Survivors", "Money Talks", "Preservation", "Starmaker", "I'm In Disgrace", "A Gallon Of Gas", "Catch Me Now I'm Falling", "You Really Got Me (Live)", "Destroyer", "Summer's Gone" and "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" were US single releases. While some of these were also released as singles in other territories, none of these were released as singles in the UK.
- ^ a b "You Really Got Me" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which added rarity "Misty Water". "Waterloo Sunset" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original UK Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which was a replica of the French 4 track EP.
[edit] References
^ Discography including recording info
^ Kinks retrospective review article in Creem magazine including some US charting and sales Information
^ Ray Davies official website
[edit] External links
- The Official Ray Davies Web Site
- The Official Ray Davies Forum - "The Old Grey Board"
- The Official Ray Davies Forum on YouTube
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