Kinks is the self-titled debut album by Englishrock band The Kinks, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks omitted as You Really Got Me in the United States.
The album was re-released in 1998 in the UK on Castle Records with twelve bonus tracks. This reissue was itself reissued in 2004 on the Sanctuary label. A deluxe edition was released on 28 March 2011.[1]
Allmusic assessed the album as lacking in consistency, commenting that "As R&B cover artists, the Kinks weren't nearly as adept as the Stones and Yardbirds; Ray Davies' original tunes were, "You Really Got Me" aside, perfunctory Mersey Beat-ish pastiches; and [the] tunes that producer Shel Talmy penned for the group... were simply abominable."[1] Rock critic Mike Saunders of Rolling Stone described the album as one of their "successful rock and roll albums".[2]
Track listing
UK release (Pye NPL 18096 mono: NSPL 83021 stereo)
"I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (recorded live at the BBC)
Miller
2:01
26.
"All Day and All of the Night" (recorded live at the BBC)
Davies
2:22
27.
"Ray Talks About the USA" (BBC interview)
N/A
0:40
28.
"I've Got That Feeling" (recorded live at the BBC)
Davies
2:44
US Release You Really Got Me (Reprise R-6143 (mono) RS-6143 (stereo)) track listing
Side one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Beautiful Delilah"
Chuck Berry
2:04
2.
"So Mystifying"
Ray Davies
2:49
3.
"Just Can't Go to Sleep"
Davies
1:58
4.
"Long Tall Shorty"
Herb Abramson, Don Convay
2:48
5.
"You Really Got Me"
Davies
2:13
Side two
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
6.
"Cadillac"
Ellas McDaniel
2:41
7.
"Bald Headed Woman"
Talmy
2:41
8.
"Too Much Monkey Business"
Chuck Berry
2:14
9.
"I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain"
Talmy
2:02
10.
"Stop Your Sobbing"
Ray Davies
2:05
11.
"Got Love If You Want It"
Slim Harpo
3:49
The US version is missing three tracks. "I Took My Baby Home" had already been licensed to Cameo in the US as the B-side to "Long Tall Sally" and so could not be included. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and the instrumental "Revenge" were held over for the US-only Kinks-Size album.