The Kinks first gained prominence in 1964 with their third single, the hit "You Really Got Me", written by Ray Davies. The band's name came from their "kinky" dress sense of leather capes and boots worn on stage.The group's original line-up consisted of Ray Davies on lead vocals/rhythm guitar/keyboards, Dave Davies on lead guitar/vocals, Pete Quaife on backing vocals/bass guitar, and Mick Avory on drums and percussion. Following Quaife's departure in 1969, the band centred around the three remaining original members and frequently changed bassists and keyboardists. In 1984, friction between Dave Davies and Mick Avory resulted in the latter's departure, leaving only the brothers from the original line-up. However, the increasingly deteriorating relationship between the Davies brothers, with a string of unsuccessful records, led to the break-up of the band in 1996. In late 2008, Ray Davies confirmed that the band are reuniting and are gearing for a possible new album and tour.
The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for rock and roll, while albums such as Face to Face, Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur, Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era. During the New Wave era, groups such as The Jam, The Knack, and The Pretenders covered Kinks songs and Britpop acts such as Blur, Oasis and Supergrass have cited them as a major influence. Many modern bands such as The Killers, The Libertines, and Franz Ferdinand acknowledge The Kinks and Ray Davies' songwriting skills. In the VH1 documentary HEAVY: the Story of Metal The Kinks are mentioned as one of the early bands that can be traced with a heavy metal sound.
Kinks is the self-titled debut album by the English rock band The Kinks, released in 1964. It was released with an altered track listing as You Really Got Me in the United States
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1. Beautiful Delilah 2. So Mystifying 3. Just Can't Go To Sleep 4. Long Tall Shorty 5. I Took My Baby Home 6. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter 7. You Really Got Me 8. Cadillac 9. Bald Headed Woman 10. Revenge 11. Too Much Monkey Business 12. I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain 13. Stop Your Sobbing 14. Got Love If You Want It 15. Long Tall Sally 16. You Still Want Me 17. You Do Something To Me 18. It's Alright 19. All Day And All Of The Night 20. I Gotta Move 21. Louie, Louie 22. I Gotta Go Now 23. Things Are Getting Better 24. I've Got That Feeling 25. Too Much Monkey Business (Alternate) 26. I Don't Need You Anymore (Previously Unreleased)
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yes indeed!!! ... and on "All Day..." at about 1:07 Dave hits the wrong chord and pulls an oops face at 1:08 .. love it!
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