Very Best of Kinks

Track Listings
1. You Really Got Me    
2. All Day And All Of The Night    
3. Stop Your Sobbing    
4. Tired Of Waiting For You    
5. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy    
6. Set Me Free    
7. See My Friend    
8. Till the End Of The Day    
9. Where Have All The Good Times Gone    
10. A Well Respected Man    
11. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion    
12. Sunny Afternoon    
13. Dead End Street    
14. Waterloo Sunset    
15. Death Of A Clown    
16. Autumn Almanac    
17. Susanna's Still Alive    
18. David Watts    
19. Wonderboy    
20. Days    
See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
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All New Polygram Compilation Includes all of their Best.

Very Best of Kinks, Music, Kinks
1965: Shakin' All Over (Time-Life Music Classic Rock)
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    1965: Shakin' All Over (Time-Life Music Classic Rock)
    The Zombies , Lee Dorsey , Cannibal and the Headhunters , The Strangeloves , Peter and Gordon , Diana Ross and the Supremes , The Larks , Jackie DeShannon , Gary Lewis and the Playboys , and The Guess Who
    Manufacturer: Time Life Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD
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    ASIN: B000FCIZHS

    Product Description

    From the Time-Life Music Classic Rock series - 1965: Shakin' All Over with 23 of the best rock 'n' roll songs from 1965. Song listing: 1 James Brown Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (2:08) 2 Zombies, The Tell Her No (2:07) 3 Lee Dorsey Ride Your Pony (2:51) 4 Cher All I Really Want To Do (2:57) 5 Peter & Gordon I Go To Pieces (2:23) 6 Jackie DeShannon What The World Needs Now Is Love (3:07) 7 Cannibal & The Headhunters Land Of 1000 Dances (2:15) 8 Gary Lewis & The Playboys Count Me In (2:26) 9 Larks, The The Jerk (2:35) 10 Vogues, The You're The One (2:20) 11 Kinks, The Set Me Free (2:13) 12 Righteous Brothers, The Unchained Melody (3:38) 13 Diana Ross & The Supremes Stop! In The Name Of Love (2:53) 14 Marvin Gaye Ain't That Peculiar (3:02) 15 Strangeloves, The I Want Candy (2:36) 16 Freddie & The Dreamers I'm Telling You Now (2:09) 17 Barbara Lewis Make Me Your Baby (2:30) 18 Impressions, The People Get Ready (2:39) 19 Petula Clark Downtown (3:09) 20 Guess Who, The Shakin' All Over (2:43) 21 We Five You Were On My Mind (2:38) 22 Temptations, The It's Growing (2:59) 23 Barbara Mason Yes, I'm Ready (3:04)
    Dick Clark Presents: American Bandstand Greatest Hits Collection
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      Dick Clark Presents: American Bandstand Greatest Hits Collection
      Spinners , Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps , The Flamingos , Little Eva , The Beau Brummels , Tommy James & The Shondells , The Honeycombs , Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels , The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon , and Dion & The Belmonts
      Manufacturer: Rhino Records Inc.
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000RC0ZB0

      Product Description

      Dick Clark Presents American Bandstand Greatest Hits Collection - Various Artists [1989] Very rare! Copies of this CD were evidently only available for a short time in 1989. Track list: 1. You Really Got Me - The Kinks, 2. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners, 3. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent, 4. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos, 5. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran, 6. Along Comes Mary - The Association, 7. Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels, 8. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva, 9. She's Not There - The Zombies, 10. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers, 11. American Woman - Guess Who, 12. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson, 13. There Goes My Baby - The Drifters, 14. Speedoo - Cadillacs, 15. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis, 16. Laugh Laugh - The Beau Brummels, 17. Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells, 18. Barbara Ann - The Regents, 19. Have I The Right - The Honeycombs, 20. Teenager In Love - Dion & Belmonts
      Guitar Rock (1990 Time-Life Music 2 CD Set)
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        Guitar Rock (1990 Time-Life Music 2 CD Set)
        Lynyrd Skynyrd , Rod Stewart with The Faces , Eric Clapton , Bachman-Turner Overdrive , The Allman Brothers Band , Stephen Stills , Brownsville Station , Grand Funk Railroad , The Jimi Hendrix Experience , and Rick Derringer
        Manufacturer: Time Life Music
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000S2Y40W

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        Very rare first "Guitar Rock" release from Time-Life Music in 1990 titled "Guitar Rock". 2 CD set with 38 songs. Track list: CD ONE: Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience/Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company/Bang a Gong (Get It On) - T.Rex/You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive/All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople/You Really Got Me - Kinks/The Bitch Is Back - Elton John/China Grove - Doobie Brothers/We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad/I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton/Hot Blooded - Foreigner/Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer/Maggie May - Rod Stewart/Mississippi Queen - Mountain/Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd/I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four/Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band/Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton/Layla - Derek & Dominoes CD TWO: I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock & Roll Band) - Moody Blues/(I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart & Faces/Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple/After Midnight - Eric Clapton/Radar Love - Golden Earring/Smokin' in the Boys' Room - Brownsville Station/I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker/Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills/Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band/American Woman - Guess Who/Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream/On the Road Again - Canned Heat/All Right Now - Free/Heart Full Of Soul - Yardbirds/Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive/Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh/Funk No. 49 - James Gang/Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
        Brit's Blitz: The Very Best of British Rock Discs 1&2
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          Brit's Blitz: The Very Best of British Rock Discs 1&2

          Manufacturer: PolyGram Inc.
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          British InvasionBritish Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000RJMKBG

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          A collection of definitive British Rock pioneers that created and maintained the British Rock Invasion. Consists of 2 audio cd's in separate jewel cases.
          Very Best of Kinks
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • Probably the best one disc collection right now
          • Great tunes from a band always in the shadow of the Beatles
          • All the Kinks you need outside Arthur.
          Very Best of Kinks
          Kinks
          Manufacturer: Msi/Pgd
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          GeneralGeneral | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
          Classic RockClassic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
          ASIN: B000005S1A
          Release Date: 1997-04-15

          Tracks:

          1. You Really Got Me
          2. All Day And All Of The Night
          3. Stop Your Sobbing
          4. Tired Of Waiting For You
          5. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
          6. Set Me Free
          7. See My Friend
          8. Till the End Of The Day
          9. Where Have All The Good Times Gone
          10. A Well Respected Man
          11. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
          12. Sunny Afternoon
          13. Dead End Street
          14. Waterloo Sunset
          15. Death Of A Clown
          16. Autumn Almanac
          17. Susanna's Still Alive
          18. David Watts
          19. Wonderboy
          20. Days
          21. Plastic Man
          22. Victoria
          23. Lola
          24. Apeman
          25. Louie Louie

          Album Details

          All New Polygram Compilation Includes all of their Best.

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Probably the best one disc collection right now.......2002-02-26

          Anyone wanting to get the essential songs by the Kinks faces a daunting task. Few great bands have been abused as extensively by pirate anthologizers as have Ray and Dave Davies and company. Kinks collections come and go at an alarming pace, and the best collection one month might not even be available the next. Additionally, most of the anthologies out there are just trash to be disposed of. So, what to get?

          Luckily, this is a first-rate collection of the Kinks greatest hits from the sixties and very early seventies. It has all the major early hits that put the Kinks on the map, and all the hits from the late sixties up to "Lola."

          I have to disagree, however, with the first reviewer, who implied that their only indispensable album is ARTHUR. And the compilers of this CD are perfectly aware of that. Not a single cut off what many believe is their best album, THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY, is included on this album. Obviously, they anticipated that aspiring Kinks fans would want both albums. ARTHUR is a very fine album, but it has many cuts that are less than essential, while VILLAGE GREEN is without a single weak cut. It is also one of the great concept albums of the sixties. So, while in one sense it is a weakness of this collection that nothing from VILLAGE GREEN is included, it is actually a blessing, since it means that both can be purchased with no reduplication.

          I would, however, strongly recommend two other superb Kinks albums in addition to this anthology, VILLAGE GREEN, and ARTHUR: SOMETHING ELSE and FACE TO FACE. Although cuts from those albums are included on this anthology, including the stunning "Waterloo Sunset" and "Death of a Clown" (Dave Davies's greatest song) from SOMETHING ELSE and "Sunday Afternoon" from FACE TO FACE, they both contain many other first rate songs.

          One of the strong points of this collection is that some of the harder-to-find hits are included, in particular the surreally beautiful "Days" (which was also magnificently covered by both Elvis Costello the late Kirsty MacColl). For some reason, this song, one of Ray Davies's greatest compositions and one of their bigger singles, almost never turns up on their anthologies. The sound quality is also first rate, something not to be taken for granted in Kinks's anthologies.

          5 out of 5 stars Great tunes from a band always in the shadow of the Beatles.......2000-11-17

          This album has track after track of great variation and overall, timeless brilliance. Those who don't know the Kinks will soon be converted after giving this a listen. Sure, the Davies brothers' songwriting/singing combination was not quite as good as the sensational Lennon/Mcartney partnership - however their brilliance should not be ignored - as many of their tracks have been covered by musicians such as Bowie, the Stranglers, Eddie van Halen amoungst others.

          Tracks such as Waterloo Sunset, You really got me, Lola, Days, A Well Respected Man, and All Day all of the Night are just a few amazing tracks that are on this album.

          On buying this album you will should already be conscious of a couple of tracks that you know. Then on your intial listen it is likely that you will be constantly saying to yourself, "Hey, I love that song - I never knew they wrote that." Thereafter you should find that many of the tracks will grow on you. The mere variety and number of classic tracks on this album will mean that this should be much-listened album in your collection even after a few years down the line. I suppose that is genius which are the Kinks.

          A Must!

          5 out of 5 stars All the Kinks you need outside Arthur........1998-12-22

          Except for the superb Arthur, this is all anyone really needs of the Kinks. It has their best songs, and the digital remastering is great. Worth the price, as opposed to buying four or five other records for two or three songs each.

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