“The tempo was all wrong”: The Kinks album Ray Davies admitted he hated
The Kinks' Ray Davies once said he "hated" their Sony record 'Phobia' because of its pacing, while noting one song was where ...
‘You Really Got Me’: What was The Kinks’ best-selling single?
The Kinks helped to establish the revolutionary sounds of the swinging sixties, but commercial success often avoided the iconic Ray Davies-fronted band.
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The story behind The Kinks' brilliantly subversive classic Lola
bizarrely undertaken as they finished their wistful LP classic The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, which bombed. Convinced their archaic label Pye only wanted Kinks singles in ...
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Behind the Album: ‘Something Else,’ The Kinks LP That Defined a Sweet Spot Between Two Distinct Eras of the Band’s History
“Afternoon Tea” delivers a preview of the “veddy” British bent Ray would bring to albums like The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. And “Waterloo Sunset,” as lauded as ...