Something Else came about during a period where ... a preview of the “veddy” British bent Ray would bring to albums like The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.

Frustrated at the lack of attention given to now-classic albums such as The Kinks ... of the flop that now defines The Kinks, ...

Although not a concept album like those that would follow, Something Else is as coherent a disc as The Kinks would ever make. It’s also the band’s most solidly gratifying: Taking in a dizzying ...

Nobody was better at the detailed character sketch than Ray Davies of The Kinks during that band’s late ‘60s, early ‘70s heyday. Davies often delivered these snapshots as part of the concept albums ...