The Kink Kronikles Music Cd

Kinks - The Kink Kronikles

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The Kink Kronikles      Artist : The Kinks      List Price : $19.98 USD        Your Price : $19.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : Reprise / Wea      Label : Reprise / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (40 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Kink Kronikles      a few Kinks in the road      Rating:      This two CD collection is not a Greatest Hits hurray of favorites, it's more like a hide and seek of forbidden fun. There is no rhyme or reason to the listings, some songs are mid '60's hits, others fallen flat 45's, some reaching the top 20 of the early '70's, others only LP cuts to which Kink fans hold dear. It has hard to find 45s like "Fancy", "Dead End Street" , "Death of a Clown", "Polly" and maybe one of the best Ray Davies' songs ever, "Days". Some of these reached the bottom of the top 100, others a back in line top 40. All are examples of songwriting at its most exquisite. It also has the 45 version of 'Waterloo Sunset" need I say more?     Customer Reviews for The Kink Kronikles Cd      Briliiant four-sided case for a most brilliant band      Rating:      Take that, shuffle-play. John Mendelssohn fills all four sides of this two-LP set with informed and wonderfully inspired thematic collections of Kinks songs, one lyrical theme per side. In other hands, such an approach might have a reductive or pigeonholing effect, but here it provides a perfect, provactive glimpse into the depth and range of the Kinks' early recordings -- songs that reached beyond themselves to create lasting narratives, connections, and meaning. Editorial Reviews for The Kink Kronikles Audio Cd      Amazon.com      This compilation from one of the most influential bands in rock history is, like Neil Young's Decade, one of those rare summation packages that stands on its own in the discography. Released at a time in the early '70s when the Kinks, led by songwriter/vocalist Ray Davies and his guitarist brother Dave, were attempting to reestablish themselves with America after being banned for years, The Kink Kronikles still makes a strong case for the band's high place in the Rock Hierarchy. Assembled by longtime Kronicler John Mendelssohn, this isn't exactly a hits package, although you'll find mid-period staples like "Lola"; it's a shoulda-been-hits package. With essential B-sides ("Big Black Smoke"--the best in a long line of portraits of a tired Britain), album tracks (lots from Arthur, the band's cult 1969 rock opera), and ageless singles ("Dead End Street," "Waterloo Sunset"), this makes for an unusually dense and highly concentrated set of period must-owns. --Don Harrison