Kinkdom

Kinkdom
Studio album by
the Kinks
Released24 November 1965
RecordedJuly 1964 – August 1965
StudiosPye and IBC, London
GenreRock
Length27:23
LabelReprise
ProducerShel Talmy
The Kinks US chronology
Kinda Kinks
(1965)		 Kinkdom
(1965)		 The Kink Kontroversy
(1965)
Singles from Kinkdom
  1. "A Well Respected Man" / "Such a Shame"
    Released: 4 November 1965
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Kinkdom is a studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released in the United States and Canada on 24 November 1965, it was their fourth album issued on Reprise Records. It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard album chart.

The album had no direct analogue outside of the North American market, but instead collected songs from the Kwyet Kinks UK EP, both sides of the "See My Friends" single, the B-sides of several of the band's other singles, a track left off of the US edition of the 1965 album Kinda Kinks and a previously released track. All of its songs were recorded at Pye and IBC Studios in London, between July 1964 and August 1965. Kinkdom was the last US-only studio album released by the Kinks; beginning with The Kink Kontroversy in March 1966, Reprise issued albums identical to the UK versions.

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted.

Side one

  1. "A Well Respected Man" – 2:43
  2. "Such a Shame" – 2:19
  3. "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" (Dave Davies) – 2:07
  4. "Naggin' Woman" (Lazy Lester) – 2:36
  5. "Never Met a Girl Like You Before" – 2:05
  6. "See My Friends" – 2:46

Side two

  1. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" – 2:02
  2. "Don't You Fret" – 2:45
  3. "I Need You" – 2:26
  4. "It's Alright" – 2:37
  5. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 2:57

Personnel

According to band biographer Doug Hinman:

The Kinks

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Anon. (25 December 1965). "Album Reviews" (PDF). Record World. p. 16 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Sheffield 2004, p. 458.
  4. ↑ Hinman 2004, pp. 71, 72.
  5. ↑ Hinman 2004, pp. 52, 72.
  6. 1 2 Hinman 2004, pp. 31, 41, 50, 51, 56, 62, 66, 72.
  7. 1 2 Hinman 2004, p. 72.
  8. ↑ Dan Forte (August 2023). "Check This Action: Dave Davies' Kinky Journey". Vintage Guitar. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. I recently spoke to Doug Hinman, author of the definitive The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night ... He acknowledged that Page played 12-string and rhythm on some songs, and provided the feedback at the beginning of 'I Need You' (to which [Dave] Davies supplied the solo), but said, 'Jimmy Page did not play lead on any Kinks hits.'
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. 5 March 1965. p. 37 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  10. ↑ "100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. 12 March 1965. p. 38 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  11. ↑ "Top Records of 1966" (PDF). Billboard. 24 December 1966. p. 34 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.

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