Kinks (album)

Kinks
Studio album by The Kinks
Released	October 2, 1964 (1964-10-02)
Recorded	August 1964, Pye Studios No. 2 "I Took My Baby Home": 24 January, Pye Studios No. 1 "You Really Got Me": July 1964, IBC Studios
Genre	Rock and roll rhythm and blues
Length	32:55
Label	Pye Reprise
Producer	Shel Talmy
The Kinks chronology
Kinks (1964) Kinda Kinks (1965)Kinda Kinks1965
The Kinks American studio chronology
You Really Got Me (1964) Kinks-Size (1965)
Singles from Kinks
"You Really Got Me" Released: 4 August 1964 (UK), 26 August 1964 (US)

Kinks is the self-titled debut album by English rock band The Kinks, released in 1964. It was released with three tracks omitted as You Really Got Me in the US.

The album was re-released in 1998 in the UK on Castle Records with twelve bonus tracks. This reissue was itself reissued in 2004 on the Sanctuary label. A deluxe edition was released on 28 March 2011.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic assessed the album as lacking in consistency, commenting that "As R&B cover artists, the Kinks weren't nearly as adept as the Stones and Yardbirds; Ray Davies' original tunes were, "You Really Got Me" aside, perfunctory Mersey Beat-ish pastiches; and [the] tunes that producer Shel Talmy penned for the group... were simply abominable."

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies, except where noted.

UK release (Pye NPL 18096 mono: NSPL 83021 stereo)

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beautiful Delilah"	Chuck Berry	2:07
2.	"So Mystifying"	Ray Davies	2:58
3.	"Just Can't Go to Sleep"	Davies	1:58
4.	"Long Tall Shorty"	Herb Abramson, Don Covay	2:50
5.	"I Took My Baby Home"	Davies	1:48
6.	"I'm a Lover Not a Fighter"	J. D. "Jay" Miller	2:03
7.	"You Really Got Me"	Davies	2:13

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Cadillac"	Bo Diddley	2:44
9.	"Bald Headed Woman"	Shel Talmy	2:41
10.	"Revenge"	Davies, Larry Page	1:29
11.	"Too Much Monkey Business"	Chuck Berry	2:16
12.	"I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain"	Talmy	2:01
13.	"Stop Your Sobbing"	Davies	2:06
14.	"Got Love If You Want It"	James Moore	3:46

1998 and 2004 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Long Tall Sally"	Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman	2:12
16.	"You Still Want Me"	Davies	1:59
17.	"You Do Something to Me"	Davies	2:24
18.	"It's Alright"	Davies	2:37
19.	"All Day and All of the Night"	Davies	2:23
20.	"I Gotta Move"	Davies	2:22
21.	"Louie Louie" (Kinksize Session EP)	Richard Berry	2:57
22.	"I Gotta Go Now" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:53
23.	"Things Are Getting Better" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	1:52
24.	"I've Got That Feeling" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:43
25.	"Too Much Monkey Business"" (Alternate take)	Chuck Berry	2:10
26.	"I Don't Need You Any More"	Davies	2:10

2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"You Still Want Me"	Davies	1:59
16.	"I Don't Need You Any More"	Davies	2:10

2011 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition Disc 1 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"I Believed You" (mono demo as The Boll-Weevils)	Ray Davies, Dave Davies	1:56
16.	"I'm a Hog for You Baby" (mono demo as The Boll-Weevils)	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
17.	"I Don't Need You Any More" (mono demo)	Davies	2:12
18.	"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" (mono demo)	Davies	2:21
19.	"Long Tall Sally" (mono single)	Penniman, Blackwell, Johnson	2:09
20.	"You Still Want Me" (mono single)	Davies	2:00
21.	"You Do Something to Me" (mono single)	Davies	2:26
22.	"It's Alright" (mono single)	Davies	2:38
23.	"All Day and All of the Night" (mono single)	Davies	2:21
24.	"I Gotta Move" (mono single)	Davies	2:15
25.	"Louie Louie" (Kinksize Session EP)	R. Berry	2:58
26.	"I've Got That Feeling" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:43
27.	"I Gotta Go Now" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	2:54
28.	"Things Are Getting Better" (Kinksize Session EP)	Davies	1:53

2011 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition Disc 2 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Don't Ever Let Me Go" (recorded Sept 1964)	Davies	2:19
16.	"I Don't Need You Anymore" (recorded January 1964)	Davies	2:12
17.	"Bald Headed Woman" (US mono mix)	Talmy	2:41
18.	"Too Much Monkey Business" (alternative take)	C. Berry	2:10
19.	"Got Love If You Want It" (alternative take)	Moore	3:35
20.	"Meet the Kinks" (BBC interview)	N/A	0:33
21.	"Cadillac" (recorded live at the BBC)	McDaniel	2:36
22.	"Ray Talks About 'You Really Got Me'" (BBC interview)	N/A	0:14
23.	"You Really Got Me" (recorded live at the BBC)	Davies	2:13
24.	"Little Queenie" (recorded live at the BBC)	C. Berry	1:46
25.	"I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (recorded live at the BBC)	Miller	2:01
26.	"All Day and All of the Night" (recorded live at the BBC)	Davies	2:22
27.	"Ray Talks About the USA" (BBC interview)	N/A	0:40
28.	"I've Got That Feeling" (recorded live at the BBC)	Davies	2:44

US Release You Really Got Me (Reprise R-6143 (mono) RS-6143 (stereo)) track listing

Side one

1. "Beautiful Delilah" (Chuck Berry) - 2:07
2. "So Mystifying" - 2:53
3. "Just Can't Go to Sleep" - 1:58
4. "Long Tall Shorty" (Herb Abramson, Don Covay) - 2:50
5. "You Really Got Me" - 2:13

Side two

1. "Cadillac" (Ellas McDaniel) - 2:45
2. "Bald Headed Woman" (Traditional; arranged Shel Talmy) - 2:41
3. "Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry) - 2:15
4. "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" (Traditional; arranged Shel Talmy) - 2:01
5. "Stop Your Sobbing" - 2:10
6. "Got Love If You Want It" (Slim Harpo) - 3:45

The US version is missing three tracks. "I Took My Baby Home" had already been licensed to Cameo in the US as the B-side to "Long Tall Sally", so could not be included. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and the instrumental, "Revenge", were held over for the US-only Kinks-Size album.

Personnel

The Kinks

• Ray Davies – lead vocals (2, 3, 5, 7-10, 12-14), rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica
• Dave Davies – lead guitar, backing and lead (1, 4, 6, 11) vocals
• Pete Quaife – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Avory – drums, tambourine

Additional musicians

• Jimmy Page – twelve string guitar, acoustic guitar
• Jon Lord – piano
• Bobby Graham – drums
• Rasa Didzpetris-Davies - backing vocals on "Stop Your Sobbing"

Production

• Simon Heyworth – remastering
• Klaus Schmalenbach – design, photography
• Brian Sommerville – 1998 liner notes
• Peter Doggett – 2011 liner notes