THE KINKS : THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

1. you really got me
2. all day and all of the night
3. stop your sobbing
4. tired of waiting for you
5. where have all the good times gone
6. set me free
7. a well respected man
8. till the end of the day
9. dedicated follower of fashion
10. sunny afternoon
11. dandy
12. dead end street
13. waterloo sunset
14. death of a clown
15. autumn almanac
16. david watts
17. days
18. shangri-la
19. victoria
20. lola
21. apeman
22. celluloid heroes
23. (Wish i could fly like) superman
24. come dancing
25. don't forget to dance
26. living on a thin line

Label : Sanctuary Records

Release Year : 2002

Length : 89:08

Review (AllMusic) : Although generally not as highly regarded by the critics as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, or the Who, the Kinks may well have influenced far more musicians. The three-chord sledgehammer proto-metal burst of teenage lust called "You Really Got Me," the Kinks' third single and first hit, touched off a garage band explosion, which in turn influenced the rise of punk a decade later. Blessed with an astute songwriter in Ray Davies, the Kinks followed the template of "You Really Got Me" for a couple years, racking up hits with "All Day and All of the Night," "Tired of Waiting for You," and "Till the End of the Day." But Davies had more than one card in his pocket, and he blossomed into a sharp social satirist ("Dedicated Follower of Fashion"). By the time the album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was released in 1968, Davies had become a master of elegiac studies in English suburbia. The gender-bending "Lola" was a big hit in 1970 and the Kinks entered the video era in 1983 with "Come Dancing" and its memorable video. The Ultimate Collection spans the group's career in two discs, including the hits, B-sides, and key album tracks.