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Strictly speaking, the double-album compilation The Kink Kronikles isn't a greatest-hits collection. Covering the years 1966 through 1970, The Kink Kronikles may not be packed with hits -- out of the album's 28 tracks, only nine were hits in the U.K. or the U.S. -- yet it's a definitive overview of this era, which was one of Ray Davies' most productive (and influential) periods. Apart from the hits -- the lazy, sardonic "Sunny Afternoon" and the gorgeous "Waterloo Sunset," and the 1970 comeback hits "Lola" and "Apeman" -- there is a wealth of music that ranks among their very best material that isn't available on any other album. First off, non-LP British hit singles like the music hall raver "Dead End Street" and the wry "Autumn Almanac" are included, as are Dave Davies' two solo hits, "Death of a Clown" and "Suzannah's Still Alive." Then there are the wealth of non-LP singles and B-sides that didn't make the British charts, plus worthy unreleased songs, obscurities like "This Is Where I Belong" and "She's Got Everything," and album tracks that demonstrate another side of the Kinks' musical versatility and Davies' abilities. The key to the success of The Kink Kronikles is how the singles and rarities complement each other and, taken together, present a full portrait. It's the rare compilation that is equally valuable to the collector and to the neophyte fan.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Production, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Lew Warburton, Horns Arranger - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Andrew Hendriksen, Engineer
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Mellotron - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Mellotron - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Rasa Davies, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Piano - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Mellotron - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Vocals, Backing Vocals, 12 String Guitar, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - Stanley Myers, Additional Arrangement by - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Mal Luker, Engineer - Mike Bobak, Engineer - Shel Talmy, Producer - John Gosling, Keyboards - MIKE BUTCHER, Engineer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, 12 String Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Piano - Ray Davies, Producer, Harp, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Organ, Tuba, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Maracas Percussion - The Kinks, Composer, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Rasa Davies, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Banjo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Resonator Guitar - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Mal Luker, Engineer - Mike Bobak, Engineer - Shel Talmy, Producer - John Gosling, Keyboards, Organ, Piano - MIKE BUTCHER, Engineer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Dave Davies, Composer, Backing Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, Performance, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Dave Davies, Composer, Backing Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, Performance, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Composer, Performed by, Performance, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, 12 String Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Piano - Ray Davies, Producer, Harp, Harpsichord, Organ, Tuba, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Maracas Percussion - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Rasa Davies, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Dave Davies, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Production, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Lew Warburton, Horns Arranger - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Andrew Hendriksen, Engineer
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Piano - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Mellotron - The Kinks, Composer, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Banjo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Resonator Guitar - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Mal Luker, Engineer - Mike Bobak, Engineer - Shel Talmy, Producer - John Gosling, Keyboards, Organ, Piano - MIKE BUTCHER, Engineer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Peter Quaife, Bass Guitar
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Piano - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Mellotron - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Composer, Performed by, Performance, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Banjo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Resonator Guitar - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - John Gosling, Keyboards, Organ, Piano - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Lyricist - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - The Kinks, Performed by, Performance, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer, Writer - Dave Davies, Vocals, Backing Vocals, 12 String Guitar, Lead Guitar - Ray Davies, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - Stanley Myers, Additional Arrangement by - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Mal Luker, Engineer - Mike Bobak, Engineer - Shel Talmy, Producer - John Gosling, Keyboards - MIKE BUTCHER, Engineer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - John Dalton, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Raymond Douglas Davies, Composer - Dave Davies, Composer, Backing Vocals, Writer, 12 String Guitar, Lead Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Keyboards, Piano - Ray Davies, Producer, Harp, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Organ, Tuba, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Maracas Percussion - The Kinks, Performed by, MainArtist - Shel Talmy, Producer - Mick Avory, Drums, Percussion - Pete Quaife, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Rasa Davies, Backing Vocals
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Strictly speaking, the double-album compilation The Kink Kronikles isn't a greatest-hits collection. Covering the years 1966 through 1970, The Kink Kronikles may not be packed with hits -- out of the album's 28 tracks, only nine were hits in the U.K. or the U.S. -- yet it's a definitive overview of this era, which was one of Ray Davies' most productive (and influential) periods. Apart from the hits -- the lazy, sardonic "Sunny Afternoon" and the gorgeous "Waterloo Sunset," and the 1970 comeback hits "Lola" and "Apeman" -- there is a wealth of music that ranks among their very best material that isn't available on any other album. First off, non-LP British hit singles like the music hall raver "Dead End Street" and the wry "Autumn Almanac" are included, as are Dave Davies' two solo hits, "Death of a Clown" and "Suzannah's Still Alive." Then there are the wealth of non-LP singles and B-sides that didn't make the British charts, plus worthy unreleased songs, obscurities like "This Is Where I Belong" and "She's Got Everything," and album tracks that demonstrate another side of the Kinks' musical versatility and Davies' abilities. The key to the success of The Kink Kronikles is how the singles and rarities complement each other and, taken together, present a full portrait. It's the rare compilation that is equally valuable to the collector and to the neophyte fan.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:26:29
- Main artists: The Kinks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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