what's your favorite phase of The Kinks?for me it's the Preservation era, with their brass band and chorals, and concept albums
>>123667558I only know a couple of songs from them. I tried listening to their first three albums and there was mixture of genuinely well-written songs and interesting lyrics among a lot of filler. When would you say they get really good?
>>123667606Arthur, Lola and Village Green are all really good
>>123667558The Kinks were a mediocre band who are mostly popular because they made shitty anglocentric rock music and fans think they were "screwed over" by Americans leading to a special snowflake syndrome for the people who have heard those couple of "obscure" anglocentric works.
>>123667662Cool, I'll check them out, thanks!
Something Else. Summer of Love and these cheeky chaps making understated kitchen sink pop. Then Lola vs Powerman into Muswell Hillbillies.
>>123667746Yep, Face to Face and Something Else are Kinks kino of the highest order.
>>123667662that's peak Kinks as far as I'm concerned their post Muswell Hillbillies is also great, but not as muchhaven't come around to listening to their stuff from the 80s forwards though. How good is it?
>>123667685All flaseThey have better melodies and better lyrics then their peers. That's why ppl like them
>>123669789Varies. Still some strong stuff on every album
>>123670080showbiz and percy and sleewalker misfits and low budget are underrated
>>1236675581. vgps2. something else3. arthur4. face to face5. lola
>>123667558The first 3 albums. After that it was show off pseudo-intellectual type stuff imho.
For me it's the one where Ray Davies writes about being bri'ish and having tea with the Queen. Oh wait, that's their entire discography
>>123667558I like everybodys in show biz just because of the brass instrumentation and that old dixie sound, till death us do apart is also my fav songs by them
>>123667606Their Greatest Hits is legitimately their best record. Just get that.
1. Arthur2. Village Green3. Something Else4. Muswell Hillbillies5. Powerman
https://youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsUPerfection.
>>123667685
I like the British Invasion years, myself.
I love every single album from Face to Face to Muswell Hillbillies. I guess I'm basic, but to me it's one of the greatest runs in popular music, certainly the greatest of 60s rock.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr50_jly3-MAlso I found that people remember them as the "You really Got me band" and say the usual line (the pirst punk song, or the first heavy metal song) but tend to understate the impact that song had on the british rock bands. The Who and Rolling Stones owe their careers to the Kinks blowing the lid open to riotous rock tunes
