Well Respected Kinks [BMG Special Products]

Performer: The Kinks
Distributor: Bayside Record Dist.

Notes: Liner Note Authors: Dave Davies; Peter Quaife; Ray Davies ; Mick Avory. A budget sampler of the Kinks' early years, this compilation presents some of Ray Davies's best songs from 1964 and '65. The set includes the cleverly satirical "A Well Respected Man," the wonderfully weary "Tired of Waiting for You," and "You Really Got Me," a fierce rocker that proved the Kinks could hold their own against the Stones and the Who. What's immediately clear upon hearing these tunes is how smart and assured Davies's songcraft was, even in these formative years. More than anything, these 10 tracks give a good sense of the pop brilliance that would follow on SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS and THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY. Longtime Kinks fans will likely already have the songs here on other releases, but for those seeking a brief, potent introduction to the group, WELL RESPECTED KINKS fits like a well-tailored British suit. A budget sampler of the Kinks' early years, this compilation presents some of Ray Davies's best songs from 1964 and '65. The set includes the cleverly satirical "A Well Respected Man," the wonderfully weary "Tired of Waiting for You," and "You Really Got Me," a fierce rocker that proved the Kinks could hold their own against the Stones and the Who. What's immediately clear upon hearing these tunes is how smart and assured Davies's songcraft was, even in these formative years. More than anything, these 10 tracks give a good sense of the pop brilliance that would follow on SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS and THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY. Longtime Kinks fans will likely already have the songs here on other releases, but for those seeking a brief, potent introduction to the group, WELL RESPECTED KINKS fits like a well-tailored British suit.

Like most mid-1960s British rockers, the Kinks started out as an R&B group before they helped invent hard rock and ventured into sardonic, Beatles-inspired pop and refreshingly unpretentious rock opera with an English music-hall tinge. Ray Davies' biting lyrical wit and brother Dave's primal power chords proved an unbeatable and tremendously influential combination. For as long as the notoriously combative siblings could comfortably coexist, the Kinks continued to ply their intelligent brand of Brit-rock.

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