Kink Kontroversy [Deluxe Edition] [Digipak]

Performer: The Kinks
Engineer: Alan MacKenzie; Alan O'Duffy...
Producer: Shel Talmy...
Distributor: Universal Music Canada

Notes: The Kinks: Ray Davies (vocals, guitar, piano); Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Peter Quaife (bass); Mick Avory (drums). Includes original release liner notes by Michael Aldred & new liner notes by Peter Doggett. Personnel: Ray Davies (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano); Dave Davies (guitar, background vocals); Peter Quaife (bass guitar); Mick Avory (drums, tambourine, bell). Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Andrew Sandoval. Recording information: BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (02/07/1966); Central Sound Studios, London, England (02/07/1966); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (02/07/1966); Pye Studios, London, England (02/07/1966); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (05/12/1966); Central Sound Studios, London, England (05/12/1966); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (05/12/1966); Pye Studios, London, England (05/12/1966); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (08/10/1965); Central Sound Studios, London, England (08/10/1965); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (08/10/1965); Pye Studios, London, England (08/10/1965); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (08/1965); Central Sound Studios, London, England (08/1965); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (08/1965); Pye Studios, London, England (08/1965); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (10/1965); Central Sound Studios, London, England (10/1965); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (10/1965); Pye Studios, London, England (10/1965); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (10/1965-11/1965); Central Sound Studios, London, England (10/1965-11/1965); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (10/1965-11/1965); Pye Studios, London, England (10/1965-11/1965); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (12/13/1965); Central Sound Studios, London, England (12/13/1965); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (12/13/1965); Pye Studios, London, England (12/13/1965); BBC Session, The Playhouse Theatre, London, England (12/1965); Central Sound Studios, London, England (12/1965); Pye Studios (No. 2), London, England (12/1965); Pye Studios, London, England (12/1965). THE KINK KONTROVERSY is the pivotal album in the Kinks' career, the bridge from filler-laden early efforts like KINDA KINKS to the string of masterpieces starting with 1966's FACE TO FACE. The hit single "Til the End of the Day" is the third and last of the trilogy of similar riff-rockers that started with "You Really Got Me." But elsewhere Ray Davies shows his peculiar development as a songwriter with downright morose tracks like "Where Have All the Good Times Gone," "Ring the Bells," and the pointedly sarcastic "I'm On An Island." Brother Dave continues his development as a songwriter with the swell "I Am Free," and as a singer with a stomping proto-metal cover of Kokomo Arnold's blues standard "Milk Cow Blues." The Castle reissue adds four tracks, including two takes of the non-album 1965 single "Dedicated Follower of Fashion."

Rolling Stone (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] peaks with the cheery 'Till the End of the Day'..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "KONTROVERSY was built around 'Till The End Of The Day,' and found Ray in full world-weary mode."

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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