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The Kinks Greatest Hits! (also spelled The Kinks' Greatest Hits!) [a] is a compilation album by the English rock band the Kinks.Released in the United States in August 1966 by Reprise Records, the album mostly consists of singles issued by the group between 1964 and 1966.
The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due ...
Several songs are pastiches of ‘50s rock, but the standout “The Hard Way” harkens back to the sound of the Kinks’ mid-‘60s hits, and Avory has often mentioned “No More Looking Back ...
Live versions of the song appeared on both 1988's Live: The Road and the 1996 US double-album version of To the Bone. [22] The studio version of the song has also appeared on multiple compilations, being used as the namesake for the 1986 greatest-hits package Come Dancing With the Kinks: The Best of the Kinks 1977–1986.
The Ultimate Collection is a compilation of singles by British rock band the Kinks. It was released on Sanctuary Records on 27 May 2002 in the UK and 23 September 2003 in the United States. In June 2002, it reached no. 32 on the UK Albums Chart , and in August 2007, no. 1 on the UK Indie albums chart.
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. [3] [4] The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their touring ban in 1965.
Financial Times reviewer Ludovic Hunter-Tilney gave the collection three stars, noting that it is one of more than 30 Kinks greatest-hit collections that have been released during the band's long history.
Two songs on Face to Face, although written by Ray Davies, were originally recorded and released by other British bands in the months prior to the release of this album. The Pretty Things had a minor UK hit in July 1966 with "A House in the Country", which peaked at No. 50; their final entry on the UK Singles Chart.