Their first album, Kinks (1964 ... It may be the band’s finest balance of old and new. Many of the Kinks’ best songs do in ...
Ray’s decision to make it a protest album about the music biz probably ... Such tender, bruised songs would define the early ...
The Kinks’ best balancing act between sky-high ambition and rock immediacy. Originally commissioned for a BBC program that never materialized, the album breathes pure Britishness—most heavily ...
The Kinks’ story wouldn’t be the ripping yarn it is without some turbulence. Or rather, a lot of turbulence. Even when compared to the other giants of the ’60s and ’70s, The Kinks arguably ...