This is the best Kinks album

[jpgray]

There are higher points elsewhere, but Something Else is full of filler, VGPS is too samey, and Arthur starts to really drag after that lame Australia jam. House in the Country? Rosie? Party Line? Sunny Afternoon? Rainy Day in June? And the singles from '66 kick ass as well.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

1. God,what memories. I made a fool out of myself

when "Lola" was released and being played constantly.My five kids were young.

My family,now in their forties,still won't let me forget it.

And no,I won't tell you what I did. Sorry !

[asthmaticeog]

2. I respectfully disagree.

[mark414]

5. and seconded

[Fenris]

7. I respectfully agree with you, good Sir.

:patriot:

All life we work but work is bore,
If life's for livin' whats livin' for,
She lives in a house thats near decay,
Built for the industrial revolution,
But in her dreams she is far away,
In Oklahoma U.S.A.
With Shirley Jones and Gordon McRea,
As she buys her paper at the corner shop,
Shes walkin' on the surrey with the fringe on top,
Cos in her dreams she is far away,
In Oklahoma U.S.A.,
She walks to work but shes still in a daze,
Shes Rita Hayworth or Doris Day,
And Errol Flynn's gonna take her away,
To Oklahoma U.S.A.,
All life we work but work is a bore,
If life's for livin' then whats livin' for.

[asthmaticeog]

9. I have that song on right now!

I'm lovin' the serendipity. B-)

[Fenris]

10. I used to listen to that album over and over again...

Driving between my parents home in Houston and my apartment in San Marcos. Lots of wide open farmland. That record, and that song, have a very magic feel to them.

[asthmaticeog]

11. Funny, I've never thought about that album for long drives.

I've got some traveling to do soon, I'm going to burn a CD, for sure. It'd probably be great for those interminable stretches of PA.

[jpgray]

14. Chock full of filler.

Alcohol is great though. :D As is Muswell Hillbillies itself.

[swag]

3. V fine post and thread.

Thank you.

I must buy that record.

[WCGreen]

4. What, no celluloid Hero's.....

[OzarkDem]

6. No, Village Green Preservation Society

They're all good, its hard to choose (well except for that Soap Opera one when Ray went off on a tangent).

I love visiting Dave Davies web site, he has so many interesting things going on.

Here's a link to Detune.TV - where you can download videos of him touring London and Muswell Hill giving the history of the Davies and the Kinks. Dave cracks me up, he's so funny and a great storyteller..

http://www.detune.tv/

[WCGreen]

12. Thanks for the link...

He wrote a book a while back I seem to remember...

[OzarkDem]

18. Its pretty good

I'll loan you my copy.

[madrchsod]

8. "rainy day in june" got me a 4-f in 1969

i went in, refused to go, and was sent to the shrink. i recited several lines from rainy-"the `eagle` swept it`s mighty wings"! all the while dancing my fingers on his desk...ya i have acid flashbacks...unfit for duty.

i have had three of these over the years and have two left..the first one was pretty well abused.

"everybodys in show biz" is my next fav albums..i`ve have 7 albums and 12 cd`s and tapes..

[brentspeak]

13. Everything from "Face To Face" through "Muswell Hillbillies" is great

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

15. I could not pick a favorite

Something Else's Harry Rag, VGPS's Big Sky, Face to Face's Rainy Day in June and Too Much On My Mind, Lola's The Moneygoround, Muswell Hillbillies's Oklahoma USA and - what? You don't like She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina?

But if I could own only one of their releases, it would not be any of those but the Warner Bros. attempt to wring one more dime out of them...the compilation I loved so much I wore out two vinyl copies of it...Kinks Kronicles.
:loveya:

[flamingyouth]

16. The reissue has "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" on it.

(My favorite Kinks song)

Nevertheless, I have to agree with you. :thumbsup:

[jpgray]

17. Dead End Street is also awesome

Maybe most of all, '66 era Kinks still RAWKED, and did so with Ray (not Dave) quality songwriting. The songs improved pop wise quite a bit later on, but the ass-kicking of their "classic" period mostly ended with Face to Face.