Something Else By The Kinks CD


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Having closed out their hard-rock period, the Kinks went pastoral on SOMETHING ELSE. It's an album of folk and pop songs about the quiet pleasures of family life and the English countryside, dotted with harpsichords, acoustic guitars, and ethereal harmonies. A radical rejection of the Age of Aquarius, it was one of the boldest pop albums of its time, a commercial failure but an artistic landmark. In "Two Sisters," Ray Davies sings about a wild, swinging woman and her homemaking sister, and dares to side with the latter. Other songs include "Afternoon Tea," surely the first rock song ever written on that subject, and the majestic "Waterloo Sunset," which has been described as the most beautiful song ever written in the English language.

Live Recording

Recording information: PYE Studios (11/1966-06/1967).

Photographer: Mario Hallhuber.

The Kinks: Ray Davies, Dave Davies (vocals, guitar); Pete Quaife (bass); Mick Avory (drums).

Personnel: Dave Davies (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards); Ray Davies (vocals, guitar); Mick Avory (drums).

Rolling Stone (9/14/00, p.180) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...An eccentric brand of rock & roll that had far more to do with Thomas Hardy than Chuck Berry....The arrangements are quieter and occasionally employ keyboard and strings....The album's gem is its concluding track, 'Waterloo Sunset'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (9/03, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...SOMETHING ELSE, originally released in 1967, was the anti-PEPPER..."
Uncut (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "SOMETHING ELSE is The Kinks at their best, a flawless 13-song suite of elegant and quintessentially English songwriting..."

Something Else By The Kinks Music

List Price	$13.96 (You save $3.77)
Category	Rock Albums, Oldies CDs, Rock/Pop, British Invasion
Label	Reprise
Orig Year	1967
All Time Product Rank	10,584
CD Universe Part number	1099373
Catalog number	6279
Discs	1
Release Date	May 02, 1990
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Shel Talmy; Ray Davies
Personnel	Dave Davies - vocals, guitar Mick Avory - drums Ray Davies - vocals, guitar Pete Quaife - bass

Something Else By The Kinks Songs

	Trk	Song
	1	David Watts See All 22
	2	Death of a Clown See All 26
	3	Two Sisters See All 9
	4	No Return See All 5
	5	Harry Rag See All 6
	6	Tin Soldier Man See All 6
	7	Situation Vacant See All 6
	8	Love Me till the Sun Shines See All 7
	9	Lazy Old Sun See All 6
	10	Afternoon Tea See All 5
	11	Funny Face See All 6
	12	End Of The Season See All 7
	13	Waterloo Sunset See All 31

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Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

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5 stars Get this American stereo version
This Reprise edition is in stereo, so you need to have this as well as the mono remastered one with bonus tracks. I always felt Village Green was the masterpiece, but this is a close second. "Waterloo Sunset", "Lazy Old Sun", "David Watts"...some really lasting songs here.
Submitted by millionrainbows (Austin, Tx, USA)
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5 stars originally didn't make it to america
this is a under-rated gem. lots of anglophilia. Starts with "david watts" and ends with "waterloo sunset". these are two kinks classics. they exemplify what ray davies was best at- little english vignettes. also check out "lazy old sun" it is a semi-psychedelic masterpiece.
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5 stars SO SICK!!!
This is one of the kinks greatests. Go out of your shanty and buy this right now! Its so hot your pants will catch a flame!
Submitted by joesiahastle (new york)
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5 stars a masterpiece!!!
This record still holds up as the pinnacle of the kinks recording career. Each song is beautifully constructed and performed impeccibly by the band ( plus Nicky Hopkins). Long live the Kinks!
Submitted by jlcarlee (san mateo, Ca, USA)
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3 stars The Most Over-rated Kinks album - 3.5/5
Two songs really stand out on this one: Two Sisters and Death of a Clown. Everything else is either pleasant and inoffensive, but not particularly great or a bit on the annoying side. However, there are enough great melodies to make it worth buying for any fans of 60's rock/pop music.
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