Kinks (album)

Kinks
Studio album by
Released2 October 1964
Recordedc.20 January, mid-July and 18 August – 1 September 1964[1]
StudioPye and IBC, London
Genre
Length32:54
LabelPye
ProducerShel Talmy
The Kinks chronology
Kinks
(1964)
Kinda Kinks
(1965)
The Kinks US chronology
You Really Got Me
(1964)
Kinks-Size
(1965)
You Really Got Me
US release by Reprise Records
Singles from Kinks
  1. "You Really Got Me"
    Released: 4 August 1964

Kinks is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on 2 October 1964 in the United Kingdom by Pye Records. The original United States release, issued by Reprise Records on 25 November 1964, omits three tracks and is instead titled You Really Got Me.[6]

The album was re-released in 1998 in the UK on Castle Records with twelve bonus tracks. This reissue was itself reissued in 2004 on the Sanctuary label. A deluxe edition was released on 28 March 2011.[2]

  1. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 21, 31, 37.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AllMusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mike Saunders (25 May 1972). "The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ Turner 2003, p. 561.
  5. ^ Blum, Jordon. "10 Proto-Punk Albums Every Music Fan Should Own". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 37, 41.