Something Else by the Kinks

Something Else by the Kinks
Studio album by
the Kinks
Released15 September 1967
Recorded
  • January–July 1967
  • (except April and 9 June 1966 for "End of the Season")[1]
StudioPye, London
Genre
Length36:17
LabelPye
Producer
The Kinks UK chronology
Face to Face
(1966) 		Something Else by the Kinks
(1967) 		Sunny Afternoon
(1967)
The Kinks US chronology
The Live Kinks
(1967) 		Something Else by the Kinks
(1968) 		The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
(1969)
Singles from Something Else by the Kinks
  1. "Waterloo Sunset"
    Released: 5 May 1967
  2. "Death of a Clown" / "Love Me Till the Sun Shines"
    Released: 7 July 1967

Something Else by the Kinks, often referred to simply as Something Else, is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 15 September 1967 by Pye Records. The album continued the Kinks' trend toward an eccentric baroque pop and music hall-influenced style defined by frontman Ray Davies' observational and introspective lyrics. It also marked the final involvement of American producer Shel Talmy in the Kinks' 1960s studio recordings; henceforth Ray Davies would produce the group's recordings. Many of the songs feature the keyboard work of Nicky Hopkins and the backing vocals of Davies's wife, Rasa. The album was preceded by the singles "Waterloo Sunset", one of the group's most acclaimed songs, and the Dave Davies solo record "Death of a Clown", both of which charted in the UK top 3.

Though it contained two major European hits and earned positive notices from the music press in both the UK and US, Something Else sold poorly and became the Kinks' lowest-charting album in both countries at the time. As with the group's other albums from the period, however, it found retrospective praise and became a cult favourite. The album was ranked No. 288 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[8] It was voted number 237 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).[9]

  1. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 82, 84, 104.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021.
  4. ^ McColl 2014, p. 347.
  5. ^ Matijas-Mecca 2020, p. 102.
  6. ^ Stylus Staff (22 March 2004). "Top 101–200 Favourite Albums Ever". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023. Laced with Ray Davies' trademark masquerade folk music and wry observations on British life, Something Else was the band's Rubber Soul ...
  7. ^ Sante, Luc (25 March 2018). "The Kinks: Something Else". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  8. ^ "288 | Something Else By the Kinks - The Kinks". Rolling Stone. No. Special Issue. Straight Arrow. November 2003. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). London, England: Virgin Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.