The Kink Kontroversy

The Kink Kontroversy
Studio album by
the Kinks
Released26 November 1965 (1965-11-26)
Recorded
  • 25–26 October and 3–4 November 1965
  • (except c. 5 August 1965 for "Ring the Bells")[1]
StudioPye, London
Genre
Length30:12
Label
ProducerShel Talmy
The Kinks chronology
Kinda Kinks
(1965) 		The Kink Kontroversy
(1965) 		Well Respected Kinks
(1966)
The Kinks US chronology
Kinkdom
(1965) 		The Kink Kontroversy
(1966) 		The Kinks Greatest Hits!
(1966)
Alternative cover
North American release
Singles from The Kink Kontroversy

The Kink Kontroversy is the third studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 November 1965 by Pye Records.[5] Issued in the United States on 30 March 1966 by Reprise Records, it was the Kinks' first American album to feature an identical track listing to its British counterpart.[6] It is a transitional album, with elements of both the earlier Kinks' styles (heavily blues-influenced songs such as "Milk Cow Blues" and variations on the band's power chord-driven hits from 1964 to 1965 such as "Till the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies' songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm on an Island"). The liner notes were written by Michael Aldred.

  1. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 62, 68, 72.
  2. ^ Matijas-Mecca 2020, p. 102.
  3. ^ Mike Saunders (25 May 1972). "The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ Turner 2003, p. 561.
  5. ^ Hinman 2004, p. 72.
  6. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 37, 41, 50, 52, 72.