The Kinks

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Artwork for Strangers (2020 Stereo Remaster)

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Artwork for This Time Tomorrow (2020 Stereo Remaster)

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Sunny Afternoon (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993)

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Sunny Afternoon (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993)

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2023

Everybody's in Show-Biz (Deluxe) (2022 Remaster)

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2022

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 (Deluxe)

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Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (2019 Remaster)

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Everybody's in Show-Biz (2022 Remaster)

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2022

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1

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2022

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 (Deluxe)

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2020

Everybody's in Show-Biz (Super Deluxe)

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2020

Muswell Hillbillies (Super Deluxe)

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2020

Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Deluxe)

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2019

Village Green Overture (Preservation Version - Stereo)

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2018

Starstruck (Alternate Mix With Session Chat)

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2018

Misty Water (Original Mono Mix)

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2015

The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon, The Very Best Of

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2014

Classics: The Best of The Kinks

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2012

The Kink Kontroversy (Deluxe Edition)

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2010

Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Bonus Track Edition)

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2010

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Deluxe Edition)

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2008

Face to Face (Bonus Track Edition)

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2008

Something Else By The Kinks (Bonus Track Edition)

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2008

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

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2008

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Deluxe Expanded Edition)

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2008

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (2018 Stereo Remaster)

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Artist bio

The Kinks (1963–1996; 2018-present) are an English pop-rock group that came out of the British R&B scene of the early 1960s. Formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray Davies and Dave Davies in 1964 and categorised in the United States as a "British Invasion" band, the Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock groups of the era. In 1990, their first year of eligibility, the original four members were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Later, in November 2005, they were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Among numerous other honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music" in 2006. The Kinks reunited in June 2018, with the Davies brothers and drummer Mick Avory.

Formed in 1963 in Muswell Hill, North London, they first gained prominence on the heels of the well-received and highly influential single "You Really Got Me" (1964). The group originally consisted of lead singer/guitarist Ray Davies, his brother lead guitarist Dave Davies, drummer Mick Avory, and bassist Peter Quaife. Quaife left (twice) in the late 1960s, and Avory finally left in 1984 as the result of a long-running dispute with Dave Davies, leaving only the Davies brothers as the core of the original group.

With Ray Davies' songwriting skills and unashamedly English voices, Dave Davies' impressive guitar work, and Avory's tight and steady drumming, the band became one of the best and most influential groups of British pop and the "British Invasion" of the U.S.A., lasting longer than any of their competitors, apart from the Rolling Stones, as they broke up in 1996. Their catalogue of songs has been covered by Van Halen, The Pretenders, The Black Keys, The Stranglers, Queens of the Stone Age , and many more.
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