The Kinks

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

Released 2022
© 2022 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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

Released 2022
© 2019 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Everybody's in Show-Biz (2022 Remaster)

Released 2022
© 2022 Kinks Properties Limited, under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Face to Face

Released 2022
© 1966 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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Kinda Kinks

Released 2022
© 1965 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1

Released 2022
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Muswell Hillbillies

Released 2022
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The Kink Kronikles

Released 2020
© 2020 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Muswell Hillbillies (Super Deluxe)

Released 2020
© 2014 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Preservation Act 1 (Deluxe)

Released 2020
© 1973 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Preservation Act 2

Released 2020
© 1974 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Sleepwalker

Released 2020
© 1977 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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State of Confusion

Released 2020
© 1983 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Word of Mouth

Released 2020
© 1984 Kinks Properties Limited under exclusive license to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Deluxe)

Released 2019
© 2019 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Australia

Released 2019
© 2019 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Shangri-La (2019 Mix)

Released 2019
© 2019 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Days (Acoustic Version)

Released 2018
© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Misty Water (Original Mono Mix)

Released 2018
© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon, The Very Best Of

Released 2015
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

The Anthology 1964 - 1971

Released 2014
© 2014 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Something Else (Deluxe)

Released 2011
© 2010 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Kinda Kinks (Deluxe Edition)

Released 2011
© 2011 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Kinks (Deluxe Edition)

Released 2011
© 2011 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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

Released 2010
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Kinks (Deluxe)

Released 2010
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

The Kink Kontroversy (Deluxe)

Released 2010
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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

Released 2009
© 2009 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Picture Book

Released 2008
© 2008 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Face to Face (Bonus Track Edition)

Released 2008
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Something Else By The Kinks (Bonus Track Edition)

Released 2008
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

Released 2008
© 2005 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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

Released 2008
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

The Ultimate Collection

Released 2002
© Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

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

Released 1968
© Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Kinda Kinks (Deluxe)

Released 1965
© Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company

Kinks

Released 1964
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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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