Kinda Kinks

Kinda Kinks is the second studio album by English rock band The Kinks, released in 1965. Recorded and released within two weeks after returning from a tour in Asia, Ray Davies and the band were not satisfied with the production. The single "Tired of Waiting for You" was a #1 hit on the UK Singles Charts.

Production

The album was recorded immediately after the return of the group from an Asian tour, and was completed and released within two weeks.^[1]^[2]^[3] Consequently, the production was rushed and, according to Ray Davies, the band was not completely satisfied with the final cuts.^[2]^[3] Due to record company pressure, however, no time was available to fix certain flaws present in the mix. Ray Davies has expressed his dissatisfaction towards the production not being up to par. Commenting on this, he said: "A bit more care should have been taken with it. I think (producer) Shel Talmy went too far in trying to keep in the rough edges. Some of the double tracking on that is appalling. It had better songs on it than the first album, but it wasn't executed in the right way. It was just far too rushed."

Releases

It was released by Pye in the UK on 5 March 1965, and by Reprise in the USA on 11 August 1965. The US release had a rearranged track listing and repackaged cover. Several tracks were removed, and the single "Set Me Free", released two months after the UK issue of Kinda Kinks, was unique to the album's US release. In the UK, the album was only released in mono; no stereo mix was made.

The single "Tired of Waiting for You" was a #1 hit on the UK Singles Charts.^[4] The album itself hit #3 on the UK Album Charts.^[4]

"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" was released as a single in Norway and Sweden in 1966, backed with "I Need You", reaching 7 on the Swedish charts.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic wrote that the album was uneven, but that "...what was first-rate was also highly memorable, and what wasn't also wasn't bad." They also made note of some maturing in Ray Davies's songwriting.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Davies, except as indicated.

UK Release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Look for Me Baby"		2:17
2.	"Got My Feet on the Ground"	Ray Davies, Dave Davies	2:14
3.	"Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl"		2:44
4.	"Naggin' Woman"	Jimmy Anderson, J. D. "Jay" Miller (as Jay West)	2:36
5.	"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight"		2:01
6.	"Tired of Waiting for You"		2:31

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dancing in the Street"	Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter	2:20
2.	"Don't Ever Change"		2:25
3.	"Come On Now"		1:49
4.	"So Long"		2:10
5.	"You Shouldn't Be Sad"		2:03
6.	"Something Better Beginning"		2:26

1998 and 2004 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"		2:16
14.	"Who'll Be the Next in Line"		2:02
15.	"Set Me Free"		2:12
16.	"I Need You"		2:26
17.	"See My Friends"		2:46
18.	"Never Met a Girl Like You Before"		2:05
19.	"Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" (Kwyet Kinks EP)	D. Davies	2:07
20.	"Such a Shame" (Kwyet Kinks EP)		2:19
21.	"A Well Respected Man" (Kwyet Kinks EP)		2:43
22.	"Don't You Fret" (Kwyet Kinks EP)		2:45
23.	"I Go to Sleep" (Demo version)		2:42

2011 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" (mono single (Pye single 7N 15813 (UK), 1965))	2:13
2.	"Who'll Be the Next in Line" (mono single (Pye single 7N 15813 (UK), 1965))	2:01
3.	"Set Me Free" (mono single (Pye single 7N 15854 (UK), 1965))	2:09
4.	"I Need You" (mono single (Pye single 7N 15854 (UK), 1965))	2:23
5.	"See My Friends" (mono single (Pye single 7N 15919 (UK), 1965))	2:44
6.	"Never Met a Girl Like You Before" (mono single (Pye single 7N 15919 (UK), 1965))	2:05
7.	"A Well Respected Man" (Kwyet Kinks EP (Pye NEP 24221 (UK), 1965))	2:43
8.	"Such a Shame" (Kwyet Kinks EP (Pye NEP 24221 (UK), 1965))	2:19
9.	"Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" (Kwyet Kinks EP (Pye NEP 24221 (UK), 1965))	2:07
10.	"Don't You Fret" (Kwyet Kinks EP (Pye NEP 24221 (UK), 1965))	2:45
11.	"I Go to Sleep" (demo version)	2:42
12.	"When I See That Girl of Mine" (demo version)	2:02
13.	"Tell Me Now So I'll Know" (demo version)	1:59
14.	"A Little Bit of Sunlight" (demo version)	1:50
15.	"There's a New World Just Opening for Me" (demo version)	2:31
16.	"This I Know" (demo version)	2:01
17.	"See My Friends" (alternative take)	2:44
18.	"Come On Now" (alternative vocal)	1:55
19.	"You Shouldn't Be Sad" (recorded at BBC)	1:55
20.	"Tired of Waiting for You" (recorded at BBC)	2:22
21.	"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" (recorded at BBC)	2:13
22.	"This Strange Effect" (recorded at BBC)	2:32
23.	"Hide and Seek" (recorded at BBC)	2:13

US release

Side 1

"Look for Me Baby" - 2:17
"Got My Feet on the Ground" (Ray Davies, Dave Davies) - 2:14
"Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" - 2:44
"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" - 2:01
"Set Me Free" - 2:12

Side 2

"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" - 2:16
"Dancing in the Street" (Gaye, Stevenson, Hunter) - 2:20
"Don't Ever Change" - 2:25
"So Long" - 2:10
"You Shouldn't Be Sad" - 2:03
"Something Better Beginning" - 2:26

For the US version, three tracks were dropped: "Naggin' Woman" would be held over for the US only Kinkdom LP, and both sides of their recent hit single, "Tired of Waiting for You" and "Come On Now", were already placed on the previous US album Kinks-Size. These were replaced with the recent single "Set Me Free" and "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" (recently issued as a B-side in the US but originally a single in the UK).

Personnel

The Kinks

Ray Davies - lead vocals (except where indicated), backing vocals, rhythm guitar, piano on "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight"
Dave Davies - lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Got My Feet on the Ground", "Naggin' Woman", "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" and "Come On Now"
Pete Quaife - bass guitar, backing vocals
Mick Avory - drums (except where noted)

Additional musicians

Bobby Graham - drums on "Tired of Waiting for You"
Rasa Davies - backing vocals on "Look for Me Baby", "Dancing in the Street", "Come On Now", "I Need You"

Cover versions

"Something Better Beginning" was released by The Honeycombs as a single in 1965.
"Tired of Waiting for You" was covered by The Flock on their first album The Flock in 1969.
"Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" was covered by Queens of the Stone Age on the limited edition version of their Songs for the Deaf album.
Queens of the Stone Age also covered "Who'll Be the Next in Line" on their Stone Age Complications album.
"Come on Now" was covered by the Pussywillows on their 12" EP, Spring Fever!, and by The Plimsouls on their album One Night in America.
"I Go to Sleep" was released by Peggy Lee and The Applejacks in 1965 and was covered by Cher on her debut album, All I Really Want to Do, and by The Pretenders on their album Pretenders II, and by Sia Furler on her album Some People Have Real Problems.
"Tired of Waiting for You" was covered by Green Day for the Howard Stern movie Private Parts. It also appeared on their 2002 B-sides compilation, Shenanigans.
"Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" was covered by Mark Lanegan in 2000 for the Kinks tribute album, Give the People What We Want - Songs of the Kinks (Sub Pop SPCD575). More recently, it was covered by Solvents on the Wes Anderson tribute album I Saved Latin.

References

↑ The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night, A Guide by Doug Hinman
1 2 3 4 "Kinda Kinks review on All Music.com". Retrieved 2009-09-10.
1 2 Kinda Kinks CD liner notes
1 2 The Kinks in the UK Charts, The Official Charts. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
↑ Emlen, Dave. "Kinks Chart History".

The Kinks

Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton Gordon Edwards Ian Gibbons John Gosling Mark Haley Bob Henrit Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Nicky Hopkins Shel Talmy

Studio albums	Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody's in Show-Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia

Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live: The Road To the Bone

EPs	Kinksize Session Kwyet Kinks

Compilations	Kinks-Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found (1986–1989) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book

Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)

Stage	Sunny Afternoon (musical)

Related articles	Discography Band members Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Percy Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks

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