The Kinks discography

The Kinks discography
The Kinks in Stockholm in 1965
Studio albums	24
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	32
EPs	10
Singles	78

The Kinks were active for more than 30 years between 1964 and 1996, releasing 28 regular albums in the UK (24 studio, four live),^[1] and 30 in the USA (24 studio, four live, two compilation), where the early albums were slightly different to the British albums partly due to the method that publishing royalties were calculated in the two countries,^[2] partly due to difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market didn't, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due to the US albums including the hit singles, and the UK albums not; after The Kink Kontroversy in 1965 the albums were the same.^[3] There have been somewhere between 100 and 200 compilation albums released worldwide.^[4][5][6] Their hit singles included three UK number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "You Really Got Me"; plus 18 Top 40 singles in the 1960s alone and further Top 40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s.

Albums

List of regular albums, with UK and US chart positions
US releases Kinkdom and Kinks-Size are shown in separate Compilations table

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions
			UK[7]	US
1964	Kinks (UK) You Really Got Me (US)	Début. Released 2 October by Pye Records US version was released in November by Reprise Records with three fewer tracks, under the title You Really Got Me [8]	3	29
1965	Kinda Kinks	Released 5 March 1965 by Pye in the UK Released 11 August 1965 by Reprise in the US with a slightly different track listing[9]	3	60
	The Kink Kontroversy	Released 26 November 1965 by Pye in UK Released 30 March 1966 by Reprise in US	9	95
1966	Face to Face	Released 28 October 1966 by Pye in UK Released: 7 December 1966 by Reprise in US	12	135
1967	Something Else by The Kinks	* Released 15 September 1967 by Pye in UK Released: January 1968 by Reprise in US	35	153
	The Live Kinks (US) Live at Kelvin Hall (UK) Released: 16 August 1967 (US) Released: 12 January 1968 (UK) Label: Reprise Records (US) Label: Pye Records (UK)	Live	-	162
1968	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	Released: 22 November 1968 by Pye in UK Released: January 1969 by Reprise in US	-	-
1969	Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)	* Released: 10 October 1969 Label: Pye Records (UK) Label: Reprise Records (US)	-	105
1970	Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One	* Released: 27 November 1970 (UK) Released: 2 December 1970 (US) Label: Pye Records (UK) Label: Reprise Records (US)	-	35
1971	Percy Released: 26 March 1971 Label: Pye Records (UK) Label: Reprise Records (US)	Soundtrack	-	-
	Muswell Hillbillies	* Released: 25 November 1971 Label: RCA Records	-	100
1972	Everybody's in Show-Biz Released: 25 August 1972 Label: RCA Records	Double album Disk one: studio Disk two: live	-	70
1973	Preservation Act 1	* Released: 16 November 1973 Label: RCA Records	-	177
1974	Preservation Act 2	* Released: 8 May 1974 Label: RCA Records	-	114
1975	Soap Opera	* Released: 16 May 1975 Label: RCA Records	-	51
	Schoolboys in Disgrace	* Released: 17 November 1975 Label: RCA Records	-	45
1977	Sleepwalker	* Released: 12 February 1977 Label: Arista Records	-	21
1978	Misfits	* Released: 19 May 1978 Label: Arista Records	-	40
1979	Low Budget Released: 10 July 1979 (US) Released: 7 September 1979 (UK) Label: Arista Records		-	11
1980	One for the Road Released: 4 June 1980 (US) Released: 1 August 1980 (UK) Label: Arista Records	Live	-	14
1981	Give the People What They Want Released: 15 August 1981 (US) Released: January 1982 (UK) Label: Arista Records		-	15
1983	State of Confusion Released: 10 June 1983 Label: Arista Records		-	12
1984	Word of Mouth Released: 19 November 1984 Label: Arista Records		-	57
1986	Think Visual Released: 17 November 1986 Label: London Records (UK) Label: MCA Records (US)		-	81
1988	Live: The Road Released: 23 May 1988 Label: London Records	Live	-	-
1989	UK Jive Released: 2 October 1989 Label: London Records (UK) Label: MCA Records (US)		-	122
1993	Phobia Released: 29 March 1993 Label: Columbia Records		-	166
1994	To the Bone Released: 3 October 1994 Label: Konk Records		-	-

Singles

1960s

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions							Album
			UK	US	AUS	CAN	GER	NED	NZ
1964	"Long Tall Sally" b-side "I Took My Baby Home"	B-side appears on début album Kinks	42 [nb 1]	129 [nb 2]						Non-album release[10]
	"You Still Want Me" b-side "You Do Something To Me"			±						Non-album release[11]
	"You Really Got Me" b-side "It's All Right		1	7	8	4	39	23		Kinks[12]
	"Kinksize Session" (EP) Released: 27 November 1964 (UK) Label: Pye Records (UK)	A 1"Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) 2"I Gotta Go Now" B 1"I've Got That Feeling" 2"Things Are Getting Better"		±						Non-album release[13] Included on Kinks-Size in US
	"All Day and All of the Night" b-side "I Gotta Move"		2	7	14	12	22	9		Non-album release[14] Included on Kinks-Size in US
1965	"Tired of Waiting for You" b-side "Come On Now"		1	6	29	3	13	18		Kinda Kinks[15] Included on Kinks-Size in US
	"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [nb 3] b/w "Who'll Be The Next In Line"		17				29	28		Non-album release[16] Included on Kinda Kinks in US
	"Set Me Free" b-side "I Need You"		9	23	54	2	32	12		Non-album release[17] Included on Kinda Kinks in US
	"See My Friends" b-side "Never Met A Girl Like You Before"		10	111			36	26		Non-album release[18]
	"Who'll Be the Next in Line" b-side "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"			34		25				Non-album release[19]
	"A Well Respected Man" [nb 4] b-side "Such A Shame"		≈	13	11			6		Non-album release[20] Included on Kinkdom in US
	"Till the End of the Day" b-side "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"		8	50	63	34	19	6		The Kink Kontroversy[21] Included on Kinks-Size in US
	"Kwyet Kinks" (EP) Released: 17 September 1965 (UK) Label: Pye Records (UK)	A 1"Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" 2"Such a Shame" b 1"A Well Respected Man" 2"Don't You Fret"
1966	"Dedicated Follower of Fashion" b-side "Sittin' On My Sofa"		4	36	36	11	11	1	1	Non-album release[22]
	"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" b-side "I Need You"		≈	±						The Kink Kontroversy[23]
	"Sunny Afternoon" b-side "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"		1	14	13	1	7	1	2	Face to Face[24]
	"Dandy" b-side "Party Line"		≈	±			1	2		Face to Face[25]
	"Dead End Street" b-side "Big Black Smoke"		5	73	62	28	5	4	4	Non-album release[26]
	"Mister Pleasant" b-side "Harry Rag"		≈	80	35	79	12	2		Non-album release[27]
1967	"Waterloo Sunset" b-side "Act Nice and Gentle (UK) "Two Sisters" (US)		2		4		7	1	7	Something Else by The Kinks[28]
	"Death of a Clown" b-side "Love Me Till The Sun Shines"	Labelled as Dave Davies solo	3		31	68	3	2		Something Else by The Kinks[29]
	"Autumn Almanac" b-side "Mr. Pleasant"	"David Watts" used as b-side in non-UK regions	3			13	5	17		Non-album release[30]
	"Susannah's Still Alive" b-side "Funny Face"	Labelled as Dave Davies solo	20				27	10		Non-album release[31]
1968	"Wonderboy" b-side "Polly"		36				29	4
	"Days" b-side "She's Got Everything"		12		77		28	6	11
	"Lincoln County" b-side "There Is No Life Without Love"	Labelled as Dave Davies solo		±				15
1969	"Starstruck"		≈					9
	"Picture Book"	Australia only	≈	±	36
	"Hold My Hand" b-side "Creeping Jean"	Labelled as Dave Davies solo		±
	"Plastic Man" b-side "King Kong"		31	±	97		34	16
	"Drivin'" b-side "Mindless Child Of Motherhood"			±
	"The Village Green Preservation Society" b-side "Do You Remember Walter"		≈
	"Shangri-La" b-side "This Man, He Weeps Tonight"			±				24
	"Australia" b-side "She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina"	Australia only	≈	±
	"Victoria" b-side "Mr. Churchill Says (UK) "Brainwashed" (US)		33	62	57	33
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

1970s

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions							Album
UK	US	AUS	CAN	GER	NED	NZ
1970	"Lola" b/w "Berkeley Mews" (UK) "Mindless Child Of Motherhood" (US)		2	9	4	2	2	1	1
	"Apeman" b/w "Rats"		5	45	5	19	8	9	5
1971	"God's Children" b/w "The Way Love Used To Be"				53				21
	"20th Century Man" b/w "Skin and Bone"		≈	106	89
1972	"Supersonic Rocket Ship" b/w "You Don't Know My Name"		16	111				25
	"Celluloid Heroes" b/w "Hot Potatoes"
1973	"One of the Survivors" b/w "Scrapheap City"		≈	108
	"Sitting in the Midday Sun" b/w "One Of The Surviviors"
	"Sweet Lady Genevieve" b/w "Sitting In My Hotel" (UK) "Sitting In The Midday Sun" (US)
	"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" b/w "Lola"			±
1974	"Money Talks" b/w "Here Comes Flash"		≈
	"Mirror of Love" b/w "He's Evil"
	"Mirror of Love"(Band Version) b/w "He's Evil"
	"Holiday Romance" b/w "Shepherds Of The Nation"			±
	"Preservation" b/w "Salvation Road"		≈
1975	"Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" b/w "Ordinary People"		≈
	"Ducks on the Wall" b/w "Rush Hour Blues"			±
	"You Can't Stop the Music" b/w "Have Another Drink"			±
1976	"I'm in Disgrace" b/w "The Hard Way"		≈
	"No More Looking Back" b/w "Jack The Idiot Dunce"/"The Hard Way"			±
1977	"Sleepwalker" b/w "Full Moon"			48		54
	"Juke Box Music" b/w "Sleepless Night" (UK) "Life Goes On" (US)
	"Father Christmas" b/w "Prince Of The Punks"
1978	"A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy" b/w "Artificial Light" (US) "Live Life" (US) "Get Up" (US 2nd pressings)			30		30
	"Live Life" b/w "In A Foreign Land" (UK) "Black Messiah" (US)
	"Black Messiah" b/w "Misfits"			±
1979	"(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" b/w "Low Budget"			41	71	43
	"A Gallon of Gas" b/w "Low Budget"		≈
	"Catch Me Now I'm Falling" b/w "Low Budget"		≈
	"Moving Pictures" b/w "In A Space"			±
	"Pressure" b/w "National Health"			±
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

1980s

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions
UK	US	US Main	AUS	CAN	GER	NED	NZ
1980	"Lola (Live)" b/w "Celluloid Heroes"		≈	81		69			1
	"You Really Got Me (Live)" b/w "Attitude"		≈
1981	"Better Things" b/w "Massive Reductions" (UK) "Yo-Yo" (US)		46	92	12
	"Destroyer" b/w "Back To Front"		≈	85	3		35
	"Predictable" b/w "Back To Front"			±
1982	"Come Dancing" b/w "Noise"		12	6	17	36	6		29
1983	"Don't Forget to Dance" b/w "Bernadette" (UK) "Young Conservatives" (US)		58	29	16		20			38
	"State of Confusion" b/w "Labour Of Love"		≈	±	26
1984	"Good Day" b/w "Too Hot"			±
	"Do It Again" b/w "Guilty"			41	4		91
1985	"Living on a Thin Line" b/w "Sold Me Out"	Only a 12-inch promotional release in US	≈	±	24
	"Summer's Gone" b/w "Going Solo"		≈
1986	"Rock 'n' Roll Cities" b/w "Sleazy Town"		≈		37
	"How Are You" b/w "Killing Time" (UK) "Working At The Factory" (US)		86		16
1987	"Lost and Found" b/w "Killing Time"				37
1988	"The Road" b/w "Art Lover"			±
1989	"Down All the Days (Till 1992)" b/w "You Really Got Me"			±
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

1990s

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions
			UK	US	US Main	AUS	CAN	GER	NED	NZ
1990	"How Do I Get Close" b/w "Down All The Days (Till 1992)" (UK) "War Is Over" (US)				21
1991	"Did Ya" (CD EP)[32] Released: 24 October Label: Columbia	1 Did Ya 2 I Gotta Move (live) 3 Days 4 New World 5 Look Through Any Doorway	≈		48
1993	"Only a Dream" b/w "Somebody Stole My Car"		79	±
	"Scattered"(CD single)			±
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

2000s

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions
			UK	US	US Main	AUS	CAN	GER	NED	NZ
2004	"You Really Got Me"[nb 5]		42
2007	"Waterloo Sunset"[nb 6]}		88
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK

Compilations

Selected list of compilation albums, EPs and box sets

Year	Title	Notes	Peak chart positions
			UK[7]	US
1965	Kinks-Size	US only Reprise compilation that combined the UK EP "Kinksize Session", the singles "All Day and All of the Night" and "Tired of Waiting for You", with two tracks that had been dropped from US version of the début album[33]	≈	13
1965	Kinkdom	US only Reprise compilation that combined the UK EP "Kwyet Kinks" plus other tracks[34]	≈	47
1965	"Kinksize Hits" (EP)[35] Released: 15 January 1965 (UK) Label: Pye Records (UK)	A 1"You Really Got Me" 2"It's All Right" B 1"All Day and All of the Night" 2"I Gotta Move	3	-
1966	Greatest Hits! (US-only album)		-	9
1966	Well Respected Kinks		5	-
1967	Sunny Afternoon (UK-only album)		9	-
1971	Golden Hour of the Kinks (UK-only album)		21	-
1972	The Kink Kronikles (US-only album)		-	94
1973	The Great Lost Kinks Album		-	145
1978	20 Golden Greats		19	-
1983	Dead End Street - Greatest Hits		96	-
1984	The Kinks: A Compleat Collection 20th Anniversary Edition		-	209
1986	Come Dancing with the Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986		-	159
1989	The Ultimate Collection		35	-
1993	The Definitive Collection: The Kinks Greatest Hits		18	-
1997	The Very Best of		42	-
1997	The Singles Collection - Waterloo Sunset		96	-
2001	Singles Collection		81	-
2002	The Ultimate Collection		32	-
2008	Picture Book |6-CD box set)		-	-
2011	The Singles Collection		39	-
2012	Waterloo Sunset - Best Of		14	-

Notes

1. "Long Tall Sally" did not chart on the Record Retailer chart, but did reach #42 on the Melody Maker
2. "Long Tall Sally" did not chart in the US until late 1964, after several other Kinks singles had charted
3. "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" and "Who'll Be The Next In Line" were respectively the A-side and B-side of a UK/European single. This single was released several months later in North America, with the A-side and B-side reversed.
4. "A Well Respected Man" was originally released (September 1965) in the UK on the 45rpm 7" EP Kwyet Kinks which was not eligible for the UK singles chart.
5. "You Really Got Me" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which added rarity "Misty Water".
6. "Waterloo Sunset" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original UK Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which was a replica of the French 4 track EP.

References

1. Doug Hinman (1994). You Really Got Me : An Illustrated World Discography of the Kinks, 1964-1993. Douglas E Hinman.
2. Hank Fox (4 March 1967). "Disk Firms Swing to Less-Groove Policy". Billboard: 1 & 10.
3. Doug Hinman (1994). You Really Got Me : An Illustrated World Discography of the Kinks, 1964-1993. Douglas E Hinman.
4. Doug Hinman (1994). You Really Got Me : An Illustrated World Discography of the Kinks, 1964-1993. Douglas E Hinman.
5. "The Kinks Discography: Compilations". discogs.com.
6. "The Kinks: Discography: Compilations". allmusic.com.
7. "Kinks: Albums". Official Charts. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
8. "You Really Got Me". kindakinks.net.
9. "Kinda Kinks". kindakinks.net.
10. Dave Emlen. "Long Tall Sally". kindakinks.net.
11. Dave Emlen. "You Still Want Me". kindakinks.net.
12. Dave Emlen. "You Really Got Me". kindakinks.net.
13. Dave Emlen. "Kinksize Session". kindakinks.net.
14. Dave Emlen. "All Day And All Of The Night". kindakinks.net.
15. Dave Emlen. "Tired Of Waiting For You". kindakinks.net.
16. Dave Emlen. "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy". kindakinks.net.
17. Dave Emlen. "Set Me Free". kindakinks.net.
18. Dave Emlen. "See My Friends". kindakinks.net.
19. Dave Emlen. "Who'll Be the Next in Line". kindakinks.net.
20. Dave Emlen. "A Well Respected Man". kindakinks.net.
21. Dave Emlen. "Till the End of the Day". kindakinks.net.
22. Dave Emlen. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion". kindakinks.net.
23. Dave Emlen. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight". kindakinks.net.
24. Dave Emlen. "Sunny Afternoon". kindakinks.net.
25. Dave Emlen. "Dandy". kindakinks.net.
26. Dave Emlen. "Dead End Street". kindakinks.net.
27. Dave Emlen. "Mr. Pleasant". kindakinks.net.
28. Dave Emlen. "Waterloo Sunset". kindakinks.net.
29. Dave Emlen. "Death of a Clown". kindakinks.net.
30. Dave Emlen. "Autumn Almanac". kindakinks.net.
31. Dave Emlen. "Susannah's Still Alive". kindakinks.net.
32. "Did Ya". kindakinks.net.
33. Bruce Eder. "Kinks Size". AllMusic.
34. Thomas M. Kitts (23 Jan 2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Routledge. p. 64.
35. "Kinksize Hits". kindakinks.net.

External links

• Kinks retrospective review article in Creem magazine including some US charting and sales Information