The Ultimate Collection (The Kinks album)

The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by The Kinks
Released 27 May 2002
Recorded 1964–1984
Length 141:23
Label Castle
The Kinks chronology
The Marble Arch Years
(2001)
The Ultimate Collection
(2002)
The Pye Album Collection
(2005)

The Ultimate Collection is a compilation of singles by British rock band The Kinks. It was released on Sanctuary Records in the UK on 27 May 2002, and in the US on 23 September 2003. In August 2002 it reached no. 48 in the UK top 100 album chart, and no. 1 in the UK Indie album chart. It has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.[1]

The first disc contains every charting British single from 1964 to 1983 in chronological order, with the exception of the group's very first single and the 1983 remake of their signature hit, "You Really Got Me." Of the 24 tracks, 14 were top ten hits in the UK. The second disc contains songs that either were released as b-sides or singles that did not chart in the UK and/or charted as singles in the North American and European markets, with the following exceptions: "Stop Your Sobbing" from the band's debut album and covered in 1979 as the debut single by The Pretenders; "Celluloid Heroes," taken from the album Everybody's in Show-Biz and released as a single three months later, failing to chart; and "Living On A Thin Line" from the album Word of Mouth.

The singles "Death of a Clown" and "Susannah's Still Alive" were credited to Dave Davies rather than The Kinks. The band plays on those records, however. Various tracks also appeared on album.

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies except "Death of a Clown," "Susannah's Still Alive," "Love Me Till the Sun Shines," and "Living On A Thin Line" by Dave Davies.

Disc one

No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."You Really Got Me"  Pye 7N 156362:13
2."All Day and All of the Night"  Pye 7N 157142:20
3."Tired of Waiting for You"  Pye 7N 157592:30
4."Everybody's Gonna Be Happy"  Pye 7N 158132:14
5."Set Me Free"  Pye 7N 158542:10
6."See My Friends"  Pye 7N 159192:44
7."Till the End of the Day"  Pye 7N 159812:18
8."Dedicated Follower of Fashion"  Pye 7N 170642:59
9."Sunny Afternoon"  Pye 7N 171253:31
10."Dead End Street"  Pye 7N 172223:20
11."Waterloo Sunset"  Pye 7N 173213:14
12."Death of a Clown"  Pye 7N 173563:01
13."Autumn Almanac"  Pye 7N 174003:10
14."Susannah's Still Alive"  Pye 7N 174292:21
15."Wonderboy"  Pye 7N 174682:48
16."Days"  Pye 7N 175732:52
17."Plastic Man"  Pye 7N 177243:00
18."Victoria"  Pye 7N 178653:38
19."Lola"  Pye 7N 179614:05
20."Apeman"  Pye 7N 450163:50
21."Supersonic Rocket Ship"  RCA 22113:30
22."Better Things"  ARIST 4152:59
23."Come Dancing"  ARIST 5023:59
24."Don't Forget To Dance"  ARIST 5244:34

Disc two

No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."David Watts"  Reprise 0647b*2:29
2."Stop Your Sobbing"  Kinks2:06
3."Dandy"  Pye 7N 317b**2:08
4."Mr. Pleasant"  Pye 7N 17400b3:00
5."I Gotta Move"  Pye 7N 15714b2:24
6."Who'll Be the Next in Line"  Pye 7N 15813b2:00
7."I Need You"  Pye 7N 15854b2:24
8."Where Have All the Good Times Gone"  Pye 7N 15981b2:48
9."Sittin' on My Sofa"  Pye 7N 17064b3:03
10."A Well Respected Man"  Reprise 0420*2:38
11."I'm Not Like Everybody Else"  Pye 7N 17125b3:29
12."Love Me Till the Sun Shines"  Pye 7N 17356b3:15
13."She's Got Everything"  Pye 7N 17573b3:08
14."Starstruck"  Pye 7N 319**2:25
15."Shangri-La"  Pye 7N 178125:18
16."God's Children"  Pye 7N 80013:12
17."Celluloid Heroes"  Everybody's in Show-Biz6:20
18."(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"  ARIST 2403:50
19."Do It Again"  ARIST 6173:58
20."Living On A Thin Line"  Word of Mouth4:16

All releases United Kingdom except *United States **Sweden/Norway

References


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