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Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks and Ray Davies

The Kinks Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (13 Aug 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: UMTV
  • ASIN: B008LA8EAO
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,157 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Waterloo Sunset (Mono Album Version)The Kinks 3:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. You Really Got MeThe Kinks 2:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Tired Of Waiting For YouThe Kinks 2:30£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Sunny AfternoonThe Kinks 3:34£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. All Day And All Of The NightThe Kinks 2:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Till The End Of The DayThe Kinks 2:20£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Autumn AlmanacThe Kinks 3:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. DaysThe Kinks 2:54£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. LolaThe Kinks 4:05£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Set Me FreeThe Kinks 2:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. See My Friends [feat. The Crouch End Festival Chorus]Ray Davies 3:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Death Of A ClownThe Kinks 3:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. ApemanThe Kinks 3:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. Dead End StreetThe Kinks 3:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. This Time TomorrowThe Kinks 3:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. StrangersThe Kinks 3:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. You Don't Know My NameThe Kinks 2:36Album Only
Listen18. WonderboyThe Kinks 2:50£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Plastic ManThe Kinks 3:02£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen20. Supersonic Rocket ShipThe Kinks 3:30Album Only
Listen21. Better ThingsThe Kinks 2:47Album Only
Listen22. Don't Forget To Dance (Single Version)The Kinks 4:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen23. David Watts (Live in New York, 1980)The Kinks 2:06£0.89  Buy MP3 


Disc 2:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Dedicated Follower Of FashionThe Kinks 3:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Come DancingThe Kinks 4:00Album Only
Listen  3. Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Live in Massachusetts, 1979)The Kinks 2:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Victoria (Live in Switzerland, 1979)The Kinks 2:33£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Big Black SmokeThe Kinks 2:33£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Yours Truly, Confused N10 [feat. Jools Holland]Ray Davies 4:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Working Man's CaféRay Davies 3:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. London Song (Collected edit)Ray Davies 4:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Fortis GreenDave Davies 5:43Album Only
Listen10. Postcard From London (Single Version with Chrissie Hynde) [feat. Chrissie Hynde, The Crouch End Festival Chorus]Ray Davies 3:48£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Muswell HillbillyThe Kinks 4:57Album Only
Listen12. Denmark StreetThe Kinks 2:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Berkeley MewsThe Kinks 2:38£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. Holloway JailThe Kinks 3:25£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Lavender HillThe Kinks 2:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. Willesden GreenThe Kinks 2:25£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Life On The RoadThe Kinks 4:59£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. End Of The SeasonThe Kinks 2:58£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Next Door NeighbourRay Davies 3:53£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen20. Did YaThe Kinks 4:32Album Only
Listen21. Most Exclusive Residence For SaleThe Kinks 2:45£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen22. Waterloo Sunset [feat. The Crouch End Festival Chorus]Ray Davies 3:34£0.89  Buy MP3 


Product Description

Product Description

Compilation album by the legendary British rock group, who came to prominence during the British Invasion in the 1960s. The album features all of the band's biggest and most popular songs, including 'Waterloo Sunset', 'You Really Got Me', 'Sunny Afternoon', 'Lola', and many more. Also included are several solo tracks by the band's frontman Ray Davies.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Muswell Hill's Finest 15 Aug 2012
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Ray Davies is a remarkable songwriter whose songs captured so much of growing up in the 60s and 70s. His recent rendition of Waterloo Sunset at the Olympics Closing Ceremony was, in my humble opinion, the highlight and was much more fitting than some of the songs that were performed. This is a fine compilation made interesting by the second cd 'London Songs' but I have to agree with the previous review in that the omission of 'Celluloid Heroes' is a serious error by whoever compiled this. I'd also have liked to have had the version of 'Lola' with its original line 'I met her in a pub down in old Soho where they drink champagne that tastes just like Coca Cola' instead of the changed version for the BBC with 'Cherry Cola' - hence 4 stars instead of 5.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I am in paradise - welcome to The Kinks! 16 Aug 2012
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Watching Ray Davies get out of a taxi at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London and walk across the stage to sing his classic song 'Waterloo Sunset' was a truly defining moment. This was his Gold Medal. This is a man who has influenced modern music considerably. He and his brother Dave invented the rock riff in 'You Really Got Me', Ray has chronicled us English over the years in dozens of songs including 'Sunny Afternoon' and 'Dead End Street'. He invented the rock opera in'Arthur', written a Number One single about a transvestite in 'Lola' and so on. 20 or so hit records, 30 albums and a back catalogue that most modern bands would crawl over broken glass to own.

The Very Best of The Kinks and Ray Davies doesn't include any new material - and it blatantly has been released off the back of his Olympics Finale appearance - but it does provide a window into Ray's and his band's world. It includes nearly all the classic hits plus songs centred around London, his hometown. The order of the songs (apart from those relating to London) are in a strange order - or effectively no order at all. That's disappointing because they could have done hits, London songs and Ray Davies' songs in chronological order.

However, as an introduction to probably one of the most underated bands of all time, it is great value. You get 45 songs for under £10 - half of which are Kinks hits. Some who are new to The Kinks (this album is in the Top 20 as I write this review) may at first find the none hits material difficult to follow - but it's important to persevere. A song like 'Holloway Jail' may sound depressing stuff but the lyrics and mood of the song are very powerful - just needs a few listens. Ray went through a phase where he seemed to lose interest in writing hit singles, so these songs are not so 'catchy' shall we say.

Anyway, if you are new to The Kinks and enjoyed 'Waterloo Sunset' on Sunday night, this is as good an introduction to The Kinks as you will get. Ray - thanks for a moving performance on Sunday night - 'Waterloo Sunset' is not only your finest moment but also the song that defines London so very well.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Okay I've only given this four stars because it is just another compilation but at least there are some of Ray's solo stuff here. Personally growing up Waterloo Sunset, Victoria, All day and all of the night etc were, in my opinion, at LEAST as good as anything The Beatles or Stomes released, Ray Davies is truly one of the greatest songwriters ever and anybody looking for a starter can do a lot worse. One song missing though is the mightl Celluloid Heroes - check it out guys and become Dedicated followers of fashion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars old timer
You can't get enough of the kinks I have this on record,tape,CD and now on my kindle love it love it.
Published 13 days ago by Norah Headley n headley
5.0 out of 5 stars Kinks
Great cd, with every track that you could wish for from The Kinks and Ray Davies. As it says on the cover,The Very Best of.
Published 1 month ago by tintin
5.0 out of 5 stars How do you really buy their best?
I remember the early 70's when the 6th or 7th "best of the Kinks" compilation had already been released leaving me thinking that their label, "Pye" were really milking it a bit. Read more
Published 3 months ago by David E. Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars Waterloo sunset
Great album with great songs certainly brings some memories back some really great kink classics this has been a really good buy at good price
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. M. Chapman
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Listening
Purchased this after listening to Waterloo Sunset this year. I have never been much of a group follower but hadn't realized how many of the Kinks songs I had enjoyed over the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jennifer Lang
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like the Kinks, you will really love this
Great collection of songs that transported me back to the 1960s/early 70s. I am a fan of the Kinks so you might think I'd just like anything they do but - not so. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Trish
5.0 out of 5 stars Ray Davies at his Very Best
Superb compilation by probably the greatest living British song writer and that's no exaggeration! Classic Kinks songs along with some excellent Ray solo work. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Richard Powell
5.0 out of 5 stars great value
covers all the well known songs and some new to me - would recommend to anyone interested in the 60's music
Published 4 months ago by J. Matthews
3.0 out of 5 stars Where is celluloid heroes? - missing a musical masterpiece.
If you are getting this to listen to the kinks for the first time please buy it with Everybodys in Showbiz... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Harold A. Cameron
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising!
Thought I knew a bit about the Kinks, but this compilation opened up areas of the band I hadn't been aware of - particularly around the "Muswell Hillbillies" period, where... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tordal
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