Well Respected Kinks
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Well Respected Kinks is the first UK budget-priced compilation album by British rock group The Kinks
, released in 1966. The album consists of some of the most popular singles and b-sides released by the Kinks from 1964 and 1965. It also includes tracks from the 1965 Kwyet Kinks
EP.
The album spent 35 weeks on the UK chart – the longest of any Kinks album – peaking at #5. The studio album Face to Face
, released almost two months later, only managed 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #12.
The album was issued on CD in 2001 as part of the Marble Arch Years boxed set.
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
, released in 1966. The album consists of some of the most popular singles and b-sides released by the Kinks from 1964 and 1965. It also includes tracks from the 1965 Kwyet Kinks
Kwyet Kinks
Kwyet Kinks is the third EP by The Kinks, released in September 1965. Unlike most of their other EPs, it contained all exclusive tracks and all were original compositions....
EP.
The album spent 35 weeks on the UK chart – the longest of any Kinks album – peaking at #5. The studio album Face to Face
Face to Face (The Kinks album)
Face to Face, released in 1966 on Pye Records in the United Kingdom and on Reprise Records in the United States, is the fourth UK studio album by The Kinks. A major artistic breakthrough for Kinks' songwriter Ray Davies, the LP represents the first full flowering of Davies' use of narrative,...
, released almost two months later, only managed 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #12.
The album was issued on CD in 2001 as part of the Marble Arch Years boxed set.