Kinkdom

1965 studio album by the Kinks

Kinkdom

Studio album by

the Kinks

Released

24 November 1965

Recorded

July 1964 – August 1965

Studio

Pye and IBC, London

Genre

Rock^[1]

Length

27:23

Label

Reprise

Producer

Shel Talmy

The Kinks US chronology

Kinda Kinks
(1965)

Kinkdom
(1965)

The Kink Kontroversy
(1966)

Singles from Kinkdom

"A Well Respected Man" / "Such a Shame"
Released: 4 November 1965

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Kinkdom is a studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released in the United States and Canada on 24 November 1965, it was their fourth album issued on Reprise Records. It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard album chart.^[4]

The album had no direct analogue outside of the North American market, but instead collected songs from the Kwyet Kinks UK EP, both sides of the "See My Friends" single, the B-sides of several of the band's singles, a track left off of the US edition of the 1965 album Kinda Kinks and a previously released track.^[5] All of its songs were recorded at Pye and IBC Studios in London, between July 1964 and August 1965.^[6] Kinkdom was the last US-only studio album released by the Kinks; beginning with The Kink Kontroversy in March 1966, Reprise issued albums identical to the UK versions.^[7]

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies, except as noted.

Side one

"A Well Respected Man" – 2:43
"Such a Shame" – 2:19
"Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" (Dave Davies) – 2:07
"Naggin' Woman" (Lazy Lester) – 2:36
"Never Met a Girl Like You Before" – 2:05
"See My Friends" – 2:46

Side two

"Who'll Be the Next in Line" – 2:02
"Don't You Fret" – 2:45
"I Need You" – 2:26
"It's Alright" – 2:37
"Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 2:57

Personnel

According to band biographer Doug Hinman:^[6]

The Kinks

Ray Davies – lead vocals, rhythm guitar; harmonica ("It's Alright"); piano (possibly "Louie Louie"); acoustic twelve-string guitar ("Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" and "See My Friends")
Dave Davies – backing vocals, lead guitar; doubled rhythm guitar ("I Need You"); lead vocal ("Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" and "Naggin' Woman")
Pete Quaife – backing vocals, bass guitar
Mick Avory – drums; tambourine ("It's Alright")

Additional musicians

Rasa Davies – backing vocals ("I Need You")
Perry Ford – piano (possibly "Louie Louie")
Bobby Graham – drums ("It's Alright")
Arthur Greenslade – piano ("It's Alright")

Production

Bob Auger – engineering
Alan MacKenzie – engineering
Shel Talmy – producer

Charts

Weekly chart performance
Chart (1965–66)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs^[7]	47
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums^[8]	43
US Record World 100 Top LPs^[9]	43

Year-end chart performance
Chart (1966)	Ranking
US Billboard^[10]	97

References

^ Anon. (25 December 1965). "Album Reviews" (PDF). Record World. p. 16 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
^ AllMusic review
^ Sheffield 2004, p. 458.
^ Hinman 2004, pp. 71, 72.
^ Hinman 2004, pp. 52, 72.
^ ^a ^b Hinman 2004, pp. 31, 41, 50, 51, 56, 62, 66, 72.
^ ^a ^b Hinman 2004, p. 72.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. 5 March 1965. p. 37 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
^ "100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. 12 March 1965. p. 38 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
^ "Top Records of 1966" (PDF). Billboard. 24 December 1966. p. 34 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.

Sources

Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Kinks". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 458–460. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8 – via the Internet Archive.