Kinks
by The Kinks
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The Kinks bestography
Kinks is ranked 6th best out of 62 albums by The Kinks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Kinks is The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society which is ranked number 149 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,033.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Kinks track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Kinks rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1964 | 12/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 40 Music Albums of 1964 | 27/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | JoeFM's Album top 500 (401-500) | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 44 Music Albums of 1964 | 17/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 67 Music Albums of the 1960s | 39/67 | 9 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 23 Music Albums of 1964 | 18/23 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Mauce | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 14/100 | 84 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1964 | 6/30 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 226 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 811 | |||
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Kinks ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 20:26 | Larcx13 | 2,852 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2026 17:27 | ecocruzr | 214 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2026 10:03 | Marswolf68 | 933 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Kinks forum mentions
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/16/2014 18:11 | #116895 | TOP COMMENT
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Definitely revolves around "You Really Got Me", which was hugely influential in creating the hard rock sound. But there are a lot of great "forgotten" songs here, most notably Stop Sobbing and I Took My Baby Home. The cover of Beautiful Delilah is insanely sped up and heavy for it's time. (Edited)
The debut album from The Kinks is a raw beat record. About a third of the record is original material from Ray Davies, the rest being cover versions. It's an enjoyable LP that sounds nothing like the band would do in three or four years time but a lot of it does sound the same. Most famous song on the album is, you really got me, a classic rock track, and, stop your sobbin', would later be a hit for the Pretenders, featuring of course, Ray's future wife. All in all, an okay debut, but the best was certainly yet to come. (Edited)
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/04/2010 14:17 | #16188 | TOP COMMENT
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A good debut album, this is a highly uneven affair though, ranging from the brilliant tune You Really Got Me, through the very strong tracks Beautiful Delilah, I'm a Lover Not a Fighter, and Too Much Monkey Business, to the less than good Revenge and Bald Headed Woman. All Day and All of the Night was only included on this album as a bonus track on the 2004 re-issue. (Edited)
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/24/2016 22:21 | #160685 | TOP COMMENT
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Way better than an early Stones or Beach Boys and possibly even on par and in some ways better than early Beatles work. (Edited)
Really "You really got me" is an alien here. Such a contrast with the rest wich is primitive brit R&B that too many bands were doing much better than this album at the time.
Ray Davies would write awesome songs in the future but here the only really worth one is the influentail You really got me.
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