Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by rilex

There are many reasons:
1) Haters usually have feeble knowledge about music, and because The Kinks aren't one of the well-known bands, there is a slight probability that they haven't heard of them.
2) Kinks are way too underrated, why should be there any haters? For what they've done they deserve only cheers.
3) Beatles are hated because they have the status of the gratest rock band ever, and not many share this point of view. Kinks have no status, even they are the pioneers of hard rock, britpop, alternative, indie and way many other genres.
4) Usually people don't listen to 60's rock except for The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and maybe Jimi Hendrix...The RS, The Who, The Kinks are mostly forgotten.

Mmmm....Not a bad selection exactly but in my view, not a particularly inspiring one either. For me, too many Beatles albums - but then I have never understood the appeal of the fab four anyway.

From Omid 04/01/2011 08:09 | #19798

This is what happens when you try to be scrupulous about choosing the BEST albums;Too many mainstream and predictable choices.There is nothing wrong with including some personal controversial choices in these kinds of lists.

Really liked that Kinks + Velvet Underground + REM combo. First of all, you should give another try to Arthur, the songs are stronger, and carve deeper into your heart than the ones from Village Green. I was once there, considering that my favourite Kinks album was Village Green, but in time that feeling faded away while Arthur still standed still.
Secondly, I'm not THAT Beatles fanatic anymore. I used to give tons of plays last year, I used to fall asleep and get up with their music, that in the end I found myself a little bored with their music. And in the meantime I found The Kinks and The Rolling Stones which I consider in this moment of speaking more thrilling.
In the end, Cosmo's Factory is one of the greatest albums ever and CCR's masterpiece. ALL songs are gorgeous, but this album suffers from the same "disease" that most of the Beatles' albums do. I tend to get bored of them in cases of overplay. This hasn't happened yet to, let's say, VU or Kinks. VU&Nico or Arthur sound fresher with each listen.

Sorry for any grammatical mistakes, it's 1 AM :)

Arthur is what's Village Green, but added something more. Highlights: Victoria - something like 60's punk, Some Mother's Son - each time I listen to its lyrics I feel another man, and Shangri-La - probably the best track on the whole album (one could have say from their entire career). You may have She's Bought A Hat..., Yes Sir No Sir, Mr Churchill Says. I love Something Else, but parts of it (it has probably their best song - Waterloo Sunset).