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You Really Got Me: The Very Best of the Kinks,The Kinks

- You Really Got Me: The Very Best of the Kinks
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The Kinks
Released 1994

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03:34
640 plays

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songs

- 1
- You Really Got Me
- 02:14
- 1,134 plays

- 2
- Come on Now
- 01:45
- 206 plays

- 3
- All Day and All of the Night
- 02:23
- 720 plays

- 4
- See My Friends
- 02:44
- 179 plays

- 5
- Tired of Waiting for You
- 02:31
- 306 plays

- 6
- Dead End Street
- 03:21
- 625 plays

- 7
- Set Me Free
- 02:12
- 244 plays

- 8
- Louie, Louie
- 02:56
- 424 plays

- 9
- Long Tall Shorty
- 02:49
- 191 plays

- 10
- Death of a Clown
- 03:03
- 303 plays

- 11
- Dedicated Follower of Fashion
- 03:01
- 236 plays

- 12
- Sunny Afternoon
- 03:34
- 640 plays

- 13
- Dandy
- 02:09
- 215 plays

- 14
- Waterloo Sunset
- 03:14
- 546 plays

- 15
- Mr. Pleasant
- 02:56
- 170 plays

- 16
- Victoria
- 03:38
- 203 plays

- 17
- Apeman
- 03:51
- 437 plays

- 18
- Lola
- 04:01
- 49,890 plays

- 19
- Come Dancing
- 03:57
- 484 plays

- 20
- Days
- 02:53
- 175 plays

- 21
- A Rock & Roll Fantasy
- 05:00
- 204 plays

- 22
- Autumn Almanac
- 03:11
- 224 plays

- 23
- Beautiful Delilah
- 02:05
- 169 plays

- 24
- Susannah's Still Alive
- 02:21
- 179 plays

- 25
- This Man He Weeps Tonight
- 02:40
- 132 plays

- 26
- David Watts
- 02:35
- 299 plays

- 27
- Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
- 02:14
- 221 plays

- 28
- Dancing in the Street
- 02:17
- 165 plays

- 29
- Don't Ever Change
- 02:22
- 130 plays

- 30
- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
- 03:27
- 134 plays

- 31
- Think Visual
- 03:11
- 153 plays

- 32
- UK Jive
- 03:48
- 148 plays

- 33
- Lost and Found
- 05:17
- 133 plays

- 34
- Give the People What They Want
- 03:56
- 157 plays

- 35
- War Is Over
- 03:41
- 136 plays

- 36
- Don't Forget to Dance
- 04:40
- 121 plays

album review

This is a strangely persuasive compilation. It's rare that "best of" packages have songs from a variety of labels, yet maybe the fact that this is a German release had something to do with this draw. You Really Got Me: The Very Best of the Kinks essentially consists of three-fourths Pye/Reprise material (i.e. the '60s) and another one-fourth of Arista and MCA work (i.e. the "dark" years). What's even more rare is that this import collection is quite good. Because instead of re-compiling the exact same singles for the hundredth time, there is a strange -- yet engaging -- idea of throwing in relatively underexposed selections ("Come on Now") right against the expected standards ("All Day and All of the Night"). This slightly schizophrenic tactic works in the album's favor. Even when one wonders why they chose to stick on such well-intentioned Kinks debacles as "Don't Forget to Dance" or "Mr. Pleasant" yet ignore such undisputed classics as "A Well Respected Man" or "Too Much on My Mind." The second disc, however, has the most problems as its strict narrative peculiarity starts to frustrate instead of charm. In lieu of a natural, smooth progression throughout the years, it starts to bounce around all sorts of tracks from various stages of the band's career. For instance, while the listener is listening to 1966's "I'm Not Like Everybody Else," the compilation will leap to 1986's "Think Visual" (even someone in love with their "shuffle" function would start to lose patience). The added oversight of any real sleeve notes to speak of -- in German or anything else -- might also put off even obsessive collectors. To be fair, though, the vast majority of picks here are still often masterpieces no matter where they are placed on the album. It's hard to deny that amidst the gargantuan avalanches of Kinks reissues and "greatest hits" packages, You Really Got Me: The Very Best of the Kinks marks one of the most affordable, interesting compilations ever cobbled together for the band. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide