What is the best album by The Kinks?
Ray Davies gave us pastoral English social satire, swaggering hard rock, and music-hall eccentricity — sometimes on the same album. Which Kinks record do you keep coming back to?
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks' 1968 pastoral concept album, a bittersweet love letter to a vanishing England now regarded as one of rock's greatest.
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
A 1969 rock opera tracing one family's story against the backdrop of Britain's fading imperial glory, often cited as their most ambitious work.
Something Else by the Kinks
A 1967 album blending sharp social observation with pop craft, featuring the transcendent 'Waterloo Sunset'.
Muswell Hillbillies
The Kinks' 1971 cult classic, a sad and funny portrait of ordinary London life filtered through country, music hall, and barroom folk.
Face to Face
A 1966 album marking Ray Davies' shift toward character-driven narrative songwriting that would define the band's golden era.
Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
A 1970 satirical album skewering the music industry featuring the iconic hits 'Lola' and 'Apeman'.
The Kink Kontroversy
A 1965 hard-rocking album that captured the band's early raw energy at its most powerful and aggressive.
Low Budget
The Kinks' 1979 comeback album blending hard rock with satirical commentary on economic hardship, their biggest US chart success.
Sleepwalker
A 1977 album marking The Kinks' American rock revival, showcasing a tighter and more commercial sound that reached the US top 30.
State of Confusion
A 1983 album featuring the top-20 hit 'Come Dancing', a nostalgic and melodic pop-rock success showcasing Davies' storytelling at its most accessible.
Kinda Kinks
The Kinks' urgent 1965 sophomore album capturing their raw, blues-infused British Invasion energy at its most unfiltered.
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