The Kinks - Kinks (1964) [Full Album]

Kinks is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Kinks. It was released on 2 October 1964 in the United Kingdom by Pye Records. The original United States release, issued by Reprise Records on 25 November 1964, omits three tracks and is instead titled You Really Got Me.

The album was re-released in 1998 in the UK on Castle Records with twelve bonus tracks. This reissue was itself reissued in 2004 on the Sanctuary label.

Consequence of Sound listed the album as a key example of proto-punk, observing "lean aggression" and a "jolting", "in-your-face" approach, and described their rendition of Chuck Berry's "Beautiful Delilah" as the first punk rock cover.

Tracklist:
1. Beautiful Delilah 0:00
2. So Mystifying 2:05
3. Just Can't Go to Sleep 4:57
4. Long Tall Shorty 6:56
5. I Took My Baby Home
6. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter
7. You Really Got Me 13:39
8. Cadillac
9. Bald Headed Woman
10. Revenge
11. Too Much Monkey Business
12. I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain
13. Stop Your Sobbing 27:07
14. Got Love If You Want It 29:13

The Kinks
Ray Davies – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica; lead guitar ("I'm a Lover Not a Fighter")
Dave Davies – backing vocals, electric guitar; lead vocal ("Beautiful Delilah", "Long Tall Shorty", "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain")
Pete Quaife – backing vocals, bass guitar
Mick Avory – drums (side two, except "Revenge"); tambourine, maracas

Additional musicians
Rasa Didzpetris – backing vocals ("Stop Your Sobbing")
Perry Ford – piano ("Bald Headed Woman" and "Stop Your Sobbing")
Bobby Graham – drums (side one, "Revenge")
Arthur Greenslade – piano ("You Really Got Me")
Jon Lord – organ ("Bald Headed Woman")
Jimmy Page – twelve-string acoustic guitar ("I'm a Lover Not a Fighter", "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain" and possibly "Bald Headed Woman")
Unknown session musician – rhythm guitar ("You Really Got Me")