Well Respected Kinks is a compilation album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on 2 September 1966 in the United Kingdom on Pye Records's Marble Arch label.[3] The album consists of previously issued singles and EP tracks recorded in 1964 and 1965.[4] It was issued in both mono and simulated stereo formats.[3]

Well Respected Kinks
Greatest hits album by
Released2 September 1966
Recorded1964–1965
StudioPye and IBC, London[1]
GenreRock and roll[2]
LabelMarble Arch
ProducerShel Talmy
The Kinks UK chronology
The Kink Kontroversy
(1965)
Well Respected Kinks
(1966)
Face to Face
(1966)

The Kinks' most recent single "Sunny Afternoon" topped the British charts in mid-1966, but contractual issues delayed the August release of their next album Face to Face; Pye assembled the compilation in order to maintain the band's popularity before Face to Face could be released in late October.[5] Well Respected Kinks spent 31 weeks on the British Record Retailer magazine chart, peaking at number 5.[6] It also reached number 2 in Finland.[7]

Track listing

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All songs written by Ray Davies, except "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" by Dave Davies.

Side one

  1. "A Well Respected Man" – 2:44
  2. "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" – 2:53
  3. "Till the End of the Day" – 2:20
  4. "Set Me Free" – 2:12
  5. "Tired of Waiting for You" – 2:34

Side two

  1. "All Day and All of the Night" – 2:24
  2. "I Gotta Move" – 2:26
  3. "Don't You Fret" – 2:46
  4. "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" – 2:10
  5. "You Really Got Me" – 2:14

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Well Respected Kinks
Chart (1966–67) Peak
position
Finland Soumen Virallinen LPs Chart[7] 2
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[6] 5
UK Melody Maker Top Ten LPs[3] 5
UK New Musical Express Best Selling LPs[citation needed] 4

References

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  1. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 31, 38, 46, 56, 66, 70.
  2. ^ Mike Saunders (25 May 1972). "The Kink Kronikles | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Hinman 2004, p. 89.
  4. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 31, 38, 46, 56, 66, 70, 89.
  5. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 84, 88, 89, 91.
  6. ^ a b "The Kinks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b Nyman 2005, p. 207.

Sources

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  • Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
  • Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
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