The Kinks : The Kink Kontroversy (Deluxe Edition)

WELL,

LIVED MY LIFE

AND NEVER STOPPED
TO WORRY 'BOUT A THING

OPENED UP AND SHOUTED

BUT NEVER TRIED TO SING

 The Kink Kontroversy

 is the third 

studio album 

by the English 

rock band

 the Kinks 

It was released

 in the United Kingdom 

on November26th 1965 

by Pye Records. 

Issued in the United States

 on 

March, 30th 1966

 by Reprise Records, 

it was the Kinks'

 first American album 

to feature an 

identical track listing

 to its British counterpart.

 It is a

 transitional album, 

with elements of

 both the earlier 

Kinks' styles

 heavily blues-influenced songs 

such as

 "Milk Cow Blues" 

and variations

 on the band's 

power chord-driven hits 

from

 1964 to 1965 

such as 

"Till the End of the Day"

 and early indications

 of the future direction of

 Ray Davies' 

songwriting styles

 "The World Keeps Going Round"

 and

 "I'm on an Island"

 The liner notes 

were written by

 Michael Aldred.

Background

The album's title 

is a mocking reference

 to the 

notorious reputation

 the group

 had developed

 over the previous year,

 including onstage fights 

and concert riots

 in Europe, 

which led to a ban

 on the group's

 concerts in the USA

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Milk Cow Blues

Ring the Bells

Gotta Get the First Plane Home

When I See That Girl of Mine

I Am Free

Till the End of the Day

The World Keeps Going Round

I'm on an Island

Where Have All the Good Times Gone

It's Too Late

What's in Store for Me

You Can't Win

Set Me Free [*]

Tired Of Waiting For You  [*]

Who'll Be The Next In Line  [*]

CD 2

Dedicated Follower of Fashion 

(mono single)

Sittin' on My Sofa 

(mono single)

I'm Not Like Everybody Else

 (mono single)

Mr. Reporter

 (outtake)

Dedicated Follower of Fashion 

(alternative take)

Time Will Tell 

(outtake)

And I Will Love You

 (unissued EP track)

I'm Not Like Everybody Else

 (alternative vocal)

All Night Stand

 (demo)

(BBC TOP OF THE POPS)

Milk Cow Blues

 (live)

Ray Talks About Songwriting

Never Met a Girl Like You Before

 (live)

Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight

Pete Talks About Records 

Till the End of the Day

 (live)

A Well Respected Man 

(live)

Where Have All the Good Times Gone

 (live)

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