Kinda Kinks

The album was recorded immediately after the return of the group from an Asian tour, and was completed and released within two weeks.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ddiJPfbWYaYC&pg=PP1&dq The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night, A Guide by Doug Hinman]{{cite web |title=Kinda Kinks review on All Music.com|author=Bruce Eder |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11004|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=2009-09-10}}Kinda Kinks CD liner notes Consequently, the production was rushed and, according to Ray Davies, the band was not completely satisfied with the final cuts. Due to record company pressure, however, no time was available to fix certain flaws present in the mix. Ray Davies has expressed his dissatisfaction towards the production not being up to par. Commenting on this, he said: "A bit more care should have been taken with it. I think (producer) Shel Talmy went too far in trying to keep in the rough edges. Some of the double tracking on that is appalling. It had better songs on it than the first album, but it wasn't executed in the right way. It was just far too rushed."[https://www.amazon.ca/Kinks-Kronikles-John-Mendelssohn/dp/0688029833 The Kinks Kronikles, by John Mendelssohn]

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It was released by Pye in the UK on 5 March 1965, and by Reprise in the USA on 11 August 1965. The US release had a rearranged track listing and repackaged cover. Several tracks were removed, and the single "Set Me Free", released two months after the UK issue of Kinda Kinks, was unique to the album's US release. In the UK, the album was only released in mono; no stereo mix was made.

The single "Tired of Waiting for You" was a number one hit on the UK singles chart.[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/kinks/ The Kinks in the UK Charts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724025943/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/kinks/ |date=24 July 2010 }}, The Official Charts. Retrieved 3 August 2011. The album itself hit number three on the UK Albums Chart.

"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" was released as a single in Norway and Sweden in 1966, backed with "I Need You", reaching number seven on the Swedish charts.{{cite web|last1=Emlen|first1=Dave|title=Kinks Chart History|url=http://www.kindakinks.net/charts.html}}

Bruce Eder, in a retrospective summary for AllMusic, wrote that the album was uneven, but that "...what was first-rate was also highly memorable, and what wasn't also wasn't bad." He also made note of some maturing in Ray Davies's songwriting.

All tracks are written by Ray Davies except where noted.

Side one

1. "Look for Me Baby"{{snd}}2:17
2. "Got My Feet on the Ground" (R. Davies, Dave Davies){{snd}}2:14
3. "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout that Girl"{{snd}}2:44
4. "Naggin' Woman" (Jimmy Anderson, Jerry West){{snd}}2:36
5. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight"{{snd}}2:01
6. "Tired of Waiting for You"{{snd}}2:31

Side two

1. "Dancing in the Street" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye){{snd}}2:20
2. "Don't Ever Change"{{snd}}2:25
3. "Come on Now"{{snd}}1:49
4. "So Long"{{snd}}2:10
5. "You Shouldn't Be Sad"{{snd}}2:03
6. "Something Better Beginning"{{snd}}2:26

All tracks are written by Ray Davies except where noted.

Side one

1. "Look for Me Baby"{{snd}}2:17
2. "Got My Feet on the Ground"{{snd}}2:14
3. "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl"{{snd}}2:44
4. "Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight"{{snd}}2:01
5. "Set Me Free"{{snd}}2:12

Side two

1. "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"{{snd}}2:16
2. "Dancing in the Street" (Stevenson, Gaye){{snd}}2:20
3. "Don't Ever Change"{{snd}}2:25
4. "So Long"{{snd}}2:10
5. "You Shouldn't Be Sad"{{snd}}2:03
6. "Something Better Beginning"{{snd}}2:26

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=46, 50, 51, 56}}

The Kinks

• Ray Davies{{snd}} lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar; acoustic guitar {{small|("Nothin' in the World", "Don't Ever Change" and "So Long")}}; piano
• Dave Davies{{snd}}, lead guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals {{small|("Got My Feet on the Ground", "Naggin{{'"}} and "Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight")}}
• Pete Quaife{{snd}} bass guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Avory{{snd}} drums

Additional musicians

• Rasa Davies{{snd}} backing vocals
• Bobby Graham{{snd}} drums {{small|("Tired of Waiting for You")}}
• Unidentified girlfriends of the Kinks{{snd}} backing vocals {{small|("Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy")}}

Production

• Bob Auger{{snd}} engineer
• Glyn Johns{{snd}} engineer {{small|("Got My Feet on the Ground")}}
• Shel Talmy{{snd}} producer

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• {{cite book |last1=Hinman |first1=Doug |title=The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961–1996 |date=2004 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=978-0-87930-765-3}}
• {{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Alwyn W. |editor1-last=Buckley |editor1-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |location=London |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |pages=560–561 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C|chapter=The Kinks}}

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• [http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showrelease.php?release=39 Kinda Kinks at kindakinks.net]

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