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Kinks-Size

{{Short description|1965 studio album by the Kinks}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Kinks-Size

| type = studio album

| artist = the Kinks

| cover = Kinks-size.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1965|03}}{{efn|name=date|Doug Hinman writes the album "probably" came out on 24{{nbsp}}March, but that it could also have been 31{{nbsp}}March.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=51, 52}}}}

| recorded = August–December 1964

| venue =

| studio = Pye and IBC, London

| genre = *R&B

  • pop{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Album Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=3 April 1965|page=64|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-04-03.pdf|via=WorldRadioHistory.com|access-date=22 February 2023|archive-date=15 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215154951/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-04-03.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • rock{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Cash Box Album Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|date=27 March 1965|page=30|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-03-27.pdf|via=WorldRadioHistory.com|access-date=16 February 2023|archive-date=16 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216193820/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-03-27.pdf|url-status=live}}

| length = 23:02

| label = Reprise

| producer = Shel Talmy

| chronology = The Kinks US

| prev_title = You Really Got Me

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Kinda Kinks

| next_year = 1965

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Kinks-Size

| type = studio

| single1 = Tired of Waiting for You" / "Come on Now

| single1date = {{circa}}{{thin space}}24 February 1965{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=46}}

}}

}}

Kinks-Size is a studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released in the United States and Canada in March{{nbsp}}1965,{{efn|name=date}} it was their second album issued on Reprise Records.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=52}} It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard album chart in the third week of June{{nbsp}}1965,{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Top LPs |magazine=Billboard |date=19 June 1965 |page=28 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-06-19.pdf |via=WorldRadioHistory.com |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215155155/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-06-19.pdf |url-status=live }} the same week the Kinks began their first US tour.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=52}} It is the Kinks' fourth-highest-charting album on the Billboard album chart and the second-highest of their 1960s albums.{{cite web |title=The Kinks Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-kinks/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Billboard |access-date=24 March 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221154201/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-kinks/chart-history/tlp/ |url-status=live }}{{efn|The band's compilation The Kinks Greatest Hits! reached number nine in November{{nbsp}}1966.}} The album ranked number 78 on Billboard{{'s}} year-end album chart for 1965.

Reprise issued the album to capitalise on the nation-wide publicity generated by the band's February{{nbsp}}1965 appearance on the musical variety programme Hullabaloo.{{harvnb|Rogan|1984|p=32}}; {{harvnb|Hinman|2004|p=48}}: (February{{nbsp}}1965). The album had no direct analogue outside of the US market, but instead collected songs from the UK EP Kinksize Session, two songs which had been left off of the US version of the band's debut LP and both the A- and B-sides of the "All Day and All of the Night" and "Tired of Waiting for You" singles.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=52}} All of its songs were recorded at Pye Studios in London, between August and December{{nbsp}}1964, though Dave Davies also overdubbed an electric guitar contribution to "Tired of Waiting for You" at IBC Studios in London.{{sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=37, 38, 41, 43, 46, 50}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

|rev2 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{sfn|Sheffield|2004|p=458}}

}}

The album has been critiqued as a clear cash-grab by Reprise, but the actual songs included have been praised as "the best parts of the group's work in England", with Bruce Eder of AllMusic writing, "this record rocks, showing off the better sides of the group's R&B output and early, formative, Beatles-influenced experiments as well."{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r42372|author=Eder, Bruce|access-date=15 February 2023}}

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Davies unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Tired of Waiting for You"{{snd}}2:30
  2. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry){{snd}}2:57
  3. "I've Got that Feeling"{{snd}}2:45
  4. "Revenge" (Davies, Larry Page){{snd}}1:28
  5. "I Gotta Move"{{snd}}2:24

Side two

  1. "Things are Getting Better"{{snd}}1:57
  2. "I Gotta Go Now"{{snd}}2:54
  3. "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" (J.D. Miller){{snd}}2:20
  4. "Come on Now"{{snd}}1:45
  5. "All Day and All of the Night"{{snd}}2:02

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:{{sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=37, 38, 41, 46}}

The Kinks

  • Ray Davies{{snd}}lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica; piano {{small|("Louie Louie" and "I've Got That Feeling")}}; lead guitar {{small|("Revenge")}}
  • Dave Davies{{snd}}backing vocals, lead guitar; lead vocals {{small|("I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "Come on Now")}}
  • Pete Quaife{{snd}}backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Mick Avory{{snd}}drums; tambourine {{small|("All Day and All of the Night")}}

Additional musicians

  • Perry Ford{{snd}}piano {{small|("All Day and All of the Night")}}
  • Bobby Graham{{snd}}drums {{small|("Tired of Waiting for You", "Revenge", "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter" and "All Day and All of the Night")}}
  • Johnny B. Great{{snd}} backing vocals {{small|("All Day and All of the Night")}}
  • Nicky Hopkins{{snd}}piano {{small|("Things Are Getting Better")}}
  • Jimmy Page{{snd}}twelve-string acoustic guitar {{small|("I Gotta Move" and "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter")}}

Production

Charts

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+Weekly chart performance

! scope="col" | Chart (1965)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

scope="row" |US Billboard Top LPs{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=52}}

|align="center"|13

scope="row" |US Cash Box Top 100 Albums{{cite magazine|title=Cash Box Top 100 Albums|date=22 May 1965|magazine=Cash Box|page=29|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-05-22.pdf|via=WorldRadioHistory.com|access-date=16 February 2023|archive-date=16 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216035614/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-05-22.pdf|url-status=live}}

|style="text-align:center;"|10

scope="row" |US Record World 100 Top LPs{{cite magazine|title=100 Top LP's|date=29 May 1965|magazine=Record World|page=5}}

|style="text-align:center;"|12

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|+Year-end chart performance

! scope="col" | Chart (1965)

! scope="col" | Ranking

scope="row" |US Billboard{{cite magazine|title=Top LP's of 1965 (Based on total sales at retail)|date=25 December 1965|magazine=Billboard|page=25|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard-1965-International-Record-%26-Talent.pdf|via=WorldRadioHistory.com|access-date=16 February 2023|archive-date=15 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215155755/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard-1965-International-Record-%26-Talent.pdf|url-status=live}}

|style="text-align:center;"|78

scope="row" |US Cash Box{{cite magazine|title=Best Albums of 1965|date=25 December 1965|magazine=Cash Box|page=31|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-12-25.pdf|via=WorldRadioHistory.com|access-date=16 February 2023|archive-date=16 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216040346/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-12-25.pdf|url-status=live}}

|style="text-align:center;"|51

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Notes

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References

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= Sources =

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{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=Rogan |first1=Johnny |author1-link=Johnny Rogan |title=The Kinks: The Sound and the Fury |date=1984 |publisher=Elm Tree Books |location=London |isbn=0-241-11308-3}}
  • {{cite book |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8 |chapter=The Kinks |pages=458–460 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/458/ |chapter-url-access=registration |via=the Internet Archive}}

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{{The Kinks}}

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Category:1965 albums

Category:Albums produced by Shel Talmy

Category:Reprise Records compilation albums