The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 24 studio albums and four live albums. The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due to the US albums including the hit singles, and the UK albums not; after ''
The Kink Kontroversy
''The Kink Kontroversy'' is the third studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 26 November 1965 in the United Kingdom and in March 1966 in the United States, where it was the first American Kinks album to feature an identica ...
'' in 1965 the albums were the same.
Between 100 and 200 compilation albums have been released worldwide.
Their hit
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
included three UK number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "
You Really Got Me"; plus 18 Top 40 singles in the 1960s alone and further Top 40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s. The Kinks had five Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard'' chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40.
In the UK, the group had 17 Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums.
[Rogan, Johnny (2004). passim ("Chart Positions" data)] The
RIAA
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has certified four of the Kinks' albums as
gold records. ''
The Kinks Greatest Hits!'', released in 1966, was certified gold for sales totaling of one million dollars on 28 November 1968—six days after the release of ''The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society'', which failed to chart worldwide.
The group would not receive another gold record award until 1979's ''Low Budget''. The 1980 live album ''One For The Road'' was certified gold on 8December 1980. ''Give The People What They Want'', released in 1981, received its certification on 25 January 1982, for sales of 500,000 copies.
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
, the
performing-rights group, presented the Kinks with an award for "One of the Most-Played Songs of 1983" for the hit single "Come Dancing".
Albums
Studio albums
* A UK chart position reflects 2018 deluxe reissue. ''
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society'' didn't chart on its original release.
* B UK sales certification based on 2008 reissue.
Live albums
Compilations
* B US-only Reprise compilation that combined the UK EP "
Kinksize Session", the singles "All Day and All of the Night" and "Tired of Waiting for You", with two tracks that had been dropped from US version of the début album.
* C US-only Reprise compilation that combined the UK EP "
Kwyet Kinks" plus other tracks.
Extended plays
Singles
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Music videos
Notes
References
External links
Kinks retrospective review article in Creem magazine including some US charting and sales Information*
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Discography
Discographies of British artists
Rock music group discographies